The black market for e-cigarettes in Germany: structures, dynamics and regulatory challenges The black market for e-cigarettes is booming a new study reveals alarming dimensions
The low prevalence of smoking in favour of snus use in Sweden compared to the rest of Europe may have contributed to its lower rates of tobacco-attributable deaths (72/100,000 Sweden, 128/100,000 EU) and cancer-specific deaths (14/100,000 Sweden, 36/100,000 EU) in men in 2019 [72]
Smoking can make diabetes harder to manage and raises your risk of serious problems such as heart disease, stroke, kidney damage and poor circulation
Wider Beverage Alcohol Struggles Scan data tracks with Brewers Association survey results, with Nielsen IQ showing BA-defined craft down 4.1% in volume for the first half of 2025, a hair better than beer overall (-4.2%)
Even though they're smaller amounts, organisational groups use what's called the scattergun approach and send lots of small parcels, and they need a certain percentage of those to get through successfully to remain profitable. Barnes said recently there had been a tendency for people to smuggle loose tobacco into New Zealand and manufacture cigarettes here
E-cig liquids contain different substances which after heating form aerosol (vapour), imitating smoke (13)
