Antonia Di Lorenzo, Author at ECigIntelligence

PMI supports Iqos Veev, commits to smoke-free products in Q2 results

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 22nd July 2022 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) will continue to support the sales and promotion of its Iqos Veev vapour product as part of its commitment to expanding its smoke-free product portfolio ...

European Commission begins reviewing offered evidence on planned TPD revision

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 18th July 2022 || News analysis |

More than 24,000 responses were received to a European Commission call for evidence on plans for the legal framework that will shape the future revised Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and Tobacco Advertising Directive ...

British Standards moves to fill the safety and quality gap on CBD vaping products

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 12th July 2022 || News analysis |

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has developed a fast-track informal standard to address quality, performance and safety issues of CBD vape products, which are not covered by the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations ...

Study suggests big rise in mistaken belief about e-cig harm keeps people smoking

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 11th July 2022 || News analysis |

The number of US adults who think e-cigarettes are more harmful than traditional tobacco products has effectively doubled year on year from 2018 to 2020, according to new research – and that has affected smoking rates ...

US FDA holds off on shutting down Juul sales to review ‘unique scientific issues’

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 6th July 2022 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has temporarily suspended the marketing denial order (MDO) it served on Juul Labs last month demanding the company remove its e-cigarettes from the US market ...

Online sales and supermarket deals help 88Vape achieve 10% revenue growth

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 6th July 2022 || News analysis |

British low-cost vaping brand 88Vape enjoyed 10% growth in revenue, buoyed by a doubling of income from its website, to reach about a third of the total revenue earned by parent company Supreme ...

ASA sends reality check to Relx, others posting unclear ads on social media

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 1st July 2022 || News analysis |

No posts from e-cigarette companies concerning vaping – whether advertorial or informational – should appear on Instagram, and companies are responsible for policing relevant social media content posted by affiliated influencers, even if they did not know about...

Iceland leaves threatened flavour ban out of its updated e-cigarette regulations

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th June 2022 || News analysis |

Iceland will continue to permit flavours in vaping products as modifications to regulations establish further guidelines for products being sold ...

Juul will contest FDA order to remove all its vaping products from the US market

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 23rd June 2022 || News analysis |

Juul Labs says it will contest a marketing denial order (MDO) issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), effectively ordering all its products off the US market ...

Supreme purchase – 88Vape’s owner picks up Liberty Flights in £14m deal

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 16th June 2022 || News analysis |

The UK company behind low-cost e-liquid brand 88Vape is acquiring the e-liquid manufacturer and e-cigarette supplier Liberty Flights for a price that could rise to £14.75m ...

Khan report receives a largely warm welcome from UK vaping advocates

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 15th June 2022 || News analysis |

Recognition of the role vaping can play in the future of public health in England has been welcomed, though there is some criticism of proposals to continually raise the legal age for the purchase of smoking products ...

US FDA hands Njoy a Daily PMTA boost – but it’s strictly tobacco flavours only

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 13th June 2022 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has passed its first premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) for a disposable e-cigarette, authorising two tobacco flavours of Njoy Daily ...

Released Khan report encourages vaping in UK to reach 2030 smoke-free goal

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 9th June 2022 || News analysis |

The UK government must take further action to promote vaping products and accelerate the path to prescribed e-cigarettes if it wants to achieve its 2030 smoke-free ambition for England, according to an independent tobacco review...

RLX seeks balance between compliance and growth following Q1 revenue drop

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 25th May 2022 || News analysis |

RLX Technology saw a drop of 28.5% in net revenue for the first quarter of 2022 and warns of future business impact from regulatory restrictions ...

King’s appointment to head CTP rings alarm bells in US e-cigarette industry

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th May 2022 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has appointed epidemiologist Brian King as director of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) – an appointment that has not gone down well with the US vaping industry ...

It’s a yes from the FDA: Njoy granted PMTA for nicotine salts pod system

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 27th April 2022 || News analysis |

A modern pod system using nicotine salts from a non–Big Tobacco company has been authorised by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) pathway ...

Vive la Veev – PMI plans more e-cigarette roll-outs after good first quarter results

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 25th April 2022 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) is continuing to support sales and promotion of its Iqos Veev vaping product, with further market roll-outs planned this year ...

Vape stores fall behind non-specialists for the first time for UK e-cig sales

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 19th April 2022 || News analysis |

Specialist vape stores are no longer the most popular channel for the purchase of vaping products in the UK, according to figures from Smoking in England, which gathers together data for policymakers and others ...

Major supermarket deals help make it a good year for UK discount brand 88Vape

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 14th April 2022 || News analysis |

The UK supplier behind low-cost e-liquid brand 88Vape expects to post a decent rise in revenue from its vaping division for the year ended 31st March ...

Change at the top – but expect no change of direction at US CTP under Mital

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 13th April 2022 || Blogs |

What will Michele Mital’s reign as acting director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) mean in terms of policy? ...

Warning on youth vaping ‘a desperate effort to maintain a crisis narrative’

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 7th April 2022 || News analysis |

A study warning that vaping may have countered the decline in US youth nicotine usage has been strongly criticised by two professors of health psychology for flawed methods and wrong focus ...

FDA’s decision on Logic gives way to concerns over pending PMTAs

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 30th March 2022 || News analysis |

The recent decision by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Logic’s products has raised some concerns among experts on how the federal agency will address the pending premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) ...

UK Department of Health publishes its long-awaited review of tobacco law

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 29th March 2022 || News analysis |

The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published its post-implementation review of the country’s tobacco legislation, concluding that the existing rules work and should be retained ...

‘Outdated and near-useless’ – US FTC vape market report is greeted with scorn

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 28th March 2022 || News analysis |

A recent report by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on e-cig sales and advertising has been roundly criticised for showing an outdated picture of the vaping market in the US ...

FDA authorises some tobacco-flavoured Logic vape products, but denies others

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 25th March 2022 || News analysis |

The FDA has authorised the marketing of several tobacco-flavoured e-cigarette products from Logic Technology Development, under the brands Logic Power and Logic Pro, but the agency also issued marketing denial orders for other products from the same company, owned by...

Mital likely to step up from No 2 role when Zeller retires as CTP director

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 25th March 2022 || News analysis |

Michele Mital, deputy director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) since 2018, looks the most likely candidate to take the CTP reins from retiring director Mitch Zeller ...

US vape companies braced for the worst after rule change on synthetic nicotine

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 22nd March 2022 || News analysis |

Experts fear the decision to treat synthetic nicotine the same as tobacco products could devastate parts of the US vaping industry that have come to rely on it, with some businesses forced to close and others praying for...

Vape advocates say Brexit provides UK with an opportunity it hasn’t yet taken

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 18th March 2022 || News analysis |

Industry insiders have suggested the UK government should raise the nicotine limit for e-cigarettes, promote vaping, and legalise snus as part of the country’s post-Brexit regulatory reforms ...

China to ban e-cig flavours – and RELX is perfectly relaxed about the new rules

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 15th March 2022 || News analysis |

All e-liquid flavours other than tobacco will be banned in China from 1st May, according to the country’s Tobacco Monopoly Administration, which has confirmed administrative measures for e-cigarettes proposed in December ...

UK urged by associations and public health officials to cut vaping VAT

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 11th March 2022 || News analysis |

The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged the UK government to cut value-added tax (VAT) on vaping products as part of a plan to help smokers quit ...

Teen vaping increased in New Zealand amid public health experts’ concerns

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 9th March 2022 || News analysis |

The percentage of teen vapers in New Zealand rose significantly in 2021, accompanied by a decline in smoking rates among 13- and 14-year-olds ...

Iceland to regulate e-cigs, focusing on flavours that may attract children

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 2nd March 2022 || News analysis |

A delayed bill to restrict the marketing of flavoured e-cigarettes “that may appeal to children” in Iceland will be introduced to the country’s parliament in March ...

Turning Point blames US regulation for drop in vapour product sales and profit

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 1st March 2022 || News analysis |

The legal challenges faced by the vaping industry in the US impacted Turning Point Brands’ vapour portfolio in 2021, with a significant drop in the last quarter’s net sales and gross profit ...

What goes up must come down – Italy restores e-liquid tax to previous level

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th February 2022 || News analysis |

Tax on vaping products in Italy will return to 2021 levels from 1st April after the Senate passed a bill containing a measure to lower the excise duties on e-liquids ...

Australian authorised vaping prescribers skyrocket, but so do black markets

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th February 2022 || News analysis |

The number of authorised prescribers for nicotine vaping products in Australia has skyrocketed since regulations changed. However, critics say this has also led to a booming black market ...

Scottish government opens consultation on possible further restrictions to vaping

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 23rd February 2022 || News analysis |

The Scottish government has opened a public consultation on the potential tightening of its rules for advertising and promoting vaping products ...

‘Beating Cancer’ report becomes official EU policy with huge Parliament backing

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 21st February 2022 || News analysis |

The European Parliament has adopted the BECA report – the first time a European institution has formally acknowledged reduced risk products could play a role in smoking cessation – with some caveats ... ...

Good Vuse for BAT as vapour growth helps offset dip in overall revenue

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 14th February 2022 || News analysis |

Vuse and vapour were the primary driver of a 42.4% year-on-year increase in British American Tobacco (BAT)’s new category portfolio revenue, according to the company’s latest results ...

European Parliament prepares for first vote on anti-cancer recommendations

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 8th February 2022 || News analysis |

The European Parliament’s first debate on the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA)’s report into how to strengthen Europe’s fight against cancer will take place on 15th February ...

Survey finds growing number of English authorities offer e-cigarettes to smokers

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 7th February 2022 || News analysis |

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of local authorities in England offering e-cigarettes to smokers in a bid to help them quit smoking, according to a new survey ...

Israel applies its first tax on e-cigarettes with duty rates approved retroactively

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 3rd February 2022 || News analysis |

Israel’s parliamentary finance committee has finally and retroactively approved the duty rates on vaping products in its first ever e-cigarette tax, that was initially passed in November ...

Altria keeps fingers crossed on Juul PMTA but ‘will not invest further in vaping’

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 1st February 2022 || News analysis |

US tobacco giant Altria has announced that it will not invest any further in the vapour category for the foreseeable future ...

Taiwanese majority backs e-cigarette ban that would leave HnB untouched

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 1st February 2022 || News analysis |

The majority of people in Taiwan support proposals that will likely strengthen bans on vaping but continue to allow heated tobacco products in the country ...

ECigIntelligence’s 2021 predictions reviewed: did our crystal ball work?

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 27th January 2022 || News analysis |

We look back at predictions ECigIntelligence published at the start of 2021. Real events and developments confirmed ECigIntelligence’s analysis in many cases, though Covid delayed things ...

INNCO calls for health assessments and user input before flavour bans

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 20th January 2022 || News analysis |

INNCO urged policymakers to conduct health impact studies involving consumers and producers if flavour bans are being debated ...

Global Trends survey details slowdown in growth of worldwide vaping market

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 12th January 2022 || News analysis |

Vaping products have continued to take a share of the worldwide retail market away from smokable tobacco over the past three years, with sales of combustible cigarettes declining by 5% – but the rate of growth has slowed...

Italian vape trade fears the possible consequences as tax on e-liquids goes up

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 11th January 2022 || News analysis |

Tax on vaping products in Italy went up at the start of the year after the Chamber of Deputies passed the 2022 Budget on 30th December ...

Wales remains vague on vaping as it plans a route to a smoke-free future

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 10th January 2022 || News analysis |

The Welsh government has launched a public consultation over its long-term tobacco control strategy ...

2021 reviewed: false dawn for vaping, or some light showing at the tunnel’s end?

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 10th January 2022 || News analysis |

Could 2021 be remembered as the year we first started to see some light at the end of the tunnel? Only time will tell for sure, but there were clues ...

Study finds TikTok videos portray e-cigs positively, calling for further restrictions

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 7th January 2022 || News analysis |

A study has warned about “significant exposure” of Generation Z teens to videos glamorising vaping on social media platform TikTok and called for “effective age restrictions” to avoid it ...

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