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Frisco believes the future of synthetic nicotine could be a matter of taste

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...

Retailers have six months to register under terms of Scottish Health Act

Written by Freddie Dawson || 4th April 2017 || News analysis |

Scotland's Health Act has come into effect, compelling retailers to register if they intend to continue to sell e-cigarette products in the...

New Zealand to formally legalise e-cigs, but will ban much advertising

Written by Freddie Dawson || 29th March 2017 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

The government of New Zealand has confirmed that it plans to legalise nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, and embed harm reduction concepts into...

BAT scores a hit with Debrett’s guidance on the etiquette of vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson || 27th March 2017 || News analysis |

BAT caught the attention of the British and international press by commissioning a vaping etiquette guide from...

Australia turns down appeal to reclassify nicotine for e-cigarette use

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...

UK APPG roundtable talks will take place under new secretariat

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....

Vape House Marrakech hopes to cash in on European tourist trade

Written by Freddie Dawson || 21st March 2017 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

Vape House, a European vape store chain, will open its first branch in Africa when it unveils a Marrakech store later this year, hoping to trade on European tourists avoiding TPD...

Electronic Cigarettes International Group files for bankruptcy

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th March 2017 || News analysis |

Electronic Cigarettes International Group (ECIG) has filed for bankruptcy, following shortly after its UK operation entered administrative...

Stephen Metcalfe and the Committee - UK Parliament

UK parliament’s tech committee prepares to investigate e-cig science

Written by Freddie Dawson || 15th March 2017 || News analysis |

A UK parliamentary select committee is to launch an investigation into the science behind e-cigarettes....

Taiwan proposes total e-cigarette ban, despite hopes of lenient regime

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th March 2017 || News analysis |

Taiwan is proposing a full ban on e-cigarettes, but intervention by the World Trade Organization could interfere with that plan....

VIP put in administration, placing parent firm ECIG’s future in doubt

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th March 2017 || News analysis |

British brand VIP has been placed in administration, casting doubt over the future financial situation of its American parent company, Electronic Cigarettes International Group....

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Maori leader wants New Zealand to subsidise e-cigs for cessation

Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th March 2017 || News analysis |

A New Zealand political party has proposed providing some form of subsidy for e-cigarettes in pursuit of the country's goal of being smoke-free by 2025....

Historic Forth Rail Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland

Scottish government consults over plan for extra advertising regulation

Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th March 2017 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

Scotland’s government is to launch a consultation over plans to regulate advertising and marketing of e-cigarettes more tightly than in the rest of the...

NJOY enjoys a fresh start with $35m equity capital injection

Written by Freddie Dawson || 1st March 2017 || News analysis |

NJOY, one of the best-known U.S. e-cig makers, has emerged successfully from last year's bankruptcy with a $35m injection of new equity capital....

U.S. Reps Tom Cole (left) and Sanford Bishop

Cole-Bishop ‘could save the industry’ – but it’s not a done deal yet

Written by Freddie Dawson || 27th February 2017 || News analysis |

The Cole-Bishop bill to bring forward the grandfathering date in the FDA deeming regulations could be a lifesaver for much of the U.S. e-cigarette industry - but it is not guaranteed a passage into...

Asia Pacific warms to heat-not-burn, but it’s not an easy road

Written by Freddie Dawson || 20th February 2017 || News analysis |

Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris International are attempting to widen their distribution of heat-not-burn (HnB) products throughout Pacific Asia, but there have been problems along the way....

Advertisers get the message: Santa don’t vape – he’s in trouble deep

Written by Freddie Dawson || 17th February 2017 || News analysis |

A billboard advertisement showing Santa Claus vaping has been banned by UK regulators over concerns it might appeal to...

Vaping business ‘forced to close’ for passing on cessation claims from TV

Written by Freddie Dawson || 15th February 2017 || News analysis |

U.S. e-cigarette company claims fines levied against it for making smoking cessation claims have forced it out of business – even though such claims on its website came from legitimate U.S. TV shows and customer...

Safety tests highlight need for vigilance on e-cig chargers

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th February 2017 || News analysis |

Recent reports of high failure rates among e-cigarette chargers tested by authorities in Wales highlight the need for vigilance by manufacturers to ensure their products meet safety...

Kentucky doubts: 64% believe e-cigs are no safer than smoking tobacco

Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th February 2017 || News analysis |

A survey undertaken in the U.S. state of Kentucky will do nothing to cheer the e-cigarette industry, or public health professionals concerned at the cumulative effect of a long series of negative...

Indiana State Capitol, Indianapolis, by Bob Hall

Appeal victory for manufacturers in Indiana ‘state monopoly’ row

Written by Freddie Dawson || 2nd February 2017 || News analysis |

A controversial Indiana law that gave one company a virtual monopoly of e-liquid manufacturing in the state has been struck down by a federal court of...

Closing-down notice on Fat Cat Vapor store

Rebels in two U.S. states refuse to give up the fight against e-cig taxes

Written by Freddie Dawson || 2nd February 2017 || News analysis |

Efforts by angry vaping associations to overturn controversial e-cig taxes in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Kansas continue, despite...

Blu believes ‘symbolic’ cigarette-shredding stayed right side of UK law

Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st January 2017 || News analysis |

Blu cigarette-shredding campaign flirts with smoking cessation claims while appearing to stay within the letter of the UK law....

Global Horizon joint venture could open up Chinese market to e-cigs

Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st January 2017 || News analysis |

A new UK-Chinese joint venture could bring Blu to the Chinese domestic market. But are the pricing conditions favourable for such a move?...

Three Malaysian ministries tasked with e-cig regulation - Michael Coghlan

Three ministries’ three-year plan for Malaysian regulation

Written by Freddie Dawson || 12th January 2017 || News analysis |

Malaysia at last has a plan for future e-cigarette regulation. Various duties have been given to three separate government ministries, which must now come back with firm proposals for implementation within the next three years....

Opinion: Pokémon Go promotion is no lure to catch innocent children

Written by Freddie Dawson || 12th January 2017 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

Opinion: Vape shops aren't using Pokemon Go to lure kids in for a trial in nicotine. But they should be a bit more self-aware when planning promotions....

Brand awareness just isn’t a thing with U.S. schoolkid vapers

Written by Freddie Dawson || 12th January 2017 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

Most 11-18 year-olds who use e-cigarettes don't subscribe to any particular brand, a new analysis of U.S. survey data reveals – but those who do know what brand they vape tend to choose the most heavily advertised....

Turn up contrast for better e-cig advertising, research suggests

Written by Freddie Dawson || 12th January 2017 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

Advertisements which highlight the differences between e-cigarettes and tobacco may be more effective at promoting e-cigs than those which play up their similarities, a new study suggests....

BAT to end involvement with Voke, returning rights to Kind Consumer

Written by Freddie Dawson || 11th January 2017 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco has ceased its involvement in the commercialisation of the medically licensed Voke nicotine inhaler....

FDA workshop will look for answers to battery safety fears

Written by Freddie Dawson || 6th January 2017 || News analysis |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to hold a workshop on battery safety to learn more about the risks of malfunctions in e-cig power sources and how to prevent them. ...

There's tobacco in my nicotine - HM Revenue Customs

Manufacturer claims synthetic nicotine producers are using tobacco

Written by Freddie Dawson || 29th December 2016 || News analysis |

A manufacturer has developed a new synthetic nicotine test that it says shows concerns about a number of rival products....

Study casts doubt on difficulty in differentiating smoking and vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson || 22nd December 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

A new small-scale study has cast some doubt on the difficulty of differentiating smoking and vaping as well as whether public vaping renormalises tobacco use....

PMI makes progress with big plans for reduced-risk portfolio

Written by Freddie Dawson || 22nd December 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

Philip Morris International has expressed optimism about the entire reduced-risk products sector as it launches a new trial of its Mesh closed-system e-cigarette in the UK city of Birmingham....

Maker claims FDA statement “frees synthetic nicotine from deeming”

Written by Freddie Dawson || 20th December 2016 || News analysis |

A manufacturer has argued that recent court statements by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) show the agency does not have the authority to regulate vaping products that use synthetic nicotine. But will legislators and the courts...

Totally Wicked told sponsorship is legal, despite crossing borders

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th December 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

St Helens rugby league club is to rename its ground the Totally Wicked Stadium in a sponsorship deal which also includes shirt advertising - and could run foul of the European TPD ban on cross-border e-cig sponsorship....

Chinese authorities continue to duck challenge of e-cig regulation

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th December 2016 || News analysis |

Chinese e-cig regulation has been delayed due to agencies passing the buck, researchers say. Future regulation may shade more towards pharmaceutical or tobacco controls, with significant implications for the tiny domestic industry either way....

U.S. youth vaping falls for first time as tobacco smoking reaches new low

Written by Freddie Dawson || 14th December 2016 || News analysis |

A drop in youth vaping has been recorded for the first time by a national U.S. survey, just days after the country’s surgeon general issued a high-profile report warning that use of e-cigarettes by young people was a...

U.S. surgeon general’s e-cig report focuses on youth and marketing

Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th December 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

The Office of the Surgeon General has release a major report on youth and e-cigarettes with policy recommendations....

U.S. vape store customers appreciate expertise of retail staff

Written by Freddie Dawson || 7th December 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

U.S. vape shop customers prefer to use tank-devices with flavours other than tobacco, and choose to buy these products from specialists because of their expertise and knowledge, according to a new...

Next-gen chic: London and Milan stores for iQOS and Pebble

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th December 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced the opening of a retail store in Milan, Italy as part of the launch of its Vype Pebble e-cigarette. It follows closely on from Philip Morris International (PMI) opening a store in...

Indiana legislators vow to change e-liquid security requirements

Written by Freddie Dawson || 1st December 2016 || News analysis |

Indiana law-makers have promised to replace the state’s controversial e-liquid manufacturing law during the next legislative session. The law specifies security requirements for e-liquid makers which most have not been able to achieve. The Republican party, which holds the majority in...

Price named to take charge of U.S. health and e-cig regulation

Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th November 2016 || News analysis |

Donald Trump has nominated Georgia Congressman Tom Price, a former orthopaedic surgeon, to become U.S. health secretary, in charge of future regulation of e-cigarettes....

Lambs to the slaughter: Californian health campaign raises the baa

Written by Freddie Dawson || 25th November 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

A new California public health campaign has labelled vapers as “stupid...

Fifty English local councils take action on under-age sales

Written by Freddie Dawson || 24th November 2016 || News analysis |

A new report shows that the sale of vaping products to under-18s is still happening in England and vape shops must accept some of the blame....

E-cig retailer VaporBeast acquired by tobacco company in $27m deal

Written by Freddie Dawson || 24th November 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

American e-cigarette retailer VaporBeast has been bought by a tobacco products company Turning Point Brands for around $27m...

ECIG reports growth in sales following recapitalisation

Written by Freddie Dawson || 24th November 2016 || News analysis |

Electronic Cigarettes International Group (ECIGs) has announced third quarter financial results....

Smoking ban, -public policy and vaping - Elvert Barnes

Public vaping bans can be bad for your health, researchers warn

Written by Freddie Dawson || 22nd November 2016 || News analysis |

Public vaping bans run contrary to best science and may have negative effects on public health, undermining efforts to combat smoking, according to a report by several leading academics....

Consortium’s $30m buyout of bankrupt NJOY approved by court

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th November 2016 || News analysis |

A buyer has been found for bankrupt NJOY after a court-approved auction process....

States cannot go further than FDA on labelling, judge says

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th November 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

A federal judge in California has said that e-cig products only have to comply with FDA rules on labelling, and that state law can’t impose more rigorous...

Reynolds expands U.S. distribution of Vuse Vibe tank system

Written by Freddie Dawson || 17th November 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. has expanded U.S. distribution of its Vuse Vibe pre-filled tank system to more than 25,000 retail...

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