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

Arberd Lalicic har sålt e-cigaretter online sedan 2010. Men som den ekonomiskt säkra multiföretagarare han är så är det inte det viktigaste. Han vill hjälpa rökare att sluta röka. Som han själv...

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...

New owner takes over vejp store in Linköping - "Old staff will remain"

In the shadow of the bankruptcy of one of Sweden's largest e-cigarette chains, its competitor Vapes is investing in a new opening. At least almost. Since a few weeks back, they have taken...

OECD report: Undulating trends in vejpning in Europe

With stricter regulations for both cigarettes and smokeless nicotine products underway in different parts of the EU, the use of vejp products continues to increase in European countries. Statistics from the OECD show how e-cigarettes...

How Sweden's largest e-cig chain crashed - in just a few hours

Sweden's largest e-cig chain, with 7 physical stores in central Sweden and thousands of customers, is no more. All but two Cigge stores closed with immediate effect on 14 January 2025.

Coop starts selling vejps - "A victory for the concept"

COOP will soon start selling e-cigarettes. This follows the grocery chain's agreement with Swedish manufacturer VONT to supply disposable models to 800 stores across the country.

Major Swedish e-cig chain files for bankruptcy

Eurobrands distribution AB, which operates the website Cigge.se and seven physical stores, files for bankruptcy. This is announced by the owner Harm Reduction Group in a press release. "We have fought hard to save Eurobrands Distribution,...

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...

Time to rethink: children are paying the price for outdated nicotine policies

The government wants to see harm minimisation in the nicotine market while reducing nicotine use among young people. It is possible to achieve both, but change is needed. And prevention policy must be problematised.

"2024 was the year the winds changed - vejpning and snus are now part of the solution"

Disposable vapes in every other convenience store. White snuff is out-competing smoking among young people and doctors are beating the drum about the risks of smoke-free nicotine use. Despite the storm clouds on the horizon, Karl-Åke...

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...

Parliament decided on a new target for tobacco and nicotine policy

It is now clear that Sweden will have a new tobacco policy target for the next five years. Parliament decided this on Wednesday. Instead of reducing nicotine use, the goal will now be to reduce medical...