e-cigarettes archive

More expensive e-juice and less hardware - higher fees threaten supply

Reduced supply and higher prices for hardware and pre-mixed e-juice. This is expected if the Public Health Agency is allowed to increase the fees for e-cigs and e-liquid.

"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.

E-cigarettes may become legal in Thailand

The Thai government is opening the door to legalising e-cigarettes. This was announced by Thailand's Minister of Social Affairs. Vaping has been banned since 2014 in the country and is associated with high fines - even for tourists.

E-cigarettes to phase out smoking in New Zealand

"E-cigarettes are successfully used by smokers to quit. They are an important tool for phasing out smoking," said New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

M favours snus and e-cigs to reduce the harm caused by smoking.

(M): Reducing smoking through e-cigarettes and snus?

Sweden should introduce a harm reduction perspective in tobacco and nicotine policy. This is the opinion of several representatives of the New Moderates.

smokers find e-cigarettes very helpful in quitting smoking.

"Has ANYONE taken up smoking for the sake of flavour?"

Debate. If flavours were the problem, not many people would have started smoking in the first place "Because it honestly tastes like shit", says debater Mathias Norman.

Politicians give their opinion on e-cigarettes

Swedish politicians: "Good if e-cigarettes reduce smoking"

Are e-cigarettes a wise alternative to cigarettes? Vejpkollen asked this question to all parties in Parliament.

Philip Morris stops selling cigarettes in England

Philip Morris will stop selling Marlboro in the UK within ten years. Meanwhile, tobacco giants are increasingly focusing on e-cigs and the IQOS heat-not-burn system.

Doctors: "E-cigarettes are the solution - not the problem"

Many leading health and addiction researchers around the world are dismayed by the WHO's campaign against e-cigarettes.

E-cigarettes help many people to quit smoking

Study: Homeless people supported to quit smoking with e-cigarettes

Using free e-cigarettes and e-liquid, 480 volunteers will take part in a unique study on smoking cessation.

Norway regulates e-cigarettes. But only with tobacco flavours and an age limit of 25 years.

Norway: Young smokers should not be allowed to buy e-cigarettes

The Norwegian government wants to allow e-cigarettes and e-liquid with nicotine. But only in tobacco flavours and with an age limit of 25 years. The age limit for cigarettes is 18.

Urgent need for input on EU taxes on e-liquids

ETHRA urges snus and vejp users to have their say on EU plans to harmonise taxes on tobacco and e-liquid - before it's too late.