Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 6th March 2024 || News analysis |
E-liquids in the UK are closer to facing specific taxes for the first time, in a move aimed at reducing the rates of vaping among young people and non-smokers ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 4th March 2024 || News analysis |
Harm perception of vaping products has worsened substantially over the last decade in England, with most adult smokers now believing e-cigarettes to be as harmful as traditional cigarettes ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 9th February 2024 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) saw its new category products achieve profitability two years ahead of schedule driven by the global performance of its Vuse e-cigarette brand ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 7th February 2024 || News analysis |
The UK government’s plan to ban the sale of disposable vapes will drop the number of hard-to-recycle devices that end up littered, environment secretary Steve Barclay said ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 6th February 2024 || News analysis |
Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco have agreed to resolve all patent infringement litigation between them related to their alternative tobacco products ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 2nd February 2024 || News analysis |
During the presentation of its financial results for the year and the fourth quarter, Altria said it will look to support expansion plans behind its $2.75bn acquisition of the Njoy e-cigarette brand in the new year ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 31st January 2024 || News analysis |
Regulators continue to increase restrictions in an attempt to minimise the environmental impact of vaping. ECigIntelligence looks at how different countries are trying to tackle the same issues ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 29th January 2024 || News analysis |
British prime minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans to ban the sale of disposable vape products in a move the government says will tackle the rise in youth vaping ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 26th January 2024 || News analysis |
China-based Shenzhen IVPS Technology, parent to the Smok vaping device brand, has appealed the US FDA's marketing denial order (MDO) for six Smok-branded e-cigarette kits and parts ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 23rd January 2024 || News analysis |
A ban on menthol-flavoured cigarettes should be good news for companies involved in non-combustibles, but likely delays from tobacco company legal challenges make its potential timeline uncertain ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 18th January 2024 || News analysis |
For the first time ever, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) for a standalone piece of vaping hardware that contains no e-liquid ...
The vaping industry could look at increased efforts to crack down on disposable e-cigarettes as its own failure to provide more viable solutions that could have curtailed countries around the globe taking legal actions ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 19th December 2023 || News analysis |
In shipments from China arriving at Los Angeles International Airport, the joint operation found various brands of disposable e-cig products intended for distribution on the US market that did not have authorisation to be sold ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 15th December 2023 || News analysis |
The Biden administration will take more time to review the US FDA’s proposed rule to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes, which is to be delayed until at least 2024, raising concerns among public health groups ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 14th December 2023 || Blogs |
A new levy to discourage children from vaping in the UK is likely to be introduced in the next year, but it is still uncertain exactly how the government intends to tax vape products ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 15th November 2023 || News analysis |
Imperial Brands reported a performance in line with its five-year-plan expectations in the year ended 30th September 2023, with new product and market launches boosting its next-generation product (NGP) revenue ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 13th November 2023 || News analysis |
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 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 27th October 2023 || News analysis |
Altria will look to strengthen the logistics behind its recent $2.75bn acquisition of the Njoy e-cigarette brand as it sets out to build on revenues from alternatives to conventional cigarettes ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 26th October 2023 || Blogs |
A new Netflix documentary attempts to provide a balanced narrative and a nuanced view on the rise and fall of one of the most famous brands in vaping ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th October 2023 || News analysis |
With disposable e-cigarettes increasingly the target of negative attention over their environmental impact as well as youth usage, interest is growing in other, less wasteful, approaches to product design ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 23rd October 2023 || News analysis |
While the British government may hope that a ban on disposable e-cigarettes would cut down both waste and youth vaping, others have warned that it could have negative consequences too ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 23rd October 2023 || News analysis |
UK vape maker Supreme has outlined measures to mitigate increased interest from under-age consumers in its 88Vape brand and reduce the environmental impact of disposables ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 10th October 2023 || News analysis |
The UK’s plan to introduce a progressive age ban for tobacco products has been welcomed by many in the public health world, but others warn that it and other government-proposed measures might have unintended results ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 29th September 2023 || News analysis |
The era of light-touch vaping regulation in the UK may be over. A range of bills, consultations and proposals are looking at ways to increase regulatory scrutiny on vaping products ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 21st September 2023 || Blogs |
The US FDA recently notified more online retailers and manufacturers of significant violations related to the sale of e-cigarettes. But are these regular warning letters really enough to reassert the FDA’s control over the market ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 25th August 2023 || News analysis |
Whether new battery rules in the European Union succeed in reducing waste will be down to details and enforcement, according to e-cigarette industry insiders ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 25th August 2023 || News analysis |
Educating consumers about reduced-risk alternatives to smoking is worthwhile – but encouraging them to use smoking-cessation methods should still take priority, according to the US FDA ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th August 2023 || News analysis |
The Israeli Ministry of Health has published plans for tougher measures that would apply to all smoking and tobacco products, in advance of a public consultation aimed at amending the Tobacco Law ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 23rd August 2023 || News analysis |
Altria subsidiary Njoy is taking action against Juul Labs over alleged patent infringements, filing a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and initiating a lawsuit in a federal court ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 11th August 2023 || News analysis |
Attempts to make e-cigarettes more recyclable could have unintended consequences and must still be supported by collection infrastructure to have any impact, industry members warn ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 11th August 2023 || News analysis |
Sales of flavoured and disposable e-cigarettes across the US rose significantly after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began its policy of clamping down against flavoured cartridges ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 7th August 2023 || News analysis |
Success for Juul with its premarket tobacco product application for its Juul2 next-generation vapour platform could lead to a complete reset of minimum youth prevention standards in the US, experts warn ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 2nd August 2023 || News analysis |
Altria reported a solid performance in the first half of 2023, supported by the $2.75bn acquisition of e-cigarette manufacturer Njoy, which was finalised in June ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 31st July 2023 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to three distributors for selling unauthorised vaping products across the US that appeal to under-age consumers ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 28th July 2023 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco’s vapour brand Vuse was the key driver of the company’s positive performance in the first half of the year, and it remains confident in its Vuse Alto pre-market tobacco product application submission to the US...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th July 2023 || News analysis |
Juul Labs has submitted a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) for the company’s next-generation vapour platform to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 11th July 2023 || News analysis |
UK fast-moving consumer goods company Supreme expects to see a new distribution deal with Elf Bar push revenue from its e-cigarette business past the £100m mark for the first time ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 4th July 2023 || News analysis |
Fear of the effects of an increase in youth vaping has led a UK anti-smoking charity to call for e-cigarettes to be made available on prescription only, matching public health policy in Australia ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 29th May 2023 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning letters to the manufacturers of Breeze and Esco Bars disposable vape products to protect young people against illegal flavoured disposable e-cigarette products ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 29th May 2023 || News analysis |
New data released by the Scottish government based on research looking at a dozen surveys puts current vaping use somewhere between 5% and 13.2%, and shows use has been increasing over time ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 26th May 2023 || News analysis |
Disposable e-cigarette products will be forced to change design or face being banned as new battery regulations are brought into the EU, experts predict ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 10th May 2023 || News analysis |
The best way to reduce smoking rates is by encouraging smokers to switch to new, reduced-risk categories, according to Italian MEP Aldo Patriciello, who recommends the Swedish approach ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 19th April 2023 || News analysis |
Expanding sales of Imperial Brands’ next generation products into new markets has more than compensated the company for the effect of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s marketing denial order (MDO) for Myblu ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 14th April 2023 || News analysis |
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 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 6th April 2023 || News analysis |
A claim by Smoore Technology that 38 cannabis companies infringed the Chinese firm’s patents had very little chance of success with the US International Trade Commission, according to legal experts ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th March 2023 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has refused marketing authorisation for around 17m e-liquid products because the company behind the application did not provide the required environmental assessments ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 21st March 2023 || News analysis |
UK smokers are facing a hike in the price of tobacco following last week’s Spring Budget – but no tax on vaping products was announced, leaving them much more affordable than other alternatives ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 17th March 2023 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued marketing denial orders against two menthol e-cigarette products currently marketed by RJ Reynolds Vapor Company under the Vuse Solo brand ...