Barnaby Page, Author at ECigIntelligence

What will changes at the US CTP and CDC mean for the e-cigarette industry?

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

Michele Mital’s appointment as acting head of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is not bad news for the industry, even if it’s not quite good news. And there may be bigger change at the Centers for Disease...

A hard but vital sell – convincing poorer countries of the value of harm reduction

Written by Barnaby Page || 31st March 2022 || Blogs |

A new report confronts the issues involved in broadening the appeal of tobacco harm reduction products in low- and middle-income countries, where smoking cessation arguably matters even more than it does elsewhere ...

Flavour restrictions ‘have little impact’, while ‘pods may beat mods’ for cessation

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th March 2022 || Blogs |

The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) has published a number of papers which will be of particular interest to the e-cigarette sector. Here are some of the highlights ...

It’s hard to unpick, but there’s good news lurking in the detail of CDC vaping report

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th March 2022 || Blogs |

The headline conclusions of the CDC are not surprising: tobacco products remain a menace to America’s kids, e-cigarettes particularly, flavoured ones most of all. But that is not the whole story ...

US youth vaping continues to drop, but it still beats smoking, CDC survey reports

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th March 2022 || News analysis |

E-cigarettes remain by far the most popular means of nicotine consumption among US high school and middle school students, ahead of combustible cigarettes ...

Could very-low-nicotine cigarettes become new competition for vapour?

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

The news reported on our sister site TobaccoIntelligence that 22nd Century Group is looking to launch its very-low-nicotine cigarettes (VLNCs) in Chicago and South Korea seems on the surface to have little to do with vaping ...

Survey of MEPs’ views provides possible clues to the likely direction of TPD3

Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd December 2021 || Blogs |

Sooner or later the EU will have a new Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), and one of the big questions will be how it treats new product categories which barely existed at the time of TPD2 ...

FDA technical review throws light on agency’s priorities for e-cigarettes

Written by Barnaby Page || 20th October 2021 || News analysis |

While some of the biggest players in the US vapour market wait for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to decide whether their products can remain on sale, the agency has provided some insight into its processes and...

First PMTA success for Reynolds’s Vuse products – but tobacco flavours only

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th October 2021 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its first marketing authorisations for e-cigarette products, following the rejection of millions of others. The authorisations cover RJ Reynolds’s Vuse Solo device and two 4.8% nicotine tobacco-flavoured pods ...

A hammer to crack a nut: what the PMTA process reveals about US FDA approach

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th October 2021 || Blogs , News analysis |

Some light is now dawning on some truths long since suspected about the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s evaluation of e-cigarettes ...

Into the great unknown as US FDA’s deadline to decide on PMTAs arrives

Written by Barnaby Page || 9th September 2021 || Blogs , News analysis |

As the US Food and Drug Administration's deadline to pass or reject e-cigarette premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) arrives, where does it leave the market and the as-yet undetermined applications? ...

State attorneys’ knee-jerk interjection is no sound basis for federal regulation

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th August 2021 || Blogs |

31 US state attorneys want to ban all non-tobacco flavours, including menthol, from e-cigarettes – but is their plea helpful, appropriate or logical? ...

As FDA faces a paperwork tsunami, big firms may come out of it best

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th August 2021 || Blogs , News analysis |

The number of applications thrown in the metaphorical dumpster is huge, but so is number of outstanding applications, and the question remains how the FDA can possibly deal with all of them ...

How will Australia’s new sales regime work?

Written by Barnaby Page || 11th August 2021 || Blogs , News analysis |

Australian consumers will soon be able to obtain medically licensed nicotine-containing e-cigarettes from community and online pharmacies, but questions remain ...

Study reveals the research flaws that make science on e-cigs hard to trust

Written by Barnaby Page || 10th June 2021 || News analysis |

Scientific research into vaping is frequently beset by fundamental flaws that make it difficult to trust, according to a new study of prominent articles in medical journals ...

To vape or not to vape – that’s not the only question for the globally-focused WHO

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th June 2021 || Blogs |

Advocates for e-cigarettes are often infuriated with the position taken by the World Health Organization towards vaping – but might there be some fair reason behind the WHO’s less-than-enthusiastic stance? ...

World Vapers’ Alliance urges rethink as health ministers discuss EU cancer plan

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th March 2021 || News analysis |

One of the most influential vapers’ organisations has pleaded for a rethink of the approach towards alternative nicotine products in the EU’s wide-ranging new Beating Cancer Plan ...

WHO study group recommends wide-ranging bans on e-cigarette products

Written by Barnaby Page || 31st December 2020 || News analysis |

Open systems and high-nicotine e-cigarette products would be banned under the latest set of proposals from a World Health Organization (WHO) committee ...

US FDA may relax PMTA deadline for firms facing coronavirus problems

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th March 2020 || News analysis |

The US FDA has hinted that it might push back the deadline for e-cigarette PMTA applications, or offer flexibility to companies struggling to meet the May target while coping with coronavirus ...

Impact on e-cigarette sales channels varies as countries face COVID-19

Written by Barnaby Page || 20th March 2020 || News analysis |

As European and North American authorities ramp up their response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects on e-cigarette sales channels are mixed ...

EU states give a big thumbs up to tax harmony on e-cigs and heated tobacco

Written by Barnaby Page || 12th February 2020 || News analysis |

The European Union’s member states overwhelmingly want harmonised tax policies across the EU for both e-cigarettes and heated tobacco ...

So this is Brexit – but what does it mean for vaping, now or later?

Written by Barnaby Page || 3rd February 2020 || News analysis |

As the UK exits Europe and enters its 11-month period of transition, what does Brexit actually mean for cross-Channel relationships, and for the e-cigarette industry? ...

Surgeon general urges research and balance on e-cigs as cessation aids

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th January 2020 || News analysis |

More research is needed before e-cigarettes can be relied on as an aid for smoking cessation, the US surgeon general suggests in a new report which also urges adult benefit be weighed against risk of youth uptake ...

WHO’s anti-vaping stance needs to change says harm reduction report

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th January 2020 || News analysis |

A change of mind on vaping by the World Health Organization (WHO) is essential if the potential of tobacco harm reduction is to be fully achieved, according to a new report from British advocacy group Knowledge•Action•Change ...

FDA will remove most cartridge flavours from US market

Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd January 2020 || News analysis |

E-liquid cartridges with flavours other than tobacco or menthol are to be excluded from the US market at the end of this month, the FDA says, while advertising and marketing will come under scrutiny...

Marijuana vaping growing far faster than nicotine vaping with US youth

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th December 2019 || News analysis |

Marijuana vaping is growing much faster among US teens than nicotine vaping, according to research released by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) ...

Boris’s Brexit: what it could mean for the UK vaping industry

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th December 2019 || News analysis |

What impact could Boris Johnson’s return to 10 Downing Street – and subsequent uncoupling from the EU – have on the UK vapour...

Fears sparked by US lung disease outbreak will hit vaping worldwide

Written by Barnaby Page || 8th October 2019 || News analysis |

The recent outbreak of lung disease linked to vaping in the US will seriously inhibit growth in the world’s e-cigarette industry over the coming year, ECigIntelligence analysis predicts ...

FDA outlines what PMTAs must include: youth protection, comparative risk are key

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st September 2019 || News analysis |

The FDA’s draft guidelines for PMTAs acknowledge a continuum of risk in tobacco products, while also placing much emphasis on youth...

Giants reunited? What will PMI-Altria re-merger mean for the market?

Written by Barnaby Page || 5th September 2019 || News analysis |

ECigIntelligence considers the effects the possible re-merger of Philip Morris International (PMI) and Altria might have on the combustible and alternatives markets in the US and beyond ...

US lung disease outbreak: how far, if at all, is vaping really to blame?

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd August 2019 || News analysis |

News that an unexplained lung condition affecting more than 100 Americans is being linked to vaping could hardly have come at a worse time for the beleaguered e-cig sector ...

Who’s who in ENDS: 20 influential individuals to watch

Written by Barnaby Page || 6th August 2019 || News analysis |

Who has made the vaping world what it is today – and who will be prominent in determining its future direction? ECigIntelligence has drawn up a list of 20 movers and shakers, both for and against e-cigs ...

Judge moves PMTA deadline to May 2020; praises FDA, criticises industry

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th July 2019 || News analysis |

11th May 2020 is the new deadline for US e-cigarette makers to submit their products to the FDA, following a federal court ruling ...

ASH figures show vaping has scarcely caught on with British teenagers

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th June 2019 || News analysis |

A large majority of British children have never even tried vaping, new survey data shows, although it is a regular pursuit for a small minority, and more popular among older teenagers ...

Scott Gottlieb, frequent critic of vaping, resigns from FDA

Written by Barnaby Page || 6th March 2019 || News analysis |

Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and vocal critic of e-cigarettes, has resigned and will leave office in about a month; no successor has been named ...

Nicotine, the US surgeon general, and the true science of addiction

Written by Barnaby Page || 11th February 2019 || News analysis |

Is nicotine really as addictive as heroin, as the US surgeon general claims? And what does that really mean, anyway? ECigIntelligence pits the scientific evidence against the easy soundbite ...

US FDA committee approves snuff reduced-risk claim

Written by Barnaby Page || 8th February 2019 || News analysis |

A science committee at the FDA has approved a reduced-risk claim for snuff, a decision which may raise hopes that the agency is willing to accept some tobacco products as safer than others ...

Experts, smokers and vapers to clarify UK research priorities

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th January 2019 || News analysis |

British smokers and vapers, as well as medical experts, are being asked to help define priorities for scientific research on e-cigarettes. The E-cigarettes Priority Setting Partnership project is beginning its open consultation with an online survey consisting of just...

Latest survey figures fill in some of the gaps on US teen vaping

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th December 2018 || News analysis |

Fresh data on teen vaping in the US broadly supports the numbers on which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has based recent policy, but also casts doubt on some of the details ...

Tragedy? Or FDA comedy? The given statistics don’t show enough to tell

Written by Barnaby Page || 28th November 2018 || News analysis |

The US FDA and its commissioner Scott Gottlieb have been using figures drawn from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) to justify clamping down more strongly on youth vaping. But is the data all it seems? ...

Study reveals just how much world press accentuates the negative

Written by Barnaby Page || 12th November 2018 || News analysis |

Media coverage of ENDS around the world is much more likely to be negative than positive, and to focus on health effects rather than e-cigs’ use in smoking cessation, a new study suggests ...

22nd Century set to try again with very-low-nicotine cigarette Brand A

Written by Barnaby Page || 8th November 2018 || News analysis |

US biotech company 22nd Century Group says it plans to resubmit a very-low-nicotine cigarette (VLNC) to the FDA by the end of this year, while rebutting criticisms made on an influential investment website ...

UK budget includes new tax on heated tobacco at higher than expected rate

Written by Barnaby Page || 30th October 2018 || News analysis |

The UK will next year introduce one of Europe’s highest taxes for heated tobacco (heat-not-burn) products, following an announcement in the Chancellor’s budget ...

UK ad body upholds Vype website complaints

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th October 2018 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

A new ruling by the UK’s advertising complaints body highlights the risks that e-cigarette websites can run if their text is deemed promotional. A complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) challenged 20 separate statements and phrases on the...

Cannabis fear may make Hong Kong’s vaping rules even tougher

Written by Barnaby Page || 8th October 2018 || News analysis |

The spectre of vaped cannabinoids is being used in Hong Kong by campaigners seeking to tighten the Chinese territory’s already stringent regime on e-cigarettes ...

Fear of nicotine ‘most prevalent among non-native US residents’

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th September 2018 || News analysis |

Foreign-born US residents are more likely to believe nicotine is a major factor in smoking’s health risks, research has found – while “half the population incorrectly believes nicotine is the main carcinogen in cigarette smoke” ...

Medical licensing could boost e-cigarette market, says lab boss

Written by Barnaby Page || 8th June 2018 || News analysis |

More medically-licensed e-cigarettes could help shore up consumer confidence in the British market and reduce confusion, an industry scientist suggested at a vaping industry conference in London ...

WHO names tobacco as Public Enemy No.1, but ignores harm reduction

Written by Barnaby Page || 23rd May 2018 || News analysis |

New WHO policy recommendations conclude that the best way of achieving public-health targets is through continued pressure on tobacco – but the theory of harm reduction as part of tobacco control does not feature ...

CBD ‘may reduce temptation’ for quitters to pick up a cigarette

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st May 2018 || News analysis |

Cannabidiol (CBD) could be helpful in smoking cessation, but the area is little researched and more work is required, says a London scientist who will soon publish a paper on the topic ...

Heated tobacco versus e-cigarettes: what does the future hold?

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th April 2018 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

Heated tobacco is grabbing headlines, but what else will it seize? We examine a number of market and regulatory scenarios with greatly differing outcomes for both heat-not-burn products and e-cigarettes ...

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