The ECigIntelligence Compliance Calendar provides key regulatory deadline dates applicable to the vape sector. View deadlines and add them to your own calendar to stay ahead of upcoming changes to regulations ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd September 2022 || News analysis |
Juul Labs is asking a judge to order the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to release information related to its now-vacated denial of the company’s premarket tobacco application (PMTA), calling the withholding of material “part of a...
This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework in Washington DC for e-cigarettes and related products, as well as possible future changes to the regime ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th September 2022 || News analysis |
Organisers of a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) need 1m signatures across seven EU member states by next summer for the European Commission to respond to their request for measures leading to Europe’s first tobacco-free generation ...
ECigIntelligence’s global e-cigarette market database, produced exclusively for Platinum subscribers, includes market size estimates; smoking rates; vaping statistics; form factors; online and offline pricing; distribution channels; brands and chains; and key contacts; covering more than 50 countries worldwide...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th September 2022 || News analysis |
The early legal success of the vaping company Gripum against the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its marketing denial order (MDO) has given way to a major defeat ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th September 2022 || News analysis |
In a big win for the vaping industry, a federal appellate court has ordered the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reconsider its denial of premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) for six companies ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd September 2022 || News analysis |
Alaska will face an additional excise tax on vaping products but will not face a flavour ban after the state’s legislature finalised the passage of Senate Bill 45 (SB45) and transmitted it to the governor’s office ...
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Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th August 2022 || News analysis |
Malaysia’s latest attempt to put an end to nicotine use among the younger generation is likely to be delayed, or even derailed, with an early election expected to stall the new bill ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd August 2022 || News analysis |
The Democratic governor of Hawaii appeared to take a step out of line with the US party’s common position when he vetoed a bill that would have introduced a ban on flavoured tobacco and vaping products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th August 2022 || News analysis |
Belgian authorities have embraced harm reduction, with the country’s Superior Health Council advocating for the use of e-cigarettes as both a safer alternative to smoking tobacco and an aid for quitting ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th August 2022 || News analysis |
In the wake of a recent U-turn on legality, a new technical standard in Egypt is meant to ensure products on the market meet minimum standards, but so far no products have completed the necessary registration ...
This report offers an overview of the current regulatory framework for vaping products in Puerto Rico, covering all areas from labelling and product restrictions to advertising, taxation and notification ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th August 2022 || News analysis |
A potentially key but temporary legal win for a vaping company challenging the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s PMTA review process has been transformed into a resounding loss ...
This regulatory report looks at the US states that have enacted or proposed bills aimed at imposing restrictions on tobacco product and e-cigarette manufacturers before marketing their products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd August 2022 || News analysis |
Romania has increased taxes on vaping products – along with conventional cigarettes and heated tobacco – from yesterday, 1st August, as the government bids to secure additional tax revenue ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st August 2022 || News analysis |
Uncertainty is mounting over the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s premarket tobacco application (PMTA) process after the agency shifted its position on Juul Labs' application, leading to searching questions ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th July 2022 || News analysis |
Calls for the president to veto the Philippines Vape Regulation Bill – and a change of government – failed to derail the bill as a lack of presidential action by the due date meant it lapsed into law...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st July 2022 || News analysis |
A rule banning tobacco and vaping products during the Covid lockdown in South Africa was strongly criticised by the country’s Supreme Court of Appeal, which deemed it to be unconstitutional ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th July 2022 || News analysis |
Arguments in a US appeal court could demonstrate how judges are likely to perceive arguments from vaping companies contesting US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decisions on pre-market tobacco applications (PMTAs) ...
Although vapour products have been regulated since 2018 in Egypt, legal uncertainty persevered until the end of 2021. This report offers an overview of the current regulatory framework for e-cigs and related products in Egypt ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th July 2022 || News analysis |
Tax rates on vaping products in Bulgaria will not change following the resignation of prime minister Kiril Petkov and his cabinet after they lost a vote of confidence ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th June 2022 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has hit back at a court-issued stay allowing Fontem’s Myblu vaping products to continue to be legally sold in the US ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th June 2022 || News analysis |
RJ Reynolds says it will appeal after a US federal jury awarded Philip Morris International (PMI) nearly $11m having concluded that Reynolds Vapor’s Vuse e-cigarettes infringed two PMI patents ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th June 2022 || News analysis |
Canadian manufacturers of vaping products could soon have to reveal to the federal government key information such as the ingredients in their products, sales figures and their promotional activities ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th June 2022 || News analysis |
Juul Labs has been granted a temporary administrative stay while it asks a federal appeal court to halt the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s order requiring the removal of all Juul products from the US market ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th June 2022 || News analysis |
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed government priorities and rather than looking to completely ban the sale of vaping products, the Russian authorities are now considering increased e-cigarette taxes instead ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd June 2022 || News analysis |
Sweden’s parliament, the Riksdag, has rejected a government proposal to ban flavoured e-liquids and nicotine products, citing a lack of evidence of potential harm from such additives ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th June 2022 || News analysis |
New fees on liquid products could hit Italy’s entire vaping supply chain – and a retroactive application of the fees, coupled with a short due date for payment, could cripple companies if no resolution is found ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th June 2022 || News analysis |
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has signed a decree to prohibit “the circulation and sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems, electronic cigarettes and vapes” ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th June 2022 || News analysis |
New regulations that came into force at the end of April will make it hard for Hong Kong to achieve its 2025 smoking reduction targets, one concerned harm reduction association claims ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th June 2022 || News analysis |
In a first, Dutch health authorities are looking to ban tobacco flavourings on top of those more usually prohibited, such as sweet and fruit flavours ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th May 2022 || News analysis |
New research has found that substances added to a wide variety of vaping flavours to create a cooling sensation may be harmful but researchers suggest more work must be done to formally confirm the theory ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th May 2022 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s first court-ordered update on the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) progress has not gone down well with health lobbyists or a group of senior US senators ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd May 2022 || News analysis |
Vaping hardware could be in for a big shake-up in the EU over the next few years, with the environmental impact of batteries squarely in the firing line ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th May 2022 || News analysis |
A widespread recall of medical cannabis vaping products in the US state of Pennsylvania has given rise to questions about the role flavour additives play in product safety and has left patients with more questions than answers ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th May 2022 || News analysis |
The heating mechanisms of vaping devices may have played a part in the vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) crisis, new research suggests. Initial theories on the August 2019 outbreak of EVALI in the US quickly linked the condition to...
In November 2021, vapour products intended for the internal market were regulated as tobacco products in China. This report outlines the current regulatory regime ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th May 2022 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) and its subsidiaries Nicoventures and House of Prince have sued the Danish government over legislation which came into force in 2021 ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd May 2022 || News analysis |
Synthetic nicotine, and nicotine-free e-liquids, will be banned in China from 1st October, when the country’s standard for e-cigarettes takes effect, potentially have a major impact on worldwide supplies ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th April 2022 || News analysis |
The first report on the status of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) is expected today, 29th April, following an order from a federal judge ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th April 2022 || News analysis |
Chinese e-cigarette company Smoore has opened what it is calling the vaping industry’s first laboratory to test for extractable and leachable (E&L) substances ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th April 2022 || News analysis |
Anti-tobacco campaigners are happy with the €100,000 fine levied against British American Tobacco (BAT) for illegally advertising its Vype vaping products (now called Vuse) in France ...
This report will examine flavour restrictions in the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles, though it will also take into account wherever there is a total ban, since that means all e-cigarettes are banned ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th April 2022 || News analysis |
South Africa is looking to introduce taxes on vaping products as part of tobacco control measures in line with World Health Organization (WHO) guidance ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th April 2022 || News analysis |
The company that makes the Myblu vaping pod has a 30-day window to challenge the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s denial of premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) for the device and flavoured refills ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th April 2022 || News analysis |
The Canadian government has announced a new federal excise duty on vaping products and is inviting provincial governments to participate in a new, coordinated, vaping taxation regime ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th April 2022 || News analysis |
Critics say Canada’s long-awaited review of vaping law focuses too much on youth use of e-cigarettes, and those on both sides of the debate say it should go further on issues such as smoking...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th April 2022 || News analysis |
Local governments in the US state of Idaho will not be able to impose heavier e-cigarette regulation than the state already requires, following the governor’s signing of Senate Bill 1285 ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st April 2022 || News analysis |
Italian vape retailers must wait for a second ruling in mid-April to see if they are permitted to sell e-liquids without a tax stamp, though they have at least been buoyed by an initial ruling that they do...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st April 2022 || News analysis |
The Department of Health (DOH) and medical groups in the Philippines have found an ally in the Department of Education (DepEd) after the latter backed the DOH’s appeal to president Rodrigo Duterte to veto the country’s vaping regulation...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st March 2022 || News analysis |
While synthetic nicotine has become the focus of much controversy, demonised as a public health risk, its currently poor reputation derives more from bureaucracy than from the substance itself ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th March 2022 || News analysis |
Beijing has recently announced a set of regulations that will tighten control on the vaping industry, and experts say China’s new and tightened scrutiny on e-cigarettes will likely hurt domestic producers ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd March 2022 || News analysis |
ECigIntelligence has put together a timeline outlining the major points to look out for over the summer as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) brings synthetic nicotine into the PMTA process ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st March 2022 || Market reports |
Market sizing methodology Market size estimates are based on the ECigIntelligence proprietary market model, with data cross-referenced between markets. Inputs into this model are collated through primary research conducted by and with our consultants,...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th March 2022 || News analysis |
A study that recently drew attention for concluding that vaping was a less successful cessation method than nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or even going cold turkey may be undermined by potential flaws ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th March 2022 || News analysis |
E-liquid provider Triton Distribution may have made some progress in its attempt to convince a court that the US FDA was “arbitrary and capricious” in denying its flavoured vaping products application ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th March 2022 || News analysis |
Synthetic nicotine vaping products will likely require the same authorisations as those made with tobacco-derived nicotine – leading to a massive shake-up of the US vaping market – after Congress passed its omnibus spending bill ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th March 2022 || News analysis |
Swiss stakeholders have less than a month left to comment on a proposal by the Federal Council to tax electronic cigarettes at a rate that is 77% less than the levy on regular cigarettes – in line with the...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd February 2022 || News analysis |
Malaysia’s new law to ban tobacco and nicotine sales to those born after 2005 will include vaping products, according to industry sources – some of whom back the plan ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th February 2022 || News analysis |
Flavours for other tobacco products will almost certainly become the major topic once a US ban on menthol cigarettes and flavoured cigars goes through ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th February 2022 || News analysis |
Changes to Norway’s Tobacco Act should allow the sale of nicotine-containing e-liquids and devices but strict permit rules could effectively prohibit the 70 or so domestic retailers from taking advantage ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th February 2022 || News analysis |
A Lithuanian lawmaker has criticised the country’s parliament for voting to enact a wide-ranging flavour ban rather than a more targeted, nuanced alternative ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th February 2022 || News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) has commited to continuing to support the sales and promotion of its Veev vaping product, with future expansion into more markets around the world ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd February 2022 || News analysis |
The Philippine College of Physicians is lobbying against a bill to regulate vaping and novel tobacco products. They object to a lower age limit and the removal of flavour restrictions ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd February 2022 || News analysis |
France’s High Council for Public Health has revised its 2016 opinion on e-cigarettes, now saying there is not sufficient evidence to recommend vaping for smoking cessation ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th January 2022 || News analysis |
Medical societies in Spain have confirmed their strong stance against e-cigarettes as the government consults on potential restrictions and taxes on vapour products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th January 2022 || News analysis |
Leaders of Canada’s vaping industry are preparing to challenge a federal government proposal to restrict flavoured e-cigarette products which they fear would devastate the industry in the country ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st January 2022 || News analysis |
Lawmakers in Colorado will soon be considering a new bill that would ban the sale of all flavoured tobacco products. The aim of the new law would be to curb the consumption of e-cigarettes by youth ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th January 2022 || News analysis |
Califf’s bid to be the first permanent FDA leader under president Joe Biden comes amid ongoing calls by politicians for more regulation of tobacco and the cigarette industry ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd January 2022 || News analysis |
Brazil seems close to clarifying a future legal path for tobacco alternatives in a regulatory process expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022 ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th December 2021 || News analysis |
A new blanket ban in Taiwan’s capital on the sale and import of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products is heavy-handed and nonsensical, a public health expert at the city's medical university says ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st December 2021 || News analysis |
The Spanish government is working on a regulation to impose further restrictions on e-cigarettes and place an excise duty on them to come into force by 2023 ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th December 2021 || News analysis |
The US Senate Finance Committee has made “targeted improvements” to president Joe Biden’s $2tn social spending package – including removing the proposal of a federal tax on tobacco alternatives ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st December 2021 || News analysis |
Governments worldwide are presenting their budget bills for 2022, with some of them proposing changes in the tax regimes applied to vaping products ...
We carried out a second survey of MEPs, following a similar survey in 2020, to find out how their views on new nicotine products, namely e-cigarettes (vaping), heated tobacco and nicotine pouches, have changed ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th November 2021 || Market reports |
The use of traditional tobacco products has been in decline across the EU in recent decades. We conducted a recent study to gauge the economic impact of e-cigarettes and novel nicotine products in Europe ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th November 2021 || News analysis |
Li Keqiang, premier of the State Council of China, has approved with immediate effect an addition to the Tobacco Monopoly Law, clarifying what has been a grey area surrounding the regulation of e-cigarettes ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th November 2021 || News analysis |
E-cigarette retailers in Israel are facing a new tax similar to the existing one on traditional tobacco products. The tax on all e-cigarettes was imposed this week by order and came into effect immediately ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd November 2021 || News analysis |
Canadian anti-smoking groups have applauded the decision by Quebec’s Court of Appeal to overturn a lower court judgement that struck down parts of a provincial law putting vaping products under tobacco regulations ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th November 2021 || News analysis |
A revised draft of US president Joe Biden’s $1.75tn Build Back Better Bill, which includes a new federal tax on e-cigarettes, is expected to be voted on by the House of Representatives this week ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th November 2021 || News analysis |
A 70-year-old cardiologist who has backed a flavour ban on vaping products has been nominated by president Joe Biden to return to the role of commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th November 2021 || News analysis |
A US court has granted another stay request to a company that sued the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after the agency issued a marketing denial order (MDO) for its flavoured vaping products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th November 2021 || News analysis |
The Swiss Federal Assembly has adopted a longstanding bill equating e-cigarettes with traditional tobacco, despite divisions between political parties over the right approach to tobacco alternatives ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd November 2021 || News analysis |
Florida-based e-cigarette manufacturer Bidi Vapor has taken the US FDA to court claiming “continued irreparable harm” from being given a marketing denial order (MDO) for its vaping products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th October 2021 || News analysis |
Northern Ireland’s Department of Health has presented plans to implement a smoking and vaping ban in private cars when children are present and to ban the sale of nicotine e-liquids to...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st October 2021 || News analysis |
PMI is planning to submit a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the second half of next year for its new e-vapour device the Iqos Veev ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th October 2021 || News analysis |
Patents for tobacco alternatives have been booming in recent times as tobacco companies position themselves as contributors to a smoke-free world, with a 9.1% year-on-year increase in patents related to vaping ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2021 || News analysis |
“The importance of the FDA authorising a vaping product as ‘appropriate for the protection of public health’ should not be understated,” said Greg Conley, president of the American Vaping Association ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2021 || News analysis |
The use of e-cigarettes and tobacco in public places became illegal this week in Kyrgyzstan – where there is also a proposal to ban both disposable and open-system e-cigs ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th October 2021 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rescinded its marketing denial order (MDO) affecting 14 Turning Point Brands products, saying “relevant information that was not adequately assessed” ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th October 2021 || News analysis |
Turning Point Brands (TPB) is challenging in court the Marketing Denial Order (MDO) issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to its premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) as it considers the decision “arbitrary” ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th October 2021 || News analysis |
The new vaping tax scheme due to come into effect in July 2022 is already causing concern within the German e-cigarette industry, with some vape stores fearing it will force them to close down ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th September 2021 || News analysis |
Australian doctors anticipate an increase in appointments with patients wanting prescriptions for nicotine e-cigarettes after new regulations come into force ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd September 2021 || Infographics |
There has been a decrease in online device purchases in Russia, which could be due to the well-established logistics system in Russia and the opening of new vape stores ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th September 2021 || News analysis |
One of the first tasks facing Canada’s incoming health minister will be the implementation of a new set of federal regulations for vaping products – which may or may not include a planned ban on flavours ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd September 2021 || News analysis |
The German Alliance for Tobacco-free Pleasure (BfTG) intends to pursue a legal challenge to the country’s coming e-liquid tax, despite meeting government officials to discuss its details ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th August 2021 || News analysis |
The German state of Hesse is aiming to strengthen protection against passive smoking by targeting e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in a new legislative initiative to update the current regulations ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th August 2021 || News analysis |
The most populous city in Taiwan has recently joined eight regions in implementing new legislation restricting the use and sale of e-cigs and heated tobacco ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th August 2021 || News analysis |
A bipartisan group of federal senators have reintroduced a bill in Congress that would force e-cigarette manufacturers to pay user fees to the FDA in a bid to fund the federal agency ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th August 2021 || News analysis |
After the recent announcement that FDA rejected 4.5m of the total 6m PMTAs filed, experts believe that this decision is a clear path for enforcement ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th August 2021 || News analysis |
Canada’s vape shops have not yet seen any sharp drop in sales since the country capped nicotine concentration but many are wondering what may happen when high-strength e-liquids are no longer available ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd August 2021 || News analysis |
Spain’s e-cigarette industry has launched legal action against the central government, claiming a long-running anti-vaping campaign is against the law on several counts ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd August 2021 || News analysis |
Oregon’s e-cigarette industry fears the impact on business after the state became the first in the US Pacific Northwest to pass a ban on certain sales of nicotine vaping products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd July 2021 || News analysis |
London-listed Kanabo has launched the first medical cannabis vaping product in the UK in a move the company’s founder hopes will ultimately revolutionise the way medicines are administered ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th July 2021 || News analysis |
Egypt is on the way to resolving a controversial licence scheme to produce tobacco products, which is seen by the industry as a real opportunity to start producing vaping products in the African country ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th July 2021 || News analysis |
E-cigarettes manufactured by large companies may soon dominate the US vape market while many of those produced by smaller players disappear, new research by ECigIntelligence suggests ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th July 2021 || News analysis |
The South African Health Department is finishing its work on long-standing legislation that is set to introduce new regulations for vaping products in the country ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th July 2021 || News analysis |
Some Dutch lawmakers have expressed concern about the possible consequences of an amendment to the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act and the introduction of new advertising restrictions on tobacco-alternative products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st July 2021 || Market reports |
This report addresses Russian e-cigarette users’ product choices and behaviour, based on our online consumer survey conducted throughout January and February 2021 ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th June 2021 || News analysis |
A few months after Wisconsin’s Democratic governor Tony Evers presented a budget introducing changes to the way vapour products are taxed, the US state’s Republican-controlled legislature looks ready to scrap it ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th June 2021 || News analysis |
Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) have concluded that e-cigarettes are both “unsafe” and “harmful” in a report that assesses the health risk of vaping products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th June 2021 || News analysis |
The Canadian government is imposing a nicotine cap on vaping products, bringing the country in line with the 20 mg/ml maximum that applies in Europe ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd June 2021 || News analysis |
The UK-based Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is to host a webinar arguing that the anti-vaping policies of the World Health Organization (WHO) are driven by ideology not science, and damaging to public health ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd June 2021 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s authority to regulate e-cigarettes could face further legal scrutiny after the recent refusal by the Supreme Court to hear a challenge initiated by a vape shop ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st June 2021 || News analysis |
The Canadian government has taken another step towards limiting flavoured vaping products across the country and placing restrictions on the names and descriptions that can be used on e-liquid packaging ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th June 2021 || News analysis |
The Russian government is planning to prepare a report with proposals to further regulate tobacco products in the country, suggesting that it could tighten the regulations for e-cigarettes and introduce a flavour ban ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th June 2021 || News analysis |
The British government must step up efforts to promote vaping products if it is to achieve its goal of a smoke-free society by 2030, a cross-party parliamentary committee in Westminster agreed ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th June 2021 || News analysis |
Germany will implement a new per ml tax scheme for e-liquids from next year after adjustments to the German Tobacco Law were passed by the Bundestag ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th June 2021 || News analysis |
A new survey from the organisation European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (ETHRA) has revealed that more than eight out of ten among a sample of more than 35,000 vapers have successfully given up smoking ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th June 2021 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) has upgraded its annual forecast with an expectation of strong growth in new categories in post-pandemic times and a planned further rollout of its tobacco-alternatives portfolio ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th June 2021 || News analysis |
Political parties in Germany are negotiating a change in the tax scheme for nicotine e-liquids, moving away from the government’s proposal and the way the due sum is calculated ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th June 2021 || News analysis |
A trial started this week at the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Altria’s investment in Juul, with the government agency accusing the tobacco giant of illegally pulling out of the e-cigarette market ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd June 2021 || News analysis |
The recent shake-up of the UK’s health sector with the replacement of Public Health England (PHE) is not expected to substantially change the country’s support of vaping – and may even take it further ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st June 2021 || News analysis |
Health advocacy groups in the Philippines have raised concerns about a recently approved bill lowering the minimum age to buy and use e-cigarettes from 21 to 18 ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st May 2021 || News analysis |
The Royal College of Physicians has called on the UK government to reduce the tax burden on e-cigarettes while raising the legal minimum age for purchasing combustible tobacco products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th May 2021 || News analysis |
ECigIntelligence managing director Tim Phillips shares his insights into flavour developments and restrictions, in a presentation first seen at ENDS Europe online ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th May 2021 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted a list of over 6m deemed new tobacco products for which it received Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTAs) by the 9th September 2020 deadline ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th May 2021 || News analysis |
Talks have revealed continuing division between members of Germany's Bundestag on proposed tax changes, with a debate on whether taxation of tobacco alternatives should be based on health promotion or revenue ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th May 2021 || News analysis |
About 1,200 vape stores in Florida will have to apply every year for a business permit after governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that also preempts local governments from applying stricter rules to nicotine sales ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th May 2021 || News analysis |
Imperial Brands’ earnings for the first half of the year have jumped 6.1% to £15.57bn in the midst of a process to implement a new company strategy towards tobacco alternatives ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th May 2021 || News analysis |
A new proposal to reinforce a nationwide ban on e-cigarettes in Brazil is being considered in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the National Congress ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th May 2021 || News analysis |
UK supplier behind low-cost e-liquid brand 88Vape expects good product performance in 2021 thanks to its recent rollout in the convenience store channel ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th May 2021 || News analysis |
The US city of Philadelphia has appealed for the second time a court ruling halting a 2019 municipal ordinance that restricted the sale of flavoured vaping products to adult-only establishments ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th May 2021 || News analysis |
Representatives in both US chambers have recently reintroduced an old piece of legislation that would establish the first ever federal tax on vapour products, but whether it will have enough political support to be adopted anytime soon remains...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th May 2021 || News analysis |
The information the public receives on tobacco harm reduction and whether it contributes to improving the role of tobacco-alternatives is a hot topic that divides the industry and the scientific community ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th May 2021 || News analysis |
Jordan’s Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) has licensed at least 184 establishments to display, sell, trade, and store e-cigarette devices, e-liquids and heated tobacco since such products were legalised in 2019 ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd May 2021 || News analysis |
The city council of Taiwan’s capital Taipei is this week considering a local ordinance for a blanket ban on the manufacture, import, sale, supply, display and advertising of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th April 2021 || Podcasts |
Flavours continue to be both a major selling point and a major point of regulatory effort and controversy where e-cigarettes and tobacco products are concerned. ECigIntelligence managing director Tim Phillips share his views ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th April 2021 || News analysis |
As next week’s Scottish Parliament elections approach, the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party has said e-cigarettes should be subject to the same restrictions as combustible tobacco products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th April 2021 || News analysis |
Businesses in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan are preparing for a new 20% tax on vaping products, while the government has also announced plans to further restrict sales of flavoured e-cigs ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th April 2021 || News analysis |
A major lawsuit in California against Juul Labs and Altria over youth marketing tactics is moving forward after a judge endorsed a new racketeering theory as “plausible” ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st April 2021 || News analysis |
The plan for a new e-liquid tax is creating tensions in Germany’s governing coalition, with some members of chancellor Angela Merkel’s party opposing the scheme ahead of the start of the legislative process in the Bundestag ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th April 2021 || News analysis |
The Canadian government aims to implement a new federal excise duty on vaping products from 2022 “to help curtail harmful consumption” of e-cigarettes ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th April 2021 || News analysis |
Changes and uncertainty over regulatory approach in some big vaping markets, and the rise in compatible products, are major current challenges for big players in the e-cigarette industry, such as Relx International ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th April 2021 || News analysis |
The Spanish Ministry of Health is looking at imposing a blanket ban on the use of tobacco products – including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco – on outdoor bar and cafe terraces ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th April 2021 || News analysis |
A Texas House of Representatives committee hearing on Monday showcased a coincidence between the vapour industry and anti-tobacco groups: both camps are opposed to a bill, but for different reasons ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th April 2021 || News analysis |
A group of UK members of parliament have suggested the government should think twice about its contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) if it remains hostile towards vaping products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th April 2021 || News analysis |
Vaping representatives in Germany warned that the government proposal to tax nicotine-containing vaping products from next year is based on wrong assumptions and puts an excessively high burden on the sector ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th April 2021 || News analysis |
How are e-cigarettes regulated in the former Soviet countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Middle-Eastern states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – and what are the similarities and differences between the two? Those questions,...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th April 2021 || News analysis |
Interested parties on all sides have asked the UK government for an inclusive and open-minded review of the 2016 Tobacco and Related Products Regulations (TRPR) that govern vaping products in the country ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st April 2021 || News analysis |
Lawmakers and officials in Estonia are divided over the suspension of collection of tax on e-liquids, which starts today and lasts until December 2022 ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st April 2021 || News analysis |
No amount of TV advertising, celebrity endorsement, money-off vouchers or candy inducements can get kids interested in e-cigarettes, new laboratory experiment discovers ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st March 2021 || News analysis |
The Philippine E-Cigarette Industry Association (PECIA) has called for “more realistic” excise duties on e-cigarettes during a consultation by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ...
This market snapshot for Norway covers key indicators: recent, present and forecast market size; regulation level; an overview of the top available brands, form factors, retail distribution, prices and affordability ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th March 2021 || News analysis |
A group of 40 House Democrats have written to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pressing it to remove from the market all flavoured e-cigarettes “fueling youth tobacco epidemic” and to make an example of Juul ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th March 2021 || Infographics |
ECigIntelligence surveyed a group of MEPs to find out their views on new nicotine products such as e-cigarettes (vaping), heated tobacco and nicotine pouches ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th March 2021 || News analysis |
A new draft amendment to the Chinese Tobacco Monopoly Law to regulate tobacco-alternative products, including e-cigarettes, as traditional tobacco threatens big changes to the local vapour market, and has already hit share prices ...
ECigIntelligence surveyed a group of MEPs to find out their views on new nicotine products such as e-cigarettes (vaping), heated tobacco and nicotine pouches ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th March 2021 || News analysis |
How much politicians know about e-cigarettes and other novel tobacco products has a major effect on their perceptions of safety and risk, new ECigIntelligence research suggests ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th March 2021 || News analysis |
Officials in Cardiff are not insisting on vaping be included in the clampdown on smoking that came into force in Wales at the beginning of the month ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th March 2021 || News analysis |
It is a truth universally acknowledged that more research is required into the long-term effects of vaping various substances. Not all research, however, is equally valid or useful – and any conclusion drawn from studies on rodents must...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th March 2021 || News analysis |
The Canadian province of Manitoba has been accused of trampling on First Nations’ rights by trying to apply provincial restrictions on smoking and vaping to aboriginal reserves ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th March 2021 || News analysis |
How much information the public receives from health authorities about tobacco harm reduction – and how much it helps – is a hot topic of discussion and division between the industry and the scientific community ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th March 2021 || News analysis |
Legislation moving through the legislature in the US state of Minnesota seeks to ban the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes and could increase both wholesale and retail taxes on vapour devices ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th March 2021 || News analysis |
Colombia’s Parliament is considering a bill to update the country’s existing anti-tobacco law with fresh regulations on the use and sale of vaping products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th March 2021 || News analysis |
Six months after implementing a ban on flavoured e-cigarettes, the city of Chicago has cited several businesses for breaking the rules and announced a lawsuit against a business accused of selling non-compliant vaping products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd March 2021 || News analysis |
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked five leading e-cigarette manufacturers to disclose their 2019 and 2020 data on sales, advertising and promotional expenditures ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th February 2021 || News analysis |
A high court in Germany has ruled that it is legal to promote e-cigarettes as a less harmful alternative to cigarettes, overturning a previous decision by a lower regional court ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd February 2021 || News analysis |
UK prime minister Boris Johnson has announced that vape stores in England should not reopen before 12th April – while the industry continues to demand that they should be considered essential businesses ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th February 2021 || News analysis |
Lawmakers in New York state recently introduced bills that would more than double the excise duties for vaping products with the aim of financially disincentivising citizens from using nicotine products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th February 2021 || News analysis |
The German government is proposing a new tax scheme for nicotine-containing vaping products to come into force in summer 2022 as “a response to current market developments” ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th February 2021 || News analysis |
Britain will have an “incredible opportunity” later this year to spread the message that appropriate vaping regulation saves lives, members of the Westminster parliament have been told ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th February 2021 || News analysis |
Vaping companies across the US are under pressure, with some going out of business and others saying they face a struggle to survive, as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tightens the regulatory screw ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th February 2021 || News analysis |
Rumours of a German government proposal to introduce a tax scheme for e-cigarettes from 2022 have been greeted with both surprise and doubt among the industry and federal policymakers ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th February 2021 || News analysis |
Members of the vaping industry in the Netherlands have voiced concern at the legislative bid to ban non-tobacco flavours in e-cigarettes from 2022, accusing the Dutch government of proposing dangerous regulations ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th February 2021 || News analysis |
Research conducted by the regional government of Baden-Württemberg in Germany has found that 86% of vaping products inspected did not fully comply with existing labelling and packaging regulations ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th February 2021 || News analysis |
The Indiana House of Representatives has proposed a change to the taxation scheme for e-liquids presented in a bill after lawmakers raised concerns about exactly how the money collected would be used for public health purposes ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st February 2021 || News analysis |
A Canadian judge has refused to grant an injunction to suspend application of Nova Scotia’s vaping laws until a challenge to its constitutionality is decided ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th January 2021 || News analysis |
A month after the US Congress passed a federal ban on delivering e-cigarettes by mail, the US Postal Service (USPS) is still unsure how to implement and enforce the new regulations ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th January 2021 || News analysis |
Members of the ruling party in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies aim to establish a new tax for e-cigarette products, while officials are working to tighten advertising restrictions and enforce the ban on vaping imports ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th January 2021 || News analysis |
The High Administrative Court of Bavaria has ruled that vape stores provide essential goods and services and can remain open during the Covid-related lockdown in Germany’s largest state ...
Tim Phillips, ECigIntelligence’s managing director, joins Jon Bruford to discuss the key developments coming up in 2021 and the drivers that shape the market – including the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak, shifts in consumer preferences and...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th January 2021 || News analysis |
Twelve US senators, including 11 leading Democrats, have called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enforce tougher reviews of premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th January 2021 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) has launched CBD e-liquids compatible with its Vuse device onto the British market as part of the company’s plan to expand its portfolio into new areas “beyond nicotine” ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th January 2021 || News analysis |
More than $700,000 worth of counterfeit e-cigarettes arriving from China have been seized in the US as part of a joint-agency operation to crack down on fraudulent vaping products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th January 2021 || News analysis |
E-cigarette products marketed in South Korea must now meet new packaging requirements, including disturbing new graphic warnings – but the threat of big tax rises has been set aside for now ...
ECigIntelligence considers the developments we expect to see in e-cig regulation around the world in 2021, looking at past policy initiatives to assess the prospects for future change ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th December 2020 || News analysis |
A joint memorandum issued by a number of government agencies laying down rules for vapour products in the Philippines establishes new restrictions on flavours and changes to labelling requirements ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th December 2020 || News analysis |
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is on course to take charge of new e-cigarette product notifications in England, Scotland and Wales from 1st January, when Britain will officially no longer be a member of...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st December 2020 || News analysis |
Canada’s Department of Health is proposing to lower the maximum nicotine concentration in vaping products to “contribute to reducing the appeal” to youth, while new flavour restrictions are also under consideration ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th December 2020 || News analysis |
A major new report from ECigIntelligence examines the Chinese vapour market and finds it could be threatened by a possible government crackdown – and the spectre of a takeover by the giant China Tobacco monopoly ...
China’s domestic e-cigarette market has quietly grown to become the world’s third largest by value. With relatively low vaping prevalence, high smoking rates, and a huge population, it has significant potential for further growth. But it is also...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th December 2020 || News analysis |
Hundreds of vaping businesses have shown interest in a new project launched by the main Italian industry association to support and promote e-cigarette retail and create a network of vaping suppliers ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th December 2020 || News analysis |
Experts on smoking say the post-Brexit UK revision of the 2016 Tobacco and Related Products Regulations (TRPR) should include tougher rules on the advertising and labelling of tobacco-alternative products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th December 2020 || News analysis |
The lower house of the Swiss Federal Assembly, the National Council, is debating the country’s draft Federal Tobacco Act, but a final vote on the bill is unlikely before mid-2021 ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th December 2020 || News analysis |
New bills in both the Texas House and the Senate would impose a tax on vapour products, which lawmakers might find appealing given the budget crunch on the heels of the coronavirus pandemic ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd December 2020 || News analysis |
San Francisco is a step closer to becoming one of the largest cities in the US to prohibit smoking and vaping in private apartments after a proposal received broad support in the city’s legislative body ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th November 2020 || News analysis |
US president-elect Joe Biden has yet to name his candidates to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), roles that will be crucial to e-cigarette regulation ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th November 2020 || News analysis |
Taiwan’s Executive Yuan is expected to meet shortly to discuss the draft proposal to amend the country’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act submitted late last month by the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th November 2020 || News analysis |
Carlo Infurna Wangüemert, market analyst, presented vaping product trends in the US at Vape Live during VOXPO – Virtual Online Vape & CBD Expo on 19th November. He analysed the changes in flavour and nicotine concentration of the...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th November 2020 || News analysis |
The Spanish Ministry of Health has prepared a draft amendment to the current Tobacco Act, including some provisions concerning e-cigarettes, which the ministry considers hazardous ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th November 2020 || News analysis |
Imperial Brands has revealed that net revenue from its next-generation portfolio declined by 27% in the year to September and announced that it will take a “more prudent approach” in its business model from now on ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th November 2020 || News analysis |
The Polish Ministry of Finance is to allow the use of non-adhesive stamps instead of self-adhesive ones, a month after the new excise tax rate on e-liquids and novel tobacco products came into force ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th November 2020 || Market reports |
While China is the supplier of e-cigarettes to the world, the domestic vapour market is small, slow-growing – and faces the uncertainty of future regulation, or even a total takeover, by the state tobacco monopoly ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th November 2020 || News analysis |
The Norwegian government is working on a new proposal to create a tax scheme for vaping products as part of its plans to legalise nicotine-containing e-cigarettes by 2021 ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th November 2020 || News analysis |
Industry insiders have called for vape stores to be classed as essential outlets as all non-essential shops in England are ordered to close for a month under the terms of the country’s second lockdown ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd November 2020 || News analysis |
Public health and vaping organisations in Argentina are working on a proposal to regulate e-cigarettes, arguing that the current legislation, which dates from 2011, is no longer fit for purpose ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th October 2020 || News analysis |
Just a few days ahead of US elections, there is a lot of uncertainty about the approach that the next White House leader will have towards the tobacco-alternatives industry ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th October 2020 || News analysis |
Nova Scotia’s Supreme Court will rule by the end of next month as to whether it strikes down key parts of the province's recent vaping laws after a company took the Canadian state to court amid violation of...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th October 2020 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased the amount of mandatory information required to report a problem with an e-cigarette device in order to “identify new or concerning trends” ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th October 2020 || News analysis |
The US state of Michigan is working to implement a new regulation that would ban the sale of flavoured vaping products and limit the advertising of such products, one year after a court blocked a previous effort by...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd October 2020 || News analysis |
Regulators need to consider the risks of the precautionary measures they implement, and not just the risks they are trying to avoid, according to researchers studying Australian e-cigarette regulation ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd October 2020 || News analysis |
The Australian Ministry of Health decided to defer until further notice the implementation of the import ban on nicotine e-cigarettes that was to come into force in January 2021, after already being postponed by half a year ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd October 2020 || News analysis |
A study concludes that e-liquids marketed in Germany do not contain potential concerning chemicals and additives such as vitamin E acetate, but warned about high levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in some of them ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st October 2020 || News analysis |
The Polish tax authorities are to intensify their enforcement actions to ensure industry complies with the new excise tax rate on e-liquids and novel tobacco products that came into force on 1st October ...
It is prohibited to sell, use, possess for sale, import or distribute imitation tobacco products including e-cigarettes and e-cigarettes devices in Singapore. This report covers all areas of regulation for e-cigs in Singapore ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th October 2020 || News analysis |
The number of e-cigarette users in Great Britain declined by 400,000 between 2019 and 2020, according to new research by the public health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2020 || News analysis |
Nicotine e-cigarettes can be more effective than other more traditional methods in helping smokers to quit the habit for at least six months, the latest Cochrane review of the subject has concluded ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2020 || News analysis |
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, is seeking to pass legislation equating tobacco-alternative products to conventional cigarettes and other restrictions in line with the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...
Juul is being sued in courts across the US. Most of the cases brought by individuals, states, or school districts have many allegations in common – and the consequences could affect the whole e-cigarette industry ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th October 2020 || News analysis |
A day ahead of the presentation of the Irish 2021 budget, the government in Dublin is being urged to put forward a new tax scheme for vaping products ...
E-cigarette regulation in Azerbaijan was made equal to that of conventional tobacco products by the Law Restricting the Use of Tobacco Products. This report provides an overview of the current regulatory framework ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th October 2020 || News analysis |
More than 100 school districts across the US have joined in suing Juul Labs, accusing the company of “intentional and fraudulent marketing to children” ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th October 2020 || News analysis |
Switching from smoking to vaping is likely to reduce harm to health but could still have risks, while flavours represent an area of further uncertainty, an independent UK government science committee has concluded ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th September 2020 || News analysis |
The Greek e-cigarette industry is largely “satisfied” with the government’s decision to repeal the law banning shake and vape products – but doubts and difficulties remain ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd September 2020 || News analysis |
Juul Labs chairman and CEO Kevin Crosthwaite has warned that regulatory efforts to curb e-cigarette use risk tipping the balance back in favour of more dangerous combustible cigarettes ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st September 2020 || News analysis |
After years of discussions within the governing coalition and campaigning by health bodies, Germany is to impose further restrictions on the advertising of tobacco and vaping products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st September 2020 || News analysis |
Tobacco control advocates in Indonesia have questioned the government’s lack of progress on revising the regulation on the safety of addictive ingredients in tobacco products and urged it to get the ball rolling ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th September 2020 || News analysis |
Many smokers believe vaping is at least as harmful as combustible cigarettes, despite e-cigarettes’ lower production of toxicants and carcinogens; researchers in England have been examining why ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th September 2020 || News analysis |
The Dutch government is running a consultation on a proposed amendment to current tobacco regulations that will create a legal basis to impose plain packaging for e-cigarettes ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th September 2020 || News analysis |
The European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) believes the use of e-cigarettes for adult smoking cessation could be a “sensible argument”, but argues that more scientific evidence is needed ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th September 2020 || News analysis |
German online vaping retailers may no longer be allowed to promote e-cigarettes as a tool to quit smoking after a regional court ruled that the practice violates the federal Tobacco Act ...
Kazakhstan adopted regulation for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products in July 2020, when the legal framework mostly equalised regulation of e-cigarettes with the regulation of tobacco products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th September 2020 || News analysis |
A working group set by the governor in Oregon to address “the epidemic of vaping-related illness and youth vaping” has recommended policymakers to ban flavoured e-cigarettes in the state and increase the tax on these products ...
While there is currently limited regulation, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health is working on a proposed total ban on e-cigarettes. This report provides information on both current and possible future regulation ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd September 2020 || Infographics |
Understand consumer spending habits, preferred distribution channels, nicotine strengths and formats, leading brands and popular e-liquid categories in...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd September 2020 || News analysis |
Melbourne City Council in Australia has voted unanimously in favour of ban on vaping in 11 defined smoke-free areas in the city’s central business district ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st September 2020 || News analysis |
The sale of flavoured e-cigarettes will be illegal in California from January 2021 after the US state’s governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to ban them from the market ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st August 2020 || News analysis |
A joint regulation of e-cigarettes that will apply across Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan is expected to be adopted by 2022 – but there is some scepticism about the timescale ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th August 2020 || News analysis |
British Columbia's vaping industry is scrambling after the western Canadian province recently announced new regulations amid the prediction that the new rules could lead to shortages of some e-liquids ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th August 2020 || News analysis |
Officials in the US state of Montana have reversed course and will drop plans to ban sales of flavoured vaping products after opposition from state lawmakers ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st August 2020 || News analysis |
California is edging closing to banning flavoured vapour and tobacco products after legislation advanced through committee and is now awaiting a final full Assembly vote in the next few days ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th August 2020 || News analysis |
The UK government is to create a new body replacing Public Health England (PHE) with a single command structure focused on tackling COVID-19 and “protecting the nation’s health” ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th August 2020 || News analysis |
US e-liquid manufacturer Eonsmoke, which recently announced that it had ceased all operations, has been ordered to pay $22.5m to the state of Arizona for selling unapproved vapour products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th August 2020 || News analysis |
A spike in new cases of COVID-19 in Spain has prompted the national government to prohibit smoking and vaping in all public spaces where it is not possible to ensure a 2m social distance ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th August 2020 || News analysis |
The State of Mexico – the most populous of the country’s 32 states – wants to ban the use of e-cigarettes in spaces such as bars, restaurants and workplaces ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th August 2020 || News analysis |
Sales of closed-system e-cigarettes in South Korea were down by 80% in the first half of 2020, a fall attributed by the government to its own ongoing policy efforts to discourage vaping ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th August 2020 || News analysis |
An excise tax on e-liquids is in limbo after the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned a partial veto by the US state’s governor, saying he overstepped his authority ...
Although not yet an EU member, Albania – to an extent – replicated the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) into domestic law in 2019 through the amendment to the Law on the Protection of Health from Tobacco Products...
New restrictions on e-cigarette promotion and advertising are coming into force today in Canada and the vaping industry is getting ready to comply with another change in the federal legislation ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th August 2020 || News analysis |
New Zealand's Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill was adopted by lawmakers with broad cross-party support on 4th August ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th August 2020 || News analysis |
Stavroula Anastasopoulou, our senior market analyst, discussed consumer habits across the UK market at Vape Live during VOXPO - Virtual Online Vape & CBD Expo on 31st...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd August 2020 || News analysis |
The Food and Drug Administration in the Philippines proposed new restrictions for vaping and heated tobacco products in the revised draft guidelines regulating their manufacture, importation, sale, packaging, advertising, and distribution ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th July 2020 || News analysis |
A Beijing-based tobacco association intends to submit a proposal to the legislators at the city’s people’s congress, prohibiting vaping in public areas in the near future amid lack of vaping “provisions” in the current local law ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd July 2020 || News analysis |
Jordan has brought e-cigarettes under tobacco regulations, including banning their use in indoor public spaces – but the e-cig industry does not expect the new regulations to be fully enforced ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd July 2020 || News analysis |
Chinese authorities have decided to take further steps to toughen enforcement of e-cigarette regulations, increasing compliance checks in both online and offline channels ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st July 2020 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warnings to Puff Bar and nine other companies demanding they withdraw unapproved vapour products from the market ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th July 2020 || News analysis |
The World Health Organization (WHO) says progress in the adoption of tobacco control and taxation policies is uneven across Europe amid an increase in e-cigarette use among young people ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th July 2020 || News analysis |
A California-based company is seeking US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorisation to market what it calls the first “vapour-style inhalable” nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) device ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th July 2020 || News analysis |
The US Congress is getting closer to considering a prohibition on sending e-cigarettes via the mail after the Senate unanimously approved new legislation ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th July 2020 || News analysis |
Lawmakers in the US state of Georgia have voted to impose a tax on e-cigarettes from 1st January 2021; after passing both chambers of the legislature the bill is now awaiting only the governor's signature ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th July 2020 || News analysis |
The number of vapers in the UK fell slightly in 2019 compared to the previous year, according to annual data on adult smoking habits released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th July 2020 || News analysis |
Poland’s Ministry of Finance has decided to delay tax on e-liquids by three months to reduce the red tape for businesses during the coronavirus pandemic ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd July 2020 || News analysis |
South Korea’s health minister Park Neung-hoo has announced a fresh plan to ban advertising and promotional activities for e-cigarettes and other tobacco-alternative products ...
ECigIntelligence managing news editor David Palacios joins Jon Bruford to discuss the implications and impact of the looming Tobacco Products Directive version 3 on the...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st July 2020 || News analysis |
Voters in the US state of Colorado will decide in November whether to enact a new tax on vapour products after the state legislature agreed to put a taxation scheme for nicotine products to the ballot ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th June 2020 || News analysis |
The newly elected taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland, Micheál Martin, has a more restrictive approach to tobacco-alternative products among his policy priorities, as laid out in the coalition government's five-year plan ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th June 2020 || News analysis |
Hong Kong will reintroduce a bill to ban tobacco-alternative products after local elections in September. The Legislative Council halted discussions on the existing bill due to a lack of time ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th June 2020 || News analysis |
Officials in the US state of Montana want to implement a total ban on the sale, marketing, and advertising of flavoured vaping products, in a move they admit could seriously impact the local industry ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th June 2020 || News analysis |
The Dutch government is working on new legislation to ban all e-cigarette flavours early next year to reduce the appeal of vaping to young people while not discouraging smokers from using e-cigs to help them quit ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th June 2020 || News analysis |
US vapers are becoming increasingly drawn to fruit flavours. In the first quarter of 2020 the category accounted for more than 40% of all e-liquids tracked by ECigIntelligence for its newly launched US flavours tracker ...
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