Click images or words to go to article Volume 128 Issue 2 E-cigarettes Markets initiative Trading Standards East Midlands vaping victory Combating the counterfeiters in North Wales Consumer education Touchstone winner Consumer Empowerment Alliance: latest campaigns Manchester case study: noncompliance in hallmarking Bright idea Will smart meters revolutionise how we control, pay for and interact with energy, or create issues for consumers? Welcome from the editor-in-chief Chris Fay introduces the edition Letters Contemplating the future Noticeboard CTSI enters into first of its kind partnership with law firm; Year Ahead 2016 News Most dangerous and unscientific piece of drugs legislation ever, says MP; Ofgem urges energy firms to pass price cuts on to customers; UK charity fundraising gets last chance to self-regulate; IPO urges action on Counterfeit Street; Licence stripped from PPI firm Consultations Restrictions for TV payday loan ads; Bills of Sale; provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2016-17 Legal perspectives Data Protection Act 1998: making it work for you Overall safety-related complaints [about e-cigarettes] have fallen dramatically, from 36 (49 per cent of complaints) to an estimated eight (14 per cent)