Freddie Dawson, Author at ECigIntelligence

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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...

Proposed Vermont state tax would double wholesale price

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

Legislation that could put a tax of 92% on the wholesale price of e-cigarettes in Vermont has passed one chamber of the state congress and is now up for a vote in the state...

U.S. lawyer warns of e-cig advertising restrictions ahead

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

The e-cigarette industry should expect further regulation on marketing and advertising in the near future, a U.S. law firm has warned....

Wisconsin law would affirm that e-cigs are not tobacco

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

A new proposal clarifying that use of e-cigarettes should be allowed indoors, and explicitly distinguishing it from tobacco smoking, has been approved by a senate committee in the Wisconsin state...

Imperial Tobacco’s patent suit: killer blow, or vain hope?

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

Imperial Tobacco’s lawsuit in a California state court against alleged infringers of its patents on e-cigarette technology is a gamble without guaranteed success, but could still drag the sector into an intellectual-property war, according to...

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