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Author: Freddie Dawson

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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If you build loyalty, vapers will come, says ad industry

Written by Freddie Dawson || 3rd October 2014 || News analysis |

          Engagement and loyalty-building with individual consumers will grow increasingly important for e-cigarette brands in Europe, according to industry experts. But will forthcoming regulation allow it to happen in the easiest place – online...
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Chinese manufacturer files to list on NASDAQ

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

          Kimree, a Chinese e-cigarette manufacturer, has filed to list on the US NASDAQ stock exchange under the acronym KREE. It plans to raise around $125m in its initial public offering (IPO) but has...
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E-cigarette experts at expos unclear but upbeat

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

        Paris and Las Vegas: ECigIntelligence director, Tim Phillips recently chaired the E-cig Vegas: Industry Conference discussion panels where experts debated the current business climate in the sector, the upcoming Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
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E-liquids: are they as dangerous as European regulators think?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 29th July 2014 || News analysis |

Could handling e-liquid really be as safe as doing the dishes? European regulations on classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) have been wrongly categorising nicotine as extremely toxic when it should be considered the equivalent of washing-up liquid, a new...

Many UK pharmacists will sell e-cigs to kids, survey finds

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

Almost three out of four independent UK pharmacies failed to stop under-age consumers attempting to purchase an e-cigarette, according to a new investigation from two UK governmental bodies, Public Health England and the Trading Standards Institute...