Author: Antonia di Lorenzo
What lies behind Filipino health officials’ spat with the country’s COP9 delegation?
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 24th November 2021 || Blog |
Conflict between public health concerns and political-economic interests seems to be the main reason behind an internal dispute between the Philippine delegation to COP9 and officials at the country’s Department of Health ...
MPs urge UK government to combat ‘misinformation’ and support vaping
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 18th November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
MPs have called on the UK government to take the forthcoming Tobacco Control Plan as an opportunity to tackle misinformation around tobacco alternatives and encourage switching to less harmful products ...
The influencer and the e-cig – a moral tale for our rapidly changing times
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 10th November 2021 || Blog |
The misleading advertising on social media of tobacco alternatives such as e-cigarettes has become a critical concern of public health groups and some governments around the world ...
‘Only tobacco firms will be able to take advantage of UK medical licensing’
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 9th November 2021 || Business briefing |
Some manufacturers may struggle to overcome certain regulatory hurdles to licensing e-cigarettes in the UK as medical products – leaving the field to tobacco companies – experts warn ...
US FDA questioned about pending PMTAs and enforcement for non-compliance
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 1st October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
US senators have urged the FDA to implement a timeline to decide on the pending PMTAs and to reveal how it will ensure that there are no non-compliant products on the market ...
Vaping experts see integrating science and innovation as the way forward
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 27th September 2021 || Business briefing |
Representatives of the vaping industry have urged a broader collaboration with scientists and agreed that integrating technological innovations is key to encouraging transition to tobacco alternatives ...
FDA marketing denial orders spread fear and confusion among US vaping retailers
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 23rd September 2021 || Business briefing |
The US FDA’s rejection of premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) has sown confusion among vape retailers, who are urging the agency to make public which vaping products have been approved for sale ...
Why are WHO talks on novel tobacco products postponed from COP9 to 2023?
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 21st September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to postpone a discussion on novel tobacco products to a face-to-face event in 2023 – a decision experts are linking to a lack of consensus ...
NRT and e-cigarettes work best in combination, says UK agency
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 16th September 2021 || Business briefing |
A UK smoking cessation body says a combination of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and vaping products can be more effective than either on their own in helping smokers quit – though e-cigarettes alone come very close ...
MEPs table amendments to include harm reduction in European cancer report
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 14th September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Three Italian members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are hoping to introduce the concept of harm reduction into a strategy report by the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) ...
Vape retailers required to post age-limit signs as New Zealand takes another step
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 10th September 2021 || Business briefing |
New regulations that come into force in New Zealand tomorrow will oblige retailers, including vape stores, to display signs at each point-of-sale warning customers that e-cigarette products are not for sale to minors ...
State AGs join in calling on FDA to deny PMTAs for flavoured vaping products
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 24th August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A group of 31 US attorneys general has joined together in urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to deny premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) for vaping products ...
Italian proposal calls for prison officials to allow inmates to use e-cigs
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 23rd August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Italian Department of Prison Administration (DAP) has been urged to implement a 2016 circular that authorised the use of e-cigarettes by inmates ...
RLX blames threat of tighter Chinese regulation for Q2 slowdown in growth
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 20th August 2021 || Business briefing |
RLX Technology has reported a slowdown in its revenue growth for the second quarter of the year due to “external factors” ...
UK’s MHRA confirms new e-cig products can only be marketed if on official list
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 17th August 2021 || Business briefing |
The UK’s MHRA has updated its industry guidance and clarified that vaping products can be legally placed on the market only when a compliant notification is published online ...
US FDA rejects 4.5m PMTA applications from one single manufacturer
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 10th August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A small manufacturer from Texas must remove millions of vaping products from the US market after the FDA issued a Refuse to File (RTF) letter rejecting most of its PMTAs ...
Behind the scenes of the 6m PMTA submissions – the ‘top five’
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 6th August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Five US companies are top of the list with the most PMTAs submitted, and represent five out of the 6m total applications by the September 2020 deadline ...
Vuse in full sail with BAT’s vapour volume up 70% year-on-year in first half of 2021
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 28th July 2021 || Business briefing |
British American Tobacco (BAT)’s revenue from its new category portfolio rose by 40.4% year-on-year to £883m in the first half of 2021, driven by the post-pandemic recovery of its vapour segment ...
Back to the drawing-board for Nerudia as ‘more prudent’ Imperial ponders job cuts
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 26th July 2021 || Business briefing |
A proposed restructuring of Nerudia, a UK e-liquid manufacturer owned by Imperial Brands, could lead to the loss of 77 jobs across its research and development and production departments in Liverpool ...
Italian Senate to have the last word on plan for temporary e-liquid tax relief
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 19th July 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Italian Senate is close to considering temporary tax relief for e-cigarettes in the country – a move financial experts do not expect to cause any significant drop in the overall volume of tax collected ...