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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” ...

Tax freeze after a hot Italian summer won’t solve industry’s problems

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

It has been an intense summer for the Italian vaping industry, and few are convinced that simply suspending the vaping tax – as now looks likely – will solve the long-term problem for the sector ...

Trademark troubles in the business of making a name for yourself

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th August 2018 || News analysis |

The choice of a business name is fraught with possible perils for those wishing to set up in the e-cigarette business in the UK. The difficulties may begin with choosing a trademark and getting it registered ...

UK vapers classed as smokers for life insurance premiums

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th August 2018 || News analysis |

Vapers in the UK are having to pay higher insurance premiums because insurance companies are still classifying them as smokers, an investigation by ECigIntelligence has revealed ...

Chinese authorities arrest 30 suspects in two HnB smuggling cases

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th August 2018 || News analysis |

A total of 30 suspects have been arrested in a joint anti-smuggling operation by Chinese law enforcement. China Tobacco Ningbo, Ningbo municipal police department and Ningbo municipal anti-smuggling bureau joined forces ...

BAT South Africa suffers significant setback in Twisp takeover

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

BAT South Africa says it has been surprised and disappointed by the recent recommendation by the South African Competition Commission that the company’s takeover of e-cig maker Twisp be turned down ...

Italian Senate approves freeze on e-cig tax; final vote due in September

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th August 2018 || News analysis |

The Italian Senate today approved a proposal to temporarily suspend the country’s contentious tax on e-cigarettes. The plan to freeze taxation until 18th December will now have to be passed by the Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati),...

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 ...

Vaping in the UK – trends and figures for notified products

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th July 2018 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

Using data from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), we take a look at the notified vaping products on the UK market and trends that have emerged since the European TPD was transposed in 2016 ...

‘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 ...

Vape stores dominate a stable e-cigarette market in Ireland

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd July 2018 || Country market reports , Market reports |

The Irish e-cigarette market, which though smaller has a similar structure to the British one, has remained stable since last year, with slow growth. Vape stores drive the vast majority of sales, with an immature online market ...

CBD e-liquids: UK market report

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th June 2018 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

In our latest look at the United Kingdom and CBD, we find that CBD-containing e-liquid products can be found online, few vape store chains and in some independent vape stores ...

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 ...

UK distribution: the complex journey from factory to vape store shelf

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th June 2018 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

This report examines the UK’s complicated and fragmented distribution channels for e-cigarette products. Vape stores purchase stock from a range of suppliers and our report looks at their main considerations ...

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