Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th November 2017 || News analysis |
The optimism of a young entrepreneur in India's growing e-cigarette sector stands counter to some of the gloom surrounding rumours for regulation of the market ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th November 2017 || News analysis |
Pre-school children will be given e-cigarettes to play with and try to switch on as German authorities work to establish a national standard for child-proofing the products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th November 2017 || News analysis |
The recent change of government following the general election in New Zealand should not derail attempts to legalise the domestic sale of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes in the country ...
Online sales of e-liquid in the US have seen a clear move over the past year towards larger bottle sizes and lower prices, an ECigIntelligence report reveals ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd November 2017 || News analysis |
Only retailers who were already selling e-cigarettes on 28th August 2017 will be allowed to do so under new licensing rules in New York City, explained in detail in an ECigIntelligence report ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd November 2017 || News analysis |
EU legislation currently has no clear category for hybrid devices – leaving a loophole manufacturers may be able to use to their advantage, enabling them to choose their own regulatory regime ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st November 2017 || News analysis |
A police raid on a vape party in Istanbul may signal a new willingness by the Turkish authorities to crack down on the country’s grey market in e-cigarette products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st November 2017 || News analysis |
Heated tobacco products remain banned in Turkey after opposition politicians uncovered a “hidden” bid by the government to legalise them while retaining the prohibition on e-cigarettes ...
In our latest look at the UK market, we find that the e-liquid sector is highly fragmented and a high percentage of the respondents are mixing their own e-liquid. The hardware sector is less fragmented ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th October 2017 || News analysis |
A German retailer has been ordered to stop selling a Joyetech eGo model on the grounds that its screw-top is not child-proof, and has warned that a national ban could follow ...
In our latest look at the Italian market, we find sales of e-liquids generate around 45% of revenue. Tobacco and fruits are reported as the most popular flavours, while the e-liquid sector appears dominated by Italian brands ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th October 2017 || News analysis |
Chinese customs authorities have seized a reported 600-ton shipment of smuggled e-liquid – but does it represent the start of a period of greater regulatory scrutiny in the...
Poland’s Bureau for Chemical Substances has published the first official list of all notified e-cigarette products, providing an insight into the product mix on the Polish market ...
Our survey of hardware on sale on UK e-cigarette websites finds four brands leading the field – SMOK, Aspire, Innokin and Eleaf – with prices fairly standard across the leading sites ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th October 2017 || News analysis |
A decision by Germany’s highest law court has made it clear that the ban on advertising tobacco products – which includes nicotine-containing e-cigarettes – extends to the internet ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th October 2017 || News analysis |
An ECigIntelligence survey of US vape stores found that while monthly revenues have remained at the same level as they were in 2016, a lower proportion is now generated by the sale of e-liquids, with mods and starter...
In our latest look at the UK market, we find there are approximately 2.8m vapers, an increase of around 12% since 2015. Most are daily users, and there is a clear preference for open system products ...
ECigIntelligence’s survey of Italian e-liquid manufacturers finds most are based in the north, around Milan and Turin, while a few take advantage of favourable conditions in neighbouring countries ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd October 2017 || News analysis |
While most attention has been paid to the effects of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) within individual markets, it also imposes new demands on cross-border sellers ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd October 2017 || News analysis |
Slovenia’s Constitutional Court has been asked to rule on whether the country’s ban on online e-cigarette sales contravenes the national constitution ...
Our investigation of the Slovenian e-cigarette market finds a very small vaping population and a small number of vape stores bound by a highly restrictive regulatory regime ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd October 2017 || News analysis |
New customs duties will more than double the price of most e-cigarettes in Bangladesh as the government attempts to reduce the use of nicotine by young people ...
The UK is a highly competitive online market for e-cigarette products, which account for an estimated 30% of overall sales. In total, we estimate there are approximately 380 online retailers in the UK ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd October 2017 || News analysis |
The number of vapers in China appears to have doubled since 2016, while the value of the market has almost tripled in a year, according to research by ECigIntelligence ...
Poland is one of the largest e-liquid manufacturing areas in Europe, with manufacturers largely based in designated Special Economic Zones making their own brands as well as others for both home and foreign markets ...
After a slump in 2014, the Italian e-cigarette market is on the up again with a large and growing number of vape stores operating around the country, dominated by three highly successful chains ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th September 2017 || News analysis |
An Australian government committee has recommended the rejection of a bill that would legalise the domestic sale of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th September 2017 || News analysis |
Heat-not-burn (HnB) products could benefit from greater marketing opportunities in the European Union than e-cigarettes and combustible tobacco as the heating devices are not themselves considered to be tobacco products ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th September 2017 || News analysis |
The market for heated tobacco products in Japan is very favourable due to comparatively light regulation – as opposed to e-cigarettes, which are subject to more controls ...
Our research on Italian e-cig retailers has revealed that the region around Rome is Italy’s most developed vape store market, with more than four times as many vape stores per inhabitant than the lowest-density areas. There may be...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th September 2017 || News analysis |
Namibia has a small but slowly growing e-cigarette market – but there are fears in the southwest African republic that government intervention could put an end to the growth ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th September 2017 || News analysis |
A looming knife-edge election and an opposition party without a policy on e-cigarettes has thrown New Zealand’s vaping industry into doubt over its future ...
ECigIntelligence examines the leading bricks-and-mortar vape chains in Poland and finds that BAT’s eSmokingWorld leads the way, with more than 800 stores across the country ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th September 2017 || News analysis |
Australia’s ban on the sale of nicotine e-liquids has led to a black market that damages the health of the very people the law is meant to protect, an official inquiry has heard ...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th August 2017 || News analysis |
The New Zealand government’s plan to create a “pathway” to the legal sale of alternative tobacco products has been broadly welcomed by harm reduction advocates – but with reservations ...
Three vape store chains have emerged as the leading brands in Italy, growing by more than 10% in a year, and representing more than a third of all vape stores in the country ...
The small, so far unregulated Filipino e-cigarette market, dominated by small local players, could benefit from a crackdown on smoking in public – but it could also face a future challenge if vaping itself becomes regulated ...
Our analysis of notifications under the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) provides some indications of the product mix in the Hungarian e-cigarette market ...
ECigIntelligence visited 34 vape stores in Poland’s two largest cities, Warsaw and Krakow, to gauge the market and compare offline prices – and found a striking difference between the...
The Bulgarian e-cig market is currently worth BGN78m ($47m in 2017), with 200,000 vapers. Almost one in 20 Bulgarians regularly uses e-cigarettes – nearly half because they can vape in places where smoking is banned. The online...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th August 2017 || News analysis |
A group of public health professionals in New Zealand are recommending a two-pronged approach to cutting smoking – action against combustible cigarettes combined with support for vaping ...
ECigIntelligence estimates the Malaysian e-cig market to be worth 513.4m ringgit ($120m) in 2017, with 600,000 vapers. Regulatory uncertainly and a ban on e-cigarettes in some states makes the outlook for future growth pessimistic. This static market is...
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th August 2017 || News analysis |
PMI has denied allegations that it orchestrated a campaign to submit pro-vaping testimonies to a government consultation on e-cigarette regulation in Australia ...