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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...

Håkan, 48, ex-smoker: "It is very important that e-cigs are available everywhere cigarettes are"

Snuff and cigarettes have long been a natural part of Håkan Friedrich's life. Almost 40 years after his first puff, the cigarettes have been replaced by e-cigs and the snus by citrus-flavoured nicotine pouches.

He makes tobacco flavours - from pears and cinnamon

Propylene glycol, glycerine and various flavour essences offer a myriad of combinations and possibilities. In Light Your Fire's juice lab, they've gone the extra mile and found, among other things, that they need...

Why the tobacco giants win - all the time

Stubborn and cynical lobbying by the anti-smoking lobby leads to e-cigarettes being completely taken over by the tobacco companies. And smokers continue to die.

Mateo Lozano, 21, opened a vape shop in Karlskrona, Sweden. Amidst the debate on flavour bans and young people using e-cigarettes.

"I am the generation politicians worry about"

20 years old. Photographer and filmmaker Mateo Lozano quit smoking with the help of e-cigarettes. He now runs a vape shop in the centre of Karlskrona.

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.

Waffles, friends and weaning - in the shadow of the flavour ban

There was a full house when iSmokeking celebrated Waffle Day with free waffles and coffee for customers. At the same time, the issue of the looming flavour ban was in the air.

How road users are saving their flavours - several campaigns launched

Films, postcards and emails to politicians. Companies in Sweden are now mobilising to stop the government's flavour ban.

Promoting e-cigs without breaking the law is an art.

Swedish Consumer Agency scrutinises vape shops - "Difficult to do the right thing"

How do shops selling e-cigs manage the marketing on their websites? During the winter, the Swedish Consumer Agency has scrutinised Swedish vape shops and just before the turn of the year the first reports came in.

The US denies authorisation for millions of flavoured e-juices.

Covert flavour ban wipes out vape shops in the US

In less than a month, the US FDA has banned the sale of almost all non-tobacco and menthol flavoured e-liquids in the country.

Major brands disappearing from Swedish shops

Shops are no longer allowed to sell most products from some of the world's largest e-cigarette companies. This is the result of a review by the Public Health Agency of Sweden of the range of products available in Swedish vejpshoppar.