Freddie Dawson, Author at ECigIntelligence

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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

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 ...

UK vaping tax proposal draws criticism from pro-vaping public health sector

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

Although the new proposed UK vaping tax may achieve its aim of making vaping products unaffordable for some, there are concerns that it will also impact on their ability to work as smoking-cessation tools ...

It’s a safe bet that no change will come from the latest vaping petition in the UK

Written by Freddie Dawson || 7th March 2024 || Blogs |

UK vapers have been asked to support a new e-petition to demonstrate the level of opposition to a flavour ban, and it has so far garnered 40,000 signatures and counting ...

Alive and kicking – UK vape shops doing more than just fine, new data reveals

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th March 2024 || News analysis |

New data shows the UK vape shop scene is still thriving, despite increasingly negative rhetoric around the potential public health impact of vaping ...

UK Trading Standards get more resources – is it enough to fight illicit vape sales?

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

UK Trading Standards officials welcomed new measures to increase funding and allow for higher on-the-spot fines to be issued for illicit vape sales, but industry members say efforts could fail without laws behind them ...

Bans – what are they good for? Absolutely nothing. Seems we’re all saying it again.

Written by Freddie Dawson || 15th February 2024 || Blogs |

It’s clear from recently released company financial results that the proposed ban on disposable e-cigarettes in the UK is not expected to have much of an impact in the short term ...

Weighty EU cancer inequalities report generally pessimistic about e-cig use

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th February 2024 || News analysis |

An influential European Union report, “Beating Cancer Inequalities in the EU”, has taken a cautious, generally pessimistic view on tobacco alternatives ...

Can e-cigarettes help reduce tobacco use? WHO needs more vaping data to find out

Written by Freddie Dawson || 25th January 2024 || Blogs |

Not enough countries collect data on e-cigarette usage and it's necessary to improve this to better monitor reduction in tobacco use, says the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

What’s in store for 2024? A look at expected regulation in the year ahead

Written by Freddie Dawson || 2nd January 2024 || News analysis |

Further regulatory restrictions on e-cigarettes are expected, but these will not prevent the global vaping market from continuing to grow in 2024, ECigIntelligence predicts ...

Disposables dominated 2023, with buzz around bans, youth and the environment

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

“Disposables” was the word in vaping in 2023: although they had been building steam prior to this year, it was 2023 that saw multiple elements reach a crescendo ...

Smoore sets up ‘flavour detection squad’ to root out youth-appealing e-cigarettes

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

Smoore, a Chinese vaping technology company, has said it will not work with brands that use flavour names, packaging or product designs that could be construed as attractive to children ...

Haypp Group happy with UK vaping pilot and looking to expand sales in Europe

Written by Freddie Dawson || 14th December 2023 || News analysis |

Haypp Group, an online retailer of reduced-risk products, will look to expand into new categories and European markets following the success of a vaping pilot in the UK ...

UK ASA and Elf Bar clash again, this time over accusations of greenwashing in ads

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

A lack of information on how to recycle vaping products has led to a marketing campaign by Elf Bar running afoul of the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority following accusations of greenwashing ...

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 ...

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