Written by Freddie Dawson || 21st November 2017 || News analysis |
Complex desserts in a shake and vape format will come to the fore next year according to experts at the Next Generation Nicotine Delivery Conference in London ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th November 2017 || News analysis |
The biggest tobacco company in South Korea, KT&G, has launched its own heat-not-burn (HnB) device into the rapidly expanding tobacco alternatives market in the country, where it will compete with PMI’s IQOS and BAT’s Glo ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th November 2017 || News analysis |
The UK government is being urged by both an all-party parliamentary lobby group and the British Psychological Society to keep promoting e-cigs as a means to stop smoking ...
The British government will not review permitted formats for e-cigarette advertising any time soon – but it will review the potential toxicity of Heat-not-Burn (HnB) tobacco products, a junior minister told concerned MPs ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 2nd November 2017 || News analysis |
Imperial Brands has acquired innovation and expertise in the vaping field with the purchase of Nerudia, a UK e-cigarette consultancy and e-liquid manufacturer ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th October 2017 || News analysis |
Heated tobacco continues to take up a greater and greater share of the total world tobacco market, according to new figures from Philip Morris International (PMI) outlining the success of its IQOS device ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 20th October 2017 || News analysis |
A UK parliament backbench debate on the new tobacco control plan acknowledged the role e-cigarettes have played, and will continue to play, but did little to address the concerns of some industry stakeholders....
Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th October 2017 || News analysis |
New endorsements from public bodies in the UK could move e-cigarettes a step closer to being offered on prescription by NHS doctors as aids to quitting smoking ...
A ruling by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority calls into question the line between fact and promotion when it comes to the fonts used on websites ...
A major UK distributor of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, is to be kept afloat through loans from JTI and Imperial as it seeks to finalise its own acquisition ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 2nd October 2017 || News analysis |
Enovap, an innovative French hardware manufacturer, has announced plans to move into the US market, where it hopes to apply its technology to medicinal cannabis use ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 15th September 2017 || News analysis |
The UK bodies in charge of advertising regulatory code have put forward a yes/no consultation on proposals to loosen restrictions on e-cigarette health claims in advertisements....
Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th September 2017 || News analysis |
A new bill to liberate e-cigarettes in Britain from the EU TPD has been proposed by MP Christopher Chope, but questions remain over its seriousness. Still, the industry welcomes the opportunity for law-makers to debate the issue....
Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th September 2017 || News analysis |
Malaysian e-liquid manufacturers are looking at the European Union and other markets as regulatory uncertainty bites at home – but only the bigger players can afford the costs involved ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th August 2017 || News analysis |
The World Health Organization says governments should consider banning vaping indoors but use other strategies, such as high taxes on cigarettes, to encourage smokers to switch ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th August 2017 || News analysis |
The Scottish Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has announced a review of evidence on e-cigarettes that could lead to a softening of its professional advice on vaping products ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 22nd August 2017 || News analysis |
The UK Advertising Standards Authority has provided further clarity on what is and is not permitted in print media e-cigarette advertising with a ruling against a magazine ad for a vape store ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 17th August 2017 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) has launched its Glo device in South Korea, joining Philip Morris International (PMI)'s iQOS in what could be a lively market for heated tobacco products ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 4th August 2017 || News analysis |
New Zealand is to introduce an amendment to existing laws that will enable the legal introduction of alternative tobacco products such as snus and heat-not-burn devices ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st July 2017 || News analysis |
Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), appeared on Friday to go further than any federal official – or most politicians – previously had in supporting alternative nicotine products for harm...
Logic has eaten E-Lites as parent company JT creates one unified global brand; but is it the right decision to put all your e-cig eggs in one branding basket? ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th July 2017 || News analysis |
UK Department of Health wants e-cigs excluded from smoke-free policies, a clear path to medical licensing – and maybe even a review of Britain’s TPD...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 11th July 2017 || News analysis |
The UK authority that oversees compliance with the EU TPD has said it will allow nicotine shots, even though they are seen by many as exploiting a loophole ...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th July 2017 || News analysis |
A survey of public health in Wales has revealing some interesting figures on smoking and vaping and offered a clear recommendation of e-cigs for cessation...
The UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has ruled against a number of promotions on the Vype website, arguing that the claims and images went beyond offering factual...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 15th June 2017 || News analysis |
The future of Britain’s involvement with the European Union, and with it the future of e-cig regulation in the country, remains as unclear as everything else after an inconclusive result in the UK’s latest general...
A ruling by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority against one vape store’s ad may be good news for others – because it clarifies what is acceptable in local...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st May 2017 || News analysis |
The Nicoventures subsidiary of British American Tobacco (BAT) has bought British e-cig retailer and e-liquid brand VIP, just weeks after it went into insolvency over an unpaid tax...
A new study shows that e-cigarette advertising is more successful at creating brand awareness among young Americans than other tobacco-related advertising, and appears to suggest that light regulation could make e-cig ads a route towards...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th May 2017 || News analysis |
For the first time, UK vapers who use only e-cigarettes outnumber dual users. But the latest survey from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) also reveals high levels of mistrust on safety issues....
Outdoor advertising is arguably the most important medium left open for e-cigarette companies looking to create brand awareness. But what can it actually do for a company and is it worth it?...
Not all are happy about a decision to take it easy on violators of the EU Tobacco Products Directive when it formally comes into force in the UK in May....
Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th April 2017 || News analysis |
UK regulators have shown they will still clamp down on unauthorised e-cig health claims despite a consultation which appeared to suggest a softening of stance....
Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th April 2017 || News analysis |
An American e-liquid company is looking to synthetic nicotine to improve flavour profiles but will have to convince consumers and retailers that the higher price-tag is worth...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 23rd March 2017 || News analysis |
Australia will not re-classify nicotine to allow the domestic sale of e-cigarettes, having refused to legalise nicotine-containing e-liquid despite appeals to support vaping for harm...
Written by Freddie Dawson || 23rd March 2017 || News analysis |
The UK All Party Parliamentary Group for e-cigs will meet at the end of March 2017 for a roundtable. It switched its secretariat service provider in October 2016....