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Warning to vejpare in Singapore: "Fine or imprisonment"

The tiny country, with famously tough regulations on just about everything, is throwing down the gauntlet in its fledgling war on e-cigarettes. Sky-high fines and prison sentences await visiting vejpers in Singapore.

New Zealand scraps generational ban on cigarettes

New Zealand will neither impose a generational ban on cigarette sales nor introduce a requirement for low-nicotine cigarettes. This was recently announced by the country's new government. The reason is the risk of losing tax revenue, but also that...

Nicotine debate: Want a ban on drug dealing and ID checks in smoking areas

Intergenerational ban on tobacco purchases. ID checks in the smoking area to stop minors from using cigarettes. Exposure bans and a ban on repairing tobacco products. These are some of the proposals on the table when the Swedish Parliament...

Left Party: "Ban the flavours in e-cigs and nicotine pouches"

Ban all non-tobacco flavours in e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches. And hide all tobacco products in shops. This is what the Left Party is proposing ahead of the upcoming debate on alcohol, tobacco and drugs in Parliament.

SD: "Introduce harm reduction in tobacco policy"

A better investigation into the relative risks of different nicotine products and a new framework for managing tobacco and nicotine products. This is what the Sweden Democrats are now proposing ahead of the upcoming debate on ANDTS issues in the Social Affairs Committee.

Researchers warn: smokers think e-cigarettes are more dangerous than cigarettes

Over half of all smokers in England believe that vejping via e-cigarettes is as dangerous or even more dangerous than smoking cigarettes. This is despite the fact that the authorities continually inform them of the opposite....

Vaping leads to more successful smoking cessation in England

A new UK study shows clear links between the rise in e-cigarette use and increasing numbers of successful quit attempts at the population level.

Health Minister sets tone for harm reduction ahead of new EU rules

Minister of Health Jakob Forssmed is now entering the debate on nicotine pouches and harm minimisation. "I would like to emphasise that compared to snus, cigarettes and smoking tobacco pose a relatively greater health risk."

Ireland skips tax increase on e-juice

A planned new tax designed to make life a little more pleasant for smokers has now been scrapped in Ireland. Authorities fear that it would lead to fewer people quitting smoking.

Leaving Australia after ban on e-cigarettes

Australian youtuber and vejp celebrity "Vaping Bogan" has decided to leave his home country due to the government's ban on the sale and import of e-cigarettes. His followers are now crowdfunding money for...

Reporting the Ministry to the Ombudsman - "Lack of transparency on nicotine pouches and the EU"

Why is the Ministry of Social Affairs covering up what it has said and thought about nicotine pouches, e-cigarettes and snus to the European Commission? This is what Samuel Lundell and the Snusarnas Riskförbund are asking, and they have now reported the Ministry to the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

Government: "Worrying for freedom of trade when countries ban nicotine pouches"

The Government is concerned that free movement is negatively affected when individual Member States introduce a total ban on nicotine pouches. This is what Minister for Development Cooperation and Trade Johan Forssell (m) writes about the recent debate on nicotine pouches ...