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Sweden clamps down on high-nicotine e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th August 2018 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Swedish regulation is asking producers and consumers to obtain a permit for the sale and use of e-liquid with high concentrations of nicotine, which constitutes a de facto ban as the process of obtaining such a permit is...

Will Mexico’s new president be more friendly towards vaping?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd August 2018 || News analysis |

The election of a new president could provide the impetus for a more open regulatory regime for vapers in Mexico, according to an e-cigarette lobby group ...

UK chains set to flourish while fewer new vape stores are opened

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd August 2018 || Marketing & retailing |

UK vape retail is consolidating, with fewer new vape stores appearing on the high street – but some companies are still investing, and the future may belong to big chains ...

Study finds e-vapour evaporates in seconds, while smoke hangs around

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st August 2018 || News analysis |

E-cigarette vapour does not stay in the air for more than a few seconds after it has been exhaled, researchers in Switzerland and Lithuania have found ...

E-cig rules in the EU’s smallest state: Malta regulatory report

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th July 2018 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

ECigIntelligence provides up-to-date details of e-cigarette regulations in Malta, where the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) was tranposed into domestic law in 2016 ...

Polish vapour industry fears the spectre of approaching taxation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th July 2018 || News analysis |

Poland’s excise tax on e-liquids and heated tobacco products will come into force on 1st January 2019, and the rates are already generating concern among the country’s vaping industry ...

More state bans loom for India’s beleaguered e-cig industry

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd July 2018 || News analysis |

The e-cigarette crackdown in India has continued with new bans proposed in the southern state of Tamil Nadu and the northern state of Rajasthan ...

China regulatory report: new national standard coming soon

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th July 2018 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Our report on Chinese e-cigarette regulation reviews the current regulatory landscape in the country, the forthcoming national standards, and the possible impact of tobacco-style regulation on vapour products ...

Italy lists licensed vape stores – and they’re not all happy

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th July 2018 || News analysis |

The Italian Customs and Monopoly Agency (AAMS) has published a list of nearly 400 vape stores, pharmacies and drugstores in the regions of Abruzzo, Tuscany, Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta that have been authorised to sell e-cig products ...

‘Tobacco substitutes and extracts’ hit by Chinese tariffs are not e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th July 2018 || News analysis |

ECigIntelligence can reveal that reports that China was imposing a tariff on e-liquids as part of its tit-for-tat trade war with the US are wide of the mark ...

HnB and e-liquids bring manufacturing boost to Eastern Europe

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th July 2018 || News analysis |

E-cigarette manufacturers and tobacco giants are increasing investment in Central and Eastern Europe, building new plants or expanding existing ones to meet growing demand for new tobacco alternatives ...

Health chief defends ‘tobacco’ tag for e-cigs. Meanwhile, across Europe…

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd July 2018 || News analysis |

All the stories from ECigIntelligence’s June European regulatory Live Alerts can now be found on one page of this site, ordered alphabetically by country ...

Minnesota capital slaps cap on e-cig retailers. And in other news…

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd July 2018 || News analysis |

All the stories from June’s US regulatory Live Alerts from ECigIntelligence can now be found on one page, ordered alphabetically by state ...

Supermarket giant adds another link to its vape chain – and it’s a Doozy

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd July 2018 || Marketing & retailing |

Asda is to stock products from independent company Doozy Vape, which means one of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains now carries 16 different vaping ranges across various stores ...

Japan embraces CBD – with eager endorsement in high places

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd July 2018 || News analysis |

Japan, although a socially conservative nation with stringent laws on both medical and recreational marijuana, now allows the sale of CBD products, including e-liquid – and even the prime minister’s wife approves ...

Smoking in Brazil – public health experts plead for better data

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st June 2018 || News analysis |

Brazilian public health officials are trying to make judgements in areas such as the regulation of e-cigarettes without clear data on the country’s smoking demographics – and they want more and better information ...

Short-fill is not a short-cut round TPD regulation, lawyer warns

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th June 2018 || News analysis |

A British lawyer and engineer has warned manufacturers of nicotine-free e-liquid they still need to comply with legislation concerning the quality of liquids ...

China takes on another great project – e-cig regulation by October 2019

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th June 2018 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

China has for the first time published advanced notice of its forthcoming legal standards for e-cigarettes – in US or European terms, regulation – due for release by October 2019 ...

Provincial bid to put teeth in Argentina’s ineffective e-cig ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th June 2018 || News analysis |

Lawmakers in Argentina’s most populous province are expected to vote on a new bill that bans electronic cigarettes, in a move intended to reinforce a country-wide ban that has been largely ignored ...

New rules step beyond the TPD: Netherlands regulatory report

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th June 2018 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

In our latest look at the Dutch regulations, we find that The Netherlands recently decided to go beyond the TPD, regulating nicotine-free e-cigs fully in the same way as nicotine containing ones ...

Beyond Kungfu – China Tobacco ready to move further into vapour and HnB

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th June 2018 || News analysis |

China Tobacco, the Chinese state monopoly, looks set to increase its involvement in alternative products, including both e-cigarettes and heated tobacco – possibly in co-operation with major foreign companies ...

France adopts zero tolerance approach to THC in vaping products

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th June 2018 || News analysis |

The French government has moved to clear up a previous grey area in the regulation of CBD-containing e-liquids, stating that no trace of THC will be allowed in any product for sale ...

New Blu campaign planned for UK

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th June 2018 || Marketing & retailing |

Blu are getting ready to launch a new advertising campaign in the United Kingdom, possibly featuring feature pop-up stores, brand ambassadors, sampling teams and outdoor advertising ...

South Korea takes new graphic approach to e-cig and HnB warnings

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th June 2018 || News analysis |

The South Korean government is stepping up its efforts to discourage use of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products with new graphic health warning images that will appear on packages later this year ...

US authorities call into question the legality of CBD

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th June 2018 || News analysis |

US government agencies have questioned the legality of cannabidiol (CBD) – just as the industry is starting to benefit from increased public awareness ...

‘TPD is damaging our business,’ says equipment manufacturer

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th June 2018 || News analysis |

A UK firm that supplies e-liquid sampling units to several European countries claims the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) has had an adverse effect on its business. Vapedex also calls for better hygiene in vape stores ...

Greece makes it clear – no CBD or shake and vape allowed

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th June 2018 || News analysis |

The Greek Ministry of Health has issued two circulars on e-cig regulation, clearing up a legal grey area by insisting that both CBD and shake-and-vape products are banned in the country ...

Nicotine poisonings fall after federal law on childproof packaging

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th June 2018 || News analysis |

The number of children under the age of six suffering exposure to liquid nicotine in the US has dropped since the introduction of federal legislation requiring it to be sold in childproof containers, a study found ...

Brazil’s tobacco control experts united against legalising vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th June 2018 || News analysis |

E-cigarettes will not be legalised in Brazil any time soon, according to members of a government science panel who concluded there was not enough scientific evidence to justify supporting them ...

South Africa – smoking equivalence and online sales ban?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th June 2018 || News analysis |

South Africa has published a draft version of its proposals to regulate e-cigarettes, fulfilling the fears of some in the industry by classifying vaping as equivalent to smoking and banning online sales ...

Italy’s vapers breathe a sigh of relief as new government steps in

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th June 2018 || News analysis |

After several weeks of hectic negotiations between the Lega and Five Star Movement parties – both of which have expressed a commitment to vaping – the new coalition has finally taken power in Italy ...

Chinese industry sets its own standards – and hopes government will follow

Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st May 2018 || News analysis |

A set of industry-designed standards could inform future national Chinese standards for e-cigarette products– said to be expected within 24 months ...

Tax cut due along with more laws: California regulatory report

Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st May 2018 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

In our latest look at California's regulations, we find that the wholesale tax is set to be adjusted in July and vaping is treated as tobacco in regards to public usage ...

Rival importers clash in court over German notification rules

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th May 2018 || News analysis |

Two major German e-cig importers and retailers, InnoCigs and Be Posh, are embroiled in a legal controversy over the notification requirements under the country’s version of the European TPD ...

German controversy highlights TPD notification requirements

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th May 2018 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

A legal controversy between two of Germany’s major e-cig importers and retailers over the notification requirements of the German version of the TPD could help to clear up a partly unresolved question about the regulation ...

CBD in Germany – the legal status of a new kind of e-liquid

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th May 2018 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

While no German or EU law currently regulates CBD-infused e-liquids directly, and CBD is not in itself illegal, companies wishing to market CBD for vaping have plenty of legal issues to consider ...

Romania: big on smoking, fertile ground for HnB, less so for e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th May 2018 || Country market reports , Market reports |

After early growth, the vaping population of Romania has levelled out at around 200,000, just over 4% of the smoking population – but the country is a prime testing ground for heated tobacco, with IQOS, Glo and iFuse...

UK vaping firm signs boxing sponsorship deal

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th May 2018 || News analysis |

The trend for sports and vaping tie-ins appears to be continuing, as UK vaping firm Vaping Is Personal recently announced its sponsorship of middleweight boxer Tommy...

Nicotine-free, but Japanese vape stores bring in the enthusiasts

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th May 2018 || Marketing & retailing |

Vape shops are springing up across Japan, attracting a mix of those wanting to quit smoking and gadget-loving hobbyists, despite a ban on nicotine e-liquid and the most developed heat-not-burn (HnB) sector in the world ...

India preparing for nationwide clampdown on nicotine vapes

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th May 2018 || News analysis |

The government of India appears to be very close to taking action against nicotine e-cigarettes – “regulating, including banning, the manufacture, import, sale and any kind of trade in nicotine” or devices that enable its use ...

Salvini tells Italy’s biggest vape show new government will ease the burden

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd May 2018 || News analysis |

Lega leader Matteo Salvini, whose party is expected to take its place shortly in a new Italian government, reiterated in a message to Italy’s biggest vape show his pledge to reduce the tax burden and regulation on the...

Vaporized seals soccer deal with Rangers range of liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd May 2018 || Marketing & retailing |

One of the UK’s largest vape store chains is teaming up with Scotland’s second biggest football club to launch a range of e-liquid flavours ...

Canada’s first nationwide vaping regulation all set to take effect

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd May 2018 || News analysis |

Canada’s first nationwide law regulating e-cigarettes and vaping products is expected to go into effect in coming days after Parliament voted to approve the new Tobacco and Vaping Products Act ...

Curbs on advertising are stifling innovation, says UK e-cig boss

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th May 2018 || News analysis |

Technological innovation could help to further enliven an already buoyant British e-cigarette market but regulation is holding it back, according to the CEO of a major UK supplier ...

Rival HnB devices that use IQOS consumables available in Japan

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th May 2018 || News analysis |

Japan’s advanced heated tobacco market and its ban on nicotine e-liquid are between them leading e-cigarette manufacturers to launch their own HnB devices – many compatible with the Heets made for market leader IQOS ...

E-liquids that look like food ‘should be reported to UK Trading Standards’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th May 2018 || News analysis |

The UK health department is urging people to report companies to their local trading standards team if they manufacture, sell, or distribute e-liquids which may appeal to children through resemblance to food items ...

Collapse of UK distributor ‘had little impact’ on e-cig retail

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th May 2018 || News analysis |

Major companies that distributed electronic cigarettes and e-liquids through Palmer & Harvey claimed they were not unduly affected after the distributor collapsed last year because they had contingency plans ...

Poland continues to tighten its grip on e-cig regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th May 2018 || News analysis |

Poland continues to tighten its grip on the e-cigarette industry, as a new bill proposes that new products will have to be approved by a Polish government agency before being launched on the domestic...

Rules are strictly enforced: Austria regulatory report

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th May 2018 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

In our latest look at the regulations in Austria, we see that Austrian legislation regulates both nicotine-free and nicotine-containing products, going further than the TPD ...

Native American tribes try the vaping trade – but some have reservations

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th May 2018 || News analysis |

A few Native American tribes are moving into the e-cig business, some buoyed by tax advantages – while others remain sceptical at best. Among those moving into the vapour trade are the Meskwaki tribe of Iowa and Nebraska’s...

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