Barnaby Page, Author at ECigIntelligence

Italian industry fears new tax will add 600% to e-liquid price

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th August 2014 || News analysis |

Italy’s Council of Ministers has approved a controversially high new tax on e-cigarettes, which would add an estimated 600% to the price of...

In depth: little e-cig regulation in Poland, and not much likely

Written by Barnaby Page || 5th August 2014 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

E-cigs are not tobacco products • E-cigs are relatively unregulated • Standard consumer protection law applies • No product standards or requirements • Public use restrictions in significant cities • Limits on local government power • No tobacco...

No basis for tobacco-style rules, says review of e-cig science

Written by Barnaby Page || 3rd August 2014 || News analysis |

A new review of medical and public health research on e-cigarettes concludes that tobacco-style regulation is unjustifiably strict, but also suggests that further research is needed on health effects and the relationship of e-cigs to...

Suicide attempt may heighten debate on e-liquid safety

Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd August 2014 || News analysis |

A German man’s attempt to kill himself by ingesting e-liquid could add to the clamour for regulating the availability, concentration, and packaging of nicotine-containing fluid on safety...

India’s ITC has e-cigs lined up, awaiting government decision

Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd August 2014 || News analysis |

India’s dominant tobacco company is encouraging the government to develop policy on e-cigarettes, and is ready to bring products to market once a regulatory framework is in place, its chairman has...

Blu still on top, but faltering; Lorillard remains optimistic

Written by Barnaby Page || 31st July 2014 || News analysis |

Lorillard’s brand Blu retains around a 40% share of the U.S. mainstream retail market for e-cigarettes, an enviable position in many categories. But there are signs in the firm’s latest financial results and in measurement data that its...

While FDA muses, U.S. states move ahead with regulation

Written by Barnaby Page || 29th July 2014 || News analysis |

While U.S. federal regulation of e-cigarettes creeps through a lengthy consultation and review stage, individual states and lower levels of government are trying to fill the legal...

City’s health director weighs in on Canadian e-cig confusion

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th July 2014 || News analysis |

The director of public health for Canada’s second-largest city has called for national regulation specifically covering e-cigarettes, which would clarify the country’s confusing mixture of proclaimed prohibition and actual...

Pressure still mounting on FDA over child safety requirements

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th July 2014 || News analysis |

An influential member of the U.S. Congress has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to mandate child-proofing for e-liquid containers, as the wrangling over whether e-cigarettes pose a threat to young people rumbles...

Swedish pharma regulator granted control over e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page || 23rd July 2014 || News analysis |

A Swedish court has upheld attempts by the country’s medical products regulator to treat nicotine-containing e-cigarettes as pharmaceuticals, meaning that they must go through a licensing process and cannot be sold in outlets such as groceries and convenience...

We’re not too late to conquer U.S. e-cig sector, says Altria CEO

Written by Barnaby Page || 23rd July 2014 || News analysis |

Rapid changes in the U.S. e-cigarette market leave it wide open for any brand to dominate, according to the CEO of the country’s biggest tobacco...

Infographic: how the Reynolds deal will transform Big Tobacco

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th July 2014 || Market reports , News analysis , Topic market reports |

Our infographic shows how the brand arsenals and new product development plans of U.S. Big Tobacco are likely to look in the post-merger world....

Reynolds-BAT partnership could bring Vuse to world markets

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th July 2014 || News analysis |

The chief executive of U.S. tobacco firm Reynolds American has strongly hinted that it will take its Vuse e-cigarette brand to international markets through a partnership with British American Tobacco...

U.S. tobacco mega-deal leaves Imperial with best-seller Blu

Written by Barnaby Page || 15th July 2014 || News analysis |

U.S. tobacco giant Lorillard is losing its best-selling e-cigarette brand Blu to British counterpart Imperial Tobacco, as part of a complex four-way deal which sees Reynolds American pay $27bn for Lorillard while Imperial picks up a number of...

British pharmacists are divided on age limits for e-cig sales

Written by Barnaby Page || 14th July 2014 || News analysis |

Divisions among British pharmacists over whether to sell e-cigarettes, and who to, have been further highlighted this week by a survey showing that a substantial minority would support making the products available to...

Why e-gaming’s history foretells e-cigs’ future

Written by Barnaby Page || 8th July 2014 || News analysis |

The e-cigarette industry has much to learn from the experiences of the online gambling business, including the precedence of politics over science, according to a new analysis by...

India advised: you can’t control e-cigarettes, so ban them

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th July 2014 || News analysis |

India should prohibit e-cigarettes because it cannot effectively enforce regulation of them and its young population is vulnerable to the industry’s enticements, according to two health...

In depth: e-gaming’s lessons for e-cigarettes

Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd July 2014 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

E-cigarette regulation: lessons from another industry • Regulatory issues compared • Online gambling regulatory models • Lessons for the e-cigarette...

PMI prepares for heat-not-burn rollout, plans e-cig for 2016

Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd July 2014 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) will no longer be conspicuous in the tobacco alternatives market by its...

Nicotine’s known unknowns: where more research is needed

Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd July 2014 || News analysis |

The major gaps in scientific knowledge of nicotine are related to delivery methods rather than the substance itself, according to one of the most prominent researchers in the e-cigarette...

FDA, WHO petitioners advised to focus on public health

Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd July 2014 || News analysis |

Comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its proposed e-cigarette regulations should focus on public health and skip business issues, an industry organisation has...

E-cig opponents accused of “moving the goalposts”

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th June 2014 || News analysis |

Whether e-cigarettes could increase consumption of conventional tobacco is "the only thing that matters" about them from a public health perspective, a prominent British academic said...

“Big Tobacco’s voice should be heard in the nicotine debate”

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th June 2014 || News analysis |

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 debate - but that will bring its own...

FDA’s deeming regulations face many grounds for challenge

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th June 2014 || News analysis |

The proposed e-cigarette regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could face legal challenges on at least five separate grounds if they are enacted without change, a new analysis from ECigIntelligence...

FDA extends comment deadline by a month; 30,000+ sent so far

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st June 2014 || News analysis |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the period for industry and public comments on its proposed e-cigarette regulations by 30 days, to 8th...

Touraine prepares final charge toward French e-cig regulation

Written by Barnaby Page || 20th June 2014 || News analysis |

France appears to be edging closer to its long-awaited regulation of...

Reynolds Vuse to challenge Blu with national launch next week

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th June 2014 || News analysis |

U.S. tobacco colossus R.J. Reynolds is going national with its Vuse e-cigarette next week, after it became the best-selling product in both states where it was...

WHO told to remember links with tobacco, make tough policy

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th June 2014 || News analysis |

Battle lines are drawing up around the World Health Organization (WHO) as it prepares to formulate policy on e-cigarettes which will powerfully influence most countries’ domestic...

Best e-cig advertising “doesn’t stress resemblance to tobacco”

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th June 2014 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

The most successful e-cigarette advertising emphasises the category’s differences from tobacco, rather than similarities, a new U.S. study has...

Refillable users “more sensitive to price” than cigalike buyers

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th June 2014 || News analysis |

The sensitivity of U.S. vapers to e-cigarette pricing is much higher than smokers’ sensitivity to the costs of tobacco cigarettes, according to new research – and sales of refillable units are particularly likely to be affected by price...

American doctors’ association presses FDA to curb flavours

Written by Barnaby Page || 12th June 2014 || News analysis |

The American Medical Association (AMA) is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to restrict e-cigarette flavours and set standards for the child-proofing of...

Japan Tobacco buys E-Lites, hoping for route into e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page || 11th June 2014 || News analysis |

Another large British e-cigarette manufacturer is being acquired by an overseas company, as the UK market becomes a battleground for international e-cig and tobacco...

Thai e-cig ban considered as illegal market grows

Written by Barnaby Page || 9th June 2014 || News analysis |

Thailand is seeking to formally regulate e-cigarettes, with some calling for a complete prohibition, amid concerns that existing tobacco legislation is inadequate for the purpose and that an illegal market is...

New Jersey ponders raising minimum purchase age to 21

Written by Barnaby Page || 6th June 2014 || News analysis |

The U.S. state of New Jersey could become the first to raise the age for purchase of smoking products, including e-cigarettes, to...

How can research distinguish regular vapers from dabblers?

Written by Barnaby Page || 5th June 2014 || News analysis |

Research into the prevalence of e-cigarette use needs to distinguish more precisely between regular users and experimenters, according to a new...

Another British acquisition “makes Victory market leader”

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th June 2014 || News analysis |

U.S. e-cig supplier Victory Electronic Cigarettes is claiming leadership of the British and wider European markets following its fourth takeover of the...

More U.S. kids seeing e-cig ads; calls for regulation of TV

Written by Barnaby Page || 3rd June 2014 || News analysis |

A new study reporting that American youth are being exposed to a growing amount of e-cigarette advertising on TV has led to further calls for marketing of the category to be...

French ban on public vaping “will be tabled in two weeks”

Written by Barnaby Page || 1st June 2014 || News analysis |

French legislators could soon be finally debating the health minister’s long-awaited proposals for a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public...

European elections threaten political quagmire for TPD

Written by Barnaby Page || 30th May 2014 || News analysis |

The process of drawing up detailed rules on e-cigarettes to implement the new European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) could become mired in political disagreements, following a European Parliament election which has fragmented power in...

WHO told to go easy on e-cigs, consider health benefits

Written by Barnaby Page || 29th May 2014 || News analysis |

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been urged to adopt a gentle touch on regulation of e-cigarettes in a letter this week signed by more than 50 nicotine science and public health specialists, apparently hoping to head off...

North Carolina set to tax e-cigs much lower than tobacco

Written by Barnaby Page || 28th May 2014 || News analysis |

Law-makers in North Carolina are set to approve legislation imposing a tax on e-cigarettes far lower than that levied on conventional...

Vapers are dealt a losing hand by Macau casino smoking law

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th May 2014 || News analysis |

Tightened rules on smoking in casinos in the Chinese gambling capital of Macau raise the question of whether China could consider e-cigarettes to be tobacco products, as its nationwide controls on smoking gradually gain...

In depth: regulatory and market impacts of the European TPD

Written by Barnaby Page || 25th May 2014 || Country market reports , Country regulatory reports , Market reports , Regulatory reports |

The first comprehensive report on e-cigarettes in the European Union is now available to all ECigIntelligence...

Reynolds tools up to beat ’em (and, possibly, join ’em too)

Written by Barnaby Page || 23rd May 2014 || News analysis |

Big Tobacco’s battle for the U.S. e-cigarette consumer is hotting up, as Reynolds American readies further manufacturing space in anticipation of a national rollout for its Vuse...

Early signs of Euro shake-up as TPD requirements creep closer

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st May 2014 || News analysis |

With two years still to run before the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) comes into practical force, there are hints already that regulation will bring about a consolidation in major e-cigarette...

Retailer gets e-cig ban amended after reporting decline in sales

Written by Barnaby Page || 20th May 2014 || News analysis |

A Texas vape store has won a rare victory in persuading its city council to reverse a ban on using e-cigarettes in the retail outlets that sell...

To stock or not to stock? Pharmacists uncertain on e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th May 2014 || News analysis |

British pharmacies have yet to fully exploit the retail opportunities presented by e-cigarettes, according to a prominent market researcher, although pharmacy professionals themselves disagree vehemently over how to approach e-cigs that aren’t medically...

Consumers “need information, guidance on e-cig choices”

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th May 2014 || News analysis |

Feeding consumers’ hunger for information on e-cigarettes is essential if the category is to flourish at retail, according to one of the biggest British brands in the...

Laying down the law: regulation to dominate industry confabs

Written by Barnaby Page || 14th May 2014 || News analysis |

E-cigarettes are on the agenda for a host of trade and professional conferences over the coming weeks, reflecting the urgent need for understanding of new regulatory measures as well as the sector’s development and improving scientific knowledge about...

Challenge to Australian rules could shape packaging’s future

Written by Barnaby Page || 6th May 2014 || News analysis |

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is preparing to rule on a challenge to the legality of plain packaging regulations for tobacco...

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