Barnaby Page, Author at ECigIntelligence

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...

FDA extends PMTA deadline by nearly four years

Written by Barnaby Page || 28th July 2017 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration has taken a major step toward easing the demands of the deeming regulations, giving e-cig manufacturers nearly an extra four years to submit their...

E-cigs ‘contributed to improving quit rate in US’, researchers say

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th July 2017 || News analysis |

E-cigs have made a substantial contribution to improving quit rates in the US, according to a new study which provides fresh ammunition to their supporters in the public-health...

ECigIntelligence adds new content sections, writers, regulatory maps

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th July 2017 || News analysis |

A new look for ECigIntelligence is just the most visible sign of heavy investment in new content sections and resources for our...

Researcher calls for much closer attention to patterns of dual use

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd June 2017 || News analysis |

A US researcher is calling for much closer inspection of how dual users combine vaping with smoking in order to determine the true impact of e-cigarettes on cessation...

FDA ‘could have weighed comments better’ on flavour regulation

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

The FDA failed to assess the sources of comments properly when it decided not to regulate e-cigarette flavours in its final deeming rule, the authors of a new study...

Hawaiian senators call for complete e-cig ban; others advocate new tax

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th January 2017 || News analysis |

Two Hawaiian senators are seeking to completely ban the sale of e-cigarettes in the...

BAT to buy out Reynolds in $49bn deal, creating global titan

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th January 2017 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) is to take over Reynolds American, the number two U.S. tobacco company, paying $49bn for the 58% it does not already...

FDA explains when it’s okay for vape stores to alter products

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th January 2017 || News analysis |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has spelled out the limited circumstances where vape stores can modify e-cigarette products without seeking its...

FDA rejects snus as modified risk – but could reconsider some aspects

Written by Barnaby Page || 14th December 2016 || News analysis |

Swedish Match has at last obtained some answers from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its attempt to have snus products classified as modified risk – and they mix outright rejections with some very mild...

PMI bids to gain first ever FDA modified-risk approval for iQOS

Written by Barnaby Page || 6th December 2016 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) this week submitted its iQOS technology for approval as a reduced-risk product by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a strategy which if successful would provide a tremendous boost to the credibility of...

Banning e-cigarettes could violate world trade pact, lawyers say

Written by Barnaby Page || 25th November 2016 || News analysis |

Countries that ban vapour products could be breaking world trade agreements by unfairly privileging combustibles at the expense of e-cigarettes, two lawyers have...

Crutches for the weak or gadgets for the lads? Diverse UK views on e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page || 25th November 2016 || News analysis |

The willingness of smokers to adopt e-cigarettes may depend partly on their moral perceptions of addiction, weakness and personal strength, a new British study...

Canadian government introduces long-expected e-cigarette bill

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd November 2016 || News analysis |

Canada’s government today made its long-awaited move to end regulatory confusion with a new bill which puts vapour products in a category of their own, distinct from conventional...

Farsalinos, Polosa among authors of new book on e-cig science

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th November 2016 || News analysis |

Five of the best-known scholars studying e-cigarettes have collaborated to produce a book on the science and safety of...

With Trump in the White House, is Cole-Bishop necessary?

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th November 2016 || News analysis |

While many in the U.S. e-cigarette world hope that the Cole-Bishop proposal to change the FDA’s grandfathering date could be the industry’s salvation, at least one commentator believes it should be abandoned in the light of Donald Trump’s...

WHO stands firm on e-cigs, urges nations to consider prohibition

Written by Barnaby Page || 15th November 2016 || News analysis |

The World Health Organization (WHO) showed no signs of softening in its attitude toward reduced-risk products as its biannual tobacco control conference came to a close in...

Vaping unwelcome in most U.S. homes, especially those with kids

Written by Barnaby Page || 11th November 2016 || News analysis |

Most non-vaping Americans would not permit someone else to use an e-cigarette in their house, research...

As U.S. vote nears, taxes and control of Congress loom large for industry

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th November 2016 || News analysis |

Control of Congress and the prospect of new e-cigarette taxes will be as important for the U.S. vapour industry as who wins the White...

FDA gives green light to scientific research with unapproved e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st October 2016 || News analysis |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that some unapproved e-cigarettes can be used in scientific research as long as their makers meet the deadlines for...

Roll over, Altria: British American Tobacco bids to buy Reynolds

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st October 2016 || News analysis |

Barely a year after the Reynolds American takeover of Lorillard, the U.S. tobacco industry may face another upheaval as British American Tobacco (BAT) bids to buy Reynolds...

Californians to vote on e-cigarette tax next month (among other things)

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th October 2016 || News analysis |

Citizens of California will on 8th November decide the fate of Proposition 56, which introduces a specific tax on nicotine-containing vape products as part of a broader increase in tobacco...

Infographic: U.S. state legislatures focus on key e-cigarette issues

Written by Barnaby Page || 14th October 2016 || News analysis |

State legislatures in the U.S. continue to have numerous e-cigarette-related bills placed before them. Totting up the topics of those proposed laws reveals that some issues remain major concerns at state level, while others seemingly don’t trouble...

Deeming regulations make card payments difficult for online sellers

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th October 2016 || News analysis |

U.S. businesses selling e-cigarettes and other vaping products online can expect to be hard hit by new rules governing the processing of credit card...

TPD poses tricky problems for small vape retailers in Netherlands

Written by Barnaby Page || 6th October 2016 || News analysis |

The e-cigarette market in the Netherlands faces a serious challenge adapting to the requirements of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), as small specialist retailers try to cope with advertising restrictions, e-liquid regulations and age...

Croatia ready to pass public use ban, tighten rules on advertising

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th October 2016 || News analysis |

Croatia is to make it illegal to vape in bars, restaurants, public transport and other public...

Bidis and illegal tobacco add up to an unusual challenge in India

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th October 2016 || News analysis |

India’s largely undeveloped e-cigarette market has growth potential, but tobacco remains cheap and highly competitive, with a significant black...

Canada to introduce federal vapour legislation this year

Written by Barnaby Page || 28th September 2016 || News analysis |

Canada looks likely to regulate the sale of e-cigarettes as consumer products this autumn, ending years of uncertainty in which their legality has been...

AFNOR offers standard for analysis of e-cig and e-liquid emissions

Written by Barnaby Page || 28th September 2016 || News analysis |

French standards body AFNOR has developed a standard for analysing e-cigarette emissions, which is likely to become widely adopted across...

FDA finds c-stores, pharmacies selling to minors – but no vape shops

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st September 2016 || News analysis |

Vape stores in the U.S. are observing new age restrictions on e-cigarette purchase more rigorously than mainstream retailers or online e-cig stores, the outcome of a federal crackdown...

NJOY files for bankruptcy, blaming poor sales and compliance costs

Written by Barnaby Page || 20th September 2016 || News analysis |

NJOY, one of the best-known and longest-established U.S. e-cigarette makers, has filed for...

Smoking, vaping, free will, demonic possession and tax

Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd September 2016 || News analysis |

Nearly all smokers would be better off moving to lower-risk alternatives than giving up nicotine completely; taxing e-cigs has no rational justification; society should be prepared for more non-smokers to take up vaping; and tobacco control is often...

France lays out TPD notification fees, offers to reduce delays

Written by Barnaby Page || 26th August 2016 || News analysis |

New e-cigarette products could be launched on the French market sooner than expected, as the regulator temporarily trims the standard six-month notification period to three...

FDA: deeming regs are reasonable, legal challenges are unfounded

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd August 2016 || News analysis |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked a judge to throw out the consolidated case against its deeming regulations, arguing that the new rules for e-cigarettes were arrived at reasonably and that requiring them is within...

TPD compliance: what to test and how to test it

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th August 2016 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

The EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) demands that manufacturers supply information on the ingredients and components of e-cig products, as well as testing ingredients and carrying out toxicological assessments – but it is vague on the detail of...

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