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FDA’s deeming regulations expected today; no flavour ban?

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

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to today release a draft of the long-awaited regulations which will enable it to control the production and sale of...

Reynolds pumps cash into Vuse as national launch approaches

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

Heavy investment in the Vuse e-cigarette brand by Reynolds American is affecting the tobacco manufacturer’s bottom line but starting to show results, the company’s leader said...

EU will not publish detailed guidance on TPD e-cig rules

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

The European Union (EU) does not plan to issue detailed guidance on how e-cigarette regulations in the recent Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) should be interpreted, according to a source close to the EU’s Directorate General for Health and...

Victory acquires a second British e-cigarette supplier for $50m

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd April 2014 || News analysis |

U.S. e-cig manufacturer Victory Electronic Cigarettes is further strengthening its position in the European market with the acquisition of British counterpart VIP, the second UK firm it has bought this...

Italy seen likely to adopt
tax on nicotine, not price

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd April 2014 || News analysis |

More details are emerging of likely changes to the Italian tax regime on e-cigarettes, following a court challenge to rules which came into effect in the new...

Association fears FDA rules could hamper sector´s growth

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd April 2014 || News analysis |

The intentions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on e-cigarette regulation remain opaque today, after an industry association abandoned plans to publish the agency’s proposed rule on new smoking...

E-cig or iCig? Ad campaign proffers a high-tech image

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

British e-cig vendor JAC Vapour is taking an unusual approach for its first advertising campaign, presenting its products in a manner more typically employed for personal technology...

FDA nagged again by Congress
over inaction on e-cigarettes

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

Further pressure is being brought to bear on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week, with the release of a report from 11 members of Congress arguing that regulation of e-cigarette companies is needed to stop...

WHO “considering treating
e-cigarettes as tobacco”

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

The man who leads the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) wants to see e-cigarettes brought into the international agreement, according to a news report...

Britain’s biggest tabloid says
e-cig may have started fire

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

E-cigarettes made the headlines today in Britain, and they weren’t good ones. The Sun, the nation’s biggest-selling daily newspaper, ran a story headlined “E-Cig Gran Blown Up In Hospital” on its front...

Italian court orders a stop
to collection of e-cig tax

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th April 2014 || News analysis |

The Italian government’s attempt to introduce a hefty tax on e-cigarettes has run into another...

Senators, health bodies say FDA must hurry to take on e-cigs

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

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the White House are coming under increasing pressure to act on...

Spain gets rules on age, ads,
and public use – but not retail

Written by Barnaby Page || 10th April 2014 || News analysis |

The Spanish e-cigarette sector is now working under national-level regulation for the first time, after the introduction of a new law which anticipates the measures required by the European Tobacco Products...

And now Philadelphia too: another city bans public vaping

Written by Barnaby Page || 10th April 2014 || News analysis |

Philadelphia yesterday became the latest in the cavalcade of major U.S. cities moving to ban e-cigarette use in public...

Report: European e-cig market could be worth more than $2bn

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

The European e-cigarette market could be worth more than $2bn, according to a new report from...

EU to establish standard testing regime for nicotine dosage

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

The European Commission is expected to issue technical specifications on the measurement of nicotine intake from e-cigarettes, as member states’ law-makers and the industry prepare to comply with the testing requirements of the EU’s new Tobacco Products Directive...

BAT lines up second e-cigarette product for British market

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th March 2014 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) plans to launch another e-cigarette in the UK next year after identifying the “non-tobacco nicotine market” as a...

EU politician criticises TPD as ‘hastily drafted and heavy-handed’

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

A Member of the European Parliament involved in the drafting of the EU’s new Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) has criticised the finally adopted version, which the Parliament voted for in late February, as “hastily-drafted and...

Scottish doctors push for UK’s first blanket ban on indoor e-cig use

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

Scottish doctors have called for a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public...

Politician’s YouTube video extols freedom to vape

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

A British right-wing political party received £36,000 ($60,000) in donations from an e-cigarette manufacturer before its leader appeared in a YouTube video apparently designed to influence European policy-making on...

Attorneys general implore top U.S. retailers to drop tobacco, but not e-cigs

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

The attorneys general of 28 U.S. states and territories have asked the country’s biggest pharmacy chains to stop selling tobacco products – but did not mention e-cigarettes in their...

British pub chain bucks the trend to sell e-cigarettes from the bar

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th March 2014 || News analysis |

One of Britain’s biggest pub chains is taking a positive stance on e-cigarettes that contrasts strongly with the policies adopted by most of its...

E-cig advertiser ordered to stop health claims

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

Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint concerning health claims made in advertising literature by e-cigarette maker Ten...

LA joins New York, Chicago in treating vaping as smoking

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

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to ban e-cigarettes in public spaces including bars and...

British smokers find e-cigs as helpful as NRT, according to research

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

E-cigarettes appear to be gaining favour among British consumers at the expense of smoking cessation products, with users considering them just as...

Few UK consumers believe e-cigs lead to a tobacco habit

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

E-cigs do not generally act as a gateway to smoking, according to British smokers and ex-smokers surveyed by Mintel for its new “Smoking Cessation and E-cigarettes”...

Young French people try e-cigs, while older ones stick with them

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

Experimentation with e-cigarettes and long-term use are the activities of very different groups, a new French study...

British advertising watchdog in line for specific rules on e-cigarettes

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

The UK’s two Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP and BCAP) today launched a consultation on e-cigarettes before shaping new rules on advertising the...

Washington politicians push for curb on ‘youth targeting’ of e-cigs

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

Washington law-makers are striving to bring the marketing of e-cigarettes to minors under control across the U.S., with one group audaciously suggesting they should be included in the landmark agreement on cigarette control forged by the big tobacco...

European Parliament passes new tobacco directive, but questions remain

Written by Barnaby Page || 26th February 2014 || News analysis |

The European Parliament voted today in favour of revising the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), bringing e-cigarettes under its control for the first time and raising the prospect of further wrangling across Europe as member states attempt to...

Does FDA’s first-ever ban on a tobacco product bode ill for e-cigs?

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

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products last week issued its first ban on tobacco products, which were added to its remit by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of...

For the vaper who has everything: a Bluetooth-enabled e-cig

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

What e-cigarettes can and can’t do, compared to tobacco cigarettes, is a subject of fierce and continuing debate. One difference, however, is clear: no tobacco product can double as a microphone for a mobile phone or a speaker...

Altria plans MarkTen rollout across the U.S.

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

Altria, the parent company of Marlboro maker Philip Morris, plans to take its MarkTen e-cigarette national in the U.S. this...

Vype TV ads put the spotlight on e-cig promotion

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

The debut today of TV commercials for the Vype e-cigarette from British American Tobacco/Nicoventures is likely to focus attention on the regulation of e-cig advertising....

Utah county rules anticipate statewide regulation

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

One county in Utah has imposed new regulations on e-cigarettes in advance of legislation expected from the state...

Manufacturers in the U.S. join forces to strengthen e-cig retail presence

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

U.S. e-cigarette makers Victory Electronic Cigarettes and FIN Branding Group are to merge in an apparent attempt to create a firm that can compete at the retail checkout with the established tobacco companies, both at home and...

Next stop Britain for Lorillard’s Blu

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

U.S. tobacco giant Lorillard is to launch its Blu e-cigarette brand in the UK following the acquisition last autumn of British e-cig firm...

E-cigarettes are fastest-growing category for convenience stores

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

E-cigarettes represent one of the biggest growth opportunities for convenience store retailers in the U.S., a new study...

Vaping acceptable in some public places, say U.S. consumers

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

Only one in four Americans would object to someone using an e-cigarette close by them, according to new...

Ohio ponders tobacco/nicotine distinction

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th February 2014 || News analysis |

An apparently uncontroversial vote in Ohio on under-age access to e-cigarettes highlights one of the thornier problems facing law-makers and regulators dealing with the new industry....

Taiwan cracks down on e-cig sellers

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th February 2014 || News analysis |

Authorities in Taiwan have reiterated that the sale, import and manufacture of unapproved e-cigarettes is illegal in the country, and urged citizens to report vapers so that dealers can be tracked down – even though personal possession and...

Hawaii law-makers churning out proposals for new e-cig rules

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th February 2014 || News analysis |

Legislators in Hawaii are wading through a deluge of proposed measures on e-cigarettes and tobacco products, including a ban on the use of e-cigs in public places and a requirement for retailers selling them to obtain a...

Indian ministry applies tobacco marketing rules to e-cigarettes

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

An Indian government ministry is interpreting a ban on tobacco advertising as extending to e-cigarettes too, raising further questions over how one of the world’s biggest markets will regulate the...

Lorillard Blu approaches half share of U.S. market

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

Lorillard’s Blu e-cigarette now accounts for more than three percent of the tobacco giant’s entire business, and the brand is heading for a 50 percent share of the U.S....

British MPs approve limiting e-cigarette purchase to over-18s

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

The sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s is to be banned in England following heavy parliamentary favour for tighter smoking restrictions in a debate last...

Consumers care about products, not laws, study finds

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

Consumers are more interested in the benefits of e-cigarettes than the politics surrounding them, but the overall e-cigarette concept may have caught imaginations more strongly than individual brands, a new social media study...

Altria buying Green Smoke to build up e-cigarette knowledge

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

The parent company of Marlboro maker Philip Morris says it will gain expertise in the e-cigarette market as well as retailer and customer relationships from its $130m takeover of Green...

Over-cautious regulation hinders risk reduction, researchers say

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

More relaxed regulatory environments on e-cigarettes would help smokers use the technology to quit tobacco, according to three Italian...

“Kicks butt” is a cessation claim, says ad complaints body

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

Nicocigs is the latest British e-cigarette supplier to be criticised by the country’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over misleading...

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