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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...

"I will never smoke again" - Stories from Sweden

How do Swedes stay smoke-free? That's the question Vejpkollen asks in a series of reports on nicotine use in Sweden - a country that is becoming smoke-free.

Inveterate smokers prefer e-cigs to snus and medicines

Among Norwegians who still smoke, e-cigarettes probably have the greatest potential to reduce smoking. Traditional nicotine medicines, on the other hand, are not very popular. This is according to a new study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

Amanda Seguel, nicotine pouches and e-cigs

Amanda, 25 - "I got rid of the really dangerous thing, smoking"

Story: She is 25 years old and has been using nicotine since her early teens. Amanda Seguel started as a smoker, but soon switched to vejping and nicotine pouches. "Right now I don't actually use...

France: Close to banning single-use e-cigarettes

The French Parliament wants to ban disposable vejps. This follows a majority vote in favour of an opposition proposal, which is also supported by the government. Critics warn that a ban...

Research: Dull packaging does not attract young and old to vejpa

Standardised packaging, without dramatic expressions and bright colours, attracts fewer children and minors to buy vejp products. At the same time, it also reduces the interest of adults to try e-cigs. This is according to a new British...

Study: Young people talk about vejpning, smoking and nicotine use

Trendy and cool. But isn't it just as dangerous as smoking? Young people who vejpake and smoke regularly have many conflicting opinions about e-cigarettes and smoking. This is according to a study where young people...

Björn, 59, vejpare - 'I can breathe normally again'

"Hardly anyone smokes anymore. People like me, who maybe didn't care so much about their health, find other ways to get the nicotine. The young people on mopeds...

Study: The link between new nicotine products and smoking

The increasing use of e-cigarettes, or other new nicotine products, has not led to more people taking up smoking. This is according to the largest study to date that examined the relationship between smoking and...

Project to validate tobacco companies' research on vejpning

E-cigarettes are significantly less harmful than traditional cigarettes. This is true even though some of the research showing this comes from tobacco companies. This is according to a new study from the Coehar Institute in Italy.

Large e-cig shop in Gothenburg closes down

The Vejp store Light Your Fire on Hisingen in Gothenburg is closing down. This is now clear after the owners informed the customers via their social media. The reason is high rents and difficulties in finding a new...

"Religious opposition to e-cigs and nicotine pouches"

What happens in a country where cannabis is allowed to flow freely, but all alternatives to cigarettes are seen as the devil's invention? Vejpkollen spoke to Rob de Lange and the inventor of the nicotine pouch, Karl Fagerström.