Barnaby Page, Author at ECigIntelligence

Regulation and manufacturing highlighted at European events

Written by Barnaby Page || 10th November 2014 || News analysis |

When policy-makers, scientists and health professionals gather in the august halls of London’s Royal Society for the E-Cigarette Summit this Thursday, it will be just the start of a busy conference season in...

BSI draft standard covers manufacture, testing, labels

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th November 2014 || News analysis |

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has released a draft of its specification for the manufacture, testing and labelling of e-cigarettes, one of the first proposed comprehensive standards for vapour products in the...

In depth: Canada regulatory and legal analysis, October 2014

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th November 2014 || Country market reports , Market reports |

The multi-layered regulatory framework • Tobacco regulation – the multi-layered model in action • No federal regulation of e-cigarettes • The role of Health Canada • Provincial regulation • Municipal regulation • Trade associations and industry standards •...

Altria flexes its retail muscle, plans more Nu Mark products

Written by Barnaby Page || 30th October 2014 || News analysis |

Marlboro maker Altria has pushed out its MarkTen e-cig to nearly 80,000 U.S. stores, with more due to start stocking the product soon, and is working with retailers to get maximum exposure on their...

Indian health minister backs complete ban on e-cigarettes

Written by Barnaby Page || 29th October 2014 || News analysis |

India’s national health minister has called for an outright ban on...

In depth: France regulatory and legal update, October 2014

Written by Barnaby Page || 29th October 2014 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Current regulatory framework • French courts and their precedents • Recent French regulatory initiatives • Implementation of TPD article 20 • Trade and consumer associations, case law and...

Thanks to tanks, U.S. e-cig sales are even higher than believed

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th October 2014 || News analysis |

The U.S. e-cigarette market is worth more than previously estimated, thanks in part to increased growth in sales of refillable tank systems, according to new research from...

Big Tobacco continues its race for the loyalty of U.S. vapers

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th October 2014 || News analysis |

Reynolds American and Lorillard, the two U.S. tobacco giants expected to merge next year, both expressed great expectations for e-cigs in announcing their latest quarterly...

In depth: e-cig advertising rules in Britain and France compared

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th October 2014 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Regulatory control of advertising in the UK • Existing UK advertising restrictions • The New UK Rules • Non-statutory regulation of e-cigarette advertising in France • The two regimes: few...

Good COP, bad COP? WHO FCTC urges ad ban, more research

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th October 2014 || News analysis |

The final recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) on e-cigarettes allow for a wide range of regulatory regimes but single out advertising as a prime candidate for controls, as expected, as well as hinting at the need...

WHO expected to support tough stance on e-cig advertising

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th October 2014 || News analysis |

This week’s World Health Organization (WHO) conference on tobacco control looks likely to recommend that nations ban e-cigarette...

In depth: why the FDA treats vitamins easier than e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page || 15th October 2014 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

Heavy-handed regulations for e-cigarettes • The DSHEA: a much lighter touch • Industry-friendly provisions for dietary supplements • Resisting tighter regulation for dietary...

Public health leaders debating e-cigs behind closed doors

Written by Barnaby Page || 14th October 2014 || News analysis |

As the world’s nations sit down at the Moscow World Trade Centre this afternoon to debate e-cigarette regulation, relations between the public health community and vaping activists appear likely to grow even...

Planned e-cig usage study provokes battle of words

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th October 2014 || News analysis |

A row between public health academics and one of America’s biggest vaper organisations has highlighted divisions of opinion on how e-cigarette use should be...

NGOs say WHO should prioritise further study, not regulation

Written by Barnaby Page || 10th October 2014 || News analysis |

An international group of NGOs has tried to identify middle ground between the die-hard opponents and supporters of e-cigarettes in the run-up to next week’s World Health Organization (WHO) meeting on regulating...

New regulations allow British TV ads to depict use of e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page || 9th October 2014 || News analysis |

Britain’s advertising standards-setters today published their new guidelines for e-cigarette ads, welcomed by the industry, imposing no unexpected restrictions, and allowing e-cigs to be shown in TV commercials for the first...

Banned UK advertisement linked vaping with ice cream

Written by Barnaby Page || 8th October 2014 || News analysis |

Britain’s advertising watchdog has censured e-cigarette maker Ten Motives for a direct mail item which showed an e-cig stuck into an ice cream, saying it was “likely to be appealing to...

Judge agrees that e-cig firm can dispute EU regulations in court

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th October 2014 || News analysis |

A British e-cigarette maker has won the right to challenge the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) at the EU’s main...

A tale of two tank markets: success in U.S., woes in Spain

Written by Barnaby Page || 6th October 2014 || News analysis |

The differing fortunes of e-cigarettes in two major markets are highlighted by new ECigIntelligence research, showing that while tank systems are taking off dramatically in the U.S. they have fallen flat in Spain....

France plans public vaping ban, but goes harder on tobacco

Written by Barnaby Page || 26th September 2014 || News analysis |

France’s health minister yesterday presented her long-awaited proposals on smoking and vaping to the cabinet, going easier on e-cigs than on tobacco but still introducing a public place ban and advertising...

Workplace tobacco bans should apply to e-cigs too, CDC told

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd September 2014 || News analysis |

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been asked to recommend e-cigarette bans in American...

In depth: Spain’s national regulations – and its next steps

Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd September 2014 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Regulatory landscape: from regional to uniform regulation • Current regulatory framework • Comparison with tobacco regulation • Public use restrictions • Age restrictions • Packaging and point-of-sale requirements • Advertising restrictions • Medical claims • Enforcement • Case...

In depth: FDA deeming regs – the problems and solutions

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th September 2014 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

The proposed regulations • FDA e-cigarette information requests • Analysis of SFATA submission • SFATA’s proposed alternative • Analysis of AEMSA submission and proposals • Analysis of Totally Wicked submission and proposals •...

Four in five British youngsters say they wouldn’t try vaping

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th September 2014 || News analysis |

About one in 50 British teens uses e-cigarettes regularly, but there seems little interest in the products among non-smoking minors, according to new...

Not just e-cigs: PMI looks ahead to a reduced-risk tobacco future

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th September 2014 || News analysis |

Things are changing at Philip Morris International (PMI), with new plans for tackling the reduced risk tobacco products...

U.S. convenience store market still growing despite tank boom

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th September 2014 || News analysis |

E-cig sales volumes are continuing to grow in U.S. convenience stores as Big Tobacco rolls out its products, although a decline in prices means the value of the sector is...

UK pharma regulator approves cigarette-like vapour device

Written by Barnaby Page || 12th September 2014 || News analysis |

Britain’s medicines regulator has issued a product licence for the nicotine inhaler Voke, which will be sold by British American Tobacco’s subsidiary Nicoventures and looks likely to be the closest pharmaceutically-approved competitor to the...

Updated: the WHO’s influence on global e-cig regulation

Written by Barnaby Page || 11th September 2014 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

What the FCTC is • A global treaty • Broad scope of regulation • The regulatory framework • The FCTC in practice • No enforcement powers • Enforcement by signatories • Self-reporting • Shadow reporting • Influence on...

Much vaping, little smoking: Utah’s surprising numbers

Written by Barnaby Page || 10th September 2014 || News analysis |

Vaping is far more common in the state of Utah than in the U.S. as a whole and has been growing fast, new figures suggest, despite the country’s lowest tobacco smoking rate and strong legislation on...

Foe of light-touch regulation takes Europe’s top health role

Written by Barnaby Page || 10th September 2014 || News analysis |

The top health position in the European Commission has gone to a politician who strongly advocated that e-cigarettes be treated as...

In depth: what will the WHO decide on e-cig regulation?

Written by Barnaby Page || 8th September 2014 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

WHO’s basis for regulation • Political will to regulate • Regulatory proposals in detail • Likely impact of COP6 recommendations • Industry excluded from consultation? • Russia’s political situation and COP6 •...

As WHO tobacco meeting nears, e-cigs’ supporters strike back

Written by Barnaby Page || 6th September 2014 || News analysis |

Leading European public health figures have this week spoken out against reports to the World Health Organization (WHO) which seem likely to push the international body toward recommending strict regulation of...

Mixing nicotine and cocaine: what the Kandels really said

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th September 2014 || News analysis |

Two eminent American scientists have drawn the ire of e-cigarette advocates for suggesting that the products could be a gateway to illicit drugs, with the nicotine in e-liquid enhancing the effect of...

In depth: how e-cig associations set standards, influence policy

Written by Barnaby Page || 3rd September 2014 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

France: influence on regulation and case law • France: influence on standards adoption • French and European associations’ influence on the TPD • UK: ECITA and the BSI e-cigarette standards • UK: developing manufacturing standards • French and...

Utah clamps down on “false claims” of e-cig Websites

Written by Barnaby Page || 29th August 2014 || News analysis |

Consumer protection authorities in Utah are threatening online e-cig sellers with nearly $1m in fines over misleading claims and unauthorised credit card...

Study hints at low wages, high appetite for fun among vapers

Written by Barnaby Page || 28th August 2014 || News analysis |

Is the typical American vaper a young, divorced father with a bar-hopping habit, prog-rock tastes and not much of a...

In depth: legal challenges to the EU Tobacco Products Directive

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th August 2014 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

The law governing adoption of the TPD • Significant new rules for tobacco and e-cigs • Challenges before transposition • Pre-transposition challenges by member states • Poland’s TPD challenge • Pre-transposition challenges before the UK high court •...

CDC: more non-smoking teens are vaping; many plan to smoke

Written by Barnaby Page || 26th August 2014 || News analysis |

New data on vaping habits and smoking intentions among U.S. youth will provide further ammunition for those sceptical on e-cigarettes’ public health...

Ban indoor vaping, restrict ads, says World Health Organization

Written by Barnaby Page || 26th August 2014 || News analysis |

The World Health Organization (WHO) looks increasingly likely to recommend stringent restrictions on e-cigarettes, following an internal report which suggests measures including a blanket ban on indoor use and tight controls on...

Japan Tobacco “has no e-cigs up its sleeve”, maintains chief exec

Written by Barnaby Page || 26th August 2014 || News analysis |

Japan Tobacco has no plans to acquire more e-cigarette companies or to launch a product in its home territory, the company’s president and CEO has...

E-cigarettes are not ruled out for quitting, says heart group

Written by Barnaby Page || 26th August 2014 || News analysis |

Medical professionals should support but not promote the use of e-cigarettes in smoking cessation attempts, says the American Heart Association (AHA) in a new policy statement on the...

Drop in smokers seeking help: does it mean more use of e-cigs?

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st August 2014 || News analysis |

Anti-smoking campaigners in the UK believe the use of e-cigarettes as unofficial cessation aids has contributed to a sharp drop in the number of people joining quit-smoking programmes, although nearly all successful participants in those schemes are still...

British firm readies to dispute basis of Europe’s e-cig rules

Written by Barnaby Page || 20th August 2014 || News analysis |

A British e-cigarette supplier is the sector’s first independent to launch a legal challenge against the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), the EU rules published this year that will regulate the e-cig market in European member...

In Poland, many fickle vapers seek their bargains at auction

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th August 2014 || News analysis |

Low brand loyalty, low tobacco prices and the popularity of online auctions are among the factors keeping down the value of the Polish e-cigarette sector, but it remains one of Europe’s larger...

ITC targets affluent, aspiring Indians with its first e-cig

Written by Barnaby Page || 15th August 2014 || News analysis |

India’s main tobacco cigarette supplier has launched its first e-cig in two major cities, with the promise of a national rollout to...

Oxford researchers investigate just what vaping means to us

Written by Barnaby Page || 14th August 2014 || News analysis |

The term “vape” has just been added to Oxford Dictionaries’ huge list of English words, joining “e-cigarette”, which has been there since...

North Carolina allows prison inmates to buy e-cigarettes

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th August 2014 || News analysis |

Prison inmates in North Carolina are to be allowed e-cigarettes, following an unusual law-making decision which implicitly gives official recognition to the products as substitutes for tobacco...

Many U.S. doctors believe e-cigs have a role in smoking cessation

Written by Barnaby Page || 11th August 2014 || News analysis |

Two thirds of American doctors in a small survey believe e-cigarettes can help patients give up smoking and a third recommend them for that purpose, according to a new...

FDA told it should abandon deeming regs, turn to Congress

Written by Barnaby Page || 10th August 2014 || News analysis |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is likely to have received a deluge of comments in the run-up to the closing of the public consultation period on its e-cigarette regulations last Friday – among them a biting...

Senators and state AGs urge FDA action as deadline nears

Written by Barnaby Page || 8th August 2014 || News analysis |

The public comments period on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposed e-cigarette regulations now has only hours left to run, with the agency likely to have received well over 70,000 responses by the time it...

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