APPG for Responsible Vaping

Providing a focus and forum for vaping issues within Parliament

[APPG for Responsible Vaping @APPG_Vaping]

Good to see our Chair @Euan4Falkirk's statement in @TalkingRetail today, commenting on the anniversary of the disposable vape ban:

https://t.co/zRGbHSKMVd

[APPG for Responsible Vaping @APPG_Vaping]

APPG Chair @Euan4Falkirk has released a statement welcoming the first anniversary of the disposable vapes ban:

https://t.co/EyJY5rmVXI

[IBVTA @TheIBVTA]

📋 A new report from @CTSI_UK and the Anti-Counterfeiting Group published today is a stark but vital call to action to the Government on tackling the organised crime on our high streets.

🚨 We are all too aware of the detrimental negative effect that organised criminals have on the reputation of our sector. The large “informal” supply chain for #vapes carries risks for consumers, for the general public, and for the retail trade in particular.

⏩ We hope the Government works with Trading Standards and other agencies to put these recommendations into action.

💻Read more here: https://t.co/SCiACWyCpy

#ShutTheDodgyShops

[APPG for Responsible Vaping @APPG_Vaping]

APPG Chair @Euan4Falkirk is quoted in @AsianTrader as the #TobaccoandVapesBill gains Royal Assent:

https://t.co/ANUH8BQYr7

[APPG for Responsible Vaping @APPG_Vaping]

Following the Tobacco and Vapes Bill gaining Royal Assent, Chair of the Responsible Vaping APPG @Euan4Falkirk said:

https://t.co/2AwWr2Lsvv

[APPG for Responsible Vaping @APPG_Vaping]

As the Tobacco and Vapes Bill moves closer towards Royal Assent, our Chair @Euan4Falkirk spoke to @LBC about the positive role that vapes play in smoking cessation.

Read the article below 👇🏼

https://t.co/vza1JKk4ZB

[APPG for Responsible Vaping @APPG_Vaping]

Our Chair @Euan4Falkirk has been featured in @LabourHome_ today, calling for evidence-based vape regulation as the Tobacco and Vapes Bill moves towards Royal Assent.

https://t.co/1hEe4uWUx1

[APPG for Responsible Vaping @APPG_Vaping]

The APPG's campaign continues to gain media coverage 👇🏽
https://t.co/TSJ2LKQwYr

[IBVTA @TheIBVTA]

https://t.co/0dAOCYwYan

[IBVTA @TheIBVTA]

🚨 Great to see some expert opinion included in the reporting of this.

Professor Peter Hajek, Director of the Health and Lifestyle Research Unit at Queen Mary University of London, described the review's conclusions as 'misleading'.

"Misinforming smokers risks discouraging them from using e-cigarettes, which are one of the most effective methods that exist to help people stop smoking. Switching from #smoking to #vaping removes the major source of all smoking related diseases, including cancer.”

Link in reply 👇

[IBVTA @TheIBVTA]

🚨 From today, UK #vaping product manufacturers, importers and warehousekeepers can apply for Vaping Products Duty and Vaping Duty Stamps Scheme approval.

📰 You can read the announcement here, which links to a suite of new guidance: https://t.co/bxMf9rlokc

⏩ The application guidance and link to apply for approval is here: https://t.co/tjg544irzv

🛒HMRC will further raise awareness of the new duty and stamp scheme with the retail sector later in 2026.

[Euan Stainbank MP @Euan4Falkirk]

If you don't smoke don't vape, if you do smoke switching to vaping is preferable.

[APPG for Responsible Vaping @APPG_Vaping]

@Euan4Falkirk @AsianTrader The case studies and fact sheet can be found here https://t.co/U8K7nKTlae

[APPG for Responsible Vaping @APPG_Vaping]

Great to see @Euan4Falkirk and our latest campaign showcased in @AsianTrader today!

https://t.co/tvrtGDtMfI

[Euan Stainbank MP @Euan4Falkirk]

For the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to work for everyone preceding the smokefree generation we must dispel the stubborn misunderstanding of smoking and vaping relative harms.

Long term smokers switching to vaping is far preferable for their health.

My contribution below 👇

[IBVTA @TheIBVTA]

https://t.co/Z1oGILrjt3

[IBVTA @TheIBVTA]

👉 Smokers, in particular, can remain reassured that vaping is far less harmful than smoking

👉 Misinforming smokers risks discouraging them from using e-cigarettes, which are one of the most effective methods that exist to help people stop smoking. Switching from smoking to #vaping removes the major source of all #smoking related diseases, including cancer

👉 This narrative review is problematic for several reasons and makes extraordinary claims that are not borne out by the data

👉 This could be misleading if presented to the public as providing evidence of an association between vaping and cancer

👉 It would require quite a stretch of the imagination to envisage how vaping compounds could match the cancer-causing effects of combustion smoking

A comprehensive and justified critique of the the review which is causing alarmist and grossly misleading headlines today from Prof Peter Hajek, Prof John Britton, Prof Lion Shahab, and more. #scicomm

Link in reply 👇

[IBVTA @TheIBVTA]

🎤 Commenting on the study for @SMC_London Prof Peter Shields, Emeritus Professor of Medical Oncology at the Ohio State University, said: “Too commonly, #vaping is still viewed as something dangerous that should not be used as a smoking cessation tool – in fact the opposite is true.”

https://t.co/A2CdBHBj0f

[IBVTA @TheIBVTA]

🎙️Lead author Dr Angela Difeng Wu of the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, said: “...the evidence is clear and consistent across all of the meta-analyses we consulted: e-cigarettes are effective at helping people stop smoking.”

https://t.co/3VLZiNqLjY

[IBVTA @TheIBVTA]

💡A new overview of the best available evidence worldwide for #smoking cessation, funded by Cancer Research UK, has found that nicotine‑containing e‑cigarettes (#vapes) are more effective than other interventions such as NRT (patches, gum, lozenges, etc.) vapes with no nicotine and behavioural support.

⏩ The overview drew on numerous systematic reviews and over 100 individual studies conducted across nearly a decade. The findings also show that nicotine vapes achieved 46% higher quit rates when compared with nicotine-free vapes.

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