David Palacios Rubio, Author at ECigIntelligence

Vuse and Juul target adult viewers with US television ad campaigns

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 17th June 2019 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

Reynolds American and Juul Labs have both launched major TV campaigns in the US promoting their respective vaping devices ...

US FDA proposes bringing PMTA deadline significantly forward

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 14th June 2019 || News analysis |

The US FDA has suggested that the deadline for the submission of premarket tobacco product (PMTA) applications could be significantly advanced ...

The waiting’s over as FDA produces its guidance on PMTA submissions

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th June 2019 || News analysis |

The US FDA has published its long awaited guidance for premarket tobacco products applications (PMTAs) for e-cigarettes, including a number of non-binding recommendations for vaping manufacturers ...

Anti-tobacco policies light up on World No Tobacco Day

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 31st May 2019 || News analysis |

Health authorities around the world presented their policies against e-cigarettes and novel tobacco products World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) ...

Federal judge tells FDA to hurry up, while North Carolina sues Juul

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 16th May 2019 || News analysis |

A federal judge has ordered the US FDA to accelerate its reviewing of e-cigarettes currently on the market. Meanwhile, North Carolina’s attorney general is taking Juul to court ...

Motorsport expected to ignore WHO’s call to end tobacco sponsorship

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 8th May 2019 || News analysis |

A call by the WHO for governments to enforce bans on all tobacco or e-cigarette advertising and sponsorship in sports events has had no formal response from the world of motor racing ...

European Commission sets aside major funds for planned revision of TPD

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 15th April 2019 || News analysis |

The European Commission has allocated a significant part of its health budget for the year to gathering data for the coming revision of the the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...

New York state budget stings vape trade with 20% sales tax on e-liquid

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th April 2019 || News analysis |

The New York vapour industry has condemned the state’s new budget for 2020 as a devastating backward step – particularly the introduction from 2020 of a 20% sales tax on all e-liquids ...

FDA budgets for $100m in user fees for CTP to keep up pressure on vaping

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 2nd April 2019 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) budget for financial year 2020 has been set at $747m, a significant increase on this year’s figure of $611m ...

UK government loses a pro-vaping minister as Brine exits over Brexit

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 26th March 2019 || News analysis |

As the UK’s government and parliament continue to tie themselves in knots over the impending departure from the EU, the minister most closely associated with vaping policy has quit his post ...

Not everyone’s happy as Greece moves to regulate nicotine-free e-cigs

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 21st March 2019 || News analysis |

After being for some time the only EU member state to allow only nicotine-containing e-cigarettes on the market, Greece has taken a step forward by regulating the sale of nicotine-free vapour products ...

EU science committee to report on vaping risks for revision of TPD

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th March 2019 || News analysis |

Europe’s health authorities have commissioned a science committee to gather evidence on the health risks of e-cigarettes for the coming revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...

Spanish public backs restrictions on vaping to match limits on smoking

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th March 2019 || News analysis |

A new survey reveals that more than half of Spaniards would restrict the use of vaping and novel tobacco products in public places in the same way as smoking ...

Gottlieb names chains accused of flouting rules on sales to youth

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th March 2019 || News analysis |

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb has announced new action against retailers selling tobacco products to minors and e-cig manufacturers who fail to comply with labelling and advertising regulations ...

German court issues injunctions against Amazon over e-cig sales

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 28th February 2019 || News analysis |

The Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main in Germany has awarded two injunctions against the sale and advertising of e-cigarettes through online retailer Amazon, the law magazine LHR reports ...

Citizens’ Initiative calls for European VPD (Vaping Products Directive)

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th February 2019 || News analysis |

The European Commission has officially registered a European Citizens’ Initiative which calls for Article 20 of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) to be replaced by “bespoke legislation” for vaping products ...

United Arab Emirates prepares to legalise e-cigarettes from April

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 19th February 2019 || News analysis |

The existing ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be lifted from mid-April, the Emirates Authority for Standardisation (ESMA) has confirmed ...

Decree brings regulation of e-cigs and HnB to Belarus for the first time

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 18th February 2019 || News analysis |

A new decree in Belarus regulates electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco for the first time in the country, introducing a number of restrictions after years of no regulation ...

EU commissioner speaks out against rise of vaping by young people

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th February 2019 || News analysis |

The European Union’s commissioner for health and food safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, has expressed concern about the use of electronic cigarettes and new tobacco products by young people ...

Nicotine or non-nicotine – Estonia refuses to recognise a difference

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 30th January 2019 || News analysis |

Estonian health officials have justified to ECigIntelligence their interpretation of the country’s law as imposing exactly the same rules on vaping products both with and without nicotine ...

Swedish Chemicals Agency swings in line with TPD

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 25th January 2019 || News analysis |

The Swedish Chemicals Agency has changed its interpretation regarding e-liquids with nicotine concentration over 17 mg/ml. As ECigIntelligence reported a few months ago, authorities required both producers and consumers to obtain a permit for the sale and use of...

EU science committee: e-cigs are ‘emerging public health issue’

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 22nd January 2019 || News analysis |

The European Commission Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks has identified e-cigs as one of the main emerging health-related issues in Europe ...

JT shows two new higher-temp HnB devices for Japan

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 21st January 2019 || News analysis |

Japan Tobacco (JT) is launching two new heat-not-burn (HnB) devices in the Japanese market on 29th January as it tries to catch up with Philip Morris International (PMI)’s IQOS and British American Tobacco (BAT)’s Glo in its home...

Austria beefs up regulatory stance with Non-Smoking Act

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 21st January 2019 || News analysis |

Austria has recently tightened up its regulatory stance with the Non Smoking Act (Nichtraucherschutzgesetz) restricting the purchasing age for e-cigs and similar tobacco products to 18 years old, from 1st January 2019. Previously, the minimum age for buying...

Praise for Public Health England’s demonstration of smoking harm

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 15th January 2019 || News analysis |

A video made by public relations firm Freuds for Public Health England (PHE) – whose involvement with the company has caused controversy – has been praised for its portrayal of vaping versus smoking ...

Israel adopts plain packaging and ad restrictions, prepares flavour ban

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 8th January 2019 || News analysis |

Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has passed a law requiring plain packaging for e-cigarettes. It will also bring in new restrictions on the advertising and marketing, equating e-cigs with combustible tobacco ...

Threats and promises: the shape of vaping things to come in 2019

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 31st December 2018 || News analysis |

The year just gone has been an intense one for the vaping industry – and don’t expect 2019 to be any less so. ECigIntelligence looks ahead to the developments that can be expected in both regulation and markets...

Mission accomplished: Altria confirms its $12.8bn investment in Juul

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th December 2018 || News analysis |

The rumours have been confirmed: Altria is investing $12.8bn for a 35% percent stake in the Californian start-up Juul Labs, the company has announced ...

Italy reduces e-cigarette and heat-not-burn tax burden by up to 80%

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 14th December 2018 || News analysis |

Italy has passed the much anticipated law reducing tax on e-liquids and halving duties on heated tobacco. The decree cuts the duty on nicotine-containing liquids from 50% to 10% of the tax on conventional cigarettes ...

Sense and sensibilities behind Juul’s rumoured deal with Altria

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th December 2018 || News analysis |

A possible agreement between Altria and Juul, with the tobacco giant rumoured to be seeking a minority share in the successful e-cig company, could have major implications for the US vapour market ...

Another bill put forward as Ukraine continues to ponder e-cig regulation

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 29th November 2018 || News analysis |

Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, is considering a number of legal amendments that could bring major changes to the regulation of vaping products, including taxation ...

BAT acquires Germany’s biggest vape store chain, Highendsmoke

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 26th November 2018 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) has acquired the German company Quantus, which operates a chain of more than 80 vape stores across the country under the name Highendsmoke ...

Court of Justice rejects Swedish Match bid to overturn European snus ban

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 22nd November 2018 || News analysis |

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld the ban on the sale of snus which has applied since 1992 in the whole EU except Sweden, which was granted an exemption under the 2014 TPD ...

Big Tobacco welcomes FDA youth restrictions – but not proposed menthol ban

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 16th November 2018 || News analysis |

The tobacco industry has reacted positively to the US FDA plan for limiting most flavour sales to adults-only premises, part of the federal agency’s efforts to tackle high rates of e-cig use among minors ...

Euro politicians get round the table in Brussels to discuss e-cig regulation

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th November 2018 || News analysis |

The future of vaping regulation in Europe is generating interest in Brussels, where various groups have been debating the right way ahead ...

FDA set to ban fruit and candy flavours in convenience stores and fuel stations

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 9th November 2018 || News analysis |

The US FDA is to ban the sale of fruit and candy e-cig flavours. It is reported the ban will affect convenience stores and fuel stations, but not vape stores ...

As time ticks down, UK vape trade is asked to consider a ‘no deal’ Brexit

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th October 2018 || News analysis |

The UK Department of Health is consulting on the changes that will affect the e-cig industry if the UK leaves the EU with no deal with Brussels, especially those affecting product notifications and labelling ...

PMI predicts a big future for IQOS – ‘30% of our sales by 2025’

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th October 2018 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) confidently expects to shift more heated tobacco devices and consumables in the next few years as a fall is anticipated in sales of combustible cigarettes ...

Juul vs J Well – e-cig manufacturers prepare for patents battle

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 10th October 2018 || News analysis |

Juul has filed a suit at the UK’s High Court claiming its line of UK patents was infringed by French firm J Well – whose CEO told ECigIntelligence it was prepared to fight the allegation ...

EU urges WHO to focus on heated tobacco, suggests advertising bans

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd October 2018 || News analysis |

The EU is calling on the World Health Organization to become more involved in regulating heated tobacco – and is urging tight advertising restrictions on the category, ECigIntelligence has learned ...

Imperial Brands confirms Pulze for Japan, announces Nixx e-liquid

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 28th September 2018 || News analysis |

Imperial Brands has confirmed the launch of its first heated tobacco product, Pulze, in early 2019 in Japan, which is proving a fertile market for heat-not-burn (HnB) ...

European Commission told: we don’t want an EU e-cig tax

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 25th September 2018 || News analysis |

Most respondents to the European Commission’s consultation on tobacco excise duties do not want a European tax on e-cigarettes. Almost 70% said the best level of tax on e-cigarettes would be no more than the VAT in each...

Court makes Europe-wide ruling that e-liquid infringed lollipop trademark

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 19th September 2018 || News analysis |

A German court has ruled that a French e-liquid manufacturer infringed a famous trademark in a judgement that prevents the sale of the offending brand design anywhere in the European Union ...

Tax on the table as Ukraine moves towards EU-style regulation

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 10th September 2018 || News analysis |

The Ukrainian parliament is considering an amendment to the country’s tax code that would impose duty of €0.033 per ml on all e-liquids sold in the country and establish a system for product notification ...

Israel bans Juul with nicotine limit, prepares tighter e-cig regulation

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd August 2018 || News analysis |

Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signed an administrative order prohibiting the import and marketing of any e-cigarette product with a nicotine concentration higher than 20 mg/ml ...

European Commission wants five more years to take TPD action

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 17th August 2018 || News analysis |

The European Commission has asked for a five-year extension to its powers to implement the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) – reserving its right to perhaps ban later a particular type of e-cigarette ...

EU-CEG sees huge number of submissions since TPD rollout

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 8th August 2018 || News analysis |

A grand total of 185,635 e-cigarette product notifications have been successfully registered with the European Common Entry Gate (EU-CEG) as of July of this year, ECigIntelligence has learned from the European Commission...

Advantage BAT in the race to open up US for heated tobacco

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 30th July 2018 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) has a chance to steal a march on its Big Tobacco rivals in the heated-tobacco market after the company became the first to receive approval to sell a heat-not-burn device in the US ...

PMI runs into trouble with UK government over IQOS ads

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 24th July 2018 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) is seeking an “urgent meeting” with the UK Department of Health after being told to stop advertising its heated tobacco device IQOS ...

Imperial aims for a return to the top with new Myblu lines

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 16th July 2018 || News analysis |

Imperial Brands is to launch its Myblu Intense nicotine salt e-liquid in the US “later this month”, following its roll-out in UK supermarkets. Meanwhile, the next edition of its hardware for the Myblu pod system has become available...

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