Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd July 2025 || News analysis |
The Lahore High Court has granted interim relief to vape retailers across Punjab, in Pakistan, by ordering the immediate de-sealing of their shops, which had been shut down under the province’s recent e-cig ban ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th June 2025 || News analysis |
Marketed as an alternative to traditional nicotine, 6-methyl nicotine is drawing growing concern from public health authorities in countries across the European Union ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th June 2025 || News analysis |
The battle over proposed restrictions on flavoured vaping products across Canada is heating up, with anti-smoking groups calling on the new government to impose restrictions in its first 100 days ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th June 2025 || News analysis |
With great fanfare, the US Food and Drug Administration has announced the rollout of its new artificial intelligence scientific review assistant, Elsa. But questions have been raised about the tool’s potential ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th June 2025 || News analysis |
With the UK's prohibition on disposable vapes now in effect (as of 1st June), enforcement will be the key factor for success – a challenge plaguing similar bans already in place in France and Belgium ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th June 2025 || News analysis |
As the UK's prohibition on disposable vapes gets underway (as of 1st June), a look at how other island nations are managing similar measures offers a cautionary tale ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd June 2025 || News analysis |
Malaysian vape industry associations say the domestic market is in a state of uncertainty, with regulatory clarity still lacking and increasing fragmentation at the state level ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th May 2025 || News analysis |
March saw Australia’s largest-ever haul of illegal vapes and cigarettes by a health authority, and similar seizures have occurred in the wake of regulations in effect since October ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd May 2025 || News analysis |
In part two of a two-part series, we look at the role vaping plays in tobacco companies’ quest to transform themselves into smoke-free businesses, with one company standing out in the category ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th May 2025 || News analysis |
In part one of a two-part series, we examine how close leading players are to their goals of becoming smoke-free almost ten years after the first tobacco company committed to swapping cigarettes for alternative products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th May 2025 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) process for quantifying the risk of under-age use of next-generation products (NGPs) could be fuelling the illicit market because so many NGPs are being refused authorisation ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th May 2025 || News analysis |
Two decades after the adoption of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, public health expert Derek Yach asks: ”Surely we could have done better by now?” ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th May 2025 || News analysis |
A bill that would reset the country’s stance on vaping products, the import and merchandising of which have been prohibited since a 2009 ban, will likely be voted on in committee in the Brazilian Senate this year ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th April 2025 || News analysis |
Steep US tariffs on China have also put pressure on e-cig importers, who may look to other countries to diversify production away from China. However, it seems Latin American countries cannot come to the rescue ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th April 2025 || News analysis |
Thailand is embroiled in a tussle over regulating vapes, after a government crackdown on an illegal industry netted e-cigs worth millions of dollars and shut down operations serving the country’s voracious vaping market ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st March 2025 || News analysis |
Excise taxes in Ukraine on cigarettes and tobacco products, which could also include e-liquids, have been raised by nearly 25%, effective 25th March ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th March 2025 || News analysis |
As part of its efforts to cut alternative tobacco product sales in Poland, the country’s Ministry of Health is advancing plans to ban nicotine-containing and nicotine-free single-use vapes ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th March 2025 || News analysis |
Italian businesses claim a ban on the online sale of nicotine-containing products has resulted in up to 80% revenue loss and say the decree was pointless ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th March 2025 || News analysis |
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is moving closer to adopting unified regulations for electronic alternatives to tobacco products, with a final draft approved by the GCC Standardization Organization in January ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd March 2025 || News analysis |
Poland aims to use its position as EU Council president to place measures targeting alternative tobacco products high on the bloc’s legislative agenda just as Warsaw is advancing tax hikes and bans in the sector ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th February 2025 || News analysis |
Packaging of US nicotine alternatives could face a major shake-up, thanks to First Amendment challenges against restrictions on what companies can say and do ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th February 2025 || News analysis |
The Polish Council of Ministers has adopted a draft bill to extend an excise tax to nicotine pouches and vaping and heating devices, including disposables ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th February 2025 || News analysis |
New tobacco sales requirements proposed in January by the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs explicitly include regulations for e-cigarettes in Saudi Arabia and signal a move towards stricter controls ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd February 2025 || News analysis |
Vaping companies face ethical and legal challenges as they navigate an increasingly complex market and attempt to grow market share without attracting accusations that they are exacerbating the youth vaping epidemic ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th January 2025 || News analysis |
The Polish Ministry of Health has submitted a draft bill to the Council of Ministers aiming to ban the sale of all types of e-cigarettes and e-liquids to under-18s ...
ECigIntelligence analysts make two riskier predictions: Argentina will move to legalise and regulate nicotine alternatives, and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will take steps to regulate them in 2025 ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th December 2024 || News analysis |
Mexico has become the first country to enshrine a ban on vapes, e-cigarettes and similar devices in its constitution, aiming to safeguard public health at an unprecedented legal level ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th December 2024 || News analysis |
A new tax on single-use e-cigs in Morocco has drawn mixed responses, as some political parties called for more stringent measures to tackle the increasing popularity of vaping ...
The ECigIntelligence monthly regulatory podcast provides insight and analysis on the major regulatory developments of the previous month affecting the sector ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th December 2024 || Podcasts |
Join the Tamarind Intelligence leadership team for an insightful round-table discussion with four industry experts. They reflect on the highlights and challenges of 2024 in the reduced-risk nicotine sector and share their predictions for...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th December 2024 || News analysis |
An Iraqi bill that would define electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) – including e-cigarette devices – and bring them under the tobacco regime is now overdue for a vote ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th November 2024 || News analysis |
Nicotine alternatives remain unregulated in Panama following a 14th May Supreme Court decision declaring a 2022 law unconstitutional that banned e-cigarettes, heated tobacco and similar devices ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th November 2024 || News analysis |
Poland’s health minister, Izabela Leszczyna, has announced that her ministry is drafting legislation to ban e-cigarettes with flavours as well as synthetic nicotine pouches ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th November 2024 || News analysis |
Peru has taken a bold step in public health regulation with new legislation aimed at curbing the impact of tobacco and nicotine products as Congress approves strict guidelines for their use ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th November 2024 || News analysis |
Costa Rica is advancing legislation aimed at strengthening its regulatory framework for the vaping industry, with a new amendment that will comprehensively replace the existing law ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th October 2024 || News analysis |
A rule banning grocery stores of 400 sq m+ from selling tobacco products, tobacco-related products and e-cigs has been called arbitrary and without justification on public health grounds in a recent court challenge ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd October 2024 || News analysis |
In a significant step to restrict the online sale of nicotine products, Italy has banned online sales of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, indicating a shift towards stricter regulations ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th October 2024 || News analysis |
Anti-smoking groups are calling on Canada’s addictions minister Ya’ara Saks to resign if she doesn’t move quickly to restrict flavoured vaping products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th October 2024 || News analysis |
The Polish government has unveiled plans to extend the country’s excise tax to vaping devices, to be adopted by the Council of Ministers in the fourth quarter of 2024 and take effect in the first quarter of 2025...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th October 2024 || News analysis |
Malaysian e-cigarette groups and health associations welcomed the enactment this month of a new tobacco law that includes vape liquids and devices, but they expressed concern about the lack of clarity on some aspects ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th September 2024 || News analysis |
In a significant legislative move, the South African Parliament has revived the Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill, signalling a renewed commitment to stringent tobacco and e-cigarette regulations ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th September 2024 || News analysis |
After years of pledging to regulate e-cigarettes and tobacco products, Indonesia has finally taken decisive action. However, a move to tighten regulations on packaging has raised concerns among industry stakeholders ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th September 2024 || News analysis |
Arguments made by Italian tax companies that the minimum excise duty on conventional cigarettes may favour larger corporations and disadvantage smaller brands could also indirectly apply to alternative nicotine products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd September 2024 || News analysis |
In a landmark move aimed at bolstering public health and tightening regulations on the tobacco industry, the Kenyan parliament is proposing three-year jail terms for individuals promoting nicotine products, including pouches and vapes ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th August 2024 || News analysis |
Nicotine pouch sales have been growing dramatically, fuelled by celebrity marketing activity. However, it appears little of that growth is due to cannibalising sales from vaping ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd August 2024 || News analysis |
Data suggests growth in the uptake of disposable vaping devices in the UK is slowing and use is stabilising, bringing into question the usefulness of a ban on these products in the country ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd August 2024 || News analysis |
Businesses that lead product innovation with what the consumer wants will be one step ahead when it comes to taking a next-generation product to market – particularly when making PMTAs in the US ...
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...