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UK - England/Scotland: A store in Bicester has been ordered to pay over £2,500 for selling a disposable e-cigarette to a minor in
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UK - Scotland: The Scottish Grocers’ Federation (SGF), in partnership with Elf Bar, has launched a pilot programme that should improve the
27th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Today (27th September), the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) published a decision against Relx. A paid ad featuring an image of four
UK/Ireland: The Superdrug pharmacy chain joins Waitrose supermarkets in their commitment to stop selling disposables. In addition to their UK stores, Superdrug
26th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Yesterday (25th September), the Greater Manchester police announced that £80,000 worth of illegal e-cigarettes had been seized from three stores in
22nd September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: This month, South Yorkshire Police and Rotherham Council’s Trading Standards inspected three retail premises in the Rotherham district and seized more than
21st September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Junior environment secretary, Rebecca Pow, said the government is very concerned about the environmental impact of disposable vapes and will shortly publish
19th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The enforcement of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 continues across the UK. Most recently, Trading Standards and North Wales Police
19th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Labour member of parliament (MP) Mary Glindon has raised important questions that the government should consider before proposing new restrictions on
14th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Junior health secretary Neil O’Brien said the new illicit vapes enforcement unit, led by National Trading Standards, is starting field operations
14th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Yesterday (13th September), several lords proposed Amendment 258 to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill. The amendment aims to make it a
13th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Today (13th September), the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) published rulings against several vaping firms whose products had been promoted on the
12th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Department of Health and Social Care could start a consultation next week on the possible disposables ban, press reports.
8th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Times has reported that the Conservative Party has received a donation of £350,000 from Supreme 8 Ltd, a vaping company,
7th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Junior environmental secretary Rebeca Pow reiterated that the government will review the existing Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations in 2023. The
7th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: In 2022, 8.7% of respondents to the UK annual population survey reported that they were currently vaping both daily and occasionally, while
6th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Yesterday (5th September), member of parliament Helen Hayes, from the Labour Party, proposed a bill prohibiting e-cigarettes from being advertised, branded
UK - Scotland: Yesterday (5th September), the first minister, Humza Yousaf, said the government will consult on measures to curb the sale
23rd August 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is reviewing two complaints about the advertising of disposable vapes with a potentially misleading environmental message, media
17th August 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The thorough enforcement of e-cigarette rules continues over the summer. After conducting test purchasing, local authority Trading Standards in Scotland found
11th August 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: In an in-depth piece about the UK market, a Financial Times journalist reports that according to a Freedom of Information request
28th July 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Last week, the Waste Experts, a waste management service, presented a comprehensive report titled “The Challenges of Recycling Single Use
6th July 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Junior health minister Neil O’Brien told MPs that the UK delegation to the upcoming Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention
3rd July 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: On 29th June in the House of Commons, several MPs raised the issues of disposables, age and flavour restrictions. A conservative, Caroline
3rd July 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has published an Enforcement Notice that underlines the restrictions on advertising e-cigarettes on social media,
UK: Ash Scotland – Action on Smoking and Health (Scotland) – has called on the Scottish government to consider adopting Australia’s e-cigarette
26th June 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The first quarter of 2023 saw 15 cases of children aged nine or under needing medical attention in England due to "excessive
26th June 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: More than 2.5m illicit e-cigarettes have been seized by 125 local authorities since the beginning of 2020, the Guardian reports. Most
15th June 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: National Trading Standards has already started work on data collection and intelligence analysis of the illicit vaping market, said junior health
15th June 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: “There are no current plans to ban...over-the-counter sales of vapes or to make vapes only available to people who are taking part
12th June 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The government is not currently considering making vaping products prescription only or introducing public vaping restrictions, junior minister Neil O'Brien said.
6th June 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) today called on the UK government to ban disposable e-cigarettes “due to their disproportionate
31st May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: A loophole that allows the vaping industry to give free vape samples to children in England is set to be closed, the
25th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Prime minister Rishi Sunak today expressed concern about the prospect of his children taking up vaping after a BBC report that
19th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: During yesterday’s (18th May) debate of the Finance Bill (2), members of Parliament questioned tax treatment of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, and
19th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Discussing plastic pollution, member of Parliament Richard Foord raised the role of disposables, cartridges and cigarette butts in the pollution of
UK - Scotland: Health minister Jenni Minto said it’s a priority to consider a range of steps to tackle vaping, including use
18th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has backed a call by Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) for tougher regulations on the
UK - Scotland: Humza Yousaf, the first minister of Scotland, has said that the environmental impact of disposable vapes will be addressed
UK - Scotland: The percentage of adults who currently vape – somewhere between 5% and 13.2% – is increasing, according to the latest
12th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: When asked about the possibility of imposing plain packaging and increasing VAT on e-cigarettes, junior health secretary, Neil O'Brien, said that the
12th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Junior health secretary, Neil O'Brien, has said that the government does not plan to ban vaping in public enclosed places or
11th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities is working on a plan for the new illicit vaping enforcement squad, junior health minister Neil O’Brien
10th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has decided that a TikTok post by the TV personality and online influencer George Baggs about HQD Tech e-cigarette
10th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a challenge brought by Imperial Tobacco against an advertisement for Elf Bar. The ASA found that
4th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: In answer to a written parliamentary question, junior health minister Neil O’Brien said there were no current plans to increase the purchasing
4th May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Junior environment minister Trudy Harrison told MPs yesterday during a debate on litter that the government is aware of the growing usage of
3rd May 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Junior health minister Neil O’Brien yesterday told MPs during a debate on under-age vaping that Trading Standards was to receive an additional
27th April 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Prime minister Rishi Sunak has told MPs that he recognises concern over the impact of disposable e-cigarettes on the environment and their appeal
20th April 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Prime minister Rishi Sunak has criticised the vaping industry for designing ads and flavours that appeal to children. He said a “crack-down squad”
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