UPDATE - 3rd November 2025 - we've now seen the version of the paper that will be discussed by EU Ambassadors on Wednesday. Possible bans on safer nicotine products are still part of the text.
When EU negotiations go late into the…
Over 100.000 people have signed a French petition calling for the government to rethink its proposed vape tax in just three days. The petition has over 127.000 signatures at the time of writing.
The proposed budget legislation would redefine vaping products as…
Sweden has stepped up its opposition to proposed nicotine pouch bans in France and Spain, sending formal letters to both governments and calling the measures “absurd.”
The correspondence, signed by Swedish trade minister Benjamin Dousa and dated 24 September, urges Paris and…
With France pushing ahead with its criminalisation of nicotine pouches despite objections from seven other EU Member States, consumers and health policy advocates have slammed the measure, warning that it will criminalise ordinary Europeans crossing borders with safer nicotine products and push…
Belgium will ban smoking and vaping on public terraces and in designated smoking rooms from 1 January 2027.
The federal government says the measure covers restaurant and café terraces as well as smoking rooms in airports, hospitality venues and clubs that cater…
Spain is preparing a sweeping outdoor ban on both smoking and vaping. The draft law would outlaw their use on bar and restaurant terraces, beaches, stadiums, bus stops, children’s play areas and sports centres.
Vapes, heated tobacco, shisha and nicotine pouches would…
The global market for illicit vapes has ballooned to unprecedented levels, fuelled by tightening restrictions and outright bans in multiple countries, according to new analysis from Euromonitor.
Illicit electronic vape sales rose seven per cent last year to around 605 billion products…
Five staff members working at the World Health Organisation’s tobacco control department earn more than the UK Prime Minister and the French President, new figures released by the WHO show; with the highest paid staff member (presumably Head of the Secretariat Adriana…
Austria is set to ban the sale of single-use vapes, citing concerns about youth vaping and environmental risks.