Barnaby Page, Author at ECigIntelligence

Does a youth vaping epidemic exist in the US, and if so, is it really such a bad thing?

Written by Barnaby Page || 12th December 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

A new study sheds some welcome and thought-provoking light on US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data, which ought to encourage a more positive view of vaping ...

What’s next for tobacco and nicotine regulation in the US under Trump?

Written by Barnaby Page || 8th November 2024 || News analysis |

Talking about the future of the novel nicotine sector in the United States – its biggest single market by a long way – just got a whole lot harder ...

Action needed to curb illicit vape market

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd October 2024 || Press releases |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Action Needed On “Huge” Illicit Vape Market, Researchers Say But Heavy Regulation Can Make The Problem Worse Urgent action is needed to tackle the illicit e-cigarette market around the world, industry analysts at Tamarind Intelligence...

Tamarind Intelligence podcast: The illicit vape problem

Written by Barnaby Page || 11th October 2024 || Podcasts |

Join Tamarind Intelligence founder Tim Phillips and editorial director Barnaby Page to explore the complex world of the illicit e-cigarette trade as they shed light on the scale of the global black market for vapes, the surprising ways...

Monthly regulatory podcast: October

Written by Barnaby Page || 3rd October 2024 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

The ECigIntelligence monthly regulatory podcast provides insight and analysis on the major regulatory developments of the previous month affecting the sector ...

US vape stores pessimistic over disposables

Written by Barnaby Page || 1st August 2024 || Press releases |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE US Vape Stores Pessimistic
Over Impact of Disposable E-Cigarettes But More Enforcement Against Rogue Retailers Could Help US vape stores have suffered heavily from consumers’ shift toward disposable e-cigarettes, according to the latest survey...

New UK government could tighten rules on youth vaping but support adult use

Written by Barnaby Page || 9th July 2024 || News analysis |

As the new UK prime minister settles in, attempts are already being made to push novel nicotine regulation to the top of his agenda, and similar attempts are being made by lobbyists in every sector ...

Courts in the US, the FDA, and the end of ‘Chevron deference’: a dissenting view

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th July 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

There has been jubilation in the US e-cigarette industry over the demise of the legal doctrine of “Chevron deference”, but many outside the sector itself have expressed reservations, and they are right to do so ...

Ten lessons learned over ten years of covering the novel nicotine industry

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th July 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

In this part of a series of articles celebrating the tenth anniversary of Tamarind Intelligence, our editorial director shares ten things he’s learned about the sector in the last decade ...

Takeaways from this year’s thought-provoking Global Forum on Nicotine

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st June 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

The Global Forum on Nicotine was in Warsaw again last week, and once again proved to be one of the most thought-provoking events on the tobacco harm reduction calendar ...

Disposable vapes — just a temporary fad?

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd April 2024 || Press releases |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Disposable Vapes —
Are They Just a Short-Term Problem? Disposable vapes are increasingly the target of legal bans, amid widespread concern over youth usage and environmental impact. But a new article published by the independent...

Belgium gets go-ahead to be first EU member state with disposables ban

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th March 2024 || News analysis |

Belgium is to become the first EU member state to ban disposable e-cigarettes, following the European Commission’s approval today, 18th March, of its proposed legislation ...

Disposable vape bans could benefit the industry

Written by Barnaby Page || 29th February 2024 || Press releases |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Disposable vape bans are not all bad news for the e-cigarette sector, say ECigIntelligence experts Disposable vape bans in the UK and France have grabbed the headlines – and other countries are likely to follow. Both countries...

An e-cigarette by any other name, and other issues with industry terminology

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th January 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

Perception is often at least as important as reality in forming policy-makers’ and the public’s opinion where novel nicotine products are concerned, but there’s a persistent problem with terminology ...

UK conferences have differing takes on the biggest challenges the industry faces

Written by Barnaby Page || 23rd November 2023 || Blogs |

What the biggest challenge is facing the British e-cigarette and novel nicotine sectors depends on who you ask. Recent industry conferences in London addressed the question of youth vaping, but in very different ways ...

What could the future hold for a smoke-free UK with tighter vaping restrictions?

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th October 2023 || Blogs |

With the British government’s new raft of proposals on regulating tobacco products, it’s possible to make some tentative predictions just from the questions being asked in a current consultation ...

UK’s plan for smoke-free generation aims to ban tobacco and restrict e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page || 5th October 2023 || News analysis |

The UK government is considering a generational ban for most tobacco products – but not e-cigarettes – as well as restrictions on disposable vapes and flavours, according to proposals issued this week ...

Keeping track of the disposables scene: how will it weather the regulatory storm?

Written by Barnaby Page || 5th October 2023 || Blogs |

We estimate that disposables now account for nearly 40% of the global vape market. But the growth rate that led disposables to their current success also seems to be leading them into a perfect storm ...

Disposables currently account for nearly 40% of the vape market

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th October 2023 || Press releases |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Disposables currently account for nearly 40% of the global vape market, new report says Disposable e-cigarettes are now taking almost 40% of the vape sector, according to new analysis from ECigIntelligence. After an initial boom...

Smoking cessation research review finds nicotine e-cigs one of most effective aids

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th September 2023 || News analysis |

Nicotine-containing e-cigs are among the most effective aids in smoking cessation, according to a new analysis of existing research. Varenicline, cytisine or the simultaneous use of more than one kind of NRT seem equally effective ...

The pollution problem – the newest culprits, who’s to blame and is it solvable?

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th August 2023 || Blogs |

The vast volumes of waste and litter attributable to vaping have become a major issue in recent months, and even if some of the media coverage seems biased, the underlying problem is real enough ...

Brighter later? Were gloomy forecasts for global e-cig regulation too negative?

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st July 2023 || Blogs |

There are several reasons to be cautiously negative about the direction regulation of novel nicotine products will follow, globally – but does that make up a fair picture? ...

Is it time to remove the ‘cigarette’ from ‘e-cigarette’? (The ‘e-’ is a bit old hat too)

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th July 2023 || Blogs |

What’s in a name? Where the novel nicotine products sector is concerned, what’s more significant may be what’s not in the names of its categories – specifically, the word “nicotine” ...

Researchers analyse impact of elections on vaping

Written by Barnaby Page || 1st June 2023 || Press releases |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elections could affect European countries’ support for vaping, researchers say Governments in Europe are the most likely to officially support reduced-risk nicotine products such as e-cigarettes, according to new research from Tamarind Intelligence. But recent...

The land where it’s courting trouble even to debate the pros and cons of vaping

Written by Barnaby Page || 25th May 2023 || Blogs |

India is far from unique in the high level of misperception about nicotine among its doctors and its politicians. But sometimes the famously fussy bureaucracy can become positively farcical ...

Would it be healthier for regulators to work with the industry, not against it?

Written by Barnaby Page || 15th May 2023 || Blogs |

The World Health Organization (WHO) insists on keeping the tobacco industry and tobacco regulators as far apart as possible, for sound historical reasons. But is it time this policy was reconsidered? ...

Good COP, bad COP? What to look out for in Panama – and what not to expect

Written by Barnaby Page || 25th April 2023 || Blogs |

Tobacco control’s catchiest acronym is back later this year, with the next WHO FCTC COP (World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Conference of the Parties) due to be held in Panama in November ...

Study suggests heated tobacco could be a real rival for vaping in smoking cessation

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th April 2023 || Blogs |

Heated tobacco has never attracted the same level of scientific attention as vaping – but the surprising results of a new study may change that ...

US FDA rewrites the rule book at length – but does it really change anything?

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th March 2023 || Blogs |

What can the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s proposed new rule on manufacturing practices tell us about the agency’s vision for future regulation of tobacco and e-cigarette products? ...

MEPs lack knowledge on new nicotine products

Written by Barnaby Page || 1st March 2023 || Press releases |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEPs lack knowledge on new nicotine products, survey shows Members of the European Parliament are less aware of key issues surrounding new nicotine products than in previous years, despite being asked to vote on important...

Legislative differences between US states reveal a lot about attitudes and approach

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th February 2023 || Blogs |

So much attention is given to the edicts of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it’s easy to forget individual states – not to mention cities – can also have a big impact on the regulation...

How the FDA’s assault on flavours, even menthol, could give real tobacco an edge

Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd February 2023 || Blogs |

Flavours continue to be the main target of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US when it comes to novel nicotine products, it seems – which could give heated tobacco an advantage over e-cigs ...

Health warning: ‘scientific research’ so bad it should never have been published

Written by Barnaby Page || 11th January 2023 || Blogs |

There remains a worryingly large amount of research on vaping which makes casual, almost always negative, assumptions...and the occasional item which is so faulty it should never have been published at all ...

What is the true significance of New Zealand’s generational tobacco ban?

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd December 2022 || Blogs |

New Zealand’s ban on cigarette sales to people born after 1st January 2009 may look like a dry run for complete prohibition. But there’s a crucial difference, really ...

Independent US review lists catalogue of failings at Center for Tobacco Products

Written by Barnaby Page || 20th December 2022 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (FDA CTP) is “reactive and overwhelmed”, staff are “fatigued”, the industry and public health advocates are “frustrated”, and litigation has “upended” the CTP’s plans ...

E-cigs and ethics – why the pros and the antis need to find some common ground

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th December 2022 || Blogs |

Some countries, and millions of users are making headway in replacing combustible tobacco with safer alternatives…but what’s holding back the others? Are the products themselves the problem, or is it a matter of perception? ...

Risk reduction in Japan – a seldom told good news for alternatives to smoking

Written by Barnaby Page || 3rd November 2022 || Blogs |

Heated tobacco has played a major role in eliminating smoking in Japan – not just nibbling away at the edges of smoking prevalence but severely reducing the presence of the combustible cigarette ...

Vaping companies have little chance to impress in Tobacco Transformation

Written by Barnaby Page || 29th September 2022 || News analysis |

Tobacco companies still have some work to do to meet commitments in offering reduced risk alternatives – and when they do, it's often focused elsewhere than the vaping category ...

Is there a further shift in MEPs’ attitudes towards the risk-reduction argument?

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd September 2022 || Blogs |

Is there any connection between people’s knowledge of reduced-risk products and their attitudes toward them? Our third survey of European Parliament members' views will show how any such connection may have altered ...

Sweet sighs in Sweden as election brings a probable switch in policy on vaping

Written by Barnaby Page || 15th September 2022 || Blogs |

After the victory of right-wing parties in Sweden’s very close election, the country’s vaping sector – and its customers – may well be breathing a sigh of relief; perhaps a peppermint- or caramel- or blueberry-scented sigh ...

Court rulings focus on process, leaving the key question on vaping unaddressed

Written by Barnaby Page || 8th September 2022 || Blogs |

Another day, another judgement in the saga of the US vapour industry’s cases against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its handling of the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) process ...

20,000 authors of published research on vaping – but who and where are they?

Written by Barnaby Page || 10th August 2022 || Blogs |

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 ...

We know the UK is vape-friendly – but can Khan influence the rest of the world?

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th July 2022 || Blogs |

Could the UK's Khan review of tobacco policy have lessons for the rest of the world in its enthusiastic endorsement of vaping, even for countries where there is far more hostility toward novel tobacco products? ...

The smouldering nicotine question that is suddenly back on the political agenda

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th June 2022 || Blogs |

Questions are sure to arise as to how any mandatory reduction in nicotine in combustibles might affect e-cigarettes too, either in the form of increased (or reduced) competition or possible parallel regulation ...

Harm-reduction strategies: how much action lies behind the talk?

Written by Barnaby Page || 1st June 2022 || Blogs |

Most tobacco companies are keen to be seen supporting the concept of harm reduction, especially through reduced-risk products like e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn and pouches. But how far is their support for the idea actually having an effect on their...

Consumers’ vaping experience is often dictated by legal limits on products

Written by Barnaby Page || 23rd May 2022 || Press releases |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Consumers’ vaping experience is often dictated by legal limits on products Legal rules on e-cigarette products have produced sharp differences in the features available to consumers in different countries, a new tracker from ECigIntelligence reveals....

Are worries over novel products distracting from the real problem?

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th May 2022 || Blogs |

Speaking at the launch of the seventh edition of the Atlas, US public health scholar Jeffrey Drope suggested that new nicotine technologies are “a huge distraction” which have “confused governments, the public health community and the public” ...

Is PMI shifting focus from vaping to other smoke-free alternatives?

Written by Barnaby Page || 12th May 2022 || Blogs |

The $16bn takeover of Swedish Match by Philip Morris International (PMI) suggests that PMI may be moving further away from vaping as part of its smoke-free portfolio and goals ...

Will FDA meet triumph or disaster over menthol – and how will it affect e-cigs?

Written by Barnaby Page || 9th May 2022 || Blogs |

What are the implications of the FDA’s menthol plan for novel nicotine products such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco? ...

Is the current peer-review system really giving us the best possible e-cig science?

Written by Barnaby Page || 20th April 2022 || Blogs |

Is the present system of peer-reviewed journal publication of scientific papers the best way to get the best science – particularly in the vaping world? There are those who think it may not be ...

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