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EU: Nicotine tax on nicotine-free liquids and 600% up on pouches

Is your e-liquid nicotine-free? Or are you trying to cut down on nicotine? It doesn't matter according to the EU - a new proposal could make your e-juice six times more expensive. Decisions are now approaching on...

"That vaping kills, is a false and dangerous myth" EU-experts warn

EU/Policy. Despite scientific studies showing that smokeless nicotine products are significantly less harmful than cigarettes, false claims are now circulating in the European Commission's tax debate. Critics warn that equal taxation could have serious consequences for...

10 months with vejp for Snickar-Ronny

Do you remember Ronny? The smoking carpenter who, after 30+ years of bumming and half-assed attempts to quit, was given a vejpkit to see how it would go. Here comes the follow-up.

Snus users not wanted: Municipality launches new policy to create role models - "Terrified"

Another municipality has decided to ban its staff from using nicotine, including snus, during working hours. The newspaper Göteborgs-Posten reports. According to the local council, the policy applies to teachers and school staff who are supposed to be "role models"...

"Now an aid that actually helped me quit smoking is banned"

The ban on disposable guns in the UK has been in place for a few days now, but the effects started to be felt even before 1 June. Thousands of UK users stocked up like crazy, while shops sold out of the products....

Mariestad municipality bans vejp smoking during working hours - white snus next

Vejp, white snus and other nicotine products are to be removed from the working day of municipal employees in Mariestads. In an updated tobacco policy, vejp is equated with cigarettes and cannot be used during working hours.

Government takes on the EU - challenging France's ban

The Swedish government halts the French ban on nicotine pouches. At least temporarily. After Kammarkollegiet proposed a strong protest due to apparent barriers to trade in the EU area, the government is now going ahead and submitting...

Authority stops sale of vejp kit with over 5000 puffs

It should no longer be possible to buy pre-filled e-cigs with a "plug-in" system that guarantees more than 800 puffs. This is the opinion of the Public Health Agency of Sweden, which is now banning the sale of several brands of...

Vape-o-Gotchi - stupidity without limits

With often colourful appearances and candy-like flavours, e-cigarettes have long been criticised for attracting children and young people. Recently, an innovative toy/e-cig combo made headlines.

Study: British vejpers abandon disposable models

Ahead of the UK ban on disposable vejps, which comes into force on 1 June, many users have already started to change their habits to refillable systems. This is according to a study by University Collage London.

Weaving thrives India - "Many don't know it's banned"

India's government banned e-cigarettes in 2019 with the aim of eliminating them from the market. Five years later, the reality in the big-smoking country seems to reflect something else - e-cigs are still very much available,...

Big question marks over EU tax on nicotine pouches - "counterproductive"

"That the EU would step in and more than quintuple the tax on white snus is astonishing, counterproductive and unthinkable." said Jesper Skalberg Karlsson, member of the Social Affairs Committee, regarding persistent rumours about the European Commission's plans for nicotine pouches.