One in five top-level footballers use snus or nicotine pouches, survey reveals
Around one in five male and female professional football players are using snus or nicotine pouches, according to a new survey.
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Updated: Snap UK general election: what will it mean for vaping?
The snap general election in the UK could ring the death knell for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill if it isn’t passed as law before parliament is dissolved.
UK politician proposes smoking ban be extended to vapes
A Member of Parliament (MP) in the UK has quietly put forward an amendment to the new smoking ban to include vapes.
How to respond to UK government’s vape tax consultation
A new tax on vapes is due to come into effect in the UK from October 2026. Here's what to do about it...
Calling out fake news part 3: prohibitionists getting owned by community notes
Well readers, it’s happened again. People who should probably know better - many of whom call themselves defenders of public health - have once again been called out on X for spreading fake news about vaping.
Anti-vaping professor makes shock admission at Australian inquiry
An anti-vaping professor has made a shock admission at a public inquiry that the only known deaths from vapes are from the batteries exploding.
Make vape designs standardised to reduce appeal to children, Dutch public health body urges.
Vape designs should be standardised to reduce the appeal of vaping to children, a Dutch public health body has said.
New report: Vapes are a “missed opportunity” to cut smoking deaths
The under-use of vapes is a “large, missed opportunity to reduce morbidity and premature mortality,” a major new report warns.
Switching to vapes could save smokers £1,699 a year, new study reveals
Researchers at Vape Superstore found that smokers in the UK spend £2,366 a year on cigarettes - over THREE TIMES as much as those who use a vaping kit.
UK agrees world’s toughest smoking ban
MPs in the UK have backed a plan to ban anyone born after 2009 from ever buying cigarettes, effectively ensuring it will become law.
‘We’re unsure how many vapers will return to smoking after disposables ban,’ admits UK Government
The UK Government has admitted it doesn’t know how many vapers will return to potentially fatal smoking after the disposable vape ban.