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Comical Mark

News · Australia · Jun 25, 2025

Australia’s vape crackdown backfires as black market outpaces legal sales 1,700 to one

Ali Anderson

Vape Tax

News · France · Jun 11, 2025

EXCLUSIVE: BRUSSELS TO RAISE TAX ON VAPES, POUCHES AND IQOS

Alastair Cohen

Petar-Kanev-useful-idiot

News · European Union · Jun 10, 2025

Bulgaria’s blanket ban on vapes awaits Brussels approval

Bulgaria is on the brink of banning all vapes with the crackdown awaiting the go-ahead from Brussels.

Ali Anderson

News · Sweden · Jun 4, 2025

Australia’s vape crackdown backfires as smoking rates stay high

Ali Anderson

News · France · Jun 4, 2025

Sweden challenges French proposed nicotine pouch ban

Tim Hong

An older man drinking Guinness and vaping

News · Ireland · May 15, 2025

Rushing in a vape ban could increase smoking rates, Irish trade group warns

Ali Anderson

News · Italy · May 13, 2025

EXCLUSIVE: EU vape and pouch tax by Summer, Commissioner tells Parliament.

Alastair Cohen

Wistful NGO campaigner

News · May 12, 2025

“No more lobbying budgets”, tobacco control NGOs told

Alastair Cohen

News · May 9, 2025

House of Lords warned vape ban could have “perverse consequences”

Ali Anderson

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News · European Union · May 7, 2025

Guernsey bans disposable vapes and sales to under 18s

Tim Hong

Hong Kong Vape Ban

News · May 1, 2025

Vaping in Hong Kong to carry heavy fine from 2026

Ali Anderson

sweden flag

News · France · Apr 29, 2025

The fightback begins: Sweden seeks to block Spanish pouch ban

Alastair Cohen