Freddie Dawson, Author at ECigIntelligence

France vape shop image gallery

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

A collection of images of French vape shops....

British politicians oppose parliamentary vaping ban

Written by Freddie Dawson || 15th July 2015 || News analysis |

Members of the British parliament plan to contest a ban on vaping within the halls of the Palace of Westminster, the famous London complex where they...

Greek financial crisis seen as likely to lead to e-cig tax

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

Greece's ongoing financial troubles have implications for the e-cigarette sector, according to a new report from ECigIntelligence....

Few Americans comprehend relative risks of nicotine products

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

Only about one in 30 Americans fully understand the relative health risks of different nicotine products, according to a new...

$3.6m study will investigate use, perceptions of e-cigs

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

A Florida cancer research centre has been given $3.6m (€3.3m) for a long-running study of how e-cigarettes are used by consumers and whether they help vapers quit...

Australian, U.S. states strive to stop vaping in cars with kids

Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th July 2015 || News analysis |

State governments in Australia and the U.S. are moving to stop the use of e-cigarettes in cars where children are...

Pax to increase product availability, launch lifestyle ad campaign

Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th July 2015 || News analysis |

U.S. e-cig maker Pax Labs has secured $46.7m (€42.3m) in funding, which it will use to finance expansion plans including increased availability of its products and a new advertising...

New York fines e-cig suppliers over child-proofing failures

Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th June 2015 || News analysis |

New York state’s attorney general has cracked down on e-cigarette firms that violate state laws against selling e-liquids without child-proof...

TV, point of sale dominate European e-cigarette advertising

Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th June 2015 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

European consumers see TV ads for e-cigarettes nearly as often as point-of-sale promotions, but there is a significant divide between east and west in terms of frequency and impact, according to a new...

Europeans are vaping more, despite health concerns

Written by Freddie Dawson || 29th June 2015 || News analysis |

Awareness and use of e-cigarettes in the EU continues to grow, leading to a 10% success rate amongst users attempting to quit conventional tobacco. But health concerns are increasing...

Coming soon for dissatisfied vapers: the 3D printed e-cig?

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

Florida’s Rex Vapor hopes to offer vapers the chance to design their own e-cigarettes, which it would then manufacture using 3D printing...

More evidence that Europeans are opting for e-cigs over NRT

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

More evidence is emerging to suggest that e-cigarettes are taking market share away from smoking cessation products in...

World aviation body advises ban on e-cigs in checked baggage

Written by Freddie Dawson || 23rd June 2015 || News analysis |

E-cigs will soon be prohibited from being carried inside checked-in baggage destined for the cargo hold of airplanes, as a UN agency modifies guidance to include the devices on the dangerous goods list....

Singapore’s new e-liquid ban: part of a growing Asian trend?

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

Singapore is to ban e-liquids as part of a wider move to end the importation, sale and use of alternatives to combustible...

British politicians can’t vape – but debate on e-cigs continues

Written by Freddie Dawson || 2nd June 2015 || News analysis |

The British parliament has banned vaping in the corridors of power. But parliamentary groups discussing e-cigarettes are still going strong and planning their strategies....

Ontario approves prohibitions on marketing and public vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson || 1st June 2015 || News analysis |

Ontario legislators have voted in a new bill that severely restricts the marketing and use of e-cigs within Canada's most populous province....

E-cigarette tax hampers Portuguese market growth

Written by Freddie Dawson || 1st June 2015 || News analysis |

Portugal’s taxation policy on e-cigarettes has kept the market relatively small – and its full impact has not yet been felt by vapers or companies in the sector, according to research from...

FTC: Reynolds, Lorillard can merge to create tobacco titan

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

The Lorillard-Reynolds American merger has finally been passed by Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It still needs to undergo a public vote before being finally approved....

In depth: Czech Republic’s regulation of e-cigs, May 2015

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th May 2015 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

An in-depth look at the Czech regulatory market as the country gears up for EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) implementation....

Critics question enforcement ability in New South Wales

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

A new proposal to ban the sale of any type of e-cigarette to minors has been met with skepticism in the Australian state of New South Wales....

Formaldehyde scientists defend their work, promise follow-up

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

The academics behind a controversial study of formaldehyde levels in e-cigarettes have said that they are not opposed to the products, but are still prepared to defend their work despite criticism that it created unrealistic fears over e-cig...

Extending the no-smoking law to e-cigs is legal, says NYC judge

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

A challenge to the New York City public vaping ban has been denied by a Manhattan judge....

Hong Kong trade group resists mooted ban on e-cigarettes

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

A group of e-cig companies have banded together to lobby the Hong Kong government as it considers a proposal to ban e-cigs entirely....

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?...

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