Vapers Digest 17th June
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Scale of UK Vape Seizures Revealed ~ IBVTA’s New Ukrainian Link ~ Government Targets “Dodgy Vape Shops” ~ Will Brussels learn from Sweden before rewriting Europe’s nicotine rules? ~ Over 70,000 Europeans have already had their say on snus and e-cigarettes – ”But more Swedish voices are needed” ~ The Cleveland Clinic Deceives Smokers ~ EU’s “Loaded” Public Questionnaire Pushes Anti-Nicotine Agenda ~ Vape Ads Set to Be Banned From June 2027 — Here’s Exactly What’s Going and What Isn’t ~ OPINION: The Kubin report, how Brussels works, and the right thing to do. ~ One year after the disposable vape ban, has Britain cut youth use or fuelled the black market? ~ PDNW Warns EU: Vape and Nicotine Prohibition Will Hand Market to Criminals ~ RTE’s Walley of the Week on Nicotine Pouches ~ Tobacco is still one of the world’s top killers – here are the key obstacles to enacting generational smoking bans ~ ZYN Ultra ~ Helping Older Americans Quit: A Harm Reduction Roadmap for Policymakers
Three From Dave Cross, Planet Of The Vapes
Scale of UK Vape Seizures Revealed
New data shown by Vape Superstore to Planet of the Vapes indicates the incredible volume of the black market for vapes in the United Kingdom. UK councils seized 1,318,389 illegal vapes, e-liquids and e-cigarettes in 2025, representing a fraction of products currently available and being sold by rogue traders.
IBVTA’s New Ukrainian Link
The Independent British Vape Trade Association (IBVTA) says it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the All-Ukrainian Association VARES. The UK trade body says this establishes a framework for professional cooperation and knowledge exchange between the industry associations in Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
Government Targets “Dodgy Vape Shops”
The UK Government has announced plans to conduct a nationwide crackdown on “dodgy vape shops, barbers and nail salons linked to organised crime”, pledging to put criminal bosses behind bars. It says that stores operating illegally will be forced to close under plans to introduce new legislation later this year. Ministers say the police and Trading Standards will be given stronger powers to shut down rogue businesses for longer while they undertake prosecutions to put the owners in jail.
Vape Ads Set to Be Banned From June 2027 — Here’s Exactly What’s Going and What Isn’t
Ecigclick Team
The Tobacco and Vapes Act is now law. The advertising crackdown is coming. And if you run a vape business — or you’re simply wondering what it means for the industry — here’s the full picture.
Two From Clearing The Air
OPINION: The Kubin report, how Brussels works, and the right thing to do.
Peter Beckett
EurActiv reported yesterday that the French nationalist-right party, the Front National, might abstain from a vote in the European Parliament tomorrow on the EU tobacco tax revision. If they do, the report will probably fall, and there are conflicting reports about what that means, if indeed it means anything at all.
Tobacco tax, like every other tax policy in the EU, goes through a special legislative procedure where the Parliament gives its opinion, but the Council is free to ignore it. Member State Finance ministers, who sit in the Council, must agree unanimously for any proposal to become law. In this case, they’ve so far failed to do so, and seem to be quite a long way from agreement.
One year after the disposable vape ban, has Britain cut youth use or fuelled the black market?
Ali Anderson
On the surface, the UK’s disposable vape ban appears to have worked.
Among 11 to 17-year-olds who vape, the share saying they mainly use disposables has fallen from 42 per cent in 2025 to 13 per cent in 2026, according to YouGov data published by Action on Smoking and Health. Among adults who vape, the figure has dropped from 24 per cent to eight per cent.
That is a significant change. But it doesn’t prove that youth vaping has fallen by the same amount, that illegal sales have been cut off, or that cheap disposable-style nicotine products have disappeared.
A look back at how things have moved on or otherwise…
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