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Editorial Policy
// how we work
This page describes how Vape Press produces its coverage, what its scores mean, who is accountable for them, and how commercial support is disclosed. It is meant to be read, not skimmed.
How we cover the rules
Rules are attributed to the instrument that sets them, with dates. Where something is a proposal or a consultation, we call it that rather than describing it as law. Product limits, enforcement outcomes and market figures come from published sources and are attributed. Comparative-risk statements about vaping and smoking are quoted from named public-health bodies with their date, and never rounded up into a claim that anything is safe.
What our scores mean
Scores run 0–10 and are judgments, not averages of sub-scores. A 7 is a good product with real trade-offs. An 8 is an easy recommendation for the right buyer. A 9 is rare and means we struggled to find a meaningful fault; treat 8.7 as the practical ceiling. Every review lists genuine cons — if we cannot find any, we have not looked hard enough — and no score can be bought.
Disclosure
Vape Press is a commercially supported publication. Posts containing affiliate links, and posts that are sponsored, carry a disclosure with the post. Sponsored and affiliate links are marked rel="sponsored" in the page's code. Sponsors never see, edit or approve editorial copy before publication, and no score can be bought — see the advertising page for what is and is not for sale.
Bylines
Vape Press publishes under house bylines maintained by the editorial team. Owen Braithwaite, the editor's byline on our reviews, is a disclosed house pen name — the accountable editorial identity for everything published under it, in the tradition of publications that write under a house name rather than inventing biographies. News runs under “Staff, Vape Press.” There is no invented journalist behind any byline on this site.
Corrections
If we have published an error — a figure, a date, a term, a price — we want to know. Reach the editorial desk via the contact page and say “correction” in the first line; that queue moves fastest. We correct promptly and note material corrections in the post.