On the surface, the UK’s disposable vape ban appears to have worked.
Among 11 to 17-year-olds who vape, the share saying they mainly use disposables has fallen from 42 per cent in 2025 to 13 per cent in 2026, according to YouGov…
A new PLOS One study found only 21.4% of healthcare providers and trainees recognised vapes as less harmful than combustible cigarettes.
Most participants, 60.2%, believed vapes were just as harmful or more harmful than smoking.
The study also found widespread confusion about…
Sweden has blocked an EU tobacco tax plan that critics warned would punish the smoke-free products behind the country’s sharp fall in smoking.
The move turns Sweden’s smoke-free success into a direct challenge to Brussels, coming just days after the European Parliament…
A 2023 paper linking vape use with lung disease in the US has been retracted by the Journal of Investigative Medicine.
The journal said concerns were raised about the accuracy of data derived from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, known…
Vaping may have prevented up to 100 billion cigarettes from being smoked in Britain since 2013, according to new analysis.
Campaign group We Vape said the rapid rise of vaping as an alternative to smoking has coincided with one of the steepest…
Smokers given a 5% nicotine vape were more than three times as likely to quit cigarettes after six weeks as those given a nicotine-free vape.
The trial found 36.5% of people in the nicotine vape group stopped smoking, compared with 11.5 per…
New research suggests badly designed nicotine taxes could backfire by narrowing the price gap between smoking and lower-risk products
Governments have used cigarette taxes for decades to reduce smoking. The logic is that if cigarettes cost more, fewer people will buy them.…
The FDA’s first authorisation of fruit-flavoured vapes should be a turning point in America’s long-running battle over nicotine policy. Instead, it has exposed just how confused that policy has become.
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised four vaping products from…
The WHO is urging governments to consider strict regulation - and potentially bans - on nicotine pouches, warning they risk creating “a new generation” addicted to nicotine
The report argues nicotine pouches are being marketed with “youthful themes”, sweet flavours and “discreet”…