The National Association of Convenience Stores and several retail and tobacco trade associations urged Global Payments and Mastercard to revise policies that penalize retailers for selling certain electronic nicotine delivery system products, according to CSP. In letters to the companies, the groups argued the payment processors’ enforcement standards do not reflect the U.S. Food and Drug […]

The United Kingdom could impose restrictions on nicotine vapes’ packaging, flavor descriptions and visibility in retail outlets. Government ministers frame the proposals as a “crackdown on vapes targeting kids.” But British harm reduction advocates say the measures would make it less likely that adults will switch from cigarettes to safer nicotine products. The government launched […]

A second Newcastle town centre shop has been forced to close in the space of just one month after being caught stocking illegal vapes. Staffordshire County Council’s Trading Standards service has worked alongside Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council to secure a three-month closure order against Cobra Vape Shop, the maximum period available.  The order follows a warrant […]

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The health and economic cost burden due to diseases related to vape use is estimated to reach about RM369 million per year, far exceeding the amount of excise duty revenue collected by the government from vape products, said the Health Ministry (MOH). However, the collection of excise duty revenue from […]