EXCLUSIVE: Fears over vapes laced with a highly addictive drug have triggered calls for drug education to be given greater priority on the curriculum for primary school aged children Drugs and alcohol education charity Hope UK said education needs to start earlier in children’s lives(Image: SWNS) Fears over vapes laced with a highly addictive drug […]
The number of illegal vapes seized at the border quadrupled last year as UK authorities wrestle with unlicensed imports amid a surge in youth vaping. More than 4.5m vapes weighing nearly ten tonnes were seized over the last 12 months, four times more than 2022. The figures were released to the BBC after a Freedom […]
But the figure rose to around 25% in two areas – London and Lancashire. Experts are now warning that children as young as 11 have been among those using vapes containing spice, with some potentially unaware they are taking the highly addictive drug. Spice was originally designed to mimic the effects of cannabis but is […]
More than 1,900 small high street businesses including mini-marts, vape shops and car washes are licensed to sponsor foreign workers under a specialist scheme intended for high-earning individuals despite visa rules being tightened, BBC Verify has found. The Home Office scheme allows registered employers to recruit workers from overseas who meet a certain skill level. […]
Vapes, or e-cigarettes, were originally produced to help people trying to quit smoking – and they still serve that important purpose. But single-use disposable vapes are growing more and more popular, and they’ve become one of the defining images of our throwaway culture. Whether or not you vape yourself, we can all recognise the environmental […]
Vanillin is a widely-used flavouring in e-cigarettes but could increase the danger of miscarriage A chemical commonly found in vapes could harm unborn babies, scientists have warned. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) have urged the NHS to warn pregnant women after finding that vanillin, a common flavouring in e-cigarettes, could impair foetal development. They […]
Sales of e-cigarettes have increased worldwide in recent years. A new class of substances called 6-methylnicotine is circumventing tobacco laws around the world. The first products have already appeared in Switzerland. In Chinese factories around Shenzhen, the global hub of vape production, a new generation of e-cigarettes is currently being developed. They no longer contain […]
By Miles Park While vapes or e-cigarettes first appeared around 20 years ago as an alternative to smoking, their prevalence and use have increasingly become problematic. Governments and regulators are now catching up to what is widely seen as an addictive and unsafe product. Australia has just passed a world-first bill that will ban all vapes from general retail […]
It comes as research shows 15% of children and teenagers vape regularly By Hannah Patterson May 12, 2026 at 4:56pm BST A shop in Belfast has been handed a 12 month ban on selling tobacco products and vapes after it was found to be ‘selling nicotine inhaling products to children’. Belfast Magistrates Court ordered the ban against ‘Snack City’ on College Avenue […]
Revised Tobacco Business Act incites new hazards Vapes purporting to contain zero nicotine are raising public and government concerns as some of the products have been confirmed to contain lethal substances while remaining largely outside regulatory oversight. The controversial market emerged after the country’s revised Tobacco Business Act, which took effect on April 24, defined […]
