Daniel Mollenkamp, Author at ECigIntelligence

FDA offers relief for industry in ‘disaster areas’

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 24th October 2017 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has offered deadline extensions to manufacturers, retailers and importers of tobacco products in areas affected by natural disasters ...

Governor vetoes attempt to ban vaping on Californian beaches

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 18th October 2017 || News analysis |

California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have banned the use of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and marijuana, on public beaches in the state ...

There’s no giving it away – FDA offers final guidance on free samples

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th October 2017 || News analysis |

The US FDA has cleared up doubts by releasing its “final guidance” on free samples, making clear its rules on buy-one-get-one-free, coupons, discounts and similar offers ...

Johnson Creek goes bust after warning of FDA’s ‘unreasonable’ impact

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 11th October 2017 || News analysis |

E-liquid manufacturer Johnson Creek Vapor – once one of the biggest independent producers in America – has gone out of business, months after its founder and CEO warned of the impact of FDA regulation ...

Uncertainty hangs over PMI application as FDA misses its own deadline

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 9th October 2017 || News analysis |

The US FDA has missed its own 180-day deadline for replying to the premarket tobacco application (PMTA) by Philip Morris International for its IQOS heated tobacco products ...

Some manufacturers may be caught out by looming deadline, SFATA warns

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 28th September 2017 || News analysis |

The Smoke Free Alternative Trade Association (SFATA) says some manufacturers of vaping products seem unaware that Saturday 30th September is the deadline for registration with the FDA ...

Study exposes flaws in ex-Surgeon General’s report on youth vaping

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 18th September 2017 || News analysis |

A new study takes serious issue with the influential 2016 Surgeon General Report, accusing it of misrepresenting the evidence on e-cigarettes, young people and harm reduction ...

US judge throws out case against ‘misleading’ Reynolds Vapor again

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 18th September 2017 || News analysis |

A federal judge has rejected a case against RJ Reynolds Vapor Co. for the second time, taking a strong stance in favour of the company ...

Coming soon: deadline for product registration in the US

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 15th September 2017 || News analysis |

The deadline for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) product registrations for manufacturers is swiftly approaching. From 30th September, manufacturers need to register with the FDA and submit product lists, including labelling and advertisements, to the agency....

American Vaping Association urges FDA to approve iQOS

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 14th September 2017 || News analysis |

The American Vaping Association has written to FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb urging him to approve PMI’s heated tobacco product iQOS for sale in the US ...

Reynolds-backed petition forces new vote on San Francisco flavour ban

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 8th September 2017 || News analysis |

Residents of San Francisco will vote next summer on whether to allow the sale of flavoured e-cigarette products in the city, following a petition seeking to overturn a recent...

Nicopure files appeal in continued bid to bring down deeming regulations

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 1st September 2017 || News analysis |

The e-liquid maker Nicopure Labs has filed an appeal in its lawsuit against the FDA in an on-going legal battle aimed at overturning the deeming regulations ...

New York schools expel e-cigs as kids switch from smoking to vaping

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 30th August 2017 || News analysis |

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has closed what he called “a dangerous loophole” by adding e-cigarettes to a statewide ban on smoking on school premises ...

E-liquid maker accused of infringing chewing-gum and candy trademarks

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 25th August 2017 || Marketing & retailing |

A case brought in a US court, alleging that an e-liquid manufacturer infringed a number of well-known trademarks, may set a future limit on the use of childhood nostalgia in marketing vapour products to adults ...

Shackles eased, but bricks-and-mortar retail in the US is still a tricky business

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 17th August 2017 || Marketing & retailing |

Relaxation of the FDA regulations may have eased one headache, but setting up a vape store in the US is still not a decision to take lightly, according to some of the biggest in the business ...

Avail to make and sell Charlie’s Chalk Dust in new partnership deal

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 10th August 2017 || News analysis |

Avail Vapor is to manufacture and sell e-liquids for Charlie’s Chalk Dust, a partnership that could signal future policy for the company and perhaps the wider e-cigarette industry ...

US online traffic drawn increasingly to the leading e-cigarette retail sites

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 10th August 2017 || News analysis |

Traffic to the major online e-cigarette retailers in the US has become more concentrated on just a few websites, revealing an apparent settling among the market...

FDA extends youth anti-smoking campaign to ENDS products

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 9th August 2017 || News analysis |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to extend its youth anti-smoking campaign, “The Real Cost”, to...

FDA decision sends the right signals, says a relieved industry

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 1st August 2017 || News analysis |

The US vapour industry has welcomed last week’s unexpected announcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it would extend some compliance deadlines by nearly four...

Court rejects Nicopure’s attempt to overturn deeming regulations

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 25th July 2017 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration's deeming of e-cigarettes as tobacco products did not exceed the agency's authority, a federal district court has...

Democrats disagree as Miller begs Gottlieb to lighten the regulatory burden

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 20th July 2017 || News analysis |

Iowa’s attorney general, Tom Miller, has written to FDA chief Scott Gottlieb urging him to ease the regulatory burden on the e-cig industry – in direct opposition to some of his Democratic Party colleagues ...

FDA’s age verification app appears to have little real-world application

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 20th July 2017 || Marketing & retailing |

The FDA has launched a smartphone app intended to help retailers verify a customer’s age – but is it actually any use? ...

Delaware brings in e-liquid tax to help balance the books

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th July 2017 || News analysis |

The US state of Delaware has introduced a tax on e-liquids following an “extraordinary session” of the state legislature ...

Harm reduction advocate Adams chosen as next US surgeon general

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 3rd July 2017 || News analysis |

President Trump has nominated Indiana health commissioner Jerome Adams, a supporter of harm reduction and outspoken opponent of smoking, to be the next US surgeon...

Flavours are off the menu as San Francisco legislators get tough

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 27th June 2017 || News analysis |

San Francisco has taken a big step nearer to a city-wide ban on flavoured e-cigarettes and tobacco products with a unanimous vote by the Board of...

US national survey reports drop in youth vaping and tobacco use

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 20th June 2017 || News analysis |

E-cigarette use among young people in the US was markedly down last year, according to the 2016 National Youth Tobacco...

Canada’s e-cigarette bill moves closer to becoming law at last

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th June 2017 || News analysis |

The bill which should at last give Canada a clear regulatory framework for e-cigarettes has passed through the Senate and now needs only the official approval of the House of Commons to become...

Citizens’ petition seeks clarity, compliance extension from FDA

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 9th June 2017 || News analysis |

A citizens’ petition to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling for the agency to publish a revised guidance document and further extend the deadlines for...

Californian regulators planning double squeeze on e-cigarettes

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 6th June 2017 || News analysis |

Regulators in California are preparing a dual assault on e-cigarettes, with plans to ban flavours in San Francisco and Oakland, and a possible state-wide ban on smoking or vaping in public housing...

E-cigarette industry won’t be paying for increase in FDA’s CTP budget

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 30th May 2017 || News analysis |

The US FDA's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is to receive a substantial budget increase next year, against the Trump administration’s general trend for cost-slashing – but the e-cigarette industry won’t be picking up the...

How far can – and will – Trump and Gottlieb go in easing regulation?

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 23rd May 2017 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

While the election of Donald Trump was greeted as a cause for some optimism in the US e-cigarette industry, hopes for the easing of regulation at the federal level lie not so much with the White House as...

FDA expected to extend deeming rule deadlines by three months

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 3rd May 2017 || News analysis |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to move back the deadlines for compliance with many aspects of its deeming regulations for...

Industry association trains its sights on cowboy firms and battery safety

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 26th April 2017 || News analysis |

A newly launched U.S. industry association, the Global Vaping Standards Association, is targeting "fly-by-night" manufacturers, and making battery safety its first...

Indiana backs down on restrictive e-liquid manufacturing permit law

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 26th April 2017 || News analysis |

Indiana's infamous e-liquid manufacturing security law is a governor stamp of approval away from being modified – but the change may come too late for most of the state’s producers....

New York backs away from Governor Cuomo’s tax demand – for now

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 18th April 2017 || News analysis |

New York state legislators have removed measures that would have imposed restrictions on e-cigarettes and taxes on e-liquids just before passing the state...

Vape chain avails itself of CDC data to expand beyond 100 U.S. stores

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 18th April 2017 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

A company that claims to be America’s premium vape retailer is using data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to identify the most profitable locations for its...

Kansas and Pennsylvania go their different ways on tax wrangles

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 11th April 2017 || News analysis |

Legal moves in two U.S. states show them moving in almost opposite directions on e-cigarette taxation – Kansas clarifying and lowering its e-liquid tax, while Pennsylvania’s revenue department digs its heels in against a court...

Is Apple going into the vaping business? Don’t you believe it!

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 6th April 2017 || News analysis |

Speculation, based on an ambiguous patent application, that tech giant Apple is preparing to enter the vaping sector appears to be a total...

PMI’s iQOS enters FDA process, edging closer to U.S. launch

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 3rd April 2017 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) has submitted its iQOS heat-not-burn system for approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

U.S. sales survey shows slowing growth, while combustibles decline

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 27th March 2017 || News analysis |

Sales of e-cigarettes in the U.S. grew between 2011 and 2015 – but the rate of growth slowed over the course of that period, even going into reverse at...

FDA clarifies its position on zero-nicotine and synthetic nicotine

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 21st March 2017 || News analysis |

Recent statements by the FDA have begun to clarify the U.S. federal agency’s previously uncertain position on nicotine free e-liquids and synthetic...

Canada’s lawmakers accused of taking too strict line on e-cig ads

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 15th March 2017 || News analysis |

A Canadian libertarian group has objected that the country’s proposed e-cigarette legislation is too stringent, especially on the subject of advertising restrictions and treating e-cigs like...

‘Cool and satisfying’ – studies reveal the real reasons why people vape

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 13th March 2017 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

The “social image” of vaping may have overtaken smoking cessation as the most popular reason for using e-cigarettes – which many find more satisfying than smoking. Those are the striking conclusions of two recent studies of the perception...

New York plans to go beyond FDA with ban on discounts and coupons

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 9th March 2017 || News analysis |

E-cigarette sellers in New York will be banned from using discounts or coupons if a measure now under consideration in the state assembly...

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