Freddie Dawson, Author at ECigIntelligence

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...

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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?...

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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....

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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...

Welsh propose registry but no public vaping ban in new Public Health Bill

Written by Freddie Dawson || 15th November 2016 || News analysis |

The Welsh are attempting to pass the Public Health Bill once again. This time minus a ban on public vaping....

Totally Wicked announces U.S. pullout - Totally Wicked

Totally Wicked to pull out of U.S. market, citing compliance burden

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

Totally Wicked will withdraw from the U.S. market by the summer of 2018 if no changes to the FDA deeming regulations are put in place before then....

E-cig brands “must be dramatic to stand out at conventions”

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th November 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

Companies must work harder to stand out at industry events or face becoming lost in a sea of competition, according to a recent award winner....

Can e-cigs be more profitable than tobacco in convenience stores?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th November 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

Convenience stores can improve their business by stocking less tobacco and more e-cigarettes, a new report...

Industry cautiously optimistic on prospect of president Trump

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th November 2016 || News analysis |

The U.S. vaping industry has reacted with cautious optimism to Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the presidential...

BAT to start trials of Glo HnB product in Japanese stores

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

BAT says its Glo heat-not-burn product will be available in Japan from mid-December. It is running a test trial in one city before launching the product nationwide....

e-cig incidents in the news - Ecig Click

Battery fires burn holes in e-cigarettes’ safety reputation

Written by Freddie Dawson || 7th November 2016 || News analysis |

A growing number of reported e-cigarette battery incidents is leaving the industry facing a serious problem despite the low statistical probability of an event happening....

Blu launches TPD range, offers deep discounts on older product

Written by Freddie Dawson || 4th November 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

Fontem’s Blu brand has launched a range of e-cigarettes compliant with the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ahead of the May 2017...

Indian bidi use not included in survey - Aviva West

Survey finds low usage in Philippines and India

Written by Freddie Dawson || 2nd November 2016 || News analysis |

A new survey has found differing levels of awareness and e-cig use in the Philippines and India but neither market has really developed for vaping products as yet....

India bans e-cigarettes from checked baggage and in-flight use

Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st October 2016 || News analysis |

India has become the latest country to ban the presence of e-cigarettes in check-in baggage as well as explicitly ban their use on-board aircraft. ...

CDC finds high U.S. adult dual use and non-smoker vaper levels

Written by Freddie Dawson || 28th October 2016 || News analysis |

New data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seems to indicate that there are high levels of dual use amongst U.S. vapers and a significant percentage of vapers that have never smoked conventional cigarettes....

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Confusion between smoking and nicotine “harms reputation of e-cigs”

Written by Freddie Dawson || 27th October 2016 || News analysis |

Muddled definitions of addiction are undermining the recognition of e-cigarettes as reduced-risk products, according to specialists in harm...

Pax Labs acts to solve supply problems, end price gouging

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

Pax Labs has faced price gouging problems after mistakes led to insufficient demand. But it anticipates it will have fully fixed the problem by early next year....

Opinion: e-cig fears smoulder, but who remembers hoverboards?

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

Recent news reports have lambasted hoverboards over safety concerns - prompting multiple retailers to drop listings. But is the threat over-rated? There are some striking similarities to similar news reports on e-cigarettes....

E-cigarette researchers outraged by charities’ “threatening” letters

Written by Freddie Dawson || 11th October 2016 || Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

Scientists and researchers have said that anti-smoking charities are acting like the anti-Communist zealots of the 1950s McCarthy era in trying to keep them away from an international conference on tobacco and nicotine. One public-health expert said: “The...

Alliance challenges French ad ban on freedom of speech grounds

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

A ban on e-cigarette advertising in France has been challenged by an alliance of five pro-e-cig organisations, which plan to take the matter to the country’s highest...

Utah acts against “deceptive” e-cig firm which changed its name

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

The state of Utah is taking action for a second time against an e-cigarette company accused of unscrupulous and misleading selling...

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