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Russia: online sales catching up with vape stores’ trade

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

We take a detailed look at Russia's five biggest e-cig retailers and compare how they fare both in their vape store chains and through their...

U.S. surgeon general’s youth vaping report accused of scientific weakness

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th December 2016 || News analysis |

U.S. surgeon general Vivek Murthy has been accused of taking an inappropriate and unhelpful stance on vaping in his report “E-cigarette use among youth and young...

E-liquid tax having negative impact on Portugal market

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th December 2016 || Country market reports , Market reports |

Due to a tax on e-liquids containing nicotine, most e-liquid bought in Portugal is nicotine free. Vapers are then adding nicotine separately to avoid increasing the price. However, a lot of sales are occurring across the border in...

TPD test requirements criticised as vague: what can manufacturers do?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th December 2016 || News analysis |

The wording of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) is imprecise and confusing on the question of notifiable toxicology requirements, two UK scientists...

Researchers contemplate attractions of menthol and other flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th December 2016 || News analysis |

While menthol as a flavouring for cigarettes comes under increasing attack, researchers consider its use – and that of other flavours – in the e-cigarette...

Europe seeks a clearer vision on future of e-cigarette taxation policy

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th December 2016 || News analysis |

While seven EU member states have gone ahead with their own tax schemes for e-cigarettes, the European Commission is still considering the matter and seeking public and industry...

Italy: rise in vape store popularity could boost offline sales

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th December 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

What is a typical Italian vape store like, who are its typical customers, and what do they buy? We went out into the streets of Rome and Verona to find...

France and Germany out of step with EU on refillable tank capacity

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th November 2016 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Countries such as the UK, Spain, Italy and Poland have adopted a 2 ml limit on the capacity of refillable e-liquid tanks – but France and Germany have...

Washington conference will seek to untangle web of e-cig regulation

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

Industry experts, regulators, lawyers and researchers will consider the implications of a complex picture of e-cigarette regulation when they meet at a conference in Washington next...

French users better served for stores than vapers in U.S. or UK

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th November 2016 || News analysis |

A new report from ECigIntelligence shows France is ahead of its rivals in terms of access to bricks-and-mortar vape stores....

Slovakia: latest law adds little to TPD, but requires dual notifications

Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th November 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

In this report, ECigIntelligence looks at the current regulatory landscape in Slovakia, where provisions for regulating e-cigarettes are largely in line with the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), which categorises e-cigs as tobacco-related...

U.S. vape stores: state and regional location patterns analysed

Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th November 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

In this November 2016 analysis we focused on stores which we believed to be dedicated to vaping, the traditional definition of a vape store. The directories to a large extent are populated with these stores, however we cleaned...

U.S. regulation update: latest bills in state legislatures

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th November 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

ECigIntelligence rounds up the latest bills that have been passed in Alaska, Illinois, Pennsylvania and the District of...

China: are rigorous public smoking rules on the way at last?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th November 2016 || News analysis |

China is finally to impose tough nationwide restrictions on smoking in public places, a public health official promised this...

Regulators “should reduce research needed for minor product variants”

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th November 2016 || News analysis |

E-cigarette regulators should demand less comprehensive scientific research for products that are only variants of existing ones, a senior tobacco industry scientist has...

Philippines: small, local suppliers dominate an unregulated market

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd November 2016 || Country market reports , Market reports |

Local e-liquid manufacturers, small vape stores and a culture of cloud chasing dominate a very small e-cig market in the Philippines, where traditional cigarettes are cheap and nearly half of all men smoke. But that could change with...

Greece enjoys return to growth ahead of TPD deadline

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd November 2016 || Country market reports , Market reports |

In this ECigIntelligence report, we find that two years on from the first period of strong growth, 2016 seems to have been a good year for the Greek e-cigarette market as it has experienced its second “boom”. Although...

Hobbyist users’ e-liquid choices are diverse, hardware more consistent

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th November 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

A study on vapers’ behaviour patterns was carried out by ECigIntelligence between August and September 2016, asking the respondents about device and brand preferences and...

It’s a social thing: how U.S. e-cig sites use social media to boost sales

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th November 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

We consider the very different approaches online e-cigarette retailers and e-liquid brands in the U.S. take to social media, and how this reflects the different roles of their Websites and the way customers use...

Israel looks set to follow EU or U.S. lead on e-cig legislation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th November 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

In this report, ECigIntelligence looks at a country with a complex past and slightly complicated present as the Supreme Court recently overturned a five-year ban on e-cigs. ECigIntelligence expects Israel to follow the European or American lead in...

Unsure on e-cig policy, Indian federal government asks states to regulate

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th November 2016 || News analysis |

The Indian government led by prime minister Narendra Modi has told the country’s component states to deal with e-cigarettes as the federal administration remains undecided on how to handle the matter....

Heat-not-burn products show rise in sales as more launches planned

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th November 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

This report is a brief overview of some of the key heated tobacco and hybrid products that are already on the market or are soon to be launched, including data on sales volumes and details of launch...

Russian State Duma close to passing new tax on e-cigarettes

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

The Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told the country’s component states to deal with e-cigarettes as the federal administration remains undecided on how to handle the matter....

Bulgaria brings in TPD regulation with the lightest of touches

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

Bulgaria has taken a gentle approach to adopting Europe's TPD regulations. E-cigarettes are regarded as "tobacco-related" rather than tobacco products as such, and are treated more benignly than tobacco, with public usage...

Deeming regulations raise fresh concerns over animal testing

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th November 2016 || News analysis |

Opponents of animal testing are worried that the U.S. deeming regulations for e-cigarettes will lead to the industry conducting more scientific research on live...

WHO discusses ENDS, continues taking fight to tobacco industry

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th November 2016 || News analysis |

As the third day of the World Health Organization’s seventh Conference of the Parties (COP7) came to a close in India, the WHO was busy pushing for all loopholes to be closed in article 5.3 of the Framework...

German market expected to grow substantially again in 2017

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th November 2016 || Country market reports , Market reports |

In this market report we look at how the German vaper population has grown by 30% in the past year. This looks set to continue next year, along with the continuing increase in the number of vaper stores....

Turkey: pharma licence requirement is a nicotine ban in practice

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th November 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

E-cigarette products containing nicotine cannot be sold in Turkey without a pharmaceutical licence from the Ministry of Health - and so far no such licence has been...

WHO criticised for closed-door talks as COP7 gets underway

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th November 2016 || News analysis |

Amid protests from local farmers, the seventh session of the Conference of Parties is underway in New Delhi with a focus on the illegal tobacco trade and Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) - which the WHO has been...

Young Americans growing more confident in e-cigs’ relative safety

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th November 2016 || News analysis |

Young Americans are becoming more confident that vaping is safer and less addictive than smoking, researchers have found - but among older smokers the perception is moving in the opposite...

Boom year in Italy as vaping population triples

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th November 2016 || News analysis |

Italy’s vaping population has more than tripled in the past year, bringing the number of e-cigarette users back to the levels of 2013, before the 2014 crash - and the rise is set to continue, with greater market...

UK distribution: vape shops doing well, supermarkets still dominate

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th November 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

In the latest ECigIntelligence report into the UK market, we see that the growth in shop numbers over the past year has been highest in London (97%) and Scotland (105%). The top retailers offer a bigger range of...

UK market: vaping on the rise as tank systems take over

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th November 2016 || Country market reports , Market reports |

The use of e-cigarettes is increasing in the UK and numbers of vapers have risen by 4% over the past year to reach 2.6m in 2016. There has been a major shift over the past two years from...

China: a market with massive potential but unusual challenges

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th November 2016 || Country market reports , Market reports |

In this report ECigIntelligence takes an in-depth look at the market in China. The world's most highly populated country is for now a largely untapped potential market for e-cigarettes, despite most of the world's vaping hardware being manufactured...

Regulation in Norway: ban on nicotine products likely to end

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd November 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

We strongly expect nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be legalised in Norway, where their sale has been banned until now. The anticipated move will come as a boost to the Norwegian vaping market, which has already grown by 18% since...

France: mature, competitive market dominated by open systems

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd November 2016 || Country market reports , Market reports |

In this report ECigIntelligence looks at France, a mature market but one with some interesting times ahead. There is a high rate of competition among vape stores, with one chain of shops going out of business earlier this...

Italy: price drop helps to triple vaping population

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd November 2016 || Country market reports , Market reports |

In this report ECigIntelligence looks at the state of the market in Italy - a market that is recovering following a crash in 2014. The Italian market is also seeing Big Tobacco firms moving in alongside the smaller...

E-cig experimentation widespread among Russian students

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th October 2016 || News analysis |

Nearly a third of Russian high-school students have tried vaping, according to new...

February deadline for FDA to receive first health documentation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th October 2016 || News analysis |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will soon start requiring e-cig manufacturers to supply it with documentation on health-related...

Heat-not-burn poses novel challenge for European regulators

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th October 2016 || News analysis |

The regulatory status of heat-not-burn (HnB) products in Europe remains unclear, despite an increasing number coming to...

Ukraine: market recovering from decline, but new legislation looms

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th October 2016 || Country market reports , Market reports |

In this report ECigIntelligence takes an in-depth look at the market in Ukraine. The currently unregulated vape market appears to be growing again following the recent political turmoil. However, new rules are under discussion that would put e-cigarettes...

Heated tobacco in Europe: emerging regulation for a new category

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th October 2016 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

This report examines the regulation of heat-not-burn (HnB) or heated tobacco products in Europe, as well as some of the broader regulatory issues that they raise. It considers their treatment under the TPD; the question of whether they...

Russia: market growth as buyers move toward open systems

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th October 2016 || Country market reports , Market reports |

ECigIntelligence looks at how the market in Russia is developing, including the growth in popularity of open system devices and the rise of a vaping culture. Our in-depth report provides detailed data on market size, retailing, market trends...

UK online retail: top brands hold their positions despite low loyalty

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th October 2016 || Country market reports , Market reports |

In this report, ECigIntelligence looks at how leading retailers dominate the UK’s online market for e-cigarette products. While the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) is creating uncertainty in the market, we find that consumers don’t seem very loyal...

Italy: light-touch TPD transposition with minimal restrictions

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st October 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Italy has adopted a light touch approach to implementing the European TPD regulations, with only minimum restrictions on the e-cigarette industry. There is only a limited ban on advertising, and no restriction on public use of e-cigs. Cross-border...

Netherlands: TPD followed closely, but some issues remain unresolved

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th October 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Regulation of vape products in the Netherlands follows closely the provisions of the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). But although the vaping industry is highly regulated, a few issues remain to be resolved, such as what laboratories will...

Luxembourg: duchy at the heart of Europe takes a strict view on e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th October 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

E-cigarette sales have come under strict regulation in Luxembourg since the TPD was adopted: our report provides full...

Many vapers happy to use e-cigs in smoke-free areas

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th October 2016 || News analysis |

Most e-cigarette smokers are willing to vape in areas where it is forbidden to smoke, U.S. research...

“Dark Web” warning as Europe gets wires crossed on cross-border sales

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

Proposed new rules intended to ease cross-border trade within the European Union threaten to create a catch-22 situation for e-cigarette retailers. While the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) allows EU member states to ban cross-border sales, the EU...

Advertising, promotion and sponsorship in post-TPD Europe

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th September 2016 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

The transposition of the European Union’s (EU’s) Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) has introduced changes that have strong implications for the future of the emerging e-cig industry – particularly advertising, promotion and sponsorship. We run through the...

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