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Estonia: online ban, taxes on the way

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th April 2017 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

While The Tobacco Act classes e-cigarettes as tobacco-related products, Estonia's government is considering a draft amendment to that bill that could see domestic online sales may be banned in 2019. Currently, e-liquid is not taxed, but that is...

UK e-liquid market dominated by American brands

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th April 2017 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

Our in-depth analysis of the UK e-liquid market shows that the top UK online retailers sell a variety of e-liquid brands, but they come predominantly from US manufacturers. The TPD has affected pricing, but premium as a description...

Belgium: online sales ban benefits French firms

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th April 2017 || Country market reports , Market reports |

In our latest report on Belgium, we find that the market is only growing slowly due to online restrictions following the implementation of the TPD. Online sales are banned, meaning sites can only offer in-store collection, and having...

Gottlieb sees ‘an opportunity’ for e-cigs as leader of the FDA

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th April 2017 || News analysis |

The man picked by Donald Trump to lead the FDA said his appointment was “an opportunity to make the framework much more comprehensive and much more viable” for alternatives to...

Mexico: illegal trade goes on openly in the streets

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th April 2017 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

A year and a half after the country’s Supreme Court overturned a fine on a vape salesman, e-cigarettes remain illegal in Mexico – but they also remain openly on sale, with no prosecutions in...

Lithuania: restrictions in line with TPD

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th April 2017 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Our guide to Lithuania’s amended Tobacco law, which came into force on 20th May 2016, transposing the European TPD and imposing various legal restrictions on vaping...

Land of opportunity – but price and low web access hold Zimbabwe back

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th April 2017 || News analysis |

With limited internet access and low awareness, Zimbabwe's nascent e-cig market is largely limited to the capital, Harare, but expansion is slowly...

Cole: my effort to get deeming relief passed in Trump’s federal budget bill

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th April 2017 || News analysis |

In a special interview, Tom Cole tells ECigIntelligence how his efforts are progressing to bring the e-cigarette industry relief from the FDA’s deeming...

Product mix in the UK market: new insight from TPD notifications

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd April 2017 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

Analysis of notifications to the British regulator provides insight into the product mix on the...

Crystal ball-gazing: how e-cigs could shape public health by 2050

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th March 2017 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

BAT has come up with a model for assessing the impact of tobacco- and nicotine-related “next generation products” at the population leve to give regulators more evidence about the long-term health effects relative to trends in smoking rates....

Enforcement in Denmark: questions clarified, activity increasing

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd March 2017 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Who are the authorities responsible for enforcing the rules on e-cigarettes in Denmark? We look at the work of Denmark’s Safety Technology Agency and the Danish Consumer...

Proposed Taiwanese e-cigarette ban faces international criticism

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd March 2017 || News analysis |

Taiwan's proposed e-cigarette ban has been severely criticised by international legal experts on grounds of both public health and freedom of trade....

Hungary: strict new regime comes down hard

Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd March 2017 || Country market reports , Market reports |

ECigIntelligence looks at state of the e-cigarette market in Hungary following transposition of the European TPd and the imposition of the strictest regulatory regime in Europe, with online sales banned and bricks-and-mortar sales restricted to nationally registered...

Denmark: TPD changes set to boost sales

Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd March 2017 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

In 2016 the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) came into force, and the compulsory pharmaceutical licensing of nicotine containing e-cigs and e-liquids ended. This means vape stores and other bricks-and-mortar retailers are now allowed to stock nicotine-containing products,...

Novice’s guide gives industry newcomers the lowdown on e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st March 2017 || News analysis |

The latest e-learning tutorial from ECigIntelligence is aimed at newcomers to the e-cigarette industry, covering everything from how e-cigs work to the legal and health issues surrounding...

Let our tutorial guide you through France’s new advertising laws

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st March 2017 || News analysis |

ECigIntelligence has launched a new online tutorial to help you find your way through France’s recently implemented advertising legislation, which is among the strictest in Europe....

Italy: U.S. competition to home-grown brands

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th March 2017 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

We take a detailed look at Italy's well developed e-liquid market and find a good number of companies either producing e-liquids or offering their own e-liquid brands, but facing competition in their home market from U.S....

Hungary opens for vaping trade, but with stiff restrictions

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th March 2017 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Hungary has finally opened its market for sale of nicotine e-cigarettes by adopting changes to its national tobacco laws and aligning them with TPD standards. Nevertheless, Hungarian regulation remains among the most severe in Europe. Enforcement of the...

Nicotine-free and synthetic nicotine – some clarity from the FDA at last

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st March 2017 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Do nicotine-free and synthetic nicotine e-liquids come under the scope of the FDA's deeming regulations? It's a pressing question for the U.S. e-cigarette industry - and at last there is some clarity emerging on the...

The ‘gateway effect’ – is it just a matter of smoke and mirrors?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th February 2017 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

A study claiming to have added to evidence that vaping can be "a one-way bridge to smoking" by young people has been subjected to critical analysis – and found to be seriously...

Altria ready to put millions behind digital U.S. launch of iQOS

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th February 2017 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

Altria is set to take a digital approach to launching its iQOS heat-not-burn product in the U.S. but there will be significant costs along the way....

All across France, smaller vape stores are going out of business

Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd February 2017 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

With the vaping population falling, smaller vape stores across France are closing their doors - leaving the bigger, better-funded chains to pick up the...

Italy: online sales lead the way

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st February 2017 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

In our latest report on the Italian market, we see that online remained the largest e-cig sales channel in 2016, with a significant increase in traffic early last year reflecting an increased e-cig usage during this period. However,...

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Pioneering U.S. manufacturer ProVape blames FDA for closure

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th February 2017 || News analysis |

ProVape has announced its decision to close down, citing the upcoming high cost of compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) e-cigarette regulations....

Denmark makes the rules clearer than most on TPD enforcement

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th February 2017 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

ECigIntelligence reports on the Danish approach to regulating e-cigarettes in the wake of Europe's TPD, and finds it more detailed and transparent than...

South Africa, a home-grown trade with little presence of Big Tobacco

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th February 2017 || Country market reports , Market reports |

Our South African analysis finds a market dominated by local companies and manufacturers, with little presence of Big Tobacco names, and very little effect of a purely theoretical ban on the sale of nicotine-containing...

Long-term health effects: the good news and the bad news

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th February 2017 || News analysis |

Two new real-world studies of the (relatively) long-term health effects of vaping come to very different conclusions: one very positive about reduced cancer danger, the other sounding a warning about possible cardiovascular...

China buys cheap, but higher prices bring higher returns

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th February 2017 || News analysis |

The most popular e-liquid products in China appear to be the cheapest ones, according to a new ECigIntelligence analysis of online pricing in the Chinese...

Estonia to tax e-liquids ‘to eliminate unequal competition’ with smoking

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th February 2017 || News analysis |

Estonia is preparing to impose an excise tax on e-liquids “to eliminate unequal competition between alternative and classical tobacco...

Senate confirms Price as health secretary – now who for the FDA?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th February 2017 || News analysis |

Senators have confirmed President Trump’s choice of Tom Price to be U.S. health secretary, setting up a much-anticipated nomination of the next Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Portugal halves tax on nicotine e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st February 2017 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Portugal's 2016 Tobacco Law fully transposed the TPD. A further bill is expected later this year which seeks to ban vaping within five metres of windows or an entrance to health institutions and pharmacies, places primarily intended for...

California goes down route 66% tax on nicotine products

Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st January 2017 || News analysis |

California's Prop 56 will be costly for e-cigarette businesses - with a 66% increase on wholesale cost expected to be in place by July...

China online: higher-cost liquids yield higher returns

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th January 2017 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

ECigIntelligence takes an in-depth look at data patterns among e-liquids sold on the Chinese online marketplace TMall. ...

Czech Republic: the post-TPD picture becomes clearer

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th January 2017 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

The Czech Republic has adopted into law the chief terms of the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). However, some important issues remain...

DC conference examines regulation; $500 discount for our subscribers

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th January 2017 || News analysis |

ECigIntelligence subscribers can claim a $500 discount on the E-Vapor Law Symposium hosted by law firm Keller and Heckman, held 2nd-3rd February in Washington,...

Australia and New Zealand: personal imports lead the field

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd January 2017 || Country market reports , Market reports |

The sale of e-cigarettes containing nicotine is banned in both Australia and New Zealand. Though there is a grassroots move to change this, both markets are currently led by online imports for personal...

Denmark: the e-cigarette brands that make it a Nordic leader

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th January 2017 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

ECigIntelligence takes a closer look at the brands and the retail outlets that make Denmark the most highly developed e-cigarette market among the Nordic...

Denmark leads Nordic nations in e-cig market development

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th January 2017 || Country market reports , Market reports |

Who sells e-cigarettes in the Nordic countries, and where are they based? We compared the markets in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark, and found Denmark the most highly...

Poland: online ban benefits vape stores and kiosks

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th January 2017 || Country market reports , Market reports |

Vape stores and e-cig kiosks in shopping malls look set to profit from Poland's ban on online sales of e-cigarette...

Germany: post-TPD regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th January 2017 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

The future of e-cigarette regulation in Germany is becoming clearer since the transposition of the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), but the country's separate states still have some autonomy is setting the...

Spain’s vape stores: how the sales and customer figures stack up

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th January 2017 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

We visited 17 vape stores throughout Spain in December 2016, interviewing managers and staff in Barcelona, Madrid, Murcia, Sevilla and Valencia. This is what we...

ECigIntelligence online tutorial makes sense of UK advertising law

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th January 2017 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

ECigIntelligence has launched a series of professional e-learning courses about key developments in the e-cigarette sector. The first online tutorial tells you all you need to know about e-cigarette advertising in the UK following the implementation of the...

Hobbyists driving success of leading U.S. online sellers

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th January 2017 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

In 2016, the internet provided one of the most important distribution channels in the U.S., with about 15% of vapers regularly making their e-cigarette purchases online. The percentage was higher among hobbyists, with approximately 50% preferring to buy...

Polish think tank fears e-cig tax could bring “Italian scenario” black market

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th January 2017 || News analysis |

Poland’s Ministry of Finance is reportedly considering introducing an excise tax on e-cigarettes – but a highly influential pro-government think tank has called for the idea to be scrapped for fear of replicating an “Italian scenario” boom in...

2016 in e-cigarettes – rapid change, new regulation, and some shocks

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th December 2016 || News analysis |

May 2016 brought the two biggest regulatory developments in the short history of the e-cigarette so far. But the U.S. deeming regulations and European TPD were far from the only stories brought to you by ECigIntelligence in another...

E-cig tax in doubt as India’s tobacco trade looks forward to regime change

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th December 2016 || News analysis |

India's wide-ranging national tax reforms will considerably reduce the tax on tobacco in some states – good news for the country's tobacco industry, but not necessarily for its struggling e-cigarette...

Threat of ban looms in Indonesia as health minister leads opposition

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th December 2016 || News analysis |

E-cigarettes could be banned entirely in Indonesia if the health minister has her way – and she has some powerful support in a nation which has the third highest prevalence of smoking in the...

Indonesia: ban looks possible – when government makes its mind up

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th December 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

The legal classification of e-cigarettes in Indonesia is far from clear – whether they come under regulations relating to tobacco, pharmaceutical or consumer products. What does seem clear is that e-cigs continue to be legal for now, despite some...

FDA extends registration deadline for some firms by six months

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th December 2016 || News analysis |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given a last-minute extension to some manufacturers of vapour products, allowing them an extra six months to register their companies and products as required by the deeming...

What drives consumer traffic in Russia’s online e-cigarette market?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th December 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

As part of our detailed analysis of the top five e-cigarette retailers in Russia, we look at how they fare online, and in particular a breakdown of their Internet...

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