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News · United States · Aug 7, 2026

Exclusive vaping rises 18.8% a year as US adults move away from smoking, study shows

Ali Anderson

Illustration of a man holding a cigarette beside a hedge outside a brick house.

News · Sweden · Aug 6, 2026

Daily smoking falls by a third as six in 10 UK vapers are former smokers

Daily smoking in the UK has fallen by almost a third since 2020, while six in 10 people who currently vape are former smokers, new figures from Action on Smoking and Health suggest.

Ali Anderson

News · Italy · Aug 5, 2026

Ireland’s de facto vape flavour ban delayed after Italy and Greece object

Tim Hong

News · Ukraine · Jul 31, 2026

What can you do with 500 disposable vapes? Take a workshop off-grid and drive 18 miles

Ali Anderson

People walking along a wet cobbled street in Tallinn, with two men smoking beside a designated smoking-area sign.

News · Jul 30, 2026

Estonia proposes vape flavour ban and 4mg/g nicotine pouch limit

Tim Hong

News · European Union · Jul 29, 2026

Nicotine’s Terrifying Little Secret

David Zaruk

News · Jul 29, 2026

US defence bill would test vapes and nicotine pouches to help troops quit smoking

Ali Anderson

News · Italy · Jul 28, 2026

Top EU health official contradicts Commissioner on vaping and pouch risks

Peter Beckett

News · Jul 27, 2026

Vape tax could leave stop-smoking services with fewer vape kits, expert warns

Ali Anderson

News · Jul 24, 2026

US youth vaping rate down 74% as scientist questions ‘epidemic’ label

Ali Anderson

News · Jul 23, 2026

Vape shops are "antisocial”, says UK PM. Illegal vapes aren’t.

Peter Beckett

News · Jul 23, 2026

Full switch from smoking to vaping linked to lower heart risk, review finds

Ali Anderson

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