Author: Barnaby Page

Farsalinos: e-cigs need a fresh legal approach

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

Two of vaping’s most eminent scientific advocates have called for bespoke regulatory regimes that follow neither the tobacco nor the pharmaceutical model, but they acknowledge that formulating appropriate rules can be a “very challenging...

Portugal adds public vaping ban to new TPD law

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

Portugal has become the latest European Union member state to implement the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), hewing closely to its requirements but also introducing a public vaping ban with limited...

FDA grants more time for comments on child-proofing

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st August 2015 || News analysis |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the deadline for commenting on its questions about e-cigarette warning labels and child-proofing, saying that prospective respondents have asked for additional...

Developing nations advised to adopt pharma model

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st August 2015 || News analysis |

Governments of poorer countries need to regulate e-cigarettes just as much as their wealthier counterparts, and ought to opt for a pharmaceutical model – but they may find it difficult, according to a new paper by two U.S....

Poland planning stiff e-cig restrictions

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th July 2015 || News analysis |

Poland has unexpectedly proposed some stiffer measures for e-cigarette regulation than originally imagined. New proposals are looking to bring in public use as well as advertising restrictions along with the implementation of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD)....

The UK’s new PAS: how much will compliance cost?

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th July 2015 || News analysis |

British e-cigarette companies can expect an array of new scientific and quality-control costs after the official launch today of the publicly available specification (PAS) for e-cig manufacture and testing from the British Standards Institution...