BAT launches new CBD Vuse e-liquids in the UK

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th January 2021 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Companies

Business briefing

British American Tobacco (BAT) has launched in the British market CBD e-liquids compatible with its VUSE device as part of the company’s plan to expand its portfolio into new areas “beyond nicotine” ...

COVID-19: emergency regulations and affected legislative procedures

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th January 2021 || Regulatory trackers |

COVID-19

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory trackers

Find all of ECigIntelligence’s coronavirus-related regulatory alerts here, updated as they appear ...

US agents seize 33,000 fake Puff e-cigarettes flown in from China

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th January 2021 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

New pictorial warnings come into force in South Korea, but tax hike is averted

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th January 2021 || Business briefing |

Asia

South Korea

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Business briefing

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 ...

Chinese e-cigarette leader Relx moves towards $100m US stock market launch

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th January 2021 || Business briefing |

Asia

China

North America

United States

Companies

Major brands

Business briefing

The leading Chinese e-cigarette brand Relx has taken the first formal steps toward an initial public offering (IPO) in the US ...

A world of regulatory change in 2021: ECigIntelligence assesses the prospects

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th January 2021 || Regulatory reports |

Africa

Asia

Australasia

Australia

Bahrain

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

Central America

China

Costa Rica

Denmark

Estonia

EU

Europe

Germany

Hong Kong

Hungary

Indonesia

Ireland

Kazakhstan

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lithuania

Malaysia

Netherlands

New Zealand

North America

Norway

Oman

Philippines

Poland

Qatar

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

South Africa

South America

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Taiwan

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

World

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory reports

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 ...

Italy’s budget brings in new taxes on e-liquids, with and without nicotine

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th January 2021 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Italy

Tax

Regulatory briefing

Italy has entered 2021 with new excise duties on e-liquids after the Senate passed the 2021 Budget law (Legge di bilancio) ...

Key global e-cigarette markets database: January 2021

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th January 2021 || Databases |

Africa

Argentina

Asia

Australasia

Australia

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Central America

Chile

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Europe

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lithuania

Malaysia

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

North America

North Korea

Norway

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovenia

South Africa

South America

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

World

Companies

Market Research

Marketing and Retailing

Databases

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 over 45 countries worldwide with...

International regulatory Live Alerts monthly round-up January

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th January 2021 || Live Alerts International |

Afghanistan

Africa

Algeria

Argentina

Armenia

Asia

Australasia

Australia

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Brazil

Cambodia

Central America

Chile

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Democratic Rep. of the Congo

Ecuador

Egypt

Ethiopia

Honduras

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Libya

Malaysia

Mauritania

Mexico

Middle East

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

New Zealand

Nigeria

North Korea

Oman

Pakistan

Panama

Peru

Philippines

Qatar

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

South Africa

South America

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Syria

Taiwan

Tanzania

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

World

Yemen

Zimbabwe

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Technology and Innovation

Live Alerts International

All the stories from the ECigIntelligence weekly international regulatory Live Alerts in one user-friendly database, updated every month. This regulatory tool consolidates all of our international regulatory Live Alerts since they were launched in December 2019, collected in...

Europe regulatory Live Alerts monthly round-up January

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th January 2021 || Live alerts EU |

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

England

Estonia

EU

Europe

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man

Italy

Kosovo

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxemburg

Macedonia

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Ireland

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Scandinavia

Scotland

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Wales

Health

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Technology and Innovation

Live alerts EU

  All the stories from the ECigIntelligence daily Europe regulatory Live Alerts in one user-friendly database, updated every month. This regulatory tool consolidates all of our Europe regulatory Live Alerts since they were launched in January 2018, collected...

US regulatory Live Alerts monthly round-up January

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th January 2021 || Live alerts US |

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North America

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

United States

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Washington D.C.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Companies

Health

Market Research

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Technology and Innovation

Live alerts US

  All the stories from the ECigIntelligence daily US regulatory Live Alerts in one user-friendly database, updated every month. This regulatory tool consolidates all of our US regulatory Live Alerts, since they were launched in November 2017, and...

Philippine memorandum lays down rules on labelling of tobacco alternatives

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Philippines

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

UK healthcare products agency ready to take over e-cigarette notifications

Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

United Kingdom

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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...

Canada moves to lower federal nicotine concentration cap, may restrict flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Canada

North America

Flavours

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

China’s e-cig market faces the possible threat of a government change of heart

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th December 2020 || Business briefing |

Asia

China

Policy and Politics

Business briefing

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 ...

Podcast: E-cigarettes in China: market, regulation and outlook

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th December 2020 || Business briefing , Podcasts |

Asia

China

Market Research

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

Podcasts

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...

Italy’s small vape businesses welcome association’s planned retail network

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th December 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

Italy

Retail

Business briefing

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 ...

Quebec unveils plan to ban flavours and limit nicotine concentration in e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Canada

North America

Quebec

Flavours

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Canada’s second-largest province has become the latest to announce an intention to restrict flavours and limit nicotine levels in vaping products ...

Experts call for tighter regulation of e-cigs in revised UK tobacco legislation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

Swiss lower house starts discussion of long-awaited law on e-cigarettes

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Switzerland

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

Texas legislature to consider new e-cigarette tax for storage and use

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

Texas

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

San Francisco heads for ban on smoking or vaping in private apartments

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

California

North America

United States

Health

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

Bid to ban flavours in New Brunswick raises hackles in Canadian vape trade

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st December 2020 || Business briefing |

Canada

New Brunswick

North America

Flavours

Business briefing

New legislation tabled in the New Brunswick provincial legislature to ban flavours in e-liquids has caused alarm among Canada’s vaping industry ...

Who will Biden pick for the top health jobs crucial to US e-cig regulation?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

Indonesia heading towards a standard for vaping products ‘to aid the market’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Indonesia

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Indonesian Ministry of Industry is planning to hold discussions by the end of the year as it works on a new national standard for e-cigarettes ...

Taiwan government to consider e-cig ban in amendment to Tobacco Hazards Act

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Taiwan

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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) ...

Vape sales in Dutch supermarkets to end in 2024 in planned phase-out of tobacco

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Netherlands

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Retail

Regulatory briefing

From 2024, supermarkets in the Netherlands will no longer be allowed to sell tobacco products, including e-cigarettes ...

Vaping product trends in the US

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th November 2020 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Market Research

Business briefing

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...

Spanish ministry aims to equate ‘unsafe’ e-cigs with tobacco in new regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Spain

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

Imperial to be more ‘prudent’ after tobacco-alternatives revenues slip

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th November 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Companies

Major brands

Business briefing

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 ...

Poland to allow non-adhesive excise tax stamps due to glue shortage

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Poland

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

US e-cig stakeholders database

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th November 2020 || Databases |

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North America

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

United States

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Washington D.C.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Companies

Health

Market Research

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Databases

Use our newly updated directory of stakeholders in the EU e-cigarette world to find the most relevant organisations in every...

International e-cigarette stakeholders database

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th November 2020 || Databases |

Africa

Argentina

Asia

Australasia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Central America

Chile

China

Colombia

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

EU

Finland

France

Germany

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxemburg

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Netherlands

Norway

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

South America

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Uruguay

World

Companies

Health

Market Research

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Databases

Use our newly updated directory of stakeholders in the European and Asian e-cigarette world to find the most relevant organisations in every...

European e-cig stakeholders database

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th November 2020 || Databases |

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

England

Estonia

EU

Europe

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxemburg

Malta

Monaco

Netherlands

Northern Ireland

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Scotland

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Wales

Companies

Health

Market Research

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Databases

Use our newly updated directory of stakeholders in the EU e-cigarette world to find the most relevant organisations in every...

Market report: China – will China Tobacco step in and take control?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th November 2020 || Market reports |

Asia

China

Companies

Consumers

Major brands

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 ...

Norway working on plan to tax nicotine e-cigarettes – once they are legalised

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Norway

Tax

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

Vape industry warns of 50% sales drop as second lockdown begins in England

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th November 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Consumers

COVID-19

Health

Policy and Politics

Retail

Business briefing

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 ...

Health body calls for e-cig regulation in Argentina in place of ‘outdated’ ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Argentina

South America

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

How will the US elections shape the future of the vaping industry?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

Court to decide whether it halts Nova Scotia’s flavour ban and tax

Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Canada

North America

Nova Scotia

Flavours

Tax

Regulatory briefing

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...

US FDA wants to identify ‘concerning’ trends in vaping device problems

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th October 2020 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Consumers

Business briefing

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” ...

Michigan revives attempt at state flavour ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Michigan

North America

United States

Flavours

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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...

Hard-line Australia has precautionary principle all wrong, study suggests

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd October 2020 || Business briefing |

Australasia

Australia

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

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 ...

Australia postpones e-cigarette import ban for the second time

Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

Australia

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

Government concludes German e-liquids are vitamin E free, but warns about THC

Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd October 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

Germany

Health

Science

Business briefing

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 ...

Poland ready to get tough on compliance with newly imposed tax on e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Poland

COVID-19

Tax

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

Regulatory report: Singapore

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th October 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Asia

Singapore

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory reports

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 ...

ASH blames ‘mistaken belief in harm’ for 11% drop in number of British vapers

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th October 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Consumers

Health

Business briefing

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) ...

Cochrane evidence review supports nicotine e-cigs for smoking cessation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Health

Business briefing

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 ...

Ukrainian parliament to consider new e-cig restrictions by the end of the year

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Ukraine

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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) ...