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Vejpare gives up drugs - "Just started smoking again"

Vejpare shuns nicotine medicines. This is according to a survey of 3000 e-cigarette users in the Netherlands. A majority had tried several different medicines before successfully quitting smoking with the help of e-cigs.

"Helping smokers to quit is the most important thing a doctor can do"

Colin Mendelsohn is a doctor who goes against the grain. With his book Quit smoking - Start Vaping, he helps doctors and smokers understand how e-cigarettes can lead to smoking cessation.

Top arguments against a flavour ban in Sweden

The Swedish government intends to ban almost all flavours in e-cigarettes and e-liquid. Other EU nations may be next. This is how you can react.

Calls on snus users to speak out on flavour ban

The snus company is calling on its customers to join vejpare and protest against the government's planned flavour ban.

They don't care if you die - and smokers are not worth saving

The government's proposal to ban flavours in e-cigarettes is now on the table of the parliament. "It seems to be ok that more smokers die" says Vejpkollen's editor-in-chief.

Between the sledgehammer and the anvil - smokers, e-cigarettes and tobacco companies

Where do tobacco companies stand in the e-cigarette debate? Vejpkollen visited Philip Morris and met with PMI's Scientific Director Claude Guiron.

Flavour ban delayed - vejpare demonstrated outside Parliament.

The Government's proposal for a flavour ban on e-cigarettes is delayed. Meanwhile, activists, road users and entrepreneurs demonstrated outside the Parliament.

Manifestation for weaving in Stockholm

The government now submits a sharp proposal for a flavour ban on electronic cigarettes to the Parliament. On the same day, road users and activists gather in Stockholm to protest.

How road users are saving their flavours - several campaigns launched

Films, postcards and emails to politicians. Companies in Sweden are now mobilising to stop the government's flavour ban.

New flavour law requires: "A distinct smell and taste of TOBACCO"

E-cigarettes must taste like smoke and tobacco - otherwise they cannot be sold in Sweden. This is the content of a new law proposed by the Swedish government. "Will only increase cigarette sales" say critics.

Norway closer to regulating e-cigarettes - but flavour ban worries researchers

Norway is set to authorise the sale of e-liquids containing nicotine after a new law was put to a vote. Meanwhile, health researchers are concerned about a planned ban on flavours.

Promoting e-cigs without breaking the law is an art.

Swedish Consumer Agency scrutinises vape shops - "Difficult to do the right thing"

How do shops selling e-cigs manage the marketing on their websites? During the winter, the Swedish Consumer Agency has scrutinised Swedish vape shops and just before the turn of the year the first reports came in.