Ireland skips tax increase on e-juice
A planned new tax designed to make life a little more pleasant for smokers has now been scrapped in Ireland. Authorities fear that it would lead to fewer people quitting smoking.
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Leaving Australia after ban on e-cigarettes
Australian youtuber and vejp celebrity "Vaping Bogan" has decided to leave his home country due to the government's ban on the sale and import of e-cigarettes. His followers are now crowdfunding money for...
From smoker to corporate gazelle in the 1TP8 world
Lidköping resident Michael Fredén has managed to combine a passion for business with his interest in vejpning - and now he has hit a home run.
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...
Sound engineer, vejpare and aspiring smoke machine
Sound engineer and vejper Micke Thenor travels around the country behind the mixing desks of all kinds of artists. A life that involves late nights and stints as an effects creator: "A vejp is really the same as...
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.
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, 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...
