Vaping tax: battle over future of e-cigarettes looms

All the details on the EU's reported plan for a new levy that could see a huge jump in price

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The rise of e-cigarettes, credited as being one of the primary methods by which people are now giving up smoking, could be curtailed by a huge tax increase as a result of a change in European law.

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