Freddie Dawson, Author at ECigIntelligence

New Zealand allows first radio advertisement for e-cigarettes

Written by Freddie Dawson || 13th May 2015 || News analysis |

New Zealand, where strict controls are placed on e-cigarette sales and distribution, has allowed an e-cig radio ad for the first time....

Scottish health bill will require registration of e-cig retailers

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th May 2015 || News analysis |

The Scottish government plans to add a registration process for e-cigarette sellers, as well as a formal ban on sales to under-18s, to its health bill due to be introduced later this...

E-cig ads must avoid “glamour”, Britain’s regulator decides

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th May 2015 || News analysis |

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an e-cigarette TV ad for “indirectly promoting the use of tobacco products” through being...

Rising level of local regulation worries U.S. vape retailers

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th May 2015 || News analysis |

Vape shops in the U.S. are growing concerned about increasing e-cigarette regulation at state and municipal...

Tobacco firms “take more care than others on youth exclusion”

Written by Freddie Dawson || 22nd April 2015 || News analysis |

Big Tobacco’s e-cigarette operations are significantly better than independents at implementing Website and sales restrictions on young people, according to a new...

E-cigs play little part in nicotine addiction among kids: UK study

Written by Freddie Dawson || 20th April 2015 || News analysis |

A new study has downplayed concerns about youth e-cigarette use in the UK and even suggested that some minors may be using e-cigs in attempts to give up...

U.S. teens vape more, smoke less: so is it good news or bad?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 17th April 2015 || News analysis |

New data from the U.S. National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) is being used in support of two contrasting arguments, for and against e-cigarettes. But could both sides be partly...

Long-term study to examine health of vapers and dual users

Written by Freddie Dawson || 14th April 2015 || News analysis |

The lack of long-term scientific studies into e-cigarettes is a common complaint. But the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (CTRI) is now starting to address that through a multi-year investigation of e-cigs’ health effects,...

Welsh schools and employers create their own e-cig policies

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th April 2015 || News analysis |

New surveys by the Welsh government suggest schools and businesses are able to decide e-cigarette policy on their own....

Study of British youth vaping causes outrage, but has flaws

Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st March 2015 || News analysis |

A new British study on youth vaping has caused sensationalist headlines with its comparisons of the demographics, tobacco use and alcohol use of 14-to-17-year-olds who reported using or purchasing an...

CDC ads are aimed at tobacco, not vaping (will anyone notice?)

Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st March 2015 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

A new advertising campaign from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sent shock waves through the e-cigarette sector, with many claiming it demonstrates official bias against the products. But is that a fair reading...

Medical approval for an e-cig “could be bigger than TPD”

Written by Freddie Dawson || 27th March 2015 || News analysis |

Approval of an e-cigarette by a medical licensing body could have even more impact on the sector than the much-discussed EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) implementation, according to Nerudia, a consultancy and nicotine science...

E-cigarette ads could increase smokers’ desire for tobacco

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th March 2015 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

Vaping in TV commercials may increase smokers’ urge to reach for a cigarette and decrease optimism among those that quit tobacco, a new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication...

Fontem develops caffeine strip; Nicoccino looks beyond nicotine

Written by Freddie Dawson || 25th March 2015 || News analysis |

Imperial Tobacco’s Fontem Ventures does not plan to create a nicotine oral strip similar to Nicoccino’s, despite launching a new brand of caffeinated strip called...

British MPs told to avoid excessive caution on e-cigs

Written by Freddie Dawson || 20th March 2015 || News analysis |

Health experts have called on the UK government to support e-cigs through light-touch...

If it’s Saturday, this must be Shenzhen (and an e-cig expo)

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th March 2015 || News analysis |

While delegates to this week’s World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Abu Dhabi presumably must decide which of the title’s categories e-cigarettes fall into, those who’ve missed it have another choice to make: just how many of...

Online sellers do check ages – but nearly all can be fooled

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th March 2015 || News analysis |

A study shows that e-cigarette retailers have some work to do before they can comply with legislation on minimum purchasing...

Consumers who see e-cig ads more likely to trust products

Written by Freddie Dawson || 17th March 2015 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

TV and radio advertising has a strong effect on consumers’ perceptions of e-cigarette safety, new research...

E-cigs are eating away at NRT sales in the UK, says Mintel

Written by Freddie Dawson || 11th March 2015 || News analysis |

E-cigarettes continue to take sales from nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products in the UK, according to new...

Sunshine and showers: the top e-cigarette stories in review

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th March 2015 || News analysis |

As the change of seasons edged closer over February and early March, headlines in the e-cigarette sector were a sometimes confusing mix of storm clouds and...

In depth: conflicting statistics beset debate on youth vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson || 2nd March 2015 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

A new study is the first to cautiously find no link between e-cigarette use in U.S. middle- and high-school students and harm reduction....

U.S. public health authorities urged to be cautious over e-cigs

Written by Freddie Dawson || 27th February 2015 || News analysis |

Regulators should err on the side of caution when deciding e-cigarette regulations concerning children and pregnant women, U.S. public-health officials have been...

E-cig makers look for weapons to fight back at counterfeiters

Written by Freddie Dawson || 24th February 2015 || News analysis |

As counterfeiting and cloning become growing problems for the e-cigarette industry, one German-Russian supplier has issued a cease-and-desist notice to manufacturers and vendors which it claims are marketing rip-off...

Medical supporters of e-cigs rally for social media campaign

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th February 2015 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

A new initiative seeking to unite scientific and medical supporters of e-cigarettes is planning a “thunderclap” through social media this...

Vapers will escape “voluntary outdoor smoking ban” in Bristol

Written by Freddie Dawson || 13th February 2015 || News analysis |

A voluntary ban on conventional tobacco in parts of Bristol, England, could benefit e-cigarettes....

Totally Wicked targets hearts and minds in TPD conflict

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th February 2015 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

UK e-liquid producer Totally Wicked is hoping to drum up support for its challenge to the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) through a new...

NJOY is top brand in U.S. stores, while Ten Motives leads in UK

Written by Freddie Dawson || 4th February 2015 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

The latest analyses of the U.S. and UK e-cigarette markets have put new brands on top. Who leads two of the most important e-cig markets in the world?...

Public health campaign warns Alaskans on risks of vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson || 3rd February 2015 || News analysis |

Alaskan public health officials have come down hard on e-cigarettes with an advertising campaign including posters and local...

The e-cig world’s top stories, from Holland to the Pacific

Written by Freddie Dawson || 3rd February 2015 || News analysis |

ECigIntelligence looks back at the e-cigarette stories of the last month that you can’t afford to...

Mexico seizes e-cig products, but was agency acting legally?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 28th January 2015 || News analysis |

Authorities in Mexico have seized nearly 10,000 e-cigarette “devices and accessories”, according to...

Study will examine social media for insight on e-cig trends

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th January 2015 || News analysis |

Researchers in Arizona plan to create an e-cigarette social media database, provide access to other academics, and study the results themselves....

E-cig taxation measures expected to proliferate

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th January 2015 || News analysis |

Governments around the world are waking up to the potential of taxing e-cigarettes, according to a new report from...

Does snus hold back e-cigarette sales in the Nordic nations?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th January 2015 || News analysis |

The popularity of snus is likely to hamper e-cigarette growth in Nordic countries, according to a new report from...

Dwindling vaper numbers hit Italian e-cigarette market

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th January 2015 || News analysis |

The Italian e-cigarette market is in decline as vaper numbers drop, but a revised tax regime holds some promise for the future, according to a new report from...

Canadian vapers are young, want to give up smoking

Written by Freddie Dawson || 24th December 2014 || News analysis |

Canadian vapers share many demographic characteristics with their UK counterparts, a new survey...

Stringent rules on nicotine hamper Australasian market

Written by Freddie Dawson || 23rd December 2014 || News analysis |

Regulation is holding the Australasian e-cigarette market far behind other...

ECIG’s derailed IPO: industry says it was sad but inevitable

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th December 2014 || News analysis |

The abandonment by Electronic Cigarettes International Group (ECIG) of its IPO was sad for the industry but inevitable, according to e-cigarette...

Some young e-cigarette users seem likely to smoke, yet don’t

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th December 2014 || News analysis |

Some youth who would otherwise have smoked may have opted for e-cigarettes as an alternative, according to a new...

ECIG abandons NASDAQ IPO, citing market conditions

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th December 2014 || News analysis |

Electronic Cigarettes International Group (ECIG) has withdrawn its application for an initial public offering (IPO) on the U.S. NASDAQ stock exchange, but kept the door open for a private offering in the...

Westminster politicians form working group on e-cigarettes

Written by Freddie Dawson || 17th December 2014 || News analysis |

Members of the British parliament have launched an all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on...

E-cig firms spend less online than others, more on outdoor

Written by Freddie Dawson || 15th December 2014 || News analysis |

E-cigarette companies in the UK are spending less on Internet marketing than on any other major advertising medium, according to market tracking firm...

Ten U.S. states still allow children to buy e-cigarettes

Written by Freddie Dawson || 12th December 2014 || News analysis |

More than 16m children under the age of 17 are able to legally buy e-cigarettes in the U.S., according to calculations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

In depth: British vaper numbers and consumer characteristics

Written by Freddie Dawson || 12th December 2014 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

A detailed picture of British e-cig consumers is emerging in studies of vaping prevalence and user characteristics, from both the private and public...

E-cig trial high among Welsh youth, but influences uncertain

Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th December 2014 || News analysis |

New data from a Welsh youth survey suggests that indoor vaping bans may have little effect on e-cigarette awareness among children, and raises questions on the influence of e-cig use by...

New Liverpool e-liquid factory will be biggest in Europe

Written by Freddie Dawson || 4th December 2014 || News analysis |

Europe’s largest outsourced manufacturing facility for nicotine products is to open in the UK city of...

Wide variety of product choices lures shoppers into vape stores

Written by Freddie Dawson || 4th December 2014 || News analysis |

Product choice may be the main influence on consumers’ choice of vape stores, according to new research in the...

U.S. e-liquid manufacturers face deluge of FDA paperwork

Written by Freddie Dawson || 2nd December 2014 || News analysis |

American e-liquid manufacturers face a significant rise in paperwork from the deeming regulations currently being finalised by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a consultancy has...

Scotland mulls regulating public vaping and e-cig retail

Written by Freddie Dawson || 28th November 2014 || News analysis |

The e-cig sector appears to anticipate no radical regulation emerging from a consultation currently underway in...

Workplace vaping: challenges, compromises and chocoholics

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th November 2014 || News analysis |

Designing workplace vaping policy is a matter of negotiating conflicting rights, according to public policy...

Do Minnesota’s young people really vape more than others?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 23rd November 2014 || News analysis |

Nearly 20% of middle and high school students in Minnesota have tried vaping, a proportion about three times higher than the national average – but the public health researchers who produced the figure have cautioned against assuming that...

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