Smoke-free country archive

Vapes, toilet paper and detergent - an odd combo in Gothenburg

Fredric Corneliusson stumbled into vejpning through the back door. The dandelion child from Frölunda, Sweden, sees himself more as an entrepreneur who happened to end up in an exciting industry - than an outright e-cigarette activist. But now...

"The flavour ban in Denmark is the best thing that happened to us"

Ångfabriken in Malmö is run by father and son Troedsson - but mostly the younger version, Dennis, these days. The father usually stays away from the shop on Föreningsgatan, even though he is still the majority owner.

The multi-entrepreneur who had enough and "settled" for vejp sales

Arberd Lalicic has been selling e-cigarettes online since 2010. But as the financially secure multi-entrepreneur he is, that's not the most important thing. He wants to help smokers quit. As he himself...

New series in Vejpkollen: Can Snickar-Ronny go smoke-free?

Carpenter Ronny Nilsson is 47 and has been smoking since middle school. Throughout his life he has made "half-hearted attempts to quit". Vejpkollen's reporter provided him with a simple starter kit to see if...

Store manager: "We need to educate vejpers away from disposable models"

Christian "Cristo" El-Hage may be a new store manager at Ecigg City, but he's quite an old hand at vejpgam. He sticks his neck out and says he'd rather see disposable vejps disappear...

Curiosity drove Victoria to vejpningen - and life-changing changes

Victoria Gillberg describes herself as curious. So curious, in fact, that when she found vejpningen and took a deep dive - it led all the way to becoming smoke-free, a job and a...

A vejping pioneer with a thousand irons in the fire

Steve Tasker was one of the first, maybe even the very first, to sell e-cigs in Sweden. In 2009 he opened his shop in Stockholm and is filled to the brim with...

Neither snus nor vejpar - but runs Stockholm's most nicotine shop

The Zielkowski family started the first Nikoteket many years ago at home in Söderköping, and when it came time to expand the business, Liam, who had just come of age, had to pack his bags and move...

Electronic cigarettes popular in the electric city

In the industrial city that electrified the country, former snuffers and smokers are switching to the battery-powered vapour. Mathias Norman steers the ship in Västerås' now only vejpshop. And where it should feel familiar to step ...

Smoking in Sweden at record low levels - "Not due to prohibition"

Smoking in Sweden is at record low levels. At the same time, the proportion of people using smokeless nicotine products is increasing. This is shown by new statistics from the Public Health Agency of Sweden on Swedes' lifestyles.

From smoking coughs and burnout to e-cigs and vejp companies

Despite its relatively small size, Uddevalla is one of Sweden's better towns for vejp users. There are two competing specialist e-cigarette shops here. Behind the till in the slightly larger of the two...

Awarded best tobacco shop - "Best margin on e-cigs and white snus"

Smoke-free nicotine products such as e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches were in the spotlight when convenience companies presented awards for success in everyday retail in early autumn.