Regulation

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.

The government has finally set a date for the ban on single-use vape kits (disposables). Read our blog to see what we have to say about the ban and its implications for the future. We also explore your options for finding a disposable vape alternative so you can continue to vape and stay off cigarettes.

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.

We’ve always taken our responsibility to keep vaping products out of the hands of minors extremely seriously. With the latest addition of in-store Biometrics, we’re stepping up our age verification to the next level.

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.

Learn all about travelling restrictions with vaping products and see which countries have banned vaping or made it illegal.

This guide will teach you how to get the most puffs out of every disposable, why some vape pens don't last as long as others, and how to measure puff count.

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?

In the UK alone, we dispose of over 600 million batteries each year. With the stratospheric rise in popularity of disposable vapes, that number is set to rise further. So how can we balance the use of these amazing smoking cessation devices with protecting our precious planet?

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that the insurance industry views smoking as a high risk activity; but how do they view vaping? This article aims to explain the difference between smoking and vaping in the eyes of the providers.