Barnaby Page, Author at ECigIntelligence

The deeming regulations and the TPD: restrictive in different ways

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

While the U.S. deeming regulations and the EU’s TPD will come into effect almost simultaneously this summer, bringing some regulatory consistency and clarity to the world’s largest e-cigarette markets, their approaches could hardly be more...

FDA faced hard decisions, criticism in crafting regulations

Written by Barnaby Page || 5th May 2016 || News analysis |

Striving for science-based policy-making in the deeming regulations, the FDA faced a tough task in attempting to corral the rapidly-developing and often contradictory data on e-cigarettes at the same time as it was dealing with pleas and criticisms...

Deeming regulations published – the key points

Written by Barnaby Page || 5th May 2016 || News analysis |

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today published its long-awaited deeming rule that bring e-cigarettes under federal regulation for the first...

E-cigs deserve support, urges UK’s Royal College of Physicians

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

Regulation of e-cigarettes should encourage vaping and reflect its low risk compared with smoking, Britain’s Royal College of Physicians (RCP) says...

Totting up the bill for Britain’s TPD transposition

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

The British government has itemised the costs it expects e-cig firms to face after its transposition of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) comes into full force next...

UK government believes advertising spend will plummet post-TPD

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

The British e-cigarette industry’s advertising spend will drop by 90% after May’s arrival of new restrictions based on the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), according to a government...

Consumers unlikely to move from e-cigs to combustibles, study says

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th April 2016 || News analysis |

E-cigarettes enjoy greater consumer loyalty than any other category of tobacco product, according to a group of American...

Australian regulator told to assess BAT’s Voke for OTC sales

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th April 2016 || News analysis |

Australia’s pharmaceuticals regulator has been ordered to consider an application from Nicovations to register its Voke nicotine inhalator as an over-the-counter...

Final text of UK’s TPD transposition: online sales survive

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

The British government has transposed the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) with minimal additional restrictions, as predicted by...

Is there still hope for Spanish online retailers?

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

The future of retail channels in the Spanish e-cigarette market may hang in the balance as the government approaches a final decision on whether to prohibit online sales, according to a new ECigIntelligence...

Harm reduction vs precaution: why the debate is key to e-cig policy

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

Harm reduction vs the precautionary principle is an issue which has split public-health experts since the HIV epidemic of the 1980s, and still underlies debates over e-cigarette regulation such as the EU Tobacco Products Directive...

TPD rules offer two options for refill mechanism design

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

The European Commission (EC) has issued rules on e-cigarette refill mechanisms which all manufacturers will have to follow for products sold in the...

Three-year prison sentence for Indian e-cigarette seller

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th April 2016 || News analysis |

An Indian shopkeeper is facing three years in jail for selling...

Britain and the U.S.: separated by attitudes to nicotine?

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

Differing views of nicotine in Britain and the U.S. may underlie a sharp contrast in official attitudes toward e-cigarettes, according to a group of public-health...

It’s not just the TPD: Europe has voluntary standards too

Written by Barnaby Page || 30th March 2016 || News analysis |

While most of the European e-cigarette industry’s attention is focused on the imminent regulatory upheaval brought about by the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), another set of compliance requirements are also growing in number – those dictated by...

TPD compliance: ten priorities for e-cigarette companies

Written by Barnaby Page || 30th March 2016 || News analysis |

With only weeks to go before the measures of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) start to come into legal effect, ECigIntelligence’s European regulatory analysts have identified the major tasks facing e-cigarette...

Vaping “more expensive than smoking in many countries”

Written by Barnaby Page || 29th March 2016 || News analysis |

High pricing of e-cigarettes compared to combustibles could deter smokers from switching to vaping in many jurisdictions, a new study...

Australian legislators targeting zero-nicotine products

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

Australia’s already stringent rules against e-cigarettes look set to get even tighter in some parts of the country, although there are tentative signs that the national regulatory framework could come under...

California set to treat e-cigs as tobacco, raise age to 21

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

E-cigarettes will likely soon become legally equal to combustible products in California, following the state legislature’s approval of a raft of tobacco measures which also raise the smoking – and vaping – age to...

EU takes steps toward e-cig tax regime – but nothing is certain

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

The European Union (EU) is still some way from introducing a pan-European tax regime for e-cigarettes, despite recent media reports suggesting it is imminent. The contemplation of e-cigarette tax rules at an EU level arises from a typically...

French government advised to ban vaping in all public places

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th February 2016 || News analysis |

France should extend its planned vaping restrictions to all public places, the government was this week told by its public-health...

Online sales: traffic and engagement for top U.S. sites

Written by Barnaby Page || 26th February 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

Data for the online e-cig sector in the United States suggests a robust industry, and contrasts strongly with dwindling growth reported in traditional retail channels. Our in-depth report identifies the top vendors and analyses changes in leadership over...

Senate vote puts Califf among e-cig world’s most powerful

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

Robert Califf has been confirmed as the next head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency which will spearhead federal regulation of e-cigarettes when it releases its long-awaited deeming...

Robert Califf confirmed as new FDA commissioner

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th February 2016 || News analysis |

Robert Califf has been confirmed as the next head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency which will spearhead federal regulation of e-cigarettes when it releases its long-awaited deeming...

E-cigarettes become consumer products in Sweden

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

A Swedish supreme court has made e-cigarettes legal consumer products by rejecting the country’s requirement for pharmaceutical...

The e-liquid top tier: profiles and analysis of leading U.S. brands

Written by Barnaby Page || 15th February 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

ECigIntelligence’s evaluation of the interconnected value chains in the U.S. e-cigarette and vapour markets begins with the overly saturated, intensely competitive, and highly lucrative e-liquid segment. This report takes an overview of 2015 Vape Shop Index findings on...

E-liquid with nicotine is illegal, German supreme court decides

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

E-liquid with nicotine is illegal in Germany, the supreme court has ruled, because it also contains other substances that the law does not allow to be mixed with tobacco...

Finland regulatory report: pharma regime ending, new rules arriving

Written by Barnaby Page || 9th February 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Contents1 Introduction2 Regulatory landscape3 Current national regulatory framework4 Upcoming regulatory changes5 Age restrictions6 Product restrictions7 Labelling and packaging: current8 Labelling and packaging: near future9 Sale restrictions10 Retail licensing11 Public usage12 Exceptions to the public vaping ban13 14 Advertising...

Denmark scales down plans for public vaping restrictions

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

Denmark’s government has had second thoughts about imposing a strict, tobacco-style regime on vaping in public places. A new draft of wide-ranging legislation which will make e-cigarettes available as consumer products, transpose the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive...

Germany to prohibit menthol, many other e-liquid flavours

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

Germany is to ban menthol e-liquid as well as many other flavours when it transposes the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive...

Cessation: beneath the startling numbers, a study in scientific doubt

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

The furore over Sara Kalkhoran and Stanton Glantz’s meta-analysis of e-cigarettes and smoking cessation illustrates some pitfalls in conducting, and interpreting, science. ECigIntelligence takes an in-depth look at the principles and problems behind the...

Many French vape stores still closing, yet regions’ fortunes differ

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

One in eight French vape stores went out of business last year, continuing 2014’s trend of closures, but some areas of the country have been much harder hit than...

U.S. legislative terminology for e-cigarettes and related products

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th January 2016 || Resources |

A list of terms used to describe e-cigarettes and related products by U.S....

U.S. legislature convening and adjournment dates, 2016

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th January 2016 || Resources |

U.S. federal and state legislature convening and adjournment dates,...

Education, sexuality affect vaping habits – but smoking is main factor

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

Members of sexual minorities are far more likely than others to use e-cigarettes, according to a new U.S. study which also suggests that vaping is most popular among younger, less-educated, and lower-income...

UK’s detailed TPD plans suggest light-touch approach

Written by Barnaby Page || 8th January 2016 || News analysis |

The shape of future e-cigarette regulation in the UK became clearer today with the release of the government’s response to one major public consultation, and the launch of another on the issue of...

Reynolds establishes R&D unit for next-generation nicotine

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

Reynolds American, the second-largest U.S. tobacco firm, has set up a subsidiary devoted to e-cigarettes and other next-generation nicotine...

City and county taxes could double the cost of e-liquid in Chicago

Written by Barnaby Page || 3rd January 2016 || News analysis |

E-cigarette retailers and vapers in the Chicago area will soon be faced with new taxes that could mean e-liquid prices more than...

Implementing the TPD: how far to the finish line?

Written by Barnaby Page || 31st December 2015 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

As we move into 2016, nearly half of the 28 member states of the European Union (EU) have made little apparent progress in transposing its Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) into their national law – despite the May 2016...

Pharmacists welcome UK regulator’s licensing of an e-cig

Written by Barnaby Page || 29th December 2015 || News analysis |

Medical licensing of an e-cigarette seems to have been decisive in swinging the favour of Britain’s pharmacists toward...

European Commission devises rules for refilling safety

Written by Barnaby Page || 29th December 2015 || News analysis |

E-cigarette manufacturers may have a choice of mechanisms for safe refilling of their products under the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (EU...

Infographic: how big is Europe’s potential e-cigarette market?

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th December 2015 || Market reports , News analysis , Topic market reports |

This new infographic from ECigIntelligence illustrates the large untapped market for vapour products in...

European court’s legal adviser rejects challenges to TPD

Written by Barnaby Page || 23rd December 2015 || News analysis |

One of the European Union’s most senior legal officers has upheld the validity of the revised Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), calling its requirements on e-cig manufacturers “relatively moderate” and “not...

Computer model of anti-smoking laws has lessons for e-cig regulation

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd December 2015 || News analysis |

The lessons taught by a computer model of anti-smoking policies could also indicate the likely effects of anti-vaping...

France, Germany move forward on TPD transposition

Written by Barnaby Page || 20th December 2015 || News analysis |

France’s National Assembly has approved legislation that will enable the government to transpose the TPD by decree, and Germany has also published drafts of its proposed TPD...

Italian tax regime heads to highest court for review…again

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th December 2015 || News analysis |

An Italian regional court has reaffirmed its suspension of the country’s tax on zero-nicotine e-liquid, and referred the entire question of Italy’s e-cig taxes to the national Constitutional...

Omani ban makes e-cig sales illegal in most of Arabia

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th December 2015 || News analysis |

The Gulf state of Oman has become the latest in the region to ban the sale of...

Big Tobacco encouraged by research on heat-not-burn

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th December 2015 || News analysis |

Are big tobacco companies starting to favour heat-not-burn technology over e-cigarettes? While none has shown any signs of overtly stepping away from e-cigs, and such a move is unlikely, much enthusiasm and investment within the tobacco industry seems...

Updated infographic: the TPD and European e-cigarette regulation

Written by Barnaby Page || 3rd December 2015 || News analysis |

This new infographic from ECigIntelligence examines the state of e-cigarette regulation and transposition of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) throughout the European...

Opinion: the fortunes of the e-cigarette industry in 2016

Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd December 2015 || News analysis |

The e-cigarette world in 2016 will be overshadowed by regulation. But the story will not just be about compliance. The market and the products themselves are rapidly evolving even without the influence of law-makers. So requirements like the...

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