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The argument over how nicotine products should be regulated across Europe has reached a critical point, and the outcome could shape everything from flavour bans to pouch taxes for years to come. On one side sit policymakers who accept that vaping, nicotine pouches and traditional smoking simply aren’t the same risk category and shouldn’t be…

SKE, one of the bigger vape brands operating across the UK and Europe, spent the August bank holiday weekend as the exclusive vape sponsor of Appetite On The Farm 2026, held at Kelvedon Hall in Essex on 29–30 August. The festival pulled in more than 20,000 attendees, and SKE used the slot to bring its…

A strange pattern is playing out across Asia and the Pacific right now, and it’s worth UK vapers paying attention to it — not because it changes anything here, but because it throws our own situation into sharp relief. In country after country, cigarettes remain freely available on shop shelves, while vapes and other lower-risk…

The European Union is facing a crucial moment in how it regulates nicotine products. With over 80,000 responses to its latest tobacco consultation now closed, Brussels must decide whether to treat vaping, heated tobacco, nicotine pouches and cigarettes as fundamentally different products—or lump them together under the same regulatory umbrella. For UK vapers, this matters…

Australia has managed to create what might be the most backwards nicotine regulation in the developed world—and it offers a cautionary tale for vapers everywhere. In a policy framework that defies public health logic, combustible cigarettes remain freely available through supermarkets and tobacconists, whilst access to vaping products has been severely restricted. It’s a situation…

Australia’s approach to regulating nicotine consumption has become a cautionary tale. Rather than reducing vaping and smoking, increasingly strict policies have inadvertently created the perfect conditions for black market growth. Now, as policymakers scramble to address soaring illicit trade, some are looking across the Pacific to Canada’s fundamentally different approach – one that might hold…

After more than a decade of regulatory battles, product controversies, and market shifts, the US Food and Drug Administration has finally given the green light to Juul2 alongside two new pod variants. Whilst this development is primarily American news, it’s worth understanding what it signals for the global vaping landscape—and whether it might influence UK…

When a new piece of vaping technology launches, it’s easy to be cynical. The industry has seen its fair share of “revolutionary” features that turn out to be little more than marketing spin. So when VOOPOO introduced their ARGUS Multi-Ohm Cartridge a few months back, scepticism was understandable. Yet what’s followed has been genuinely interesting:…

New Zealand’s latest tobacco statistics are painting a picture that’s becoming increasingly hard for governments to ignore: when smokers have genuine access to vaping alternatives, cigarette consumption doesn’t just dip—it plummets to historic lows. And as similar patterns emerge across the Atlantic in the United States, the implications for UK vapers and policymakers are worth…

Oxva’s NeXlim 2 continues the brand’s reputation for delivering uncomplicated vaping devices that simply work. If you’re after a pod system that doesn’t overwhelm you with unnecessary features, this could be right up your street. What stands out about the NeXlim 2 is its refined approach to design. There’s no flashy gimmickry here—just a clean,…