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.
Tag: smoking
Criticising Tobacco Free Day - "A campaign to protect cigarettes"
On Saturday 31 May, the World Health Organization will launch its annual World No Tobacco Day. But the day before, vejpare and other user organisations gather to celebrate World Vape Day. The conflict between harm reduction and "quit or die" ideologies...
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...
Sweden stops Spain's pouch plans - "Smoking is a major health hazard"
"Nicotine pouches are not health products, and that is why we in Sweden have regulated them. But in a situation where smoking is allowed, nicotine pouches should also be allowed," says Minister for Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa regarding...
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,...
'Swap 2 stop' got thousands to quit smoking in UK local authority
The UK national 'Swap 2 Stop' programme continues to spread across the country. The plan is to offer free e-cigs to one million smokers through community stop-smoking centres. Now the reports are starting to come in.
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.
Bulgaria mulls vejp ban - but disposable models at risk
The big-smoking country of Bulgaria first voted unanimously in its parliament to ban vejp altogether. Then it realised that the move was against EU law and changed its mind. Now it seems that the latest bid...
Researchers say: "Too many smokers try to quit with ineffective methods"
Studies from the UK show that many smokers still try to quit using ineffective methods. Now researchers are speaking out. "The likelihood of success increases dramatically if you use evidence-based methods such as vejpning or other...
Who do we really want to 'protect' with restrictions on e-cigarettes?
Editorial. With all the bans and calls for restrictions on e-cigarettes, you have to stop and ask yourself: who benefits from this? And who pays the price?
Hong Kong bans vejpning - cigarette sales increase
Hong Kong joins the ranks of Asian prohibitionist countries in taking further steps to restrict the use of e-cigarettes. From mid-2026, it will be illegal to possess and use vejps in public places...
Study: Vaping does not lead to smoking among young people "Evidence to the contrary"
The common perception that vejpning is a gateway to cigarette smoking among young people is wrong. "Evidence suggests the opposite," says researcher Jamie Hartmann-Boyce.
