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Brexit troubles for UK vape trade have many possible components

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

Vaping companies in the UK could struggle to find foreign markets if the country leaves the EU in a “no deal” Brexit, lawyers are warning. And the most acute difficulties may surround component parts ...

Manufacturers rooting around for way to stem South Korean nicotine tax

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

E-liquid manufacturers are trying to get around South Korean tax laws by claiming the nicotine they use is derived from the stems and roots of tobacco plants rather than exclusively the leaves ...

Polish businesses fear tax could send vapers to the black market

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

Polish vaping sector representatives fear the excise tax on e-liquids and novel tobacco products that will come into force next year could undermine years of efforts to encourage customers to buy from legal sources ...

COP8 fails to bring parties together on the crucial risk/benefit question

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

COP8 closed its doors in Geneva with governments struggling to regulate e-cigarettes due to the lack of scientific proof on potential risks or benefits ...

PMI and Juul launch legal action against Chinese copyists

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th October 2018 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

The two leading brands in the vaping and heated tobacco sectors, Juul and Philip Morris International (PMI), are both engaged in active fights with Chinese companies over their intellectual property rights ...

Government survey throws some light on Canada’s vaping habits

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

As Canada moves into a new regulatory framework, research commissioned by the government casts light on the views and habits of Canadian vapers ...

Australian health minister softens on vaping, calling for inquiry

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

After a long period of opposition to vaping, Australia’s health minister has moved to set up an independent inquiry into the health impact of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes ...

COP8 looks set to ignore experts’ calls for harm reduction policy

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

The World Health Organization (WHO) looks sure to maintain its hard line on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco at the conclusion of this week’s eighth Conference of the Parties (COP8) on tobacco control in Geneva ...

No softening likely in WHO’s antagonism to e-cigs and HnB

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

The rhetoric coming out of the eighth Conference of the Parties (COP8) in Geneva suggests the World Health Organization is unlikely to give vaping products or HnB a role in its anti-tobacco policies any time soon ...

Chain stores warned over e-cigarette sales to minors

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

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

Lung specialists reopen gateway argument, and other Euro news

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

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

COP8 tackles ‘growing challenge’ of vaping and ‘industry interference’

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

E-cigarettes and other tobacco alternatives are making it tougher for regulators and those who administer tobacco laws to do their jobs, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) says in a new report....

E-liquids main source of revenue for vape stores: France market report

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st October 2018 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

In our latest look at the french market, we find that sales of e-liquid generate around 60% of revenue and tobacco is the most popular flavour. The e-liquid sector is dominated by French brands ...

ENDS and means up for debate at WHO’s COP8 gathering

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th September 2018 || News analysis |

The role of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco will again be discussed next week at the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP8) to the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ...

Canada considers letting e-cigs be promoted as healthier alternative

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th September 2018 || News analysis |

Health Canada has been quietly consulting vaping stakeholders, seeking their opinions on seven possible health statements that could be allowed under new regulations now being drafted ...

THR regulations: a global perspective

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

Earlier this month ECigIntelligence managing director Tim Phillips spoke at the Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum, looking at Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) regulations and whether legislation was advancing or holding back THR ...

Chinese HnB exhibitors make a mark at Korea’s first Vape Expo

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

The different cultural and regulatory regimes surrounding vaping and heated tobacco in South Korea were on display at the country’s first vaping show, Vape Korea Expo 2018, held at the Kintex exhibition hall in Ilsan ...

How every picture can tell a story

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |

During the course of the detailed research that goes into both ECigIntelligence’s Market Reports and Regulatory Reports, a lot of images are gathered and collected — and not all of them can make it into the relevant published...

International vape store galleries

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |

ECigIntelligence takes you through some of the vape stores and traditional retail outlets found in a selection of the countries that have been reported on ...

Vape store photo gallery: Ukraine

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |

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Vape store photo gallery: United Kingdom

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |

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Vape store photo gallery: Sweden

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Vape store photo gallery: Seoul

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Vape store photo gallery: Belgrade

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |

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Vape store photo gallery: Moscow

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |
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Vape store photo gallery: Bucharest

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |
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ECigIntelligence brings you the latest from around the vaping world

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th September 2018 || News analysis |
Recent stories and reports brought to you by ECigIntelligence as summed up in last week's CEO Newsletter ...

Vape store photo gallery: Amsterdam

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |
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Vape store photo gallery: Osaka, Japan

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |
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Vape store photo gallery: Italy, Sept 2018

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |
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Photo gallery: Greek vape stores

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |
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Vape store photo gallery: Finland

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |
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Vape store photo gallery: Denmark

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |
Copenhagen: traditional retail Copenhagen: vape stores ...

Vape store photo gallery: Australia

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th September 2018 || Marketing & retailing |
Sydney: traditional retail Sydney: vape stores ...

Juul says it aims to convert UK smokers, not those who already vape

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th September 2018 || News analysis |
The most publicised and controversial player in the US e-cigarette market is aiming at UK smokers who find existing e-cigs too complicated – looking to expand the total vaping market, not cannibalise existing brands ...

Tax hikes and usage restrictions will impact on HnB in Japan

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th September 2018 || News analysis |
Tax on products in Japan’s growing heated tobacco market will go up on 1st October, as part of a staggered series of rises up to 2022, that will bring the levies on them closer to those on combustible...

Friends and foes in high places – how vaping plays on Capitol Hill

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th September 2018 || News analysis |
Scorekeepers in Washington could say 2018 has been an unproductive year for the vaping industry in the US Congress, though attempts have been made both to free e-cigarettes from regulation and to impose more ...

Things heat up as the e-cig continues to evolve

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th September 2018 || Market reports , Topic market reports |
In a shift from the more traditional e-cigs, which heat e-liquid to produce a vapour which is then inhaled, heated tobacco devices apply controlled heat to tobacco. Here ECigIntelligence looks at the latest innovation in closer detail ...

‘Innovation and growth may come from unpredictable directions’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th September 2018 || News analysis |
“It’s quite possible that growth will come from a technological development not yet on the market.” So says Elise Rasmussen, founder and director of the Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum, which comes to London next week ...

Malaysia: a specialist market cramped by the prospect of regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th September 2018 || Country market reports , Market reports |
The anticipation of new regulations makes the outlook for future growth in the Malaysian e-cigarette market doubtful. The market is dominated by open-system e-devices, while most sales are through specialist vape stores ...

Czech policy switch, UK Brexit guide… the month in regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd September 2018 || News analysis |
All the stories from August’s European regulatory Live Alerts can now be found on one page, ordered alphabetically by country ...

Youth vaping up in Indiana, while Illinois governor vetoes Tobacco 21 bill

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd September 2018 || News analysis |
All the stories from August’s US regulatory Live Alerts from ECigIntelligence can now be found on one page, ordered alphabetically by state ...

WHO continues call for regulation as vaping increases

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th August 2018 || News analysis |
A new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights the growing popularity of vaping and continues the call for regulations to be put in place to deter younger people from starting to vape ...

Strict regulation means imports dominate: India market report

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th August 2018 || Country market reports , Market reports |
ECigIntelligence takes another look at India, where the vaping market and vaping population are expected to grow in the coming years ...

ECigIntelligence publisher launches CBD-Intel for the CBD market

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st August 2018 || News analysis |
A new online publication and research resource launched this week will be the first to focus on the fast-growing CBD industry in Europe and worldwide. CBD-Intel will provide comprehensive market and legal analysis as well as a daily...

Sweden restricts sale and use of high-nicotine e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th August 2018 || News analysis |
E-liquids with nicotine concentration over 17 mg/ml are now subject to a de facto ban in Sweden. Although they are not illegal, permits are required for their sale and use, as a recently-published ECigIntelligence report...

Heated tobacco products: the basics explained

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th August 2018 || Market reports , Topic market reports |
What are heated-tobacco products and why has there been a resurgence of interest in them? How do they work? Are they like e-cigs and how are they different from smoking? These questions – and more – are answered...

E-cigs may suffer as pharmaceutical products: Taiwan regulatory report

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th August 2018 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
This report focuses on both the current legal frameworks and ongoing legislative amendment that applies to e-cigarettes in...

Shake and vape gains ground: UK market report

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th August 2018 || Market reports , Topic market reports |
In our latest look at the market in the UK, we surveyed vape stores across the country to get a picture of their current business. We found shake and vape and multipacks are gaining ground in the British...

It looks like the end of the road for Cole-Bishop grandfather reform

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th August 2018 || News analysis |
Appetite for changing US FDA e-cigarette regulations through congressional action may have dried up, with accusations that in its latest version the much-hoped-for Cole-Bishop amendment had been “turned into an anti-vaping law” ...

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