Archive of all vaping articles – Page 4
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Guide ToThe Grocer Guide To Tobacco, Vaping & Accessories
With the cost of living still high, value cigarettes and tobacco are continuing to take centre stage. However, with both of these sectors and vaping coming under increasing government scrutiny, the heat is on. Find out how suppliers are responding to the pressures currently knocking at the ...
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Comment & OpinionThreat or tool: what’s the future of non-combustible tobacco products?
It’s impossible to deny vapes have helped many people kick their cigarette smoking habit
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Comment & OpinionA smoke-free UK requires smarter vaping regulation
Now is the time to establish a level playing field of smarter regulation, with better enforcement, rooted in consistent and compelling science, says Kingsley Wheaton, chief growth & strategy officer at BAT
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NewsSGF and ElfBar launch disposable vape recycling programme across convenience stores
It marks the first step of a long-term programme that has been designed to ensure raw materials, including plastics and the battery, are properly dismantled and recycled
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NewsSuperdrug to stop selling disposable vapes over environmental concerns
The decision means brands such as Vuse Go and Flavaah Bar will no longer be sold by the health & beauty retailer
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NewsVape and laughing gas thefts soar as calls to ban single-use devices grow
The rising thefts come in response to increasing demand for these goods
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NewsDinner Lady scrambles overseas factories to ensure vape supply after devastating fire
Firefighters used an aerial ladder platform and stinger to bring the fire under control and issued guidance to anyone in the area to close windows and doors
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InterviewsPMI’s Christian Woolfenden on tobacco’s smoke-free future
Philip Morris International’s UK&I MD Christian Woolfenden has made a career in life’s vices. But he believes the things we love don’t have to harm us
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NewsVape industry body ejects tobacco companies from membership
UKVIA said the move had been made in response to “the ingrained external misperception” that it is “largely financially supported by tobacco firms”
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NewsPhilip Morris launches new heated tobacco range
The cheapest of the range – the Iluma One – has a recommended retail price of £39 and includes two packs of tobacco refill sticks.
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Category ReportHow batteries are going green
Improper battery disposal is causing ever more fires. Brands are mounting an education drive and upping their green strategies
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Comment & OpinionAre pack inserts the smoke-free solution or vape makers’ dream?
A recent Cancer Research UK report expects the government’s smoke-free target not to be met until 2039
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Comment & OpinionLocal authorities can’t hope to enforce disposable vape ban
Try to report stores already flouting regulations and the response from Trading Standards is usually nothing, says ACS CEO James Lowman
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Comment & OpinionVape sector will bear the blame for disposables ban
The vaping sector simply isn’t doing enough to reduce the number of single-use vapes that get binned
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NewsCity snapshot: Supreme upgrades profit forecasts as it strikes ElfBar distribution deal
Vape manufacturer Supreme has significantly upgraded its profit expectations for its 2023/24 financial year. Plus, Science in Sport chairman John Clarke is stepping down after nine years
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NewsParfetts admits to lagging behind the curve on vape sales
Parfetts joint MD Guy Swindell said the business was losing out on sales to local vape specialists
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Britain’s disposable vape market beyond saving?
Disposable vapes may be booming, but their manufacturers are in a battle of rule-followers versus rule-breakers. Now Big Tobacco is wading in to shake things up further
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Comment & OpinionPM’s vaping ‘clampdown’ must be backed by serious deterrents
There is a lack of consequence for those breaking the law on vaping
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NewsOne Stop extends age verification tests to franchise stores
If retailers fail the test purchase they will be notified and visited by their business development manager to build a training plan
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NewsElfBar pulls all TikTok marketing after breaching ad rules
Imperial Tobacco raised complaint with Advertising Standards Authority over vape brand’s day-in-the-life ad