UK’s leading e-cigarette retailer opens 177th store

Nov.01.2024
UK’s leading e-cigarette retailer opens 177th store
UK's largest e-cigarette retailer VPZ opens Glasgow store with quit support and recycling, backs 2030 smoke-free goal, urges government action.

VPZ, the UK's largest e-cigarette retailer, has opened a new store in Glasgow, England, which will also provide a recycling service for e-cigarettes and e-cigarette devices nationwide, according to a report in the Glasgow World on October 31.

 

VPZ's new store is the 177th store in its expansion plan and this new store officially opened on October 18th.

 

VPZ director Doug Mutter said: "VPZ has been urging the UK government to introduce licensing and regulation measures for the sale of e-cigarette products, along with appropriate penalties for offenders, to curb the growth of the black market and help the UK achieve its smoke-free goal by 2030.

 

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