Archive of all vaping articles – Page 7
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NewsMedia Bites 7 March: Starbucks, Gousto, consumer spending
Starbucks has shelved plans to sell off its owner-operated UK coffee shops and instead committed to opening 100 outlets this year.
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NewsPhilip Morris launches disposable vape in UK
The device launch follows an international licensing agreement signed by Philip Morris International (PMI) and Kaival Brands International
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ReportsAre smokeless tobacco claims overheated?
“There is a growing body of evidence to support the reduced harm potential of heated tobacco products”
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Comment & OpinionDisposable vaping has attracted bad actors. This must be stamped out
We all have a responsibility to ensure the right products get to the right people in the right way, says Duncan Cunningham, external affairs director at Philip Morris (PML)
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Category ReportCigarette companies push smokers to vaping: tobacco & accessories report 2023
As cigarette sales fall once again, big tobacco is looking to vaping for revenue. But it risks being overtaken by new, trendy brands
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Category ReportWill vaping’s youth appeal force a crackdown? Vaping & e-cigarettes category report 2023
Illegal nicotine volume, youth-targeted marketing and counterfeit devices are threatening the fast-growing disposable vape market
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NewsElfBar insists withdrawal of disposable vapes ‘not on safety grounds’
In a rare communication with media, the Chinese-owned brand emphasised to The Grocer that the withdrawal was not the same as a recall
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NewsElfBar tells retailers to keep selling over-filled vapes amid withdrawal
The Chinese-owned brand said it would be working with a Trading Standards Primary Authority to “ensure the withdrawal is carried out effectively”
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Comment & OpinionWhy ElfBar may never return to the shelf
The supermarkets were already taking a risk selling disposable vapes
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NewsBestselling ElfBar vapes stripped from all major supermarket shelves
Several supermarkets had previously pulled specific flavour variants of the device, but have since enforced a temporary blanket ban on the bestselling brand
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NewsOver-strength ElfBars found on supermarket shelves
Tesco, Morrisons, Asda and Sainsbury’s have all moved to investigate or remove the offending products from shelves
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Analysis & FeaturesIs convenience still enough in the cost of living crisis?
Convenience stores provided many people with a lifeline during Covid, but now face the challenge of persuading hard-up shoppers they’re more than a costlier alternative to Aldi
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NewsVapes sold to children are ‘biggest high street concern’, says Trading Standards
61% of the officers said out of all their high street enforcement work, they were most worried about shops selling illicit vapes, or selling vaping products to children
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NewsWaitrose withdraws from disposable vape market citing environmental concerns
The majority of its rivals having begun listing the products or expanded ranges over the last year
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Comment & OpinionHilarious, disastrous and frankly outrageous moments that shaped 2022
A year of political chaos, war, strikes, egg shortages, fevered cost price increase negotiations
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Comment & OpinionHow the ElfBar captured the hearts, minds and lungs of the Zoomer generation
The garishly colourful little sticks, available in myriad sweet shop flavours, have gained an outlandish £314m in extra sales
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NewsTop Products: vape brand ElfBar is this year’s biggest grower
The Chinese-owned brand – launched in 2018 – increased its sales by £318.4m versus last year
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Analysis & FeaturesTobacco & vaping 2022: Disposable vapes drive stunning growth
Elf Bar is now the most valuable e-cig brand by a considerable margin, having shifted an extra 55.8 million units
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RankingsThe top 10 biggest growing categories of 2022 by value
The craze for disposable vapes was led by the seemingly ubiquitous Elfbar whose £318.4m gain accounts for 73% of the uplift
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NewsRipple+ no nicotine vape brand plans more store takeovers
Stores in Camden Town and Notting Hill in London, as well as locations in Manchester and Bristol have been earmarked for the marketing initiative