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Netherlands heads towards ruling out e-liquid flavours from early next year

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 ...

New tracker reveals extent of US trend towards fruit-flavoured e-liquids

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 ...

Reynolds sues LA County over ‘draconian’ e-cig flavour ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th June 2020 || News analysis |

RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company and two of its affiliates have filed a lawsuit trying to strike down Los Angeles County’s ban on flavoured vapour and tobacco products ...

Philippines on track for strict e-cig regulation, awaits public comments

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th June 2020 || News analysis |

The Philippines Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appears to be tightening its grip on the country’s e-cigarette industry with a detailed proposal to regulate vapour products ...

New minty e-liquid flavours laid out to tempt former menthol smokers

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th June 2020 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

A month after the ban on menthol cigarettes came into effect in Europe, manufacturers are looking to new e-liquid lines to attract former menthol smokers looking for an alternative ...

US regulatory tracker enacted state law historical updates

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th June 2020 || Resources |

This provides a historical compilation of the updates to the US regulatory tracker: enacted state law from August 2020 to present ...

Global regulatory tracker historical updates

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th June 2020 || Resources |

This provides a historical compilation of the updates to the Global e-cigarette regulatory tracker from August 2020 to the present ...

Accusations fly over proposal for a nationwide e-cigarette ban in China

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th June 2020 || News analysis |

Proposals for the national regulation of e-cigarettes in China range from advertising restrictions to a controversial suggestion by the boss of a pharmaceutical company that they should be totally banned ...

How the 2019 US developments will impact the global vape market for many years to come

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th June 2020 || News analysis |

Our managing director, Tim Phillips, recently discussed how the 2019 US developments will impact the global vape market at the Global Forum on Nicotine, which took place online on 11th and 12th June. He explored the US vape...

Regulatory report: Malta, June 2020

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th June 2020 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This report outlines current national regulation of e-cigarettes and e-liquids in Malta, the smallest country in the European Union ...

Alberta tables new e-cig legislation setting under-age sales ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th June 2020 || News analysis |

Canada could soon have provincial vaping laws from coast to coast after Alberta, the one province without its own law, tabled legislation to crack down on where vaping products can be sold and who can purchase them ...

US representatives ask FDA to publish a list of vaping PMTA submissions

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th June 2020 || News analysis |

Members of the US Congress have asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to produce “a public list” of vaping products for which premarket tobacco product applications (PMTA) have been submitted ...

While vapour recovers, BAT puts back its £5bn goal for next-gen revenue

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th June 2020 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) is pushing back to 2025 its goal of achieving £5bn in revenues from its next-generation portfolio amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic ...

Altria takes Reynolds to court over alleged Vuse patent infringement

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th June 2020 || News analysis |

The Altria Group have filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co., a subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc., over some of its Vuse e-cigarette products ...

Russia’s e-cig bill remains on hold amid disagreement among lawmakers

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th June 2020 || News analysis |

A proposal to impose stricter regulations for e-cigarettes in Russia is being reviewed by the government while the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly, has put the process on hold ...

German Bundestag debates upcoming outdoor and cinema advertising ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd June 2020 || News analysis |

Germany has moved a step closer to a comprehensive ban on outdoor advertising of tobacco – including vaping and heated tobacco products – with a first debate in the Bundestag ...

Canada regulatory tracker historical updates

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st June 2020 || Resources |

This provides a historical compilation of the updates to the Canada regulatory tracker: provincial and territorial tracker from June 2021 to present ...

California governor proposes vape tax from 2021, supports state flavour ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th May 2020 || News analysis |

California is putting forward a budget proposal that would increase taxes on vapour products in the next fiscal year and promises to work on a statewide flavour ban ...

Vape stores across England preparing to reopen for business next month

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th May 2020 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

The English vaping industry is preparing to reopen the roughly 3,000 vape stores across the country after a ten-week lockdown imposed by the government due to the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Brazil puts back until 2021 a decision on whether to legalise e-cigarettes

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th May 2020 || News analysis |

Brazil has postponed until next year a decision on the possible legalisation of e-cigarettes amid a “reorientation” of health priorities to contain the expansion of the coronavirus pandemic ...

Oklahoma and Minnesota bring total number of Tobacco 21 states to 26

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th May 2020 || News analysis |

Minnesota and Oklahoma have adopted laws raising the legal age to purchase tobacco and vapour products to 21, bringing to 26 the number of US states to have taken similar measures ...

Basic starter kit prices of new and old brands in Russia

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st May 2020 || News analysis |

ECigIntelligence compares the newest products on the Russian e-cig market and how their prices compare to the average and the previous year. The full Russia market report goes into detailed analysis of pricing, market size, form factors, purchase...

Canada’s Nova Scotia sets nicotine cap, British Columbia may follow suit

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st May 2020 || News analysis |

The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is to limit the nicotine concentration in e-cigs to 20 mg/ml. And with no federal regulation on the issue, some other provinces are considering a similar approach ...

Imperial Brands posts 43.9% slump in next-generation half-year revenues

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th May 2020 || News analysis |

Imperial Brands, the company behind the e-cigarette brand Blu, has recorded a major slump in revenue from its next-generation products ...

Melbourne moves to ban vaping in the business district ‘to clear the air’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th May 2020 || News analysis |

The Australian city of Melbourne is working to implement new regulation that would prohibit the use of e-cigarettes in the city’s central business district ...

Maryland governor vetoes planned increases in vaping sales taxes

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th May 2020 || News analysis |

A planned increase in sales taxes on e-cigarettes has been halted in the US state of Maryland due to concern about the economic impact on the industry amid the coronavirus pandemic ...

Limited enforcement of the online sales and advertising ban in China

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th May 2020 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

The enforcement of the ban issued in China in late 2019 that prohibits the online sales of e-cigarettes as well as vaping advertising has proven relatively ineffective, ECigIntelligence has found ...

Regulatory report: provincial legislation in China

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th May 2020 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This itemised report details the regulatory requirements and restrictions on e-cigarette products in the six Chinese provinces – Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shenzhen ...

Moves afoot in Belgian Parliament to ban a range of e-cigarette flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th May 2020 || News analysis |

A Belgian MP has submitted a proposal to Parliament that aims to ban certain e-cigarette flavours to make them less attractive to young people ...

New Jersey bill proposes 19,000% rise in vaping business licence

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th May 2020 || News analysis |

A new bill introduced in the New Jersey Legislature is considering new regulations for vapour businesses and dramatically increasing the licence cost for opening new vape stores ...

Regulatory report: Finland, May 2020

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th May 2020 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This report provides an overview of the current regulatory landscape for e-cigarettes in Finland, including advertising and marketing restrictions, notification obligations and product restrictions ...

Notified e-liquid nicotine strength per brand in Italy

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th May 2020 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

The top e-liquid brands each have a distinctive range of notified nicotine strengths as highlighted by this graphic. The full TPD notification report for Italy provides insights into the notified categories in Italy – such as disposable devices,...

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COVID-19 news round-up

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th April 2020 || News analysis |

All ECigIntelligence’s COVID-19-related news briefings and other data can now be found in one place here ...

COP9 postponement buys time to consider evidence, say experts

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th April 2020 || News analysis |

The postponement of the 2020 Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) to next year could be good news for the tobacco alternatives sector ...

Flavour ban and coronavirus a double whammy for New Jersey vape trade

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th April 2020 || News analysis |

Vaping businesses in the US state of New Jersey, already crunched by the coronavirus pandemic, now say they need to make radical changes to stay afloat under a state ban on the sale of flavoured e-cigs ...

Health advocates urge Indonesian president to act against vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th April 2020 || News analysis |

A large grouping of non-profit and health organisations has called on Indonesian president Joko Widodo to take a stricter stance against e-cigarettes and other tobacco products in the battle against COVID-19 ...

Podcast: e-cig and tobacco industry analysis during the COVID-19 pandemic

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th April 2020 || News analysis , Podcasts |

Our host for today’s podcast is Tim Phillips, the founder and managing director of ECigIntelligence, who presents a year overview and analysis of the regulatory path in the e-cigarette sector ...

Pandemic measures place new pressures on US vaping trade

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd April 2020 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

The sweeping response to the global COVID-19 pandemic has had an uneven impact on the US vaping sector, with some stores being forced to close while others respond in novel ways to government restrictions ...

Billy Gifford, the new captain to drive into Altria’s future

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th April 2020 || News analysis |

Altria has appointed Billy Gifford as the company’s new CEO and announced the retirement of current CEO and chairman, Howard Willard, who has been in the company for 28 years ...

Russia’s best-selling e-liquid brands

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th April 2020 || News analysis |

ECigIntelligence has identified the top-selling e-liquid brand in Russia, as well as two brands that have appeared in the top-three best selling e-liquid brands for the first time....

Costa Rica gearing up to ban public vaping and tax e-cig products

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th April 2020 || News analysis |

The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica is heading towards passing new legislation before the end of April that would ban the use of e-cigarettes in public and impose taxes on all e-cigs and e-liquids ...

Kentucky lawmakers pass separate taxes for open and closed e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th April 2020 || News analysis |

Lawmakers in the US state of Kentucky have approved separate tax rates for closed and open e-cigarette products with the aim of dissuading young people from vaping by financial means ...

Regulatory report: Taiwan – local jurisdictions

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th April 2020 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

While the revision of the national Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act takes place, a draft of local e-cig regulation is under legislative process in five of the six special municipalities in Taiwan ...

Regulatory report: Paraguay, April 2020

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th April 2020 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

E-cigarettes are are currently covered in Paraguay by only one regulatory decision, and though the government is developing regulations, this has been delayed by COVID-19 ...

Regulatory report: Czech Republic, April 2020

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th April 2020 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

The Czech Republic incorporated the European Union Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) into its domestic legal system in 2017. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current regulatory landscape for e-cigs in the country ...

Cautious relief after US court grants four-month PMTA deadline extension

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th April 2020 || News analysis |

Vape businesses have generally welcomed a court’s decision to grant a four-month extension to the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) deadline – but there are reservations ...

New York passes 2021 state budget law including a ban on flavoured e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd April 2020 || News analysis |

Lawmakers in New York State have agreed to a ban on the sale of flavoured e-cigarette products, delivering a victory to Democrat governor Andrew Cuomo who has made the issue a priority ...

UK online vaping orders rocket during lockdown; Italian sales plummet

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd April 2020 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

An increase in online sales has been one of the most notable consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak on the vaping industry across Europe, as the sector continues to battle market disruptions and shop closures ...

How global pandemic trumped vaping epidemic and left researchers reeling

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st April 2020 || News analysis |

“It’s like everything dear and precious to us has just been blown away.” Vaping is no longer the worst thing in the world – and for some public health experts that’s the worst thing of all ...

Regulatory report: Russia, the power of regional authorities

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th March 2020 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

This regulatory reports analyses the attitude of the various major regions and republics in the Russian Federation to the regulation of the sale of e-cigarettes in their territories ...

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