The FDA has cleared four more nicotine pouches for the US market, and this time the flavors are the story. On August 4 the agency granted marketing orders to Helix Innovations for four on! pouches: Rich Berry (2mg), Cappuccino (2mg and 4mg), and Autumn Spice (2mg).
The UK's new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has singled out vape shops to help pay for a business rates cut for pubs. In a GOV.UK release on 23 July 2026 , days after taking office, Burnham announced a 20% reduction in business rates bills for nearly 32,000 pubs, clubs and live music venues in Englan
More than a year after Britain outlawed disposable vapes, the enforcement numbers are in, and they cut both ways. Councils confiscated roughly 1.3 million banned devices in the first 12 months of the ban, worth about £3.2 million, according to a Freedom of Information analysis by the nicotine-pouch
There's a quiet but important line being drawn in Europe right now, and Switzerland just reinforced it in the one place that's hardest to argue with: a courtroom. Switzerland's Federal Court — the country's highest court — has upheld a disposable-vape ban in the canton of Valais and thrown out a cha
Pastel Cartel, the company behind the Esco Bars disposable brand, has dropped its federal lawsuit against the FDA, and no judge ever ruled on whether the agency was in the right. The two sides filed a stipulation of dismissal on July 7, and Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra closed the case th
Britain's next move on vaping is now on the table, and it's a careful one: strip the packaging and the marketing-friendly flavor names, but leave the flavors on the shelf. On 10 July the UK government and the three devolved administrations opened a 12-week consultation on standardizing how vapes are
Britain is arming itself against the illegal vape trade, and the question underneath the crackdown is whether it can hit the black market without punishing the smokers who switched to vaping to get off cigarettes. The tools are now in place: the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 became law on 29 April 2026
Britain just passed some of the toughest tobacco and vaping rules in the world. The Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026 , and if you vape in the US, it's worth understanding what it does, because the UK's playbook tends to travel.