Press Articles & Interviews
As vape experts, we get asked our opinion quite a lot. You can view all the articles that we appear in right here. This includes press entries for national newspapers, blog sites, and even articles where our studies have been referenced. We’ve talked about everything from disposable vape bans, to the rise of illegal vapes and why vaping is such an important harm-reduction tool. If you’re looking for our take on the latest news for your own media outlet, please contact us.
Trending Articles
November 6th, 2024
“Licensing scheme is next logical step | Dan Marchant”
October 24th, 2024
“Disposable vapes to be banned from June 2025”
October 18th, 2024
“Online vape retailer calls for stricter action to deter underage sales”
January 27th, 2024
“Over four million illegal vapes seized at border”
All Press Releases
January 20th, 2025
Planet Of The Vapes - "Five Years To Become Smokefree"
January 20th, 2025
Birmingham World - "Bromsgrove is the next UK area set to hit the Smokefree by 2030 target"
January 3rd, 2025
Millionaire - "Belgium bans disposable e-cigarettes"
January 1st, 2025
Financial Times - "Belgium bans disposable vapes as concern grows over e-cigarettes"
December 24th, 2024
Ecigclick - "Ecigclick Vape Awards 2024 – Results"
November 18th, 2024
Daily Record - "Vaping warning for drivers this winter that could result in a £1000 fine"
November 18th, 2024
Nottinghamshire Live - "Vapers issued 'dire' £1000 warning for common driving mistake as temperatures plummet"
November 18th, 2024
Head Topics - "Vapers issued 'dire' £1K driving warning as temperatures plummet"
November 7th, 2024
Vaping Post - "The UK Govt. Finally Announces a Much Needed Vape Retailers’ Licensing Scheme"
November 6th, 2024
Talking Retail - "Licensing scheme is next logical step | Dan Marchant"
November 6th, 2024
Planet Of The Vapes - "Vaping Industry Expert Weighs In"
November 6th, 2024
Planet Of The Vapes - "UKVIA Concerned For Ex-Smokers"
November 5th, 2024
Adam Smith Institute - "Smoke-Free Projection Extended by 9 years"
November 1st, 2024
Belfast Live - "Illegal vape sales to underage teens in Northern Ireland double over last year, figures show"
October 24th, 2024
Better Retailing - "Disposable vapes to be banned from June 2025"
October 24th, 2024
Talking Retail - "Vape retailer slams ‘insane’ disposable vape ban decision"
October 23rd, 2024
Convenience Store - "Vape licensing ‘crucial to preventing youth access and tackling illicit market’"
October 21st, 2024
Knutsford Guardian - "Cheshire East had high number of illegal underage vape sales in 2023"
October 20th, 2024
Mancunian Matters - "Manchester in top five worst areas for illegal underage sales of vapes"
October 18th, 2024
Forecourt Trader - "Online vape retailer calls for stricter action to deter underage sales"
October 10th, 2024
Daily Record - "Rise in the number of retailers selling vapes to underage children in Scotland"
September 26th, 2024
Nation Cymru - "Wales plagued by child vape sales as reports increased by 57%"
September 24th, 2024
The Pembrokeshire Herlod - "Wales sees surge in vape sales to teenagers, reports soar by 57% in a year"
September 15th, 2024
Vaping Post - "UK Teen Vaping Enforcement Issues And Solutions in The Works"
September 3rd, 2024
Vaping Post - "The Unscrupulous Manufacturers and Sellers Giving The Vape Industry a Bad Reputation"
August 28th, 2024
Better Retailling - "Underage vape sales rise by one-third"
August 27th, 2024
Talking Retail - "60% of UK businesses caught selling vapes to children last year avoided fines"
August 27th, 2024
Planet Of The Vapes - "Businesses Are Avoiding Fines"
August 16th, 2024
Scottish Government - "Implementing the prohibition of the sale and supply of single-use vapes in Scotland: your views SG response – Responses from those with links to the tobacco industry"
August 10th, 2024
Daily Record - "Underage vape sales in Scotland 'double in a year' as youth vaping epidemic worsens"
July 30th, 2024
Express - "Cyprus law puts 4.5 million Britons at risk of fines up to £715 while on holiday"
July 30th, 2024
Wales Online - "Brits risk 10 years in jail on holiday if they make mistake with banned item"
July 30th, 2024
Mirror - "Brits going on holiday this summer warned of jail time and fine over ban"
July 30th, 2024
Birmingham Live - "UK tourists who vape on holiday 'face being sent to prison for 10 years'"
July 30th, 2024
VapingPost - "The Escalating Situation of Illegal Vape Retailers in the UK"
July 30th, 2024
Liverpool Echo - "Thailand warning as UK travellers could be jailed for 10 years"
July 30th, 2024
Birmingham Live - "UK tourists in Italy warned over 'complete ban' and 'significant consequences'"
July 22nd, 2024
Talking Retail - "Vape Club urges government to consider licensing scheme"
June 13th, 2024
Talking Retail - "A case for an all-encompassing age-gated licensing scheme | Viewpoint: Dan Marchant"
June 5th, 2024
My London News - "UEFA Euro 2024 fans face arrest and fines - full list of banned items including water, sarnies and vapes"
May 23rd, 2024
Vapor Voice - "Study Finds Illegal U.K. Vape Seizures on the Rise"
May 22nd, 2024
The Loadstar - "UK ports and airports overwhelmed with illegal vape seizures"
April 29th, 2024
Bristol Live - "Vaping holidaymakers warned of fines and 10-year jail sentence"
April 29th, 2024
Birmingham Live - "UK tourists face up to 10 years in prison for vaping in six countries"
April 27th, 2024
Belfast Live - "Figures show number of illegal vapes confiscated by Belfast City Council in 2023"
April 26th, 2024
Talking Retail - "UK’s hotspots for illegal vapes revealed by local authorities"
April 26th, 2024
Glasgow Live - "Glasgow named illegal vape capital of Scotland as over 16,000 seized since 2020"
April 23rd, 2024
Planet of the Vapes - "Government Crackdown Failing"
April 21st, 2024
Ecigator - "Top 10 Best Online Vape Store in UK 2024"
April 17th, 2024
Talking Retail - "Industry warnings unheeded as MPs vote in favour of Tobacco and Vapes Bill"
April 11th, 2024
London Loves Business - "Experts call for stricter enforcement against booming illegal vape trade"
March 24th, 2024
The Mail - "Warning to illegal vape sellers as nearly 1,000 seized in Cumbria"
March 13th, 2024
Manchester Evening News - "A black market is operating on the streets of Greater Manchester... and it could be deadly"
March 11th, 2024
Nation Cymru - "£760,000 lost for Welsh local authorities through ’toothless’ illegal vaping enforcement"
April 10th, 2024
Vaping Post - "UK Smokers Could Save £1,847 Per Year by Switching to Vaping"
March 22nd, 2024
Telegraph - "Thousands of illegal vapes found in underground bunker from Second World War"
March 7th, 2024
UKVIA - "Government Double Down on Discouraging Smokers from Quitting: What Are They Smoking?"
March 6th, 2024
Daily Mail - "Price of 20 cigarettes set to break £16 barrier as Chancellor hikes tax on tobacco and vapes in Budget in push to cut the rate of underage smoking"
March 6th, 2024
Mirror - "Experts warn vape ban won't work amid dangerous warning ahead of proposed price rise"
March 6th, 2024
The Sun - "Price of cigarettes soars to record high, Spring Budget 2024 confirms – check how much you’ll pay"
March 6th, 2024
Mancunian Matters - "Greater Manchester makes up quarter of UK illegal vape seizures in 2023"
February 23rd, 2024
Convenience Store - "Vape licensing scheme for retailers proposed"
February 22nd, 2024
Talking Retail - "Vape retailer licensing scheme proposed in Parliament"
February 21st, 2024
Tobacco Reporter - "U.K. Licensing Scheme Proposed"
February 21st, 2024
London Loves Business - "London home to a quarter of the UK’s illegal vape sellers in 2023"
February 14th, 2024
Scottish Grocer & Convenience - “The scale of Scotland's illicit vape trade”
February 13th, 2024
LocalGov - “Only one in 20 illegal vape sellers fined”
January 27th, 2024
BBC - “Over four million illegal vapes seized at border”
January 24th, 2024
HRreview - "Fifth of UK workers risking diabetes by sitting for 8 hours a day"
January 22nd, 2024
Wales Online - “Expert warns of £1,000 fine for common vaping and driving mistake during winter”
January 16th, 2024
UK Construction Online - "Industry fails to tackle smoking"
January 9th, 2024
Electrical Times - "Engineering industry fails to tackle smoking: three times more likely to smoke, according to public health data"
December 27th, 2023
Vaping Post - "The Ways in Which Minors Are Being Exposed to Smoking and Vaping"
December 1st, 2023
Local Government Association - “Legislating to create a smokefree generation: LGA consultation response”
October 27th, 2023
Milton Keynes Citizen - “Buckinghamshire flooded with illegal vapes with 6,567 seized since start of the year”
October 14th, 2023
Surrey Live - “Over 6k dangerous vapes found in Surrey putting in top 5 for illegal trading in UK”
October 12th, 2023
National World - “Banning vapes would be 'insane' says Vape Club boss Dan Marchant”
September 18th, 2023
BBC - “Vaping: Nearly 400,000 illegal vapes seized in Kent in three years”
September 14th, 2023
Kent Online - “Vape Club report 382,573 vapes have been seized from Kent since 2021”
August 21st, 2023
The Argus - “Thousands of vapes and cigarettes seized in Brighton and Sussex”
August 17th, 2023
Northwich Guardian - “Thousands of vapes and cigarettes seized in Cheshire West in 2023”
August 16th, 2023
The Northern Echo - “Interactive Map: Illegal vapes and cigarettes seized County Durham”
August 16th, 2023
News and Star - “Thousands of illegal vapes seized by Cumbria Police”
August 16th, 2023
Watford Observer - “More than 11,000 illegal vapes seized in Herts in 2023”
August 16th, 2023
The Westmorland Gazette - “Thousands of illegal vapes seized by Cumbria Police”
August 10th, 2023
Vaping Post - “Study Confirms The Effectivity of UK’s Strategy Offering Free Vapes to Smokers”
August 8th, 2023
London Loves Business - “London flooded with illegal vapes with more than 1.4 million seized since the start of 2021”
July 24th, 2023
Psychreg - “UK Borders Flooded with Illegal Vapes as Over 2 Million Seized Since the Start of 2022”
July 20th, 2023
Metro - “Can I vape on holiday? Full list of countries with ban on electronic cigarettes”
July 19th, 2023
Daily Record - “Travellers could be fined or jailed for vaping in certain popular holiday destinations”
July 18th, 2023
Daily Mail - “The VERY surprising ways holidaymakers can be fined, from wearing bikinis and camouflage to building sandcastles”
July 18th, 2023
Wales Online - “Vaping on holiday could see you jailed for up to 10 years”
July 14th, 2023
Retail Times - “Top E-Cigarette Brands Of 2023 Revealed In Annual Industry Report”
July 7th, 2023
The Mirror - “Illegal Vape Seizures In First Four Months Of 2023 SEVEN TIMES Higher Than Whole Of 2021”
June 28th, 2023
The Sun - "Urgent warning as vapes contaminated with flesh-eating drug found in Britain"
June 23rd, 2023
The Guardian - “Millions of illegal vapes seized in UK in three years, data shows”
May 29th, 2023
IFA Magazine - "Locked Out: Pet owners 6 times less likely to find a rental property than smokers"
April 28th, 2023
Retail Times - “80% of retail workers want more proactive wellbeing support from employers”
April 25th, 2023
Psychreg - “Burnout Boiling: Over 40% of Teachers Say the Education Sector Is Ignoring Employee Health”
April 21st, 2023
LawCareers.Net - “Over one third of legal professionals experienced increased anxiety in 2022”
April 18th, 2023
Scaffmag - “Smoking Rates in Scaffolding Industry Soar, Experts Call for Action”
April 15th, 2023
London Post - “Heathrow Border A 'Hotbed' For Illegal Vaping Imports, As Over 850,000 Seized”
April 11th, 2023
Millennial Magazine - “4 Reasons Why Vaping Is More Lit Than Smoking”
April 11th, 2023
GB News - “To The Point”
March 24th, 2023
Wales Online - “Parents Warned To Watch Out For Fake Vape Accounts On TikTok”
March 20th, 2023
Talking Retail - “Making Vaping Less Appealing To Under-18s”
March 20th, 2023
Retail Times - “Two sold every minute: illegal vape sales in London lead to industry calls for crackdown”
March 19th, 2023
Manufacturing Digital - “Manufacturing Digital news roundup: lean supply chains”
March 15th, 2023
Manufacturing Digital - “Manufacturing employees want more health & wellbeing support”
March 14th, 2023
The Metro - “Two Illegal Vapes Were Sold In London Every Minute Last Year”
March 13th, 2023
Better Retailling - "Two illegal vapes were sold every minute in London last year"
March 10th, 2023
HRreview - "Employees who smoke are more stressed than those who don’t!"
March 8th, 2023
London Loves Business - “Smoking employees ‘ramp up’ stress levels, 20% higher than non-smoker workplaces”
February 28th, 2023
HR Review - “Nearly A Quarter Of UK Employees Have Insomnia Due To Work Stress”
February 7th, 2023
Joe.co.uk - “Elf Bar Vapes Removed From Supermarket Shelves After Being 50% Over Legal Nicotine Limit”
February 2nd, 2023
The Mirror - “They Often Look And Even Taste Like Sweets - No Wonder An Epidemic Of Underage Vaping Is Sweeping Britain”
January 25th, 2023
FE News - “Over four million illegal vapes seized at border”
January 25th, 2023
Chronicle Live - “Calls For Tighter Controls As 1.4 Tonnes Of Illegal Vapes Seized In The North East”
November 24th, 2022
Slough Observer - “Football Fans At The World Cup In Qatar Could Face Prison For Vaping”
November 21st, 2022
Planet Of The Vapes - “Vape Club's Saving Suggestion”
November 18th, 2022
UKVIA - “UKVIA Forum, Panel Debate: Gaining a reputation for responsibility - product compliance and regulatory enforcement”
November 16th, 2022
Wales Online - “Shisha bars triple over the last decade, as experts warn of ‘hookah sickness'”
October 17th, 2022
Planet Of The Vapes - “£500 Cash To Quit”
September 16th, 2022
Vaping Post - “Parents Urged To Watch Out For Fake TikTok Vape Accounts”
August 24th, 2022
Hull Daily Mail - “Urgent shisha smoke warning for holidaymakers heading to popular destinations”
August 16th, 2022
Water Magazine - "Watercourses hit by 67% increase in fly-tipping incidents"
August 13th, 2022
Liverpool Echo - “Urgent Warning To Smokers About Cigarettes During UK Heatwave”
July 23rd, 2022
Vaping Post - "People Caught Vaping at Qatar 2022 World Cup Face Fines or Prison"
July 19th, 2022
Planet Of The Vapes - “Big Issues To Dominate Conference”
July 18th, 2022
Hull Live - “Warning to smokers over danger of heatwave”
July 13th, 2022
Vaping Post - "New PHE Data Shows Record Drop in Traditional NRT Use by Quitting Smokers"
July 5th, 2022
Retail Technology Review - “Elf Bar Sales Skyrocket”
July 5th, 2022
Planet Of The Vapes - “Vape Club's Disposable Concerns”
June 30th, 2022
The Sun - “Brit Holiday Warning: Vaping In These Countries Could Land You In Jail”
June 24th, 2022
Vape Business - “Rein In Fake Sellers, Industry Experts Urge”
May 21st, 2022
Planet Of The Vapes - “Should I Stop Using Disposable Vapes?”
May 15th, 2022
The Spectator - “The Dangerous Rise Of Elf Bars”
April 12th, 2022
Planet Of The Vapes - “Vape Club Races To The Top With Fun Cup Endurance Racing”
December 15th, 2021
Institute Of Export - “Drivers start government HGV training as survey highlights mental health among logistics workers”
November 26th, 2021
The Express - “Cryptocurrency Warning As India Bans Crypto”
November 10th, 2021
365 Retail - "One in four retail employees considering leaving the sector due to excessive stress"
November 10th, 2021
Modern Retail - “Create A Stand-Out Ecommerce Experience”
September 17th, 2021
The Express - “I Became A Crypto Millionaire After Buying Coins For £5 - Man Shares How He Made Millions”
August 10th, 2021
Metro - “Coronation Street Is The Most Complained About TV Show For Drugs And Alcohol”
August 5th, 2021
Wales Online - “Coronation Street is most complained about soap and gets even more Ofcom reports than Love Island”
July 30th, 2021
Vaping Post - "Campaigners Call For Outdoor Smoking Ban in Wales"
June 26th, 2021
Watford Observer - “Vape Club CEO On Becoming Cryptocurrency Multi-Millionaire”
June 23rd, 2021
Wirral Globe - “Wirral One Of The Best For Smokers Kicking The Habit”
May 31st, 2021
Installer - “Tradespeople are three times more likely to smoke than office workers”
May 27th, 2021
Installer - “Scaffolding health risk: Scaffolders 3x more likely to smoke, according to PHE”
April 19th, 2021
Scaffmag - “Call For Smoking To Be Banned Outdoors At Pubs In The UK”
January 6th, 2021
Wales Online - “Teaching industry will experience high levels of stress and burnout this January”
December 21st, 2020
Education Technology - “Google search data reveals teachers are at risk of ‘burnout spike’ in January ’21”
December 17th, 2020
FE News - “Experts warn HR departments in the teaching industry will experience high levels of stress and burnout this January”
December 17th, 2020
Real Business - “Employee ‘burnout spike' warning for January: 24% rise for UK employees searching for symptoms”
December 3rd, 2020
Modern Retail - “How Vape Club Doubled Revenue in 2020”
November 26th, 2020
Mobile Marketing Magazine - “Speed Is Everything”
November 24th, 2020
Figaro Digital - “Optimising Page Speed to Get Ahead in Highly Competitive Ecommerce Markets”
November 12th, 2020
Bristol Post - “Seven ways to combat seasonal affective disorder”
October 21st, 2020
Employer News - "Employee mental health boosted by HR ‘quit smoking’ incentives: 52% see positive effects after 4 weeks, study finds"
October 18th, 2020
Unilad - “Vaping Deaths Proven As A Very American Problem”
October 6th, 2020
Open Access Government - “1.9 Million Smokers Willing To Quit For Mental Health Reasons”
August 16th, 2020
Dery Telegraph - “New smokers' map puts Burton and Uttoxeter among region's worst towns”
May 12th, 2020
Vaping Post - "How the US Vape Industry is Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic"
May 5th, 2020
Talking Retail - “Almost Half A Million Smokers Will Quit As A Result Of The Menthol Ban, Study Reveals”
May 1st, 2020
Vaping Post - “UK Vaping Industry Adapts to Online Sales and Delivery Services”
March 23rd, 2020
Trade Finance Global - “How Are eCommerce Businesses Coping With COVID-19?”
March 10th, 2020
Nottingham Post - “How to keep your dog safe in a smoking household”
April 29th, 2020
SME News - “Operating The Vape Industry Through Adversity”
January 17th, 2020
Tobacco Reporter - “Correcting the Narrative”
December 9th, 2019
Tech Round - “Consumer Warning: Apple AirPods Are Set To Be The Counterfeit Item Of Christmas”
September 28th, 2019
The Mirror - “Vaping Oils Aimed At British Children Sold On eBay Without Age Checks”
September 26th, 2019
UKVIA - “Hertfordshire Retailer Celebrates 1.5 Million Orders In 7 Years Since Its Founding”
September 25th, 2019
Vice - “Big Tobacco Will Take Advantage of the Mysterious Vaping Illness”
August 30th, 2019
Engadget - “Do E-Cigarettes Actually Help To Stop Smoking?”
August 29th, 2019
Bournemouth Echo - “More Smokers Are Ending Up In Hospital In Bournemouth Than Anywhere Else In The South West”
August 2nd, 2020
West Bridgford Wire - "Rushcliffe smoking rates revealed at 5.9% – among lowest in England according to PHE data"
July 11th, 2019
London Post - “London Has One Of The Highest Rates Of E-Cigarette Users In The UK”
June 16th, 2019
Entrepreneur - “3 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From The Vaping Industry”
June 3rd, 2019
UKVIA - “Europe's Leading ENDS Conference Returns For 2019”
May 29th, 2019
Plymouth Herald - “Plymouth And Cornwall Are The Worst Areas For Smoking Rates In South West”
May 20th, 2019
London Loves Business - “Meet The Vaping Entrepreneur With Ambitious Plans”
May 7th, 2019
SW Londoner - “Hammersmith And Fulham Tops Table For Quitting Smoking In London”
April 15th, 2019
Romford Recorder - “How Many People Smoke In Your East London Borough?”
March 30th, 2019
BBC - “Vaping: Newport Shops Sell Products To Underage Teens”
August 15th, 2018
Tobacco Reporter - “Tax Smokers, Not Vapers”
August 7th, 2018
Planet Of The Vapes - “It's a Sin”
August 3rd, 2018
The Sun - “Government Plans For A 'Sin Tax' On Vaping”
December 1st, 2017
UKVIA - “Vaping Shops Set For Massive Growth On The High Streets”
November 7th, 2017
Daily Caller - “Study Squashes Fears Over Secondhand Exposure To Vaping”
October 24th, 2017
Tobacco Reporter - “Vaping-Kit Sales Boosted”
July 25th, 2017
London Loves Business - “Smoking breaks – are they affecting your productivity at work?”
May 8th, 2017
Express - “New Vaping Laws: When Do The New Smoking Laws Come Into Effect, What Does It Mean For You”
January 18th, 2017
Real Business - "The secret to achieving YouTube success for SMEs"
January 5th, 2017
SME Magazine - "Looking good: How SMEs can thrive on YouTube"
December 1st, 2017
UKVIA - “Vaping Shops Set For Massive Growth On The High Streets”
November 7th, 2017
Daily Caller - “Study Squashes Fears Over Secondhand Exposure To Vaping”
November 1st, 2017
Daily Caller - “UK Urges Health Officials To Promote E-Cigarettes To Smokers Year-Round”
October 24th, 2017
Tobacco Reporter - “Vaping-Kit Sales Boosted”
July 25th, 2017
London Loves Business - “Smoking breaks – are they affecting your productivity at work?”
May 8th, 2017
Express - “New Vaping Laws: When Do The New Smoking Laws Come Into Effect, What Does It Mean For You”
January 18th, 2017
Real Business - "The secret to achieving YouTube success for SMEs"
January 5th, 2017
SME Magazine - "Looking good: How SMEs can thrive on YouTube"
December 15th, 2016
Biz Community - “Unified communications' productivity promise to SMEs”
November 23rd, 2016
LifeHack - “10 Effective Ways to Improve your Health in 2017”
August 9th, 2016
HuffPost UK - “Four Habits That You Need to Break to Improve the Quality of Your Life”
June 21st, 2016
Daily Caller - “Poll Shows Brexit Campaign Has Massive Lead With Vapers”
December 23rd, 2015
The Guardian - “E-Cigarette Restrictions 'Would Not Break EU Law', Advocate General Says”
April 23rd, 2015
The Telegraph - “Vaping: It's Like Smoking, Only More Manly”
