Freddie Dawson, Author at ECigIntelligence

Indoor bans for Minneapolis, Baltimore; outdoor in Boulder?

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

The U.S. cities of Minneapolis and Baltimore have joined the likes of Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia by banning the use of e-cigarettes in most indoor public places, while Boulder is considering an outdoor...

Science panel agrees: e-cigs are “20 times safer than smoking”

Written by Freddie Dawson || 14th November 2014 || News analysis |

A panel of medical experts has said that e-cigarettes are 20 times safer than conventional...

Nova Scotia backs down on law prohibiting flavoured e-liquid

Written by Freddie Dawson || 13th November 2014 || News analysis |

Public pressure has led to an about-face on e-liquid flavours by the Canadian province of Nova...

E-cig fire scare: the 1% reality behind the British headlines

Written by Freddie Dawson || 11th November 2014 || News analysis |

The British media has been busy recently with reports of fires caused by e-cigarettes. But do the numbers support the...

E-cigarette industry foundation will dispense research funding

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

A new U.S. non-profit aims to speed up e-cigarette research by providing funding from the private...

Local politican proposes to ban cherry and orange in Big Apple

Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st October 2014 || News analysis |

The tempestuous relationship between New York City and e-cigarettes is continuing with the introduction of a bill that would ban flavoured e-cigs and...

UK e-cig market preparing for dual-track regulation in 2015

Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th October 2014 || News analysis |

British plans for comprehensive legislation on e-cigarettes could be published as early as January 2015, according to a new report from...

Vaping and tobacco smoking both rise among Poland’s youth

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

E-cigarette use has tripled amongst Polish teenagers, according to a new study from the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) in the United States and Poland’s Medical University of...

60% in UK back public use ban, but e-cigs helped many quit

Written by Freddie Dawson || 22nd October 2014 || News analysis |

More than half of Britons would like to see a ban on e-cigarette use indoors, according to new research conducted by YouGov for the Sunday Times...

E-cigs’ positive YouTube image “could influence young people”

Written by Freddie Dawson || 20th October 2014 || News analysis |

The portrayal of e-cigarettes on YouTube is overwhelmingly positive, with only 2% of videos on the sharing site depicting the products in a negative light, according to a new report published by BMC Public...

Uncertainty over the true value of Kimree’s patent portfolio

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th October 2014 || News analysis |

Kimree, the Chinese e-cigarette manufacturer filing for listing on the U.S. NASDAQ market, has based part of its valuation on a collection of patents. But how valuable are...

E-liquid’s poison threat to pets: is it more bark than bite?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th October 2014 || News analysis |

Pet poisoning by nicotine products is a rare occurrence and alarm is overstated, experts say, though they warn consumers to be...

Lorillard and Logic tank systems may grow business for C-stores

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th October 2014 || News analysis |

Two of the biggest U.S. cigalike manufacturers, Lorillard and Logic, have introduced tank systems for the first...

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...

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...

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)...

Missouri finally decides: e-cigs are different from tobacco

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th September 2014 || News analysis |

The U.S. state of Missouri is to legally distinguish between e-cigarettes and tobacco products, following disagreement among law-makers which saw legislation passed, then vetoed, and finally...

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Public health leader resigns after Twitter outburst at vapers

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

A British government health adviser has been forced to resign after a Twitter tirade at his opponents in an argument about...

Queensland tightens its e-cig rules, but vapers unbothered

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th September 2014 || News analysis |

Queensland is set to become the first state in Australia subjecting e-cigarettes to the same laws as conventional tobacco...

Thailand seeks to prevent e-cig imports as tobacco laws fail

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th September 2014 || News analysis |

Thailand’s government is planning to clamp down harder on the import of e-cigarettes, seeking to close potential loopholes in the products’ confusing legal...

To vape or not to vape? Health organisations tell Danes “no”

Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th September 2014 || News analysis |

Four leading health organisations in Denmark have warned consumers to be wary of...

Lorillard, Zippo go to UK court in feud over Blu brand name

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th September 2014 || News analysis |

Tobacco giant Lorillard has filed an injunction in the UK courts against Zippo Manufacturing, the legendary producer of lighters, seeking to protect its Blu e-cigarette trademarks in...

British e-cig firm earns praise for response to diacetyl crisis

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

The British e-cigarette maker found to have diacetyl in one of its e-liquids handled this week’s ensuing fallout correctly, according to a crisis management...

Big Tobacco “could grow e-cig market for independents, too”

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

The increasing presence of Big Tobacco in e-cigarettes could prove to be a significant benefit for the sector, according to Miguel Martin, president of U.S. e-cig firm...

Blu e-cig could be confused with Zippo lighter, says court

Written by Freddie Dawson || 21st August 2014 || News analysis |

Zippo Manufacturing, maker of the famous cigarette lighter, has won a round in its worldwide legal dispute over the use of the brand name Blu – also employed by Lorillard for its market-leading...

Regulation “could make stores more important than online”

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th August 2014 || News analysis |

Does the future of the e-cigarette industry lies in bricks-and-mortar retail sales rather than...

Survey suggests many UK doctors oppose e-cigarettes

Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th July 2014 || News analysis |

A new survey suggests that two-thirds of UK doctors would like to see greater restrictions on the accessibility of...

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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...

Reynolds-Lorillard merger could help them lobby on e-cigs

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

merge - Flickr, Michael CoghlanThe Lorillard-Reynolds merger could lead to more consistent lobbying of the U.S. government on e-cigarettes as it blends the interests of the tobacco giants involved, industry executives...

In depth: current regulation and outlook for e-cigs in France

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th July 2014 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Current regulatory framework • The “tabac” monopoly • Recent regulatory initiatives • Implementation of article 20 of the...

U.S. e-cig industry has concerns on Reynolds-Lorillard takeover

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th July 2014 || News analysis |

There is concern in the e-cigarette industry over the sale of the Blu e-cigarette brand to Imperial Tobacco as part of the merger of tobacco giants Lorillard and...

U.S. medical centre excludes nicotine users from hiring

Written by Freddie Dawson || 11th July 2014 || News analysis |

Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) in Maryland has elected to stop hiring nicotine users from 1 July,...

Crowd-funded appeal against ban on “lookalike” e-cigs

Written by Freddie Dawson || 11th July 2014 || News analysis |

An Australian e-cigarette retailer is attempting to crowd-fund an appeal after a court ruled that the e-cigarettes the company sold resembled conventional cigarettes – violating Australia’s Tobacco Products Control Act of...

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...

Poison risk to kids prompts proposal for NY e-liquid ban

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

Campaigners have accused two New York state senators of failing to see the wood for the trees after they introduced a bill that could prevent businesses from selling, offering to sell or giving away e-liquids....

Harvard research didn’t show that teens are regular vapers

Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th June 2014 || News analysis |

A Harvard University study widely quoted as demonstrating extensive use of e-cigarettes among young people in fact only recorded whether they had ever tried an e-cig....

Another UK corporate e-cig sale: PMI buys Nicolites

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

PMI becomes the latest tobacco company to enter the UK e-cigarette market with the purchase of the makets of Nicolites....

Call for swift action on child safety, but FDA faces delays

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

Ten U.S. public health organisations have today asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to move quickly on child-proofing of e-liquid containers, and extend its proposed e-cigarette regulations to cover flavourings and...

TV and Twitter raise awareness of e-cigs among U.S. consumers

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

E-cigarettes enjoy a high level of awareness in the U.S., with media and particularly TV accounting for much of it, according to a new...

Consumers shifting to tanks, preferring sweeter flavours

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th June 2014 || News analysis |

Vapers are switching away from using e-cigarettes as simulators of tobacco smoking and embracing them as a product category in their own right, according to a new market...

Tobacco price rises and bans could push Russians to e-cigs

Written by Freddie Dawson || 13th June 2014 || News analysis |

Efforts to cut tobacco use in Russia could lead to an increase in vaping for the country ranked the world’s second in tobacco...

In depth: tank user preferences and retail channels

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

Hardware • E-liquids • Strength and consumption • Flavours • Retail...

Warning: e-cigarette patent litigation isn’t going away

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

A nasty surprise could await those who believe that Fontem’s patent litigation against an assortment of e-cigarette makers will be rendered irrelevant by the U.S. market moving to open-tank system designs, not covered by the patents...

Fontem patents could give Imperial an advantage at FDA

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

E-cigarette patents held by Imperial Tobacco could give the company an advantage in the U.S. market, if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) goes ahead with plans to make obtaining regulatory approval easier for pre-2007...

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Illinois to make child-proofing mandatory for e-liquid bottles?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 13th May 2014 || News analysis |

The U.S. state of Illinois is considering making child locks for bottles of e-liquid mandatory, a move which would give the state stricter rules than those planned by the federal Food and Drug Administration...

Nicotine use unlikely to be fair cause for dismissal from work

Written by Freddie Dawson || 13th May 2014 || News analysis |

There is little chance of nicotine use becoming grounds for dismissal from jobs across much of the U.S., according to legal...

FDA’s product approval process is biggest worry for e-cig sector

Written by Freddie Dawson || 25th April 2014 || News analysis |

The deeming regulations on e-cigarettes issued yesterday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were largely expected by the industry and greeted without panic, although concerns were raised over the product approval process and the underlying philosophy...

Flavours are a hot topic at French e-cigarette event

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th April 2014 || News analysis |

It was fitting that the e-cigarette industry event Vapexpo took place in Bordeaux this year, as flavours dominated the...

Nicotine poisonings prompt calls for child-proofing

Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th April 2014 || News analysis |

The increasing popularity of e-cigarettes is putting consumers at risk of fatal nicotine poisoning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has...

Dispute over inclusion of e-cigs in New York City’s smoking ban

Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th April 2014 || News analysis |

A smoker’s rights group has challenged the inclusion of e-cigarettes in the ban on smoking in public places throughout New York...

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