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Synthetic and ‘natural’ nicotine – the real difference is just a matter of bureaucracy

Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st March 2022 || News analysis |

While synthetic nicotine has become the focus of much controversy, demonised as a public health risk, its currently poor reputation derives more from bureaucracy than from the substance itself ...

China’s upcoming ban on e-cigarette flavours could hurt domestic producers

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th March 2022 || News analysis |

Beijing has recently announced a set of regulations that will tighten control on the vaping industry, and experts say China’s new and tightened scrutiny on e-cigarettes will likely hurt domestic producers ...

Milestones ahead as the US FDA takes charge of synthetic nicotine regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd March 2022 || News analysis |

ECigIntelligence has put together a timeline outlining the major points to look out for over the summer as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) brings synthetic nicotine into the PMTA process ...

Methodology and definitions for ECigIntelligence market reports

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st March 2022 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

This report provides detailed information about product definitions and the various methodologies behind our market reports and market data products ...

Analysis: The PATH study may have lost its way on quitting smoking with e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th March 2022 || News analysis |

A study that recently drew attention for concluding that vaping was a less successful cessation method than nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or even going cold turkey may be undermined by potential flaws ...

One judge of three seems receptive to Triton’s argument against FDA decision

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th March 2022 || News analysis |

E-liquid provider Triton Distribution may have made some progress in its attempt to convince a court that the US FDA was “arbitrary and capricious” in denying its flavoured vaping products application ...

US Congress passes omnibus bill, putting synthetic nicotine under FDA jurisdiction

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th March 2022 || News analysis |

Synthetic nicotine vaping products will likely require the same authorisations as those made with tobacco-derived nicotine – leading to a massive shake-up of the US vaping market – after Congress passed its omnibus spending bill ...

Letters to lawmakers urge action on PMTAs, flavours and synthetic nicotine

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th March 2022 || News analysis |

Multiple letters from lobbying associations have urged US officials to act on vaping regulation in general and synthetic nicotine in particular ...

Is the upcoming Swiss vaping taxation helpful or hurtful to public health?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th March 2022 || News analysis |

Swiss stakeholders have less than a month left to comment on a proposal by the Federal Council to tax electronic cigarettes at a rate that is 77% less than the levy on regular cigarettes – in line with the...

Judge dismisses FTC’s allegation that Altria-Juul deal broke anti-trust laws

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd February 2022 || News analysis |

Altria Group says a judge has dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC)’s claim that its investment in Juul Labs violates anti-trust laws ...

Malaysia planning birthdate ban on e-cig sales – with vaping industry support

Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd February 2022 || News analysis |

Malaysia’s new law to ban tobacco and nicotine sales to those born after 2005 will include vaping products, according to industry sources – some of whom back the plan ...

Podcast: What lies ahead?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd February 2022 || Podcasts |

After a busy 2021 for the vaping industry, ECigIntelligence managing director Tim Phillips joins podcast editor Jon Bruford to look back at the key events of the year ...

New FDA commissioner Califf urged to tackle vaping and synthetic nicotine

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st February 2022 || News analysis |

The US Senate has confirmed Robert Califf to be the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on a tight vote ...

US menthol cigarette ban is imminent – so what does that mean for e-cigs?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th February 2022 || News analysis |

Flavours for other tobacco products will almost certainly become the major topic once a US ban on menthol cigarettes and flavoured cigars goes through ...

Norway’s new rules should allow nicotine e-liquids – but it won’t be plain sailing

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th February 2022 || News analysis |

Changes to Norway’s Tobacco Act should allow the sale of nicotine-containing e-liquids and devices but strict permit rules could effectively prohibit the 70 or so domestic retailers from taking advantage ...

Ban on e-cigarette flavours ‘plays into the hands of Big Tobacco’, says Lithuanian MP

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th February 2022 || News analysis |

A Lithuanian lawmaker has criticised the country’s parliament for voting to enact a wide-ranging flavour ban rather than a more targeted, nuanced alternative ...

PMI sees bright future for Iqos Veev as it prepares to expand into more markets

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th February 2022 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) has commited to continuing to support the sales and promotion of its Veev vaping product, with future expansion into more markets around the world ...

Philippine physicians lobby president Duterte to veto consolidated vaping bill

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd February 2022 || News analysis |

The Philippine College of Physicians is lobbying against a bill to regulate vaping and novel tobacco products. They object to a lower age limit and the removal of flavour restrictions ...

French public health council reverses its endorsement of vaping to quit smoking

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd February 2022 || News analysis |

France’s High Council for Public Health has revised its 2016 opinion on e-cigarettes, now saying there is not sufficient evidence to recommend vaping for smoking cessation ...

Spanish medical associations come out against e-cigs in response to tax talks

Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th January 2022 || News analysis |

Medical societies in Spain have confirmed their strong stance against e-cigarettes as the government consults on potential restrictions and taxes on vapour products ...

Canadian e-cig industry ready to fight ‘existential threat’ of federal flavour ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th January 2022 || News analysis |

Leaders of Canada’s vaping industry are preparing to challenge a federal government proposal to restrict flavoured e-cigarette products which they fear would devastate the industry in the country ...

Colorado to consider flavour ban to reduce youth e-cig consumption

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st January 2022 || News analysis |

Lawmakers in Colorado will soon be considering a new bill that would ban the sale of all flavoured tobacco products. The aim of the new law would be to curb the consumption of e-cigarettes by youth ...

Robert Califf’s FDA nomination is approved at committee stage

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th January 2022 || News analysis |

Califf’s bid to be the first permanent FDA leader under president Joe Biden comes amid ongoing calls by politicians for more regulation of tobacco and the cigarette industry ...

Independent study confirms previous findings over smoke and vapour toxicity

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th January 2022 || News analysis |

A new paper successfully replicates three key studies comparing the toxicity of cigarette smoke and e-cigarette vapour on lung tissues ...

End of the ban? Brazil nearing a decision at last on regulation of e-cigarettes

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd January 2022 || News analysis |

Brazil seems close to clarifying a future legal path for tobacco alternatives in a regulatory process expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022 ...

Public health professor brands Taipei’s
e-cigarette ban ‘unfair’ and ‘senseless’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th December 2021 || News analysis |

A new blanket ban in Taiwan’s capital on the sale and import of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products is heavy-handed and nonsensical, a public health expert at the city's medical university says ...

Spain set to tax e-cigarettes and impose tobacco advertising and usage rules

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st December 2021 || News analysis |

The Spanish government is working on a regulation to impose further restrictions on e-cigarettes and place an excise duty on them to come into force by 2023 ...

US senators scrub federal tax scheme for e-cigarettes from Biden’s spending bill

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th December 2021 || News analysis |

The US Senate Finance Committee has made “targeted improvements” to president Joe Biden’s $2tn social spending package – including removing the proposal of a federal tax on tobacco alternatives ...

Countries to watch for budgets and vaping taxes in 2022

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th December 2021 || News analysis |

Now that the US Senate has killed plans for a federal vaping tax, where else in the world are new tax burdens for e-cigarettes on the agenda? ...

New year resolutions: countries to watch for budgets and vaping taxes in 2022

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st December 2021 || News analysis |

Governments worldwide are presenting their budget bills for 2022, with some of them proposing changes in the tax regimes applied to vaping products ...

How have MEPs changed in their views about new nicotine products?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th November 2021 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

We carried out a second survey of MEPs, following a similar survey in 2020, to find out how their views on new nicotine products, namely e-cigarettes (vaping), heated tobacco and nicotine pouches, have changed ...

A market snapshot of ‘novel nicotine products’ in the European Union

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th November 2021 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

The use of traditional tobacco products has been in decline across the EU in recent decades. We conducted a recent study to gauge the economic impact of e-cigarettes and novel nicotine products in Europe ...

China brings e-cigarettes under the national Tobacco Monopoly Law

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th November 2021 || News analysis |

Li Keqiang, premier of the State Council of China, has approved with immediate effect an addition to the Tobacco Monopoly Law, clarifying what has been a grey area surrounding the regulation of e-cigarettes ...

Israel implements instant new e-cig tax to fight against ‘the harms of smoking’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th November 2021 || News analysis |

E-cigarette retailers in Israel are facing a new tax similar to the existing one on traditional tobacco products. The tax on all e-cigarettes was imposed this week by order and came into effect immediately ...

Anti-smoking groups welcome appeal court ruling on Quebec’s Tobacco Act

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd November 2021 || News analysis |

Canadian anti-smoking groups have applauded the decision by Quebec’s Court of Appeal to overturn a lower court judgement that struck down parts of a provincial law putting vaping products under tobacco regulations ...

US Congress prepares to vote on tax to make vaping as expensive as smoking

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th November 2021 || News analysis |

A revised draft of US president Joe Biden’s $1.75tn Build Back Better Bill, which includes a new federal tax on e-cigarettes, is expected to be voted on by the House of Representatives this week ...

Flavour ban advocate Califf picked by Biden to take charge of US FDA again

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th November 2021 || News analysis |

A 70-year-old cardiologist who has backed a flavour ban on vaping products has been nominated by president Joe Biden to return to the role of commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Appeals court grants another company a stay of US FDA’s marketing denial order

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th November 2021 || News analysis |

A US court has granted another stay request to a company that sued the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after the agency issued a marketing denial order (MDO) for its flavoured vaping products ...

Swiss parliament adopts youth sales ban, advertising and packaging restrictions

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th November 2021 || News analysis |

The Swiss Federal Assembly has adopted a longstanding bill equating e-cigarettes with traditional tobacco, despite divisions between political parties over the right approach to tobacco alternatives ...

Manufacturer sues FDA for ‘irreparable harm’ despite PMTA reconsideration

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd November 2021 || News analysis |

Florida-based e-cigarette manufacturer Bidi Vapor has taken the US FDA to court claiming “continued irreparable harm” from being given a marketing denial order (MDO) for its vaping products ...

Mixed reactions as Northern Ireland prepares to ban vaping in cars with kids

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th October 2021 || News analysis |

Northern Ireland’s Department of Health has presented plans to implement a smoking and vaping ban in private cars when children are present and to ban the sale of nicotine e-liquids to...

Hong Kong council approves ‘milestone’ ban on e-cigarette imports and sales

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th October 2021 || News analysis |

Hong Kong’s lawmakers have passed a bill banning the import and sale of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products ...

PMI on track to submit PMTA to market its new Iqos vapour device in the US

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st October 2021 || News analysis |

PMI is planning to submit a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the second half of next year for its new e-vapour device the Iqos Veev ...

Vaping products make up 36% of patent applications for alternatives to smoking

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th October 2021 || News analysis |

Patents for tobacco alternatives have been booming in recent times as tobacco companies position themselves as contributors to a smoke-free world, with a 9.1% year-on-year increase in patents related to vaping ...

PMTAs: after the Reynolds approvals, which way will the FDA go next?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2021 || News analysis |

“The importance of the FDA authorising a vaping product as ‘appropriate for the protection of public health’ should not be understated,” said Greg Conley, president of the American Vaping Association ...

Kyrgyzstan bans vaping in public places and prepares new e-cig restrictions

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2021 || News analysis |

The use of e-cigarettes and tobacco in public places became illegal this week in Kyrgyzstan – where there is also a proposal to ban both disposable and open-system e-cigs ...

Turning Point withdraws legal action after FDA back-tracks on PMTA refusal

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th October 2021 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rescinded its marketing denial order (MDO) affecting 14 Turning Point Brands products, saying “relevant information that was not adequately assessed” ...

Turning Point Brands seeks emergency court ruling against FDA denial order

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th October 2021 || News analysis |

Turning Point Brands (TPB) is challenging in court the Marketing Denial Order (MDO) issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to its premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) as it considers the decision “arbitrary” ...

Nearly half of German vape retailers fear being taxed out of business, survey finds

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th October 2021 || News analysis |

The new vaping tax scheme due to come into effect in July 2022 is already causing concern within the German e-cigarette industry, with some vape stores fearing it will force them to close down ...

Australian GPs expect surge in patients as prescription scheme comes into force

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th September 2021 || News analysis |

Australian doctors anticipate an increase in appointments with patients wanting prescriptions for nicotine e-cigarettes after new regulations come into force ...

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