Freddie Dawson, Author at ECigIntelligence

What to expect in e-cigs in 2025: is this the end for flavours and disposables?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th January 2025 || News analysis |

The year 2025 is shaping up to be a significant one for vaping. ECigIntelligence predicts several long-anticipated policy developments will start to emerge as regulators attempt to catch up to the rapidly evolving vaping market ...

How did we do? ECigIntelligence’s predictions for 2024 under review

Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st December 2024 || News analysis |

We look back at predictions ECigIntelligence published at the start of 2024 to see how well we did in calling events that would occur in the e-cigarette sector throughout the year ...

Bans and taxes on disposables took centre stage in 2024, along with politics at play

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th December 2024 || News analysis |

“Disposables” was once again the word of the year in vaping – more specifically for 2024, “a ban on disposables” was the phrase of the year in the sector, with many governments passing prohibition laws in an effort...

Minor Trump picks could have major impact on future of US nicotine industry

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th December 2024 || News analysis |

Several minor nominations by US president-elect Donald Trump could have a major impact on the future of nicotine alternatives in the country ...

Is Trump’s nominee for surgeon general ‘another troubling White House pick’?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 11th December 2024 || News analysis |

In many ways more of a ceremonial position than a leader in policy creation, the US surgeon general has, nonetheless, had an outside impact on tobacco control for quite some time ...

Ad citing Public Health England’s vaping claim banned, as ASA rules it misleading

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th December 2024 || News analysis |

Even the claim by Public Health England (PHE) that vaping is “95% less harmful than smoking” is not good enough for the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ...

Good vs bad science: how will Trump’s Covid-sceptic picks approach US vaping?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th December 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

A degree of Covid scepticism unites Trump’s picks for health positions. Will this beget an open mind in other areas of policy and research or will sensationalist science hold sway? ...

Nicotine alternatives industry hopes lie with Trump’s US FDA commissioner pick

Written by Freddie Dawson || 3rd December 2024 || News analysis |

Interest from the nicotine-alternatives industry in US president-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, Martin Makary, is less about who he is and more about who he is not ...

Agile companies stand to gain amid UK regulatory headwinds, says Supreme

Written by Freddie Dawson || 27th November 2024 || News analysis |

Agile companies will benefit from regulatory adversity, according to Supreme. The multi-product retailer expects the proposed UK vaping tax to lead to consolidation in the market ...

How could election-winning governors affect their US states’ approach to vaping?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th November 2024 || News analysis |

Not a single US state governorship flipped parties during the elections held on 5th November despite strong gains in the Senate for the Republican party, as well as the party’s victory in the presidential election ...

The industry reacts positively to the new version of the UK’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Written by Freddie Dawson || 7th November 2024 || News analysis |

The re-introduction of the UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill has been broadly welcomed by the industry, with the inclusion of a vaping retail licensing scheme described as a welcome change to the previous version ...

UK Tory funding promise to fight illegal and under-age vape sales goes unfulfilled

Written by Freddie Dawson || 28th October 2024 || News analysis |

The UK Conservative government never gave a promised £30m in extra funding to combat illicit and under-age e-cigarette sales, the UK Vaping Industry Association alleges ...

New data from the US National Youth Tobacco Survey shows several downturns

Written by Freddie Dawson || 28th October 2024 || News analysis |

New data from the US National Youth Tobacco Survey shows multiple declines: not only did youth use of conventional cigarettes fall once again – to its lowest level ever – but so did e-cigarette use ...

Big Tobacco’s brand-building recipe: what’s the missing ingredient for vapes?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 24th October 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

November will mark ten years since Iqos was launched in Japan. And as the third-quarter results of Philip Morris International show, the last ten years have been quite the story in the product’s global brand-building ...

Smoke-free products on way towards making up the majority of PMI’s sales

Written by Freddie Dawson || 23rd October 2024 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) highlighted the performance of its smoke-free products during its third-quarter results presentation, with the category growing to reach 38% of the company’s total net revenue ...

Trump plans to save vaping in the US, but should the industry trust him?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 22nd October 2024 || News analysis |

Donald Trump has promised to save vaping in the US, but will policy follow rhetoric if he wins the election and what will tying e-cig regulation to his candidacy mean if he loses? ...

What has a social media appeals board in Europe got in common with the FSFW?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th October 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

A new body for judging social media complaints has been launched in the EU using money originating from Meta, the parent company of Facebook ...

UK poised for a world first, with vaping predicted to overtake smoking in 2025

Written by Freddie Dawson || 3rd October 2024 || News analysis |

UK vaping rates will overtake smoking rates for the first time ever, according to new research provided by the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR) project ...

Cancer Research UK fears a disposables ban may alter perception of vaping harm

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th September 2024 || News analysis |

Cancer Research UK is concerned about the impact a ban on disposables in the UK could have on vaping harm perception and overall public health, particularly if justified on the grounds of protecting youth ...

What to expect when expecting the latest EU Tobacco Products Directive revision

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th September 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

There is still little concrete information on what the EU will do in its next revision of the Tobacco Products Directive, though the primary focus will likely be emerging tobacco products ...

Is Harris tied to the Biden administration on US tobacco and nicotine policies?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th September 2024 || News analysis |

US Republicans and their supporters are going to try to tie Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris to the record of outgoing president Joe Biden, including on the menthol ban proposed by the current administration ...

Ahead of the US presidential election, Trump’s position on vaping has evolved

Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th September 2024 || News analysis |

Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump has previously criticised the impact of vaping, though his position evolved over the course of his former presidential term ...

Vape products being adapted in face of looming disposables bans across Europe

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th September 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

E-cigarette design is already starting to change in anticipation of an exceedingly likely disposables ban in the UK, which could lead other jurisdictions to follow suit ...

With fewer smokers and new vapers, what’s next for nicotine alternatives?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 3rd September 2024 || News analysis |

It’s beginning to look like the well of smokers who have not tried vaping is running dry, and this has dramatic implications for the sector, its approach and the way others will interact with it ...

US Republican vice-presidential nominee keeps vaping opinions close to his chest

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th August 2024 || News analysis |

Republican nominee for vice-president JD Vance has been curiously silent on vaping, even though common Washington Beltway gossip says Vance’s staff are some of the most nicotined up in all of Congress ...

Surprise West Coast appeal in Middle East of cannabinoid brand’s new nicotine vape

Written by Freddie Dawson || 14th August 2024 || News analysis |

Executives were taken aback by the enthusiasm vendors showed for a nicotine vape brand in Dubai with a US West Coast theme, even though it involves a product that the UAE only recently legalised ...

Democratic vice-presidential nominee unlikely to be friend to vaping industry

Written by Freddie Dawson || 12th August 2024 || News analysis |

New Democratic nominee for vice-president Tim Walz is unlikely to be an ally to the tobacco alternatives and vaping industries. As governor of the state of Minnesota, he has taken a strong line on nicotine products...

A different kind of partnership between vaping company and cannabinoid brand

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th August 2024 || News analysis |

Vaping company Ispire has signed a 30-year global licensing agreement with Hidden Hills Club, a cannabinoid operation with wider lifestyle ambitions that will lead to the creation of Hidden Hills branded nicotine vaping products ...

Study suggests UK vape market saturated as pool of non-vaping smokers drying up

Written by Freddie Dawson || 7th August 2024 || News analysis |

New data suggests the number of smokers that have grown the UK vaping market could be nearly tapped out, and the government will likely act to stop new consumers from taking their place ...

Southeast Asia regulatory round-up, July 2024

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th July 2024 || News analysis |

Expect a flurry of regulations on vaping and other alternative nicotine products in Southeast Asia over the second half of 2024. Multiple countries have promised to introduce the first-ever regulations for e-cigarettes ...

As US gubernatorial contests heat up, where do candidates stand on vaping?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 25th July 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

Though debate about US president Joe Biden’s potential replacement dominates headlines on the November elections, down-ballot races in many states may impact the future of vaping in the country ...

Results of 30-year Swiss survey show smoking rate down since onset of vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th July 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

Swiss authorities have released results of a 30-year study on smoking and tobacco use in the country, tracking answers to a health survey conducted from 1992 to 2022 ...

UK generational ban on the purchase of smoking products is back on the cards

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th July 2024 || News analysis |

The Labour government used the king’s speech to announce it plans to introduce a Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which is effectively a revival of the previous Conservative proposal ...

New Zealand moves closer to plans of tightening controls on youth vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson || 12th July 2024 || News analysis |

Enaction of measures to curb youth uptake of vaping in New Zealand proposed earlier this year “should not be too far away”, a government spokesperson told ECigIntelligence ...

Hardware design and function looks set to become next regulatory battleground

Written by Freddie Dawson || 11th July 2024 || News analysis |

Expect to see pressure increase in one of the few largely unregulated areas of vaping: hardware design and performance. Some serious proposals are already passing through various legislatures ...

UK ASA rules against using affiliate programmes to promote vape products

Written by Freddie Dawson || 28th June 2024 || News analysis |

Vaping brands effectively cannot use affiliate referral systems to promote their products in the UK, according to a series of rulings by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ...

Supreme undaunted by disposables ban, but expands portfolio with Clearly Drinks

Written by Freddie Dawson || 28th June 2024 || News analysis |

Supreme, one of the main distributors for the Lost Mary and Elf Bar disposable e-cigarette brands, has expanded its non-vaping portfolio by purchasing beverage manufacturer Clearly Drinks for £15m ...

Australia limits e-cig sales to pharmacies, but critics say model will fail within a year

Written by Freddie Dawson || 27th June 2024 || News analysis |

A bill limiting the sale of vaping products to pharmacies in Australia has successfully passed a Senate vote and will enter into force from 1st October. The bill faced opposition from both sides ...

Australia to vote on limiting e-cig sales to pharmacies amid maelstrom of views

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th June 2024 || News analysis |

A vote on a proposal to limit e-cig sales to pharmacies is expected to take place today (26th June), after Australian officials earlier walked back proposals to move vaping to a more restrictive prescription-only model ...

Ten landmark events in the modern history of vaping, 2014 to 2024

Written by Freddie Dawson || 20th June 2024 || News analysis |

Since the launch of ECigIntelligence in April 2014, the vaping sector has changed to the point it is virtually unrecognisable from its former self. Regulations, perceptions and the major players have also shifted significantly over the past decade...

Contrasting attitudes and actions on vaping between the UK and Ireland

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th June 2024 || News analysis |

Ireland will take steps to prohibit vending machine sales of tobacco and vaping products in another step aimed at preventing under-18s from consuming both types of products and to combat an uptick in youth vaping ...

EU could have met smoke-free targets had it embraced harm reduction sooner

Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th May 2024 || News analysis |

If the EU had embraced harm reduction from the outset, it would have already achieved its smoke-free goals, according to Swedish member of European Parliament (MEP) Johan Nissinen ...

Could Ireland’s aim to raise the legal age for tobacco use affect vaping products?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 23rd May 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

Ireland will look to raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products to 21, but vaping products could be safe from the age hike (for now) ...

Can e-cig use among young Finns be determined by a circle of friends metric?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th April 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

The majority of Finnish youth report at least occasional vape use, according to a survey by a substance abuse organisation in the country, but what other factors are behind these numbers? ...

Players, innovation and regulation: the evolution of e-cigs over the last decade

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th April 2024 || News analysis |

In this part of a series of articles celebrating the tenth anniversary of Tamarind Intelligence, we look at how e-cig devices and the industry have evolved in the past decade ...

US FDA responds to Reagan-Udall review with product list and policy memoranda

Written by Freddie Dawson || 4th April 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

The US FDA has published a searchable product database and a collection of scientific policy memoranda as part of its efforts to meet and respond to recommendations made in the 2022 Reagan-Udall operational review ...

Perceived lack of US federal regulation has states creating product directories

Written by Freddie Dawson || 25th March 2024 || News analysis |

States are looking at product directories in an attempt to address the perceived lack of federal action on regulating vaping products already on the US market ...

UK ASA rules against Alfabar billboard featuring toy-like vape with glowing eyes

Written by Freddie Dawson || 21st March 2024 || News analysis |

Calling attention to light-up features on a vaping device is not permitted in UK advertising, according to the latest e-cigarette ruling from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ...

Mixed messages on harm reduction and tax are not the worst that could happen

Written by Freddie Dawson || 21st March 2024 || Blogs , News analysis |

Public health experts say the proposed UK tax on vaping products sends a mixed message in terms of public health, but perhaps mixed is as good as it gets, judging by recent events in Europe ...

Taxes on vapour products on the rise, but that could be good for unregulated areas

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th March 2024 || News analysis |

Much of the e-cigarette industry would prefer no duties on vaping products, but sometimes a tax can act as a confirmation of legality where vaping products have been in a regulatory grey zone ...

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