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Weekly regulatory podcast: 4th-8th September

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th September 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

Fontem wins appeal on FDA’s rejection of unflavoured e-cigs but loses on flavoured

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th September 2023 || News analysis |

An appellate court in the US has overturned the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s rejection of unflavoured e-cigarette products from Fontem, but supported the rejection of flavoured products ...

Looking into nicotine – a tobacco-related poison or a food-derived health aid?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th September 2023 || Blogs |

Despite increasing interest in synthetic nicotine, most nicotine still comes from tobacco. But could other plants also be a commercially viable source? ...

NGOs could win case against Malaysian health ministry after nicotine delisting

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th September 2023 || News analysis |

Three non-governmental organisations filing a lawsuit against the Malaysian health ministry on the delisting of nicotine could win their case, local observers believe, and will have several alternatives to consider if their action fails ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 28th August-1st September

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th September 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

Mixed reactions from public to South Africa’s proposal for new e-cig rules

Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st August 2023 || News analysis |

South Africans have expressed mixed reactions to the country’s Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, which aims to strengthen the law and would create many new rules affecting e-cigarettes ...

New Zealand tightens restrictions on batteries, nicotine caps, and retailers

Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st August 2023 || News analysis |

New Zealand will soon require removable batteries in all vaping devices, while also imposing nicotine concentration limits, banning certain types of flavour names, and tightening restrictions on retail ...

Panama’s e-cig ban unconstitutional and violates health rights, claims lawsuit

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th August 2023 || News analysis |

Panama’s ban on the use, sale and import of e-cigarettes is unconstitutional, according to claims made by the Panama Association for the Reduction of Damage by Tobacco Use (ARDTP) in a lawsuit ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 21st-25th August

Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th August 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 14th-18th August

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st August 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

Russian associations try to stop health ministry from banning e-cig flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th August 2023 || News analysis |

The Russian Union of Nicotine Industry Enterprises has called on the government to exclude food flavourings and nicotine salts from the list of active ingredients and additives that are expected to be banned ...

Lithuania goes after sweet products to fill in legislative gaps in e-cig flavour ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th August 2023 || News analysis |

The Lithuanian Ministry of Health has notified a draft bill to the European Commission to ban vaping products containing sugar and/or sweeteners ...

US and UK studies search for reasons behind youth uptake of disposables

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th August 2023 || News analysis |

Youth preference for disposable vaping devices in the UK and the US could be driven by a combination of factors including price, style, packaging and flavour ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 7th-11th August

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th August 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

Italy bans online sales of nicotine-containing e-liquids with new law

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th August 2023 || News analysis |

The online vaping industry in Italy is poised to experience a significant regulatory overhaul aimed at imposing stricter measures, as the approval of the Tax Delegation Law will bring about changes ...

With lithium cheaper to mine than it is to recycle e-cigarettes, is change possible?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th August 2023 || News analysis |

Market-driven inclination to recycle e-cigarettes is unlikely to increase anytime soon as long as it’s still cheaper to mine new lithium than to recycle and reuse products ...

Venezuela joins others in Latin America with ban on vapes and heated tobacco

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th August 2023 || News analysis |

Venezuela is the latest Latin American country to issue a government decree banning nationwide sales, consumption, exports and distribution of vapes and heated tobacco ...

Quebec bans all non-tobacco flavours to make e-cigarettes ‘less attractive to all’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th August 2023 || News analysis |

Canada’s second largest province is going ahead with plans to restrict flavours in vaping products. The new regulations in Quebec, due to take effect on 31st October, will ban all flavours other than tobacco ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 31st July-4th August

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th August 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

Italian vapers association smells a rat in tobacconists’ plan for e-cig disposal

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd August 2023 || News analysis |

The Italian Tobacconists Federation (FIT) wants tobacconists to act as collection points for used disposable e-cigarettes – a suggestion some have dismissed as a bid to take business from specialist vape retailers ...

No place to Hyde as New York City goes to court in bid to stamp out flavoured vapes

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st August 2023 || News analysis |

New York City is taking legal action to stop four companies from selling flavoured e-cigarettes, accusing them of violating “nearly every law” related to the marketing, distribution and sale of the products ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 24th-28th July

Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st July 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

Aussies ‘will see through’ PMI marketing of e-cigarette products via pharmacies

Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th July 2023 || News analysis |

Authorities believe Australian pharmacies and consumers will have the wherewithal to see through Philip Morris International (PMI) vape product marketing tactics ...

Big Tobacco versus vaping companies – the battle is on, and it’s getting fiercer

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th July 2023 || News analysis |

The battle between tobacco companies and vaping firms appears to be heating up, amid political pressure in the UK and US ...

Online e-liquid sales could be banned in Italy – with tobacconists’ eager backing

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th July 2023 || News analysis |

A proposal to ban the online sale of e-liquids in Italy is expected to be introduced in the Italian Parliament this week, ECigIntelligence understands ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 17th-21st July

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th July 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 10th-14th July

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th July 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

Coalition partners at odds as Pirates oppose Czech plan to tax e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th July 2023 || News analysis |

The Czech Pirate Party, a member of the ruling five-party coalition government, has voiced opposition to the Cabinet’s proposal to impose a tax of CZK10 (€0.42) per ml on e-cigarette refills ...

Denmark looks to stricter laws to battle use of nicotine, disposable e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th July 2023 || News analysis |

The Danish health minister is considering increased age limits, higher prices and more severe sanctions for stores breaking the law to address rising use of nicotine products in the country ...

Should it stay or should it go? Brazil’s ban on e-cigarettes is put in question again

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th July 2023 || News analysis |

A relaxation of the ban on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in Brazil could be around the corner following a public consultation, according to some commentators in the country ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 3rd-7th July

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th July 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

US FTC orders dismissal of antitrust lawsuit over Juul and Altria’s former deal

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th July 2023 || News analysis |

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has dismissed the antitrust case over the now-defunct no-compete deal between Altria Group and Juul Labs, saying that pursuing the case is “no longer in the public interest” ...

Now Juul takes on Altria, claiming ‘Njoy Ace wouldn’t work without our tech’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th July 2023 || News analysis |

Juul Labs is suing Njoy and its parent company Altria Group, alleging that the Njoy Ace product infringes patents owned by Juul ...

What’s in a name? Another round begins in the fight for the right to be called Elf

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th July 2023 || News analysis |

In the latest twist in a bitter legal trademark battle between rival e-cigarette firms, the makers of Elf Bar disposable vapes are fighting the court order that prompted them to change the product’s name ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 26th-30th June

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd July 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 19th-23rd June

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th June 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 12th-16th June

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th June 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

New Zealand takes a less strict approach towards rising vaping rates among youth

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th June 2023 || News analysis |

New Zealand is trying to balance keeping smoking-cessation rates up and vaping from climbing, especially among young people, but is it doing enough? ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 5th-9th June

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th June 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

Bangladesh budget proposes spike in taxes to get harm down and revenue up

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th June 2023 || News analysis |

The Bangladeshi government’s latest annual budget proposal lists a substantial rise in the taxation of nicotine products, including a certain category of cigarettes, e-cigarette devices and even cigarette paper ...

Tax hike is Denmark’s answer to rise in use of smoke-free products among youth

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th June 2023 || News analysis |

Though the proportion of young people who smoke cigarettes in Denmark is declining, the use of smokeless nicotine products among them is on the rise ...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 29th May-2nd June

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th June 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

Canada prepares to lead the world with health warnings on every cigarette

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st June 2023 || News analysis |

Canada is about to become the first country in the world to require health warnings on individual cigarettes, little cigars and other tobacco products ...

Podcast: E-cigarette policy in New Zealand

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th May 2023 || Podcasts |

Indigenous behavioural scientist Doctor Marewa Glover talks to podcast host Oliver Prescott about New Zealand's current e-cigarette policies, Smokefree Aotearoa and measures to tackle youth...

Weekly regulatory podcast: 22nd-26th May

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th May 2023 || Regulatory alerts podcasts |

Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the ECigIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding e-cigarettes and vaping ...

A very rare tragedy – how vaping could have contributed to a teenager’s death

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th May 2023 || News analysis |

The possible role of e-cigarettes in cases of collapsed lungs has been under greater scrutiny following reports blaming the death of an Israeli teenager on vaping ...

E-cigs less addictive than cigarettes, says expert at E-cigarette Summit 2023

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th May 2023 || News analysis |

Vaping and smoking addiction should be considered separate from each other, and addiction can manifest regardless of the nicotine consumption method, says public health expert ...

Plain wrapping conveys misleading views of the perils of vaping vis-a-vis smoking

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th May 2023 || News analysis |

Researchers have found teenagers were more likely to report “no interest” in trying e-cigarettes in standardised packaging, and also more likely to perceive them as being equally or more harmful than smoking ...

The ‘epidemic’ is over – it’s time for the FDA to get real on vaping, says think tank

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th May 2023 || News analysis |

US authorities have started to say the science indicates any youth vaping “epidemic” is now over and they should start making policy decisions that suit the real-world trend, according to a free-market think tank ...

Reagan-Udall reports mean different strokes for different arms of US FDA

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd May 2023 || News analysis |

The Reagan-Udall Foundation’s reports on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provide “substantially different future policy implications” for the different FDA programs investigated ...

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