A new study has concluded that although flavours are an “important motivator” for e-cigarette uptake among young people, there is no evidence to associate them with a move to smoking tobacco
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published new recommendations on how to help promote quitting smoking, and how to introduce tools such as e-cigarettes into conversations with smokers
MPs have called on the UK government to take the forthcoming Tobacco Control Plan as an opportunity to tackle misinformation around tobacco alternatives and encourage switching to less harmful products
Imperial Brands registered a dip in revenues from its next generation products (NGP) portfolio but said it looks forward to expanding product trials in new countries and consolidating European and US markets
Some manufacturers may struggle to overcome certain regulatory hurdles to licensing e-cigarettes in the UK as medical products – leaving the field to tobacco companies – experts warn
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is backing the idea of e-cigarettes as a licensed therapy, available on prescription for smokers who want to quit
Northern Ireland’s Department of Health has presented plans to implement a smoking and vaping ban in private cars when children are present and to ban the sale of nicotine e-liquids to under-18s
Patents for tobacco alternatives have been booming in recent times as tobacco companies position themselves as contributors to a smoke-free world, with a 9.1% year-on-year increase in patents related to vaping
Representatives of the vaping industry have urged a broader collaboration with scientists and agreed that integrating technological innovations is key to encouraging transition to tobacco alternatives
The appointment of Maggie Throup as UK junior health minister comes at a key time for tobacco alternatives, with the vaping industry hoping she will continue the harm reduction approach of her predecessor
A UK smoking cessation body says a combination of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and vaping products can be more effective than either on their own in helping smokers quit – though e-cigarettes alone come very close
A study by Cancer Research UK has found that the success rate of attempts to quit smoking in England almost doubled during the first Covid-19 lockdown, while smoking by young adults increased by almost 25%
The UK’s MHRA has updated its industry guidance and clarified that vaping products can be legally placed on the market only when a compliant notification is published online
British American Tobacco (BAT)’s revenue from its new category portfolio rose by 40.4% year-on-year to £883m in the first half of 2021, driven by the post-pandemic recovery of its vapour segment
MPs have called on the UK government to present “ambitious plans” for vaping products if they want a chance of hitting the target of a smoke-free country by 2030 – a target public health experts consider unreachable
A proposed restructuring of Nerudia, a UK e-liquid manufacturer owned by Imperial Brands, could lead to the loss of 77 jobs across its research and development and production departments in Liverpool
London-listed Kanabo has launched the first medical cannabis vaping product in the UK in a move the company’s founder hopes will ultimately revolutionise the way medicines are administered
A new UK research project for the government-funded National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is to conduct a trial looking at whether e-cigarettes could help homeless people to quit smoking
The UK-based Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is to host a webinar arguing that the anti-vaping policies of the World Health Organization (WHO) are driven by ideology not science, and damaging to public health
The British government must step up efforts to promote vaping products if it is to achieve its goal of a smoke-free society by 2030, a cross-party parliamentary committee in Westminster agreed
British American Tobacco (BAT) has upgraded its annual forecast with an expectation of strong growth in new categories in post-pandemic times and a planned further rollout of its tobacco-alternatives portfolio
The recent shake-up of the UK’s health sector with the replacement of Public Health England (PHE) is not expected to substantially change the country’s support of vaping – and may even take it further
The Royal College of Physicians has called on the UK government to reduce the tax burden on e-cigarettes while raising the legal minimum age for purchasing combustible tobacco products
Imperial Brands’ earnings for the first half of the year have jumped 6.1% to £15.57bn in the midst of a process to implement a new company strategy towards tobacco alternatives
UK supplier behind low-cost e-liquid brand 88Vape expects good product performance in 2021 thanks to its recent rollout in the convenience store channel
As next week’s Scottish Parliament elections approach, the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party has said e-cigarettes should be subject to the same restrictions as combustible tobacco products
Juul Labs has reached a distribution agreement with wholesaler UK Vapour Brands (UKVB) to extend its footprint “as much as possible” across British specialist vape retailers
A group of UK members of parliament have suggested the government should think twice about its contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) if it remains hostile towards vaping products