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Anti-vejp group spreads message at WHO conference - vejpers ejected

Weather activists and anti-tobacco fanatics. Dedicated addiction researchers and prohibitionists. All gathered in Panama City to attend, monitor and comment on the tenth meeting of the WHO Tobacco Convention, COP10. Vejpkollen took the pulse of two movements fighting...

Crime syndicates control the nicotine trade - "People don't stop smoking because of high taxes"

In a short time, cigarette sales in Panama have fallen to record lows. But this is a truth with a twist. Neither demand nor availability has decreased, only legal trade. This is according to the organisation Crime...

Ban or opportunity? New nicotine products a sticking point for the Tobacco Convention

E-cigarettes, but also other smokeless nicotine products, are the focus of the 10th meeting of the Tobacco Convention. And among the 183 countries attending the meeting, there are very different views on how to proceed...

Tobacco farmers protested outside tobacco convention meeting

Tobacco farmers who grow tobacco for cigars protested on Monday outside the Tobacco Control Convention conference in Panama. The message? There are different forms of tobacco use, and cigars, unlike cigarettes, are not products that...

UK government bans disposable vejps - opens up for flavour ban

The UK government is proposing a ban on the sale of disposable vejps. This comes after the government announced new measures to reduce vejp use among young people in the country. The decision raises concerns among health researchers in the country.

Study: "Vejps and nicotine patches safe to use for smoking cessation in pregnancy"

The use of e-cigarettes or nicotine patches during pregnancy does not appear to adversely affect the foetus. This is according to a large randomised control trial involving over 1100 pregnant women.

Young people vejpook unknown substance - emergency hospitalisation

Four people in their early teens have been taken to hospital after inhaling an unknown drug via vejpning. This is reported by Sveriges Radio Medelpad.

Vejpshoppar not allowed to link to their website anymore - "As if our name is toxic"

Companies selling e-cigarettes are no longer allowed to link to their website via social media or email. This has become clear after the Swedish Consumer Agency criticised the company eSmokes for violating the rules on marketing in the...

Fighting for harm minimisation in the EU - "Risk of a ban on nicotine pouches this spring"

Persistent reports, albeit unconfirmed by official sources, suggest that the availability of smokeless nicotine products, such as white snus, may be severely restricted. If the EU Commission gets its way.

Foundation For a Smoke Free World breaks with Phillip Morris

The Foundation for a smoke free world has undergone a change of management and is cancelling all its previous contracts with the tobacco industry.

Young people after flavour ban: "I'd rather buy cigarettes"

Since 1 January, shops in the Netherlands have been prohibited from selling e-cigarettes that do not taste of tobacco and smoke essence. Young people are getting vapes on Snapchat or buying cigarettes instead. "If only it can...

Norway bans flavours in e-cigarettes - but nicotine pouches survive

Norway prohibits all flavourings in vejp products. The exception is so-called 'tobacco flavours'. The ban applies regardless of whether the e-liquid contains nicotine or not. "It's absolutely absurd." says activist Frank Tinmansvik.