Archive of all vaping articles – Page 4
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News
Dinner 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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Interviews
PMI’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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News
Vape 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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News
Philip 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 Report
How 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 & Opinion
Are 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 & Opinion
Local 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 & Opinion
Vape 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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News
City 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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News
Parfetts 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 & Features
Is 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 & Opinion
PM’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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News
One 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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News
ElfBar 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
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Analysis & Features
What does the new underage vaping clampdown need to do to work?
Government is seeking evidence and boosting Trading Standards
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News
City snapshot: Supreme upgrades expectations amid vaping boom
Vape manufacturer Supreme is set to report annual results that are “comfortably ahead” of market expectations thanks to booming sales and acquisitions
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News
Vape flavour and display bans being considered by government
Industry input sought on how the appearance and characteristics of vapes, and their marketing and promotion, may attract children
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News
‘Enforcement squad’ to crack down on underage vaping
The squad will be led by Trading Standards and will share intelligence with regional networks and local authorities
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Analysis & Features
Smokers to get free vape kits to help them quit cigarettes
Almost one in five smokers will be given devices in the ’swap to stop’ initiative, the Department of Health & Social Care said
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News
Chill Brands raises £2.6m to develop CBD vapes
International CBD group Chill Brands said the money would also fund a marketing drive for its e-commerce site