Health

Building off the back of a new vaping duty proposal that formed part of the spring budget from Jeremy Hunt earlier this year, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced Labour’s version of the tax on vaping in her autumn budget, which will come into effect from 1st October 2026. We've taken a look at the vaping tax proposals in more detail and outlined what the impact will look like.

In an economically illiterate move that will no doubt have the tobacco industry jumping for joy, UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a severe, and extremely complicated, tax on vaping. We've taken a look at the vaping tax proposals in more detail, and outline what the impact will look like.

A licensing framework for the UK vape industry has been put forward to parliament this week. The scheme, which has been designed to allow Trading Standards to tackle the rise of illicit vapes and underage vape sales, would be the first of its kind in the UK. Many conscientious vape retailers, like ourselves, have been pushing the idea of a licensing scheme for years. Find out more about the framework, and how we feel it offers a far better solution than a ban on disposables.

The UK government has announced that disposable vapes will be banned. Their reasons focus on tackling rises in youth vaping, and follow its consultation on smoking and vaping from last year. We explore the headlines, and bring you the latest news on why this ban is happening, how it will be implemented, and the implications for other vaping products.

As the new year approaches, our minds turn to what we can do to make improvements to our lives. If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to quit smoking for good, and see vast improvements to your health (and your bank balance), then we’re here to help. Switching smoking for vaping could just be the single most important thing you do for yourself in 2024.

We are once again joining the Stoptober revolution in 2023 to help people who want to quit smoking get their best shot at succeeding. We've got amazing deals on four highly recommended starter kits to help you through your break up with smoking this October. Stop smoking, and good things happen!

In this blog we uncover information about the prevalence of counterfeit vapes, their safety risks, and how to identify them.

Single use vapes, such as Elf Bars and Lost Mary disposables could be banned on environmental and health grounds. We explore the reasons behind this demand from UK councils.

Are disposable vape bars getting into the wrong hands? Has youth vaping become an epidemic? These are the questions in the news at the moment. With the UK government unveiling new measures to combat the issue of vaping by minors, we wanted to take a look at the whole picture. How do we exploit the huge potential of vaping to help adults quit, while simultaneously stopping children from taking up vaping?

Now entering its sixth year as the world’s largest vaping education campaign, VApril 2023 will once again be dedicated to giving smokers the right advice to help them quit smoking for good. If you’re a smoker who has never given vaping a go, or who has tried vaping in the past but found it didn’t work for them at that time, then the advice and resources offered by the VApril campaign could be a game-changer for you.

The vaping industry is constantly evolving to meet the tastes and demands of vapers, which means there’s a continual flow of new products on the market. If you’re new to vaping, and looking for advice on the best-of-the-best mouth-to-lung kits on the market right now, look no further…

Terpenes in cannabis not only cause the plant’s diverse aroma profile, but also complement cannabinoids to elicit a holistic ‘whole plant’ effect that is showing many therapeutic benefits. In this article, we examine some of the secondary terpenes that are grabbing the attention of researchers.