Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 13th November 2023
There would be no increase in Italian e-cigarette excise duties next year under the new 2024 Budget Bill, but rates would rise significantly for 2025 and 2026 ...
Up to 1m UK smokers could be given vouchers to purchase their own preferred vaping products under a new national initiative that is being called a world first ...
Research into e-cigarettes is dominated by American scientists and a few names emerge as clear leaders in the field, despite the involvement of thousands of scholars over the last decade...
Patents for tobacco alternatives have been booming in recent times as tobacco companies position themselves as contributors to a smoke-free world, with a 9.1% year-on-year increase in patents related to...
Scientific research into vaping is frequently beset by fundamental flaws that make it difficult to trust, according to a new study of prominent articles in medical journals ...
A new study has found that the use of high-strength nicotine e-cigarettes can help adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders quit smoking. And that can be both a life-saver and a...
Respiratory effects of e-cigs have been a concern since their introduction, but there is a consistent lack of evidence for any substantial harm – and despite perceptions, the current US...
Who has made the vaping world what it is today – and who will be prominent in determining its future direction? ECigIntelligence has drawn up a list of 20 movers...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 14th December 2018
Italy has passed the much anticipated law reducing tax on e-liquids and halving duties on heated tobacco. The decree cuts the duty on nicotine-containing liquids from 50% to 10% of...
Researchers in Italy have reported on what is a holy grail in e-cigarette studies – a four-year observation of the health effects on daily vapers who have never smoked ...
Scientists working for British American Tobacco have produced a paper taking on the thorny question of how reduced risk should be assessed in new products ...
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 18th September 2017
A new study takes serious issue with the influential 2016 Surgeon General Report, accusing it of misrepresenting the evidence on e-cigarettes, young people and harm reduction ...
Medical research has begun to reveal how e-cigarettes could help to prevent or lessen the potentially dangerous weight gain experienced by many people when they give up...
The World Health Organization (WHO) showed no signs of softening in its attitude toward reduced-risk products as its biannual tobacco control conference came to a close in...
Could handling e-liquid really be as safe as doing the dishes?
European regulations on classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) have been wrongly categorising nicotine as extremely toxic when it should be...
The involvement of the tobacco and pharma industries could be crucial if a new international society on nicotine studies is to make a contribution to the public health and regulation...
The vote in the European Parliament that passed the revamped Tobacco Products Directive will have some e-cigarette manufacturers contemplating the costly and often lengthy process of medicines licensing, in order...