Freddie Dawson, Author at ECigIntelligence

With another week comes even more rulings from the UK ASA against TikTok

Written by Freddie Dawson || 24th November 2023 || News analysis |

Another week, another round of vaping-related posts on TikTok being criticised by the UK Advertising Standards Authority, this time around, against posts by an e-cig company and an influencer ...

UK advertising watchdog’s bark falls on deaf ears when querying TikTok vape ads

Written by Freddie Dawson || 13th November 2023 || News analysis |

Two more companies have ignored queries from the UK ASA on the appropriateness of nicotine-containing e-cigarette ads on social media platform TikTok ...

FSFW and PMI split raises issues around tobacco companies funding research

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th November 2023 || Blogs |

The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World has ended its relationship with Philip Morris International, bringing to a close one of the tobacco company’s many efforts to distance itself from its own best-selling products ...

King’s speech heralds Tobacco and Vapes Bill as path to smoke-free generation

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th November 2023 || News analysis |

King Charles said in the king’s speech that the UK parliament will try to push through its plan to prevent those born on or after 1st January 2009 from buying cigarettes ...

Foundation for a Smoke-Free World splits from PMI, plans for name change

Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th November 2023 || News analysis |

The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) has severed its connection with tobacco company Philip Morris International (PMI) and will soon change its name, its new CEO Cliff Douglas has announced ...

UK ASA ad rulings highlight challenges of TikTok’s automated content moderation

Written by Freddie Dawson || 2nd November 2023 || News analysis |

A new batch of rulings from the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) gives a glimpse into how auto-moderation at TikTok is meant to work ...

Messaging in private channels still counts as promotional, says ASA

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th October 2023 || News analysis |

E-cigarette companies in the UK cannot publish promotional material such as discount codes on private servers on the social media platform Discord – even if the content is accessible only to those actively seeking it ...

England’s north has the fewest stop-smoking services but the most quitters

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th October 2023 || News analysis |

The north of England has the country’s highest level of success in quitting smoking, despite being severely underserved by cessation services, according to a new analysis of quitters who self-reported sucess to the NHS ...

Innovation through sharing of vape and HT technologies discussed at GTNF

Written by Freddie Dawson || 13th October 2023 || News analysis |

Future innovation in vaping and tobacco alternatives is likely to involve environmental improvements and prevention of youth usage, said speakers at the Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum ...

GTNF speakers warn against letting loudest voices drive vaping regulations

Written by Freddie Dawson || 12th October 2023 || News analysis |

Public pressure can drive legislators to make populist decisions on nicotine product regulation that are not based on evidence, warned speakers at the recent Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum (GTNF) in Seoul ...

Targeting smokers doesn’t make ads acceptable, says UK advertising regulator

Written by Freddie Dawson || 27th September 2023 || News analysis |

A decision this week by the UK advertising regulator highlights the pitfalls facing vapour companies in promoting their products online ...

Vaping associations unite in new global alliance to tackle industry challenges

Written by Freddie Dawson || 15th September 2023 || News analysis |

A new industry association, the Global Vape Alliance, brings together major international vaping bodies to globally unify industry responses to issues facing the vaping sector ...

TikTok comes under fire with the UK ASA once again for vape product advertising

Written by Freddie Dawson || 14th September 2023 || Blogs |

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has once again been policing the marketing of vaping products on the social media platform TikTok ...

New UK study finds an effective combo for quitting smoking using e-cigarettes

Written by Freddie Dawson || 21st July 2023 || News analysis |

Flavour advice in combination with regular supportive text messages has been shown to be the most effective method for helping people remotely to quit smoking using vaping, a new study has found ...

US FDA CTP takes ‘data-driven approach’ in response to Reagan-Udall report

Written by Freddie Dawson || 3rd July 2023 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration Center for Tobacco Products has published milestones to expect as it continues to address issues brought up by the Reagan-Udall Foundation’s recent report ...

New Zealand health research fund backs three-year trial of ways to quit vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson || 28th June 2023 || News analysis |

Research into how New Zealanders can stop vaping will receive part of a NZD53.7m (USD32.6m) government funding allocation for research into pressing health issues ...

FDA cracks down on Esco Bars and Elf Bar with warning letters in compliance ‘blitz’

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th June 2023 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration has sent warning letters to 189 retailers as part of its efforts to police sales of disposable vapes. It has also highlighted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies ...

Irish government open to suggestions for future policy on disposal for disposables

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th June 2023 || News analysis |

Ireland is holding a public consultation on disposable vaping devices that will determine the future of the products in the country. All responses will be considered and used to inform the next steps of policy-making ...

Industry members’ concerns as Ireland takes further steps to legislate vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th June 2023 || News analysis |

Ireland’s Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill, which would make it illegal to sell vaping products to under-18s, among other provisions, is in the window to be debated in Parliament ...

Can vaping legal framework be built on more than just slipshod bills, please?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 15th June 2023 || Blogs |

It’s surprising the loopholes lawmakers can miss when writing, debating and passing bills. Or is it? With allegations that politicians don’t even read bills they vote on and of proposals copying vested interest submissions verbatim ...

Ireland prepares to shut the door against e-cig sales and advertising to under-18s

Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th June 2023 || News analysis |

It will soon be illegal to sell e-cigarette products to under-18s in Ireland after ministers received government approval to bring forward a bill containing a wide range of measures on smoking and vaping ...

FDA plays Hyde and go seek in latest move against retail of disposables

Written by Freddie Dawson || 1st June 2023 || News analysis |

Action against disposable e-cigarettes continues in the US, with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issuing warning letters to 30 retailers over sales of the popular Puff and Hyde brands ...

No more freebies – UK government gets serious about rise in youth vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th May 2023 || News analysis |

A raft of new measures to crack down on a rise in youth vaping has been announced by the UK government, including a ban on the distribution of free samples to under-18s ...

UK advertising watchdog cracks the whip against promotion of vaping on TikTok

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th May 2023 || News analysis |

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has confirmed that commercially associated vaping posts should not appear on the social media site TikTok ...

Big Tobacco accused of doing too little, too slowly in switch to reduced risk

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th May 2023 || News analysis |

Tobacco companies are not doing enough to transition to reduced risk products and are not phasing out conventional cigarettes quickly enough, according to the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) ...

PMI ends interest in US vaping market, outsources manufacturing elsewhere

Written by Freddie Dawson || 28th April 2023 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International will scale back and partially outsource its vaping business, instead focusing on other tobacco alternatives that can help it become a majority smoke-free revenue company by 2025 ...

Heated tobacco case shows age matters in British ads for e-cigarette products

Written by Freddie Dawson || 23rd March 2023 || News analysis |

Companies dealing in e-cigarette products must be extremely careful with all age-related details when it comes to website illustrations and endorsements, a new UK ruling against a heated tobacco company demonstrates ...

Elf Bar acts fast to avoid recall notice, but oversized vapes still can’t be sold in UK

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th March 2023 || News analysis |

Reports that Elf Bar has been the subject of a mandatory recall of its UK products that did not meet regulations are false – but so are suggestions that the vapes can still be sold ...

Nicotine-free e-liquids could face EU duty to close shake-and-vape tax dodge

Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th March 2023 || News analysis |

European authorities will likely look to impose a tax on nicotine-free e-liquids in the upcoming revision of the EU Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) ...

While growth in e-cigarettes slows, other tobacco alternatives are catching up fast

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th January 2023 || Blogs |

ECigIntelligence predicted a year ago that increasing restrictions and taxes on vaping products would drive more users to other tobacco alternatives in 2022. And it does appear that this has been the case ...

Italy’s new government scraps planned increases in e-liquid excise duties

Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th December 2022 || News analysis |

Excise duties on cigarettes in Italy will increase from 1st January, while those on heated tobacco and e-liquids will not rise at the rate previously laid out, under the new Italian government’s 2023 Budget Bill. The newly formed right-wing coalition...

Tighter controls at home may encourage Chinese e-cig firms to focus on exports

Written by Freddie Dawson || 17th November 2022 || News analysis |

Domestic tax provisions and tightened regulations have led to Chinese e-cigarette brands looking to new international markets as higher prices and flavour limits mean fewer vapers at home, according to experts ...

E-cig tax should be easy to implement, but will new rules affect Chinese market?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th November 2022 || News analysis |

China’s new e-cigarette tax should not prove too heavy an administrative burden, according to experts. But it remains unclear what impact new regulations brought in earlier this year will have on the domestic market ...

Deal or no deal? Juul reportedly ‘thinking about’ filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th October 2022 || News analysis |

Juul Labs may be considering Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, according to a report citing unnamed sources ...

Altria ends agreement with Juul in US, freeing up both companies to compete

Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th September 2022 || News analysis |

Altria has disclosed in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it is ending its non-compete agreement with Juul ...

Prohibition Juice fails with court claim that US FDA overstepped its authority

Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th September 2022 || News analysis |

Prohibition Juice has failed in an attempt to get the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s authority over vaping products curtailed ...

FDA chief Califf orders external review of ‘stressed’ Center for Tobacco Products

Written by Freddie Dawson || 20th July 2022 || News analysis |

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf has authorised an external review of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), citing a “series of challenges that have...stressed the agency’s operations” ...

Huge disparities in access to stop-smoking services across England

Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th July 2022 || News analysis |

Public health in the North of England continues to be ignored in favour of supporting more affluent and Tory-leaning areas in the South and Midlands, according to a new survey ...

Regulations and apathy throw obstacles in the way of e-cig recycling efforts

Written by Freddie Dawson || 27th June 2022 || News analysis |

Efforts to increase recycling of vaping products have been stymied by unintended consequences of unrelated regulations as well as a lack of consumer interest ...

Health, environment damage: e-cigs and vaping products ‘are not the solution’

Written by Freddie Dawson || 3rd June 2022 || News analysis |

Next-generation tobacco products such as e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco alternatives are not the solution to damage caused by the tobacco industry to both public health and the environment, according to speakers at a World Health Organization (WHO) conference...

Reynolds sees further PMTA success with six new product authorisations

Written by Freddie Dawson || 13th May 2022 || News analysis |

RJ Reynolds has received a second round of authorisations for devices and cartridges from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Vuse vaping brand ...

Where do we go from here? How new rules will affect world vape markets

Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st January 2022 || News analysis |

Consumers will continue to increasingly spread usage out over different alternative nicotine products, partly driven by further, stricter vaping regulation across the globe throughout 2022, ECigIntelligence predicts ...

US state-level regulation paused as lawmakers go into lockdown

Written by Freddie Dawson || 1st April 2020 || News analysis |

With president Donald Trump announcing social distancing and other measures being extended until the end of April it seems unlikely many US state legislatures will choose to end their adjournments soon ...

Charlie’s Chalk Dust will sell CBD
e-liquid after takeover by drinks firm

Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th May 2019 || News analysis |

Charlie’s Chalk Dust, one of the best known American e-liquid brands, has announced its entry into the CBD sector following its acquisition by a drinks company with CBD interests ...

Scottish prisons will offer four e-cigarette brands free to inmates

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th September 2018 || News analysis |

Four companies have been chosen to provide the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) with e-cigarettes and e-liquids in closed pods. Prisoners will be offered free vaping starter kits from late September ...

BAT under fire for seeking contracts with UK stop smoking services

Written by Freddie Dawson || 13th September 2018 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) has been criticised in local and national government circles for attempting to win contracts with local smoking cessation services in the UK ...

Labelling guidelines – first step on the road to Malaysian regulation?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th September 2018 || News analysis |

Malaysian manufacturers of e-liquids are now required to adhere to new labelling guidelines. At present, the rules apply only to non-nicotine liquids – but there are hopes they may be the first step towards wider regulation ...

‘Not patently obvious’ – board awards Fontem a win over Reynolds

Written by Freddie Dawson || 4th September 2018 || News analysis |

In a patent appeal case that could have wide implications for the e-cig industry, Fontem Ventures has scored a significant victory in one of its ongoing intellectual property disputes with RJ Reynolds ...

UK government has no intention of taxing vaping…yet

Written by Freddie Dawson || 24th August 2018 || News analysis |

The UK treasury has confirmed that it has “no current plans” to introduce a tax on vaping products, despite reports in some media that taxation was being prepared to help prop up the ailing NHS ...

Philippines looks set for new stance on vaping but future still unclear

Written by Freddie Dawson || 21st August 2018 || News analysis |

The Philippines could be set to take a liberal stance on e-cigarettes after the House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution urging the Philippine Department of Health to focus on e-cigarettes to aid smoking cessation ...

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