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Analysis & FeaturesSingle-use vapes ban: what next for the top two brands?
Both ElfBar and Lost Mary built their success on disposable lines
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NewsAsda trials vape and cigarette vending machine
The move is expected to “help prevent antisocial behaviour” an Asda spokesman said
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NewsDisposable vapes: retailers given until June to clear stocks
From June, the only vaping products available for sale legally in the UK must be refillable and rechargeable, intended for repeat uses
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NewsMedia Bites 24 October: Disposable vape ban, inflation, online retail tax, the budget
The government has confirmed a ban on disposable vapes will come into force on 1 June
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NewsFormer Defra secretary George Eustice joins ElfBar and Lost Mary advisory board
The board has been assembled by Hong Kong company HG Innovation to “provide strategic advice” as the vape brand owner looks to maintain growth in the UK market
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Guide ToThe Grocer Guide To Tobacco, Vaping & Accessories
As the industry awaits the outcome of the proposed Tobacco & Vapes Bill, suppliers are focusing on strategies that will continue to spur growth, such as next-gen products.
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InterviewsAsh CEO Deborah Arnott’s 21-year battle with Big Tobacco
Deborah Arnott is stepping down after 21 years. She looks back on her battle with the tobacco lobby… and ahead to the vaping challenge
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Comment & Opinion‘If you don’t smoke, don’t vape’ message is getting lost. Does it matter?
Medical experts and health authorities heralded vaping as something of a miracle, in their effort to stop the UK population from smoking tobacco
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NewsNumber of vapers in England who didn’t previously smoke rockets to one million
Around one million adults in England who had never regularly smoked before now vape, most of them on a daily basis, finds UCL study
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NewsOne in four cigarettes smoked in UK now illicit
Findings are according to new data from Marlboro maker Philip Morris International (PMI)
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NewsRecycling firm launches to diffuse ‘global recycling timebomb’ of vapes
The company’s first machine can handle 10 tonnes of vapes per week (around 400,000 vapes), but it plans to expand and “scale at pace” across Europe
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NewsASH backs vapes as three million Brits use them to quit smoking
Anti-tobacco charity Action on Smoking & Health has urged legislators to “not undermine the value of vapes” as a quitting tool in coming regulations
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NewsPhilip Morris launches closed pod vape system in UK
Veev One has launched into Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Waitrose as well as quick-commerce channels and PMI’s direct-to-consumer site Iqos.com
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NewsAI unleashed online to find and flag illicit vapes and dodgy sellers
AIVA is currently in initial testing but has already identified 500 illegal products sold by around 100 rogue sellers
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Comment & OpinionOff Menu: Michelle de Swarte talks vaping and ‘fluffy raisins’ in silly podcast
The 12th series of Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster kicked off last week
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NewsSupreme acquires Clearly Drinks in £15m deal to broaden offering
Vape supplier Supreme has diversified its offering with the £15m acquisition of Clearly Drinks
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NewsLib Dems pledge to scrap business rates and establish recommended genuine living wage
The plans are among a raft of promises in the party’s general election manifesto, published today
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy would vape brand Lost Mary want to move into food and drink categories?
New Lost Mary trademark applications are paving the way for brand extensions into sweets, ice cream and booze
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NewsLost Mary eyes moves into booze and chocolate
Extensions into other fmcg categories would represent a major diversification for Lost Mary
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Analysis & FeaturesHow vape brands are skirting the single-use ban
Incoming regulation will ban disposable vapes. The brands behind this fast-growing category are already pivoting NPD to find workarounds – but will it be enough to protect them?