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California to ban flavoured e-juice

The populous US state of California is banning flavours in e-juice. Now public health scientists and freedom activists are outraged.

Malaysia's Foreign Minister uses e-cigarette to quit smoking.

Sneaking with the e-cig - threatened with imprisonment

While Malaysia is preparing a total ban on e-cigarettes, the Foreign Minister was caught sneaking vejp in Parliament.

Illustrates young person with e-cigarette

Young road users are tested more often for COVID-19

Young people who have tried e-cigarettes or smoke are more likely than average to be tested for Covid-19. This is according to a criticised study from the US.

Flavour ban for e-cigarettes and the black market

Illegal sales of flavoured e-juice on the rise

E-juice sold illegally in car parks or via illegal home deliveries. This is the result of flavour bans in e-cigarettes.

For people with mental health problems, e-cigarettes work best for smoking cessation.

E-cigarettes more often help smokers with mental health problems

Smokers with mental health problems often use e-cigarettes successfully to quit smoking. This is according to new research.

Researchers to study long-term effects of vejpning

How do e-cigarettes affect the lungs over time? Non-smokers are being sought for a large global study.

Nicotine can still be imported into e-cigs in Australia.

Nicotine law postponed after massive protests

Counsellors and politicians stopped the ban on importing nicotine in Australia - temporarily

Protests against new flavour ban in the Netherlands

Dutch vejpare will have to settle for the taste of tobacco. The current government decided this week.

It is more difficult to obtain nicotine in Australia.

Tougher rules on nicotine in Australia

Road users in Australia must ask their doctor if they want nicotine to stop smoking. And now the rules are being tightened further

Lung damage in the US led to fear of e-cigarettes - but cannabis was the cause.

THC scandal worse than COVID-19 for vape shops

The cannabis scandal in the US shook the e-cigarette industry to the core and led to huge losses. Meanwhile, the cannabis industry was hardly affected at all.

Flavours for e-cigarettes are restricted - but not in the vejp shops. New Zealand

Vejpshoppers win as flavour ban is introduced

Despite a flavour ban, New Zealand's new e-cigarette laws are praised by campaigners. "They recognise e-cigs as a healthier alternative to tobacco"

Lobby organisation ETHRA fights for vejpares' rights in the EU

Fighting for e-cigarettes in Europe

Flavour restrictions, heavy taxation and outright bans are on the agenda as the EU reviews its directives. ETHRA is a voice for e-cigarettes in the EU.