All Illicit Vapes articles
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Features and analysis
Fake job advert highlighting vape industry confusion receives over 200 applicants
Vape company Riot Labs have posted an advert seeking a Chief Misinformation Officer
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Features and analysis
Trading Standards to bolster street presence with new £10m boost
The additional funding would support the recruitment of an additional 80 apprentice enforcement officers
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Features and analysis
Illegal cigarette selling shopkeeper jailed for over three years
A retailer who sold illegal cigarettes in three counties has been sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison and ordered to pay £20,000 in costs
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Features and analysis
A pilot aimed at tackling illegal vapes delivers “positive change”
A Local Vape Action plan pilot in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, has led to a decrease in offences throughout the town
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Product News
Elfbar unveils the ELFX Pro Classic Edition
Elfbar’s new device aims to advance the open pod kit series with greater customisation and control
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Features and analysis
Where are London’s illegal vape hotspots?
In 2024 illegal vape seizures in London boroughs doubled to over half a million compared to the previous year
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Features and analysis
Hartlepool retailer stripped of licence after ‘dangerous vodka’ found on open sale
Trading Standards also seized 194 illegal vapes
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Features and analysis
‘Nicotine free’ vapes found to contain nicotine
National Trading Standards has issued a warning following a study on nicotine free vapes
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Features and analysis
ACS issues reminder for retailers with under three months until disposable vape ban
The ACS, in association with Government and Trading Standards, urges retailers to prepare for the ban
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Features and analysis
Imperial Brands calls for a rethink on tobacco excise rate to protect retailers
Imperial Brands calls for a rethink on tobacco excise rate to help protect retailers from theft and illicit trade
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Features and analysis
66,000 illicit nicotine pouches destined for UK seized in Kent
66,000 tubs of nicotine pouches have been detained by the Kent Trading Standards’ ports team
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Features and analysis
Bradford named as one of the worst places in the UK for illicit tobacco sales
Bradford found to be a hotbed of illicit tobacco activity following JTI test purchasing operation
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Features and analysis
Lincolnshire operation seizes ‘biggest retail haul’ of illicit cigarettes and vapes yet
More than 90,000 cigarettes, 300 vapes and 10kg of tobacco have been seized from seven stores in Lincolnshire
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Features and analysis
More details on government’s youth vaping study revealed
As first reported yesterday, the government is setting out on a study of the impacts of vaping on the young
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Features and analysis
Have your say on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Campaign group We Vape is surveying retailers in a bid to hammer home to the government the potential impact of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill
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Features and analysis
Illegal cigarette and vape crackdown sees 68 Lincolnshire stores served closure orders
More than 670,000 illicit cigarettes were removed from the streets of Lincolnshire last year
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Features and analysis
Illicit tobacco, vapes and cigarettes found across Nottingham in undercover stings
Test purchasing in the city found 25 illegal products including counterfeit tobacco and high puff-count vapes
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Features and analysis
How to easily identify an illegal vape
Online vape store Vape Globe has identified tell-tale signs of counterfeit vapes
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Features and analysis
Illegal vape and cigarette seizures sweep across the country
Recent operations across multiple counties have seen hundreds and thousands of illegal vapes and tobacco products seized from stores
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Features and analysis
ACS issues disposable vape ban guide and poster for retailers
With barely four months left to prepare for the disposable vape ban, the ACS has released a guide for retailers