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Cooling flavours show potential warning flag, though more research is needed

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th May 2022 || News analysis |

New research has found that substances added to a wide variety of vaping flavours to create a cooling sensation may be harmful but researchers suggest more work must be done to formally confirm the theory ...

US FDA under fire after it forecasts work until June 2023 on final PMTA reviews

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

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s first court-ordered update on the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) progress has not gone down well with health lobbyists or a group of senior US senators ...

Podcast: Disposables – Regional trends in key areas, grey markets and growth explained

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th May 2022 || Podcasts |

ECigIntelligence market analyst Lucas Tremlett talks to podcast host Jon Bruford about the evergreen disposable e-cig, why it's seeing growth in many key regions, grey markets, device evolution and more ...

EU environmental rules for batteries could spell the end of disposable e-cigs

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

Vaping hardware could be in for a big shake-up in the EU over the next few years, with the environmental impact of batteries squarely in the firing line ...

Pennsylvania medical cannabis vape recall linked to added flavours?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th May 2022 || News analysis |

A widespread recall of medical cannabis vaping products in the US state of Pennsylvania has given rise to questions about the role flavour additives play in product safety and has left patients with more questions than answers ...

New research suggests a link between vape heating mechanisms and EVALI

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th May 2022 || News analysis |

The heating mechanisms of vaping devices may have played a part in the vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) crisis, new research suggests. Initial theories on the August 2019 outbreak of EVALI in the US quickly linked the condition to...

China: e-cigarette regulation, May 2022

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th May 2022 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

In November 2021, vapour products intended for the internal market were regulated as tobacco products in China. This report outlines the current regulatory regime ...

BAT takes Danish government to court, claiming e-cig restrictions are illegal

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th May 2022 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) and its subsidiaries Nicoventures and House of Prince have sued the Danish government over legislation which came into force in 2021 ...

China bans synthetic nicotine, while new e-cig standard could affect global market

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

Synthetic nicotine, and nicotine-free e-liquids, will be banned in China from 1st October, when the country’s standard for e-cigarettes takes effect, potentially have a major impact on worldwide supplies ...

First of US FDA’s court-ordered status reports on pending PMTAs expected

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

The first report on the status of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) is expected today, 29th April, following an order from a federal judge ...

Health agency consultants recommend preserving Brazilian e-cigarette ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th April 2022 || News analysis |

A long-anticipated report on possible future e-cigarette regulation will not make pleasant reading for Brazil’s vaping industry and its supporters ...

Smoore puts faith in new testing lab to meet Chinese and export standards

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th April 2022 || News analysis |

Chinese e-cigarette company Smoore has opened what it is calling the vaping industry’s first laboratory to test for extractable and leachable (E&L) substances ...

BAT fine demonstrates French tobacco advertising law does apply to vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th April 2022 || News analysis |

Anti-tobacco campaigners are happy with the €100,000 fine levied against British American Tobacco (BAT) for illegally advertising its Vype vaping products (now called Vuse) in France ...

South Africa takes ‘precautionary’ steps towards a flat rate tax on all e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th April 2022 || News analysis |

South Africa is looking to introduce taxes on vaping products as part of tobacco control measures in line with World Health Organization (WHO) guidance ...

FDA’s marketing denials for Myblu ‘very ominous news’ for US vaping industry

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

The company that makes the Myblu vaping pod has a 30-day window to challenge the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s denial of premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) for the device and flavoured refills ...

Canada announces new federal excise duty and coordinated vaping tax regime

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th April 2022 || News analysis |

The Canadian government has announced a new federal excise duty on vaping products and is inviting provincial governments to participate in a new, coordinated, vaping taxation regime ...

Podcast: What can we expect from the coming TPD revision?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th April 2022 || Podcasts |

ECigIntelligence director of legal analysis Pablo Cano Trilla discusses the coming revision of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), and how the changes it brings in will affect the vaping industry across Europe ...

Canadian government under fire from both sides on ‘too narrow’ law review

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th April 2022 || News analysis |

Critics say Canada’s long-awaited review of vaping law focuses too much on youth use of e-cigarettes, and those on both sides of the debate say it should go further on issues such as smoking...

Idaho denies local governments the right to be tougher than the state on vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th April 2022 || News analysis |

Local governments in the US state of Idaho will not be able to impose heavier e-cigarette regulation than the state already requires, following the governor’s signing of Senate Bill 1285 ...

Italian retailers wait for April ruling on selling e-liquid without a tax stamp

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st April 2022 || News analysis |

Italian vape retailers must wait for a second ruling in mid-April to see if they are permitted to sell e-liquids without a tax stamp, though they have at least been buoyed by an initial ruling that they do...

Departments of health and education join call for veto of Philippine vaping bill

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st April 2022 || News analysis |

The Department of Health (DOH) and medical groups in the Philippines have found an ally in the Department of Education (DepEd) after the latter backed the DOH’s appeal to president Rodrigo Duterte to veto the country’s vaping regulation...

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? ...

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