e-cigarettes archive

More expensive e-liquid and cigarettes but cheaper snus - new taxes in 2025

The Government proposes to increase the tax on nicotine-containing e-liquid. The reason is that in the future, tax rates will follow the consumer price index. The same will apply to other nicotine products such as cigarettes, snus and nicotine pouches.

Why go around the world to defend e-cigarettes?

Freelance journalist John Lund took the pulse of Vejpkollen's editor and founder Stefan Mathisson after his trip to Panama and the WHO's tobacco convention in February 2024. What really happened down there, how does it affect Sweden...

Vejpning changed Ana's life - both personally and professionally

Ana Georgieva Zlatkova was in her mid-10s, fresh out of a backbreaking job in a meat factory, chain-smoking and feeling generally miserable. Today, she has swapped cigarettes for e-cigs and runs the company "My...

Not an uncommon sight - shops are fronting with e-cigs - and now cigarette sales are declining in favor of e-cigs. snus and nicotine pouches.

Two EU countries move closer to banning disposable vejps

Belgium gets permission from the EU to ban single-use weapons. France is now expected to follow suit. The ban will prevent young people from vejpa, but is also likely to affect many adults trying to quit smoking.

The nicotine debate: "Taste is not harmful"

"Taste is not harmful. Nicotine, however, is both addictive and harmful. Limiting nicotine levels in nicotine portions is therefore important." Johan Hultberg (M) said this when the Parliament debated nicotine issues and...

Study: Road users got whiter teeth after quitting smoking

A unique study from the University of Catania in Italy showed that quitters who switch to vejpning and heated tobacco products can regain whiter tooth enamel, similar to that of non-smokers.

Study: Raising age limit reduced both vejp and cigarette use

Raising the age limit for e-cigarettes and smoking tobacco from 18 to 21 proved effective in reducing the use of both products. This is in contrast to various bans and taxes on e-cigarettes which instead increased...

Warning to vejpare in Singapore: "Fine or jail"

The small country, with famously tough rules on just about everything, is throwing down the gauntlet in its fledgling war on e-cigarettes. Sky-high fines and prison sentences await visiting vejpers in Singapore.

Nicotine debate: Want to see a ban on drug dealing and ID checks in smoking areas

Intergenerational ban on tobacco purchases. ID checks in the smoking area to stop minors from using cigarettes. Exposure bans and a ban on tobacco product repair. These are some of the proposals on the table when the Swedish Parliament...

Left Party: "Ban the flavors in e-cigs and nicotine pouches"

Ban all non-tobacco flavors in e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches. And hide all tobacco products in shops. This is what the Left Party is proposing ahead of the upcoming debate on alcohol, tobacco and drugs in Parliament.

SD: "Introduce harm reduction in tobacco policy"

A better investigation into the relative risks of different nicotine products and a new framework for managing tobacco and nicotine products. This is what the Sweden Democrats are now proposing ahead of the upcoming debate on ANDTS issues in the Social Affairs Committee.

Scientists warn: smokers think e-cigarettes are more dangerous than cigarettes

Over half of all smokers in England believe that vejping via e-cigarettes is as dangerous or even more dangerous than smoking cigarettes. This is despite the fact that the authorities continuously inform to the contrary....