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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 ...

US study claims vaping will create more smokers

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th March 2018 || News analysis |

A new study examining vaping’s impact on US smoking rates has gained widespread media coverage for its suggestion that e-cigarettes will create more new...

FDA moves on nicotine levels in combustibles, while leaving e-cigs alone

Written by Barnaby Page || 15th March 2018 || News analysis |

The US FDA has taken a step closer to regulating nicotine levels in combustible cigarettes, but excluded vapour products from its proposals, even predicting a low-nicotine regime might encourage smokers toward electronic alternatives ...

FDA chief Gottlieb adopts a balanced approach to e-liquid flavours

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th February 2018 || News analysis |

The US FDA recognises flavoured e-liquids may help encourage smokers to switch to e-cigs, despite its hostility to flavours in most tobacco products, commissioner Scott Gottlieb told the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) ...

Public Health England blames the media for giving vaping a bad name

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th February 2018 || News analysis |

The latest evidence review by Public Health England credits e-cigs with helping 20,000 people a year quit smoking, and blames distorted media reporting for that figure not being a lot higher ...

A question of balance – do health benefits outweigh possible harms?

Written by Barnaby Page || 30th January 2018 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Given the complexity of all the possibilities, how can you forecast the long-term effect of e-cigs on smoking-related harms? That was the challenge taken on by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) ...

NASEM report – a detailed call for further study of e-cigs and health

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

A report by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) presents a long list of suggestions for research into the public health consequences of e-cigarettes ...

FDA committee rejects two IQOS MRTP claims, approves one

Written by Barnaby Page || 25th January 2018 || News analysis |

Agency’s science committee agrees that PMI product decreases exposure to dangerous chemicals, but won’t accept broader claims of long-term risk reduction...

Can biomarkers help science predict long-term health effects of reduced-risk products?

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th January 2018 || News analysis |

A new analysis of smoking’s effects on the human body, undertaken by scientists associated with PMI, illustrates some of the difficulties in establishing whether an alternative nicotine product really reduces risk ...

Opinion on tobacco control is tied in closely to political outlook, study finds

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st December 2017 || News analysis |

Opinions on tobacco are strongly coloured by political orientation, new European research suggests – while a US study finds it also affects whether people trust industry or health experts more ...

Global health group calls for HnB restrictions until science is proven

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th December 2017 || News analysis |

The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease has called for the advertising and indoor use of heat-not-burn (HnB) products to be banned until sufficient independent research has been conducted to confirm their safety ...

Reynolds asks FDA to give Camel Snus products ‘modified risk’ status

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th December 2017 || News analysis |

R. J. Reynolds has submitted modified risk tobacco product applications (MRTPAs) to the US FDA for six forms of its Camel Snus product, which it is seeking to market as reducing the risk of specific smoking-related diseases ...

HnB v e-cigs – UK toxicity committee wants to see how they match up

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th December 2017 || News analysis |

The UK government committee which this month concluded that heat-not-burn products are safer than combustibles now wants to compare them to e-cigarettes ...

UK medical licences will depend on comparison with approved NRT products

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th December 2017 || News analysis |

E-cigarette makers seeking a medical licence in Britain should compare their products to existing, authorised types of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), the regulator has advised ...

Japan’s online searches for HnB outstrip American interest in vaping

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th October 2017 || News analysis |

The number of Google searches in Japan for topics related to heat-not-burn has rocketed, illustrating how rapidly the new nicotine technology has gained ground in that country ...

Banning e-liquid flavours ‘could send US vapers back to cigarettes’

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th October 2017 || News analysis |

Regulators in the US should not ban e-liquid flavours unless they also ban menthol in traditional cigarettes, three public-health scholars have warned ...

The three vapers: the pleasure-seeker, the quitter, and the not-so-sure

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th October 2017 || News analysis |

New research finds that e-cig users mainly come in three very different categories – those who vape for pleasure, those who do it as a means to quit smoking, and those who don’t think of themselves as...

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