New Freedom of Information data reveals local authorities never received funding from multi-million-pound enforcement promise made by former government. 17 major city and London borough councils confirm they never received any of the Conservative government’s promised £30 million enforcement boost. Labour faces urgent calls to invest in vape enforcement after shock...
French Health Minister Geneviève Darrieussecq has announced plans to ban nicotine pouches, citing concerns about underage use. In a recent interview with French newspaper La Parisien, Geneviève Darrieussecq said that a ban on the alternative nicotine products will be announced in the coming weeks. When discussing the potential ban the Health Minister said: “They...
The news that single-use 600-puff disposable vapes with a non-rechargeable battery will be banned from 1 June 2025 was massive news for the vape industry. With many adult smokers turning to disposables as a suitable nicotine replacement to switch from cigarettes, how could the vape market reposition itself?By evolving and adapting to...
Labour’s all-out offensive on vaping will cause unnecessary and avoidable deaths and disease Created: 28 November 2024 For immediate release ·The government’s all-out offensive on vaping will undo years of advances in helping smokers quit·Restrictions on the availability and accessibility of vapes will cause avoidable deaths·Consumers in the UK want...
The European Union’s Parliament voted yesterday to reject the European Commission’s recommendations that EU member countries apply smoking restrictions to vaping and impose harsh new bans on public vaping and smoking. The Commission released its “smoke-free environments” recommendations in September, and asked the Parliament and Council of the European Union to...
