Daniel Mollenkamp, Author at ECigIntelligence

VapExpo promises to gather all the top names to Las Vegas show

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 17th October 2018 || News analysis |

A vape expo which organisers say will be one of the biggest events of the year for the e-cig industry will take place in Las Vegas on 9th and 10th November, in conjunction with a CBD show at...

Juul buys ‘world online leader’ VMR in $75m deal

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 17th October 2018 || News analysis |

Juul Labs has bought VMR – “the world’s largest online e-cigarette retailer” – from High Praise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huabao International Holdings of Hong Kong, for $75m ...

FDA fires warning shot over Viagra drug in ‘unapproved’ e-liquid

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th October 2018 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to an e-cig company for selling e-liquids which the agency has determined are unapproved new drugs ...

Juul goes on attack against copycats it says attract under-age users

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 8th October 2018 || News analysis |

Juul Labs has lodged a complaint with the US International Trade Commission against products it says infringe Juul’s patents by copying its “technological innovations” and “elegant designs” ...

FDA seizes documents from Juul offices in ‘unannounced inspection’

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 3rd October 2018 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) removed more than a thousand pages of documents from the offices of e-cig company Juul Labs in an “unannounced on-site inspection” ...

To bundle or not to bundle – Florida’s vaping ban row goes higher

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 1st October 2018 || News analysis |

A legal row over how to interpret the US Constitution and its First Amendment has deepened in the on-going wrangle over attempts to ban workplace vaping in Florida ...

DC vapour tax rise set to be followed by others across the US

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 1st October 2018 || News analysis |

The US is set for a series of tax rises on vapour products, starting with a considerable increase in DC today. Proposals for further increases are in the pipeline in Chicago, Montana and New Jersey ...

FDA chief Gottlieb warns online e-cig sales ban is ‘on the table’

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 25th September 2018 || News analysis |

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Scott Gottlieb indicated today that he is contemplating an online sales ban for e-cigarettes ...

‘Not on my watch’: Gottlieb escalates FDA war on youth vaping

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 19th September 2018 || News analysis |

The US FDA has stepped up its campaign against the youth vaping “epidemic” with the launch of a large-scale education programme, threats to tighten compliance requirements, and a reiteration of its concern over flavours ...

Vapour coalition calls on Trump regime to scrap e-cig product tariffs

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 18th September 2018 || News analysis |

A group of vapour trade associations has called for the scrapping of newly announced US tariffs on Chinese imports which they say will punish thousands of small US businesses ...

FDA gets tough with big five: ‘Show us a plan to reverse youth uptake or else’

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th September 2018 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration is threatening five major players in the US industry – Juul, Vuse, MarkTen XL, Blu and Logic – in an effort to get them to offer concrete plans to reverse the trend...

At least FDA warnings opened a dialogue, say rebuked companies

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 6th September 2018 || News analysis |

Vaping companies warned by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over products considered attractive to kids have told ECigIntelligence how the process worked out, and that it had benefits as well as irritations ...

Governor Rauner raises a rumpus by vetoing Tobacco 21 bill

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 4th September 2018 || News analysis |

Illinois governor Bruce Rauner has been accused of “failing children” in the state after he vetoed legislation that would have made 21 the minimum purchasing age for tobacco and vaping products ...

Lawyers offer expert testimony in support of PMTA deadline extension

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 31st August 2018 || News analysis |

The law firm Keller and Heckman has filed a brief against an attempt by health groups to end the US FDA extensions of deadlines for premarket approval for newly deemed vapour products ...

Montana court rejects bid to reword ballot on tobacco tax

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 21st August 2018 || News analysis |

The Montana Supreme Court has voted to reject a bid to rewrite a citizen’s initiative ballot which, it is claimed, is phrased in a prejudicial, incorrect and confusing way ...

Proposed vaping ban caught up in row over ‘bundled‘ amendments

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 21st August 2018 || News analysis |

Florida's Supreme court is being asked to rule on six proposed constitutional amendments, including one banning vaping in enclosed indoor workplaces, which are set to be on the ballot in November’s elections ...

Health groups accuse e-cig brands of dodging FDA approval – and FDA of letting them

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 17th August 2018 || News analysis |

Six tobacco control and health organisations have alleged in an open letter to the FDA that many e-cigarette products have hit the US market without approval in violation of federal regulations ...

Florida’s proposed workplace vape ban amendment could face legal challenge

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 13th August 2018 || News analysis |

A proposed revision of the Florida constitution that would ban vaping in indoor workplaces could be subject to a legal challenge even before voters see it on the referendum ballot in November ...

FDA files memo in opposition to public health coalition lawsuit

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 10th August 2018 || News analysis |

This week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed a memo in opposition to a motion for a summary judgment in US District Court in Maryland for a lawsuit against the tobacco deeming extensions. The lawsuit arose...

FDA’s Gottlieb and Zeller seek to reduce red tape as part of future strategy

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 7th August 2018 || News analysis |

Commissioner Gottlieb seemingly wants to streamline the premarket approval...

Why BAT could get two HnB devices to the US market before IQOS

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 1st August 2018 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) may get two heated-tobacco products onto the US market before IQOS can be launched there, thanks to its decision to take a different route to FDA approval ...

Online retailers may bear tax burden for interstate sales

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 25th July 2018 || News analysis |

A US Supreme Court decision may have opened the way for states to collect taxes on e-cig retail sales made online or across state lines, even when the retailer does not have a physical presence within that state...

Attorney generals throw their weight behind calls to ban flavours

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 24th July 2018 || News analysis |

A bipartisan coalition of attorney generals from nine states, led by Barbara D. Underwood of New York, have called on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban flavoured tobacco ...

Juul faces court action over ‘ultra-potent nicotine aimed at children’

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 16th July 2018 || News analysis |

A class action lawsuit has been brought against Juul Labs alleging “false and deceptive” advertising and that Juul’s patented nicotine formula is more addictive than others ...

FDA warns of looming deadline for comment periods on flavours and nicotine levels in combustibles

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 13th July 2018 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned of impending deadlines for comment periods on several of its advanced notices of proposed rulemaking...

‘We’ll fight for our right to flavours’ – campaigners challenge FDA

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 9th July 2018 || News analysis |

Members of the US e-cig industry are mobilising to persuade the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the value of flavours in helping adult smokers to switch from combustibles to reduced-risk products ...

Trump’s tariff war with China will hit vapour goods in round two

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 5th July 2018 || News analysis |

Vaping imports from China – a major source for the industry worldwide – will be hit by a second round of US trade tariffs likely to follow the first ...

New Jersey’s bumper budget includes tax on nicotine liquids

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 5th July 2018 || News analysis |

New Jersey governor Phil Murphy included a tax on e-liquids in the wide-ranging and controversial $37.4bn budget he finally signed, narrowly avoiding a shutdown of state services ...

Mass movement – state Senate gets on the Tobacco 21 bus

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 5th July 2018 || News analysis |

The Massachusetts Senate has passed a bill raising the purchasing age for tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21. A similar bill was passed by the state House of Representatives in May ...

FDA period for comments on planned flavour rules goes into added time

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 2nd July 2018 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the period for comment on its advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on flavours until 19th July as part of its continuing broader institutional shift on harm reduction ...

Flavour ban? Chicago can’t enforce the regulations it already has

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 26th June 2018 || News analysis |

Chicago lawmakers meet today to discuss proposals to ban flavoured e-liquids – but the city already has trouble enforcing existing bans, such as one on the sale of menthol cigarettes within 500ft of a high school ...

The Juul in the crown – how social media provided the polish

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 26th June 2018 || Marketing & retailing |

Effective use of social media may have been responsible for Juul’s remarkable success in the US e-cig market, suggests a new report that correlates the brand’s sales with its profile on YouTube, Instagram and Twitter ...

Juul takes action on social media to reduce its appeal to youth

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 22nd June 2018 || News analysis |

Juul Labs is responding to pressure from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and criticism from public authority figures by cutting models from its social media platforms in a bid to lower its profile with young...

Will weary Florida voters care enough to ban indoor vaping – or drilling?

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 18th June 2018 || News analysis |

A proposed ban on indoor vaping in Florida would currently fail – not because harm reduction arguments are winning, but merely because of voter fatigue, according to observers ...

FDA won’t take action against offers of cash for essays on vaping

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 18th June 2018 || News analysis |

No action will be taken for now against vaping businesses offering financial incentives in the form of “scholarships” to students to write about e-cigarettes, according to the US FDA ...

FDA allows 30 days extra time for comment on planned rule changes

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 8th June 2018 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended by 30 days the comment periods for some advanced notices of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) ...

San Francisco voters approve controversial flavours ban

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 6th June 2018 || News analysis |

In a hotly contested referendum, with millions of dollars behind campaigns on both sides, San Francisco voters have approved a proposition to ban the sale of flavoured tobacco products – including e-liquids ...

Illinois springs a surprise by joining the Tobacco 21 crusade

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 6th June 2018 || News analysis |

Against expectation, a comprehensive Tobacco 21 bill that includes e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine products has been approved by both houses of the Illinois state government ...

$250k and growing – crowd-funder backs lawsuit against FDA deeming

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 31st May 2018 || News analysis |

A crowd-funding initiative to sustain the Nicopure Labs and Right to be Smoke-Free Coalition’s suit against the US FDA’s deeming regulation is ongoing after passing its $250,000 target inside 12 days ...

If FDA approves CBD drug it could be a game-changer for the vapour industry

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 31st May 2018 || News analysis |

The first ever FDA-approved cannabis-derived product came a step nearer reality when an independent panel at the agency recommended it as a “safe” and “efficacious” treatment for childhood seizures ...

FDA squeeze means more bad press for e-cigs

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 25th May 2018 || News analysis |

E-cigarettes have been hitting the headlines recently, thanks to recent actions by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has been battling against teen use, particularly Juul Labs’ Juul product. Juul has taken a large portion of...

Massachusetts joins the parade as Tobacco 21 laws sweep the States

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 22nd May 2018 || News analysis |

The Tobacco 21 movement, which aims to raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco products to 21, is sweeping through legislatures across the US – and with it come other fresh restrictions on e-cigarettes ...

Tell us more: FDA asks manufacturers to explain e-cigs’ appeal to youth

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 21st May 2018 || News analysis |

Following its recent request for information on Juul, the US FDA has requested further information from several other e-cig manufacturers in a bid to get a better understanding of the appeal of vaping to young people ...

Cole-Bishop passes House committee – without changing grandfather date

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 21st May 2018 || News analysis |

A new version of the much discussed Cole-Bishop amendment has passed through a key committee in the US Congress – but in a form that doesn’t do what so many in the e-cigarette industry have been hoping for...

Gottlieb ready to establish product standards and ‘detain’ dodgy stock

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 14th May 2018 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking at setting product standards for e-cigarettes and increasing its enforcement powers, according to commissioner Scott Gottlieb ...

Target kids and we’ll target you, warns US FDA

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 11th May 2018 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues its campaign against e-cig retailers that target children with a new wave of warnings about food-like...

Minnesota moves to ease slightly its heavy state tax burden

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 9th May 2018 || News analysis |

The Minnesota House of Representatives is considering a bill that would clean up the definition of “wholesale sales price” as it relates to e-cigarettes, affecting state taxes ...

Hawaii may ban online sales as states try to tighten tax noose

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 3rd May 2018 || News analysis |

Among the most significant of a raft of e-cig legislation currently going through US state legislatures are a large number of tax proposals, and a Hawaiian bill that could ban online sales ...

FDA and FTC issue official warnings over labels ‘that attract kids’

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 2nd May 2018 || News analysis |

Thirteen warning letters have been sent by the US FDA and the Federal Trade Commission to e-liquid and e-cigarette sellers identified by them as labelling or advertising their products in a way that attracts young people ...

Legal eagle Miller to lead Juul’s campaign against youth vaping

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 30th April 2018 || News analysis |

Iowa attorney general Tom Miller will head Juul Labs’ bid to keep e-cigarettes from under-21s after the company announced $30m over three years to fund research and create an expert panel on the issue ...

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