Market & legal information for professionals in the vapour sector

20,000 authors of published research on vaping – but who and where are they?

Written by Barnaby Page || 10th August 2022 || Blogs |

Research into e-cigarettes is dominated by American scientists and a few names emerge as clear leaders in the field, despite the involvement of thousands of scholars over the last decade ...

The demise of the cigarette – the good bad news they don’t want you to hear

Written by Aidan Semmens || 4th August 2022 || Blogs |

This week’s financial report from Japan Tobacco International tells a tale that should make bedroom and boardroom reading for government officials, public health departments and regulators everywhere ...

The news on e-cigarette research may seem relentlessly bad – but do you buy it?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 21st July 2022 || Blogs |

Bad news is like sex – it sells. And not every scientist is as rigorous as they might be – those who write their press releases even less so. Which leaves the question of who to believe ...

Mere possession of an e-cig ‘won’t mean jail’ – but retailers had better watch out

Written by Aidan Semmens || 13th July 2022 || Blogs |

Trust a politician to come up with a memorable soundbite, a catchy slogan or a simple statement that leaps out at you from the headlines. Top prize this week to Malaysia’s health minister Khairy Jamaluddin ...

An innovative and unexpected scheme to put ‘disposable’ e-cig batteries to new use

Written by Aidan Semmens || 9th July 2022 || Blogs |

One of the major points in favour of lithium batteries is rechargeability – which ought to be a good thing from the green perspective – but that benefit is literally thrown away in the case of disposable e-cigs...

We know the UK is vape-friendly – but can Khan influence the rest of the world?

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th July 2022 || Blogs |

Could the UK's Khan review of tobacco policy have lessons for the rest of the world in its enthusiastic endorsement of vaping, even for countries where there is far more hostility toward novel tobacco products? ...

Which side is the e-cig science really on – does it support your tribe or mine?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 24th June 2022 || Blogs |

As far as we can tell, God has no opinion on the subject of vaping. Science, almost equally unhelpfully, has plenty of opinions – and they don’t all agree ...

The smouldering nicotine question that is suddenly back on the political agenda

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th June 2022 || Blogs |

Questions are sure to arise as to how any mandatory reduction in nicotine in combustibles might affect e-cigarettes too, either in the form of increased (or reduced) competition or possible parallel regulation ...

US FDA bends to external pressures and lobbying over following science, says VTA

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 8th June 2022 || Blogs |

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) actions in the name of public health threaten to have the opposite effect by leaving the vaping sector in the hands of big tobacco, a vaping association claims ...

Harm-reduction strategies: how much action lies behind the talk?

Written by Barnaby Page || 1st June 2022 || Blogs |

Most tobacco companies are keen to be seen supporting the concept of harm reduction, especially through reduced-risk products like e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn and pouches. But how far is their support for the idea actually having an effect on their...

Are worries over novel products distracting from the real problem?

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th May 2022 || Blogs |

Speaking at the launch of the seventh edition of the Atlas, US public health scholar Jeffrey Drope suggested that new nicotine technologies are “a huge distraction” which have “confused governments, the public health community and the public” ...

Is PMI shifting focus from vaping to other smoke-free alternatives?

Written by Barnaby Page || 12th May 2022 || Blogs |

The $16bn takeover of Swedish Match by Philip Morris International (PMI) suggests that PMI may be moving further away from vaping as part of its smoke-free portfolio and goals ...

Will FDA meet triumph or disaster over menthol – and how will it affect e-cigs?

Written by Barnaby Page || 9th May 2022 || Blogs |

What are the implications of the FDA’s menthol plan for novel nicotine products such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco? ...

Blue sky thinking brings a breath of fresh air to the question of quitting vaping

Written by Aidan Semmens || 5th May 2022 || Blogs |

E-cigs are meant to be an aid to quitting smoking: now, perhaps inevitably, comes a device that promises to help people quit vaping. But is it all it's cracked up to be? ...

Is the current peer-review system really giving us the best possible e-cig science?

Written by Barnaby Page || 20th April 2022 || Blogs |

Is the present system of peer-reviewed journal publication of scientific papers the best way to get the best science – particularly in the vaping world? There are those who think it may not be ...

Flair 1, Rigour 0 – how The Conversation turned against the benefits of vaping

Written by Aidan Semmens || 18th April 2022 || Blogs |

An article in an international news magazine describes what it calls "A damning review of e-cigarettes" – a description that doesn't do justice to a major piece of academic work that is much more balanced than that suggests...

Change at the top – but expect no change of direction at US CTP under Mital

Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 13th April 2022 || Blogs |

What will Michele Mital’s reign as acting director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) mean in terms of policy? ...

What will changes at the US CTP and CDC mean for the e-cigarette industry?

Written by Barnaby Page || 8th April 2022 || Blogs |

Michele Mital’s appointment as acting head of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is not bad news for the industry, even if it’s not quite good news. And there may be bigger change at the Centers for Disease...

Anti-vape lawmakers find themselves caught in a web of their own devising

Written by Aidan Semmens || 6th April 2022 || Blogs |

A no-doubt well-meaning ballot measure enthusiastically taken up by voters just 18 months ago now has General Assembly members in the US state of Colorado tied up in a knot of their own making ...

A hard but vital sell – convincing poorer countries of the value of harm reduction

Written by Barnaby Page || 31st March 2022 || Blogs |

A new report confronts the issues involved in broadening the appeal of tobacco harm reduction products in low- and middle-income countries, where smoking cessation arguably matters even more than it does elsewhere ...

Trouble in paradise: accusations fly in Hawaiian battle over flavour ban plan

Written by Aidan Semmens || 28th March 2022 || Blogs |

There’s some dissension in the state of Hawaii, with some fairly heavy accusations flying around in the public debate over a proposed bill to ban e-cigarette flavours ...

Flavour restrictions ‘have little impact’, while ‘pods may beat mods’ for cessation

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th March 2022 || Blogs |

The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) has published a number of papers which will be of particular interest to the e-cigarette sector. Here are some of the highlights ...

It’s hard to unpick, but there’s good news lurking in the detail of CDC vaping report

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th March 2022 || Blogs |

The headline conclusions of the CDC are not surprising: tobacco products remain a menace to America’s kids, e-cigarettes particularly, flavoured ones most of all. But that is not the whole story ...

Could very-low-nicotine cigarettes become new competition for vapour?

Written by Barnaby Page || 10th March 2022 || Blogs |

The news reported on our sister site TobaccoIntelligence that 22nd Century Group is looking to launch its very-low-nicotine cigarettes (VLNCs) in Chicago and South Korea seems on the surface to have little to do with vaping ...

The science and non-science of vaping – and a heart-stopper just for the boys

Written by Aidan Semmens || 2nd March 2022 || Blogs |

We hear a lot these days, especially from politicians, about “following the science” – which must be a lot better, surely, than merely following the politicians. But it’s not unproblematic ...

Do sin taxes work – or do they just encourage people to be more sinful?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 17th February 2022 || Blogs |

Whatever the motives behind it, punitive or would-be persuasive taxation has many of the same drawbacks as prohibition ...

Only in California: the all-pure cannabis vape pod from the inventors of Juul

Written by Aidan Semmens || 9th February 2022 || Blogs |

The latest offering from the company that first devised the Juul e-cigarette looks sure to be a new Californian craze – even if it's not exactly “made solely from pure cannabis” ...

Tie me up, tie me down! Why a bit of red tape can be good for the vape business

Written by Aidan Semmens || 2nd February 2022 || Blogs |

Freedom from regulation isn’t necessarily a desirable thing – as one vape store owner in Trinidad will tell you ...

How will the Covid-19 pandemic change the e-cigarette business in the long term?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 19th January 2022 || Blogs |

ECigIntelligence will be drawing together much of the evidence for an in-depth examination of how Covid has affected and will continue to affect the vapour business. Meanwhile, certain trends are clear ...

Officials on both sides of the Atlantic caught in an old nicotine delusion

Written by Aidan Semmens || 13th January 2022 || Blogs |

Is nicotine really the big baddie when it comes to tobacco products and their alternatives? Some people in positions of authority – people you might think ought to know better – still seem to think so ...

How smokers with no plans to quit may hold the key to e-cigs’ future regulation

Written by Aidan Semmens || 5th January 2022 || Blogs |

An original and potentially highly significant piece of peer-reviewed research published last week could – and should – have an impact on the way e-cigarettes are regarded and regulated in the US ...

A dying habit? New Zealand backs vaping in bold plan to kill off smoking for good

Written by Aidan Semmens || 22nd December 2021 || Blogs |

New Zealand has designated a cohort of young people – those who will be 14 or younger when the government’s proposed law comes into effect – who will never be old enough to smoke ...

Is it the end for F1’s long tobacco tie-up – or does McLaren’s Vuse promo count?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 15th December 2021 || Blogs |

It’s the end of an era as tobacco sponsorship of Formula One racing comes to an end – again. Or does it and is it? ...

Could cocaine vapes be a smart new way to crack an old addiction problem?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 8th December 2021 || Blogs |

It may have originated as an alternative means of administering nicotine, avoiding the dangers of smoking, but vaping technology has many other potential uses – most notably for the delivery of other kinds of drug ...

Survey of MEPs’ views provides possible clues to the likely direction of TPD3

Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd December 2021 || Blogs |

Sooner or later the EU will have a new Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), and one of the big questions will be how it treats new product categories which barely existed at the time of TPD2 ...

What lies behind Filipino health officials’ spat with the country’s COP9 delegation?

Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 24th November 2021 || Blogs |

Conflict between public health concerns and political-economic interests seems to be the main reason behind an internal dispute between the Philippine delegation to COP9 and officials at the country’s Department of Health ...

Will Califf and the Biden administration really heed the science on e-cigarettes?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 18th November 2021 || Blogs |

Robert Califf, US president Joe Biden’s choice to take up leadership of the FDA again, has unfinished business with the agency – and with e-cigarettes in particular ...

The influencer and the e-cig – a moral tale for our rapidly changing times

Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 10th November 2021 || Blogs |

The misleading advertising on social media of tobacco alternatives such as e-cigarettes has become a critical concern of public health groups and some governments around the world ...

While WHO won’t even talk about them, UK prepares for e-cigs on prescription

Written by Aidan Semmens || 4th November 2021 || Blogs |

The timing, one clear week before the opening of COP9, the latest (virtual) gathering of the parties to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), was interesting ...

A regulatory gulf is set to open between neighbours Shenzhen and Hong Kong

Written by Aidan Semmens || 28th October 2021 || Blogs |

It’s about 19 miles from downtown Shenzhen to the centre of Hong Kong as the crow flies, but in e-cigarette terms the distance between them is huge and about to get bigger ...

An ‘epidemic’ of double-think among the anti-vaping brigade – and not just in US

Written by Aidan Semmens || 21st October 2021 || Blogs |

Public handwringing about the alleged “epidemic” of youth vaping has become tantamount to an epidemic itself – and and here’s a striking example from Bangladesh ...

FDA’s views on Vuse have potential to change the whole vaping landscape

Written by Aidan Semmens || 14th October 2021 || Blogs |

The granting of RJ Reynolds’s PMTAs for its Vuse Solo e-cigarette device and two of its pods is very big news for the US vaping industry, its supporters, its customers, and its opponents ...

A hammer to crack a nut: what the PMTA process reveals about US FDA approach

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th October 2021 || Blogs , News analysis |

Some light is now dawning on some truths long since suspected about the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s evaluation of e-cigarettes ...

Reporting disorder: don’t let the facts get in the way of a good bad-news story

Written by Aidan Semmens || 22nd September 2021 || Blogs |

Politicians and all those who lay down the law have become very fond of talking about “following the science”. Which sounds like a good idea, right? Well, yes, as long as it’s good science and not a bad...

‘Significant progress’ – but the US FDA’s biggest decisions are still to come

Written by Aidan Semmens || 15th September 2021 || Blogs , News analysis |

The dog didn’t eat all the FDA’s homework – just 7% of it. But there will be those who argue that the missing 7% was the crucial bit all along ...

On California’s Animal Farm for former hippies it’s cannabis good, e-cigs bad

Written by Aidan Semmens || 10th September 2021 || Blogs |

There’s a paradox in supposedly liberal Californian political thinking that shows up most sharply when you compare official attitudes to e-cigarettes and cannabis ...

Into the great unknown as US FDA’s deadline to decide on PMTAs arrives

Written by Barnaby Page || 9th September 2021 || Blogs , News analysis |

As the US Food and Drug Administration's deadline to pass or reject e-cigarette premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) arrives, where does it leave the market and the as-yet undetermined applications? ...

The FDA can’t win on PMTAs. But should it really be taking the fight to flavours?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 2nd September 2021 || Blogs |

It’s hard to argue against the view that packaging and advertising e-cigarette products in a “kid-friendly” way is irresponsible. But are flavours in themselves innately kid-friendly? ...

State attorneys’ knee-jerk interjection is no sound basis for federal regulation

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th August 2021 || Blogs |

31 US state attorneys want to ban all non-tobacco flavours, including menthol, from e-cigarettes – but is their plea helpful, appropriate or logical? ...

As FDA faces a paperwork tsunami, big firms may come out of it best

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th August 2021 || Blogs , News analysis |

The number of applications thrown in the metaphorical dumpster is huge, but so is number of outstanding applications, and the question remains how the FDA can possibly deal with all of them ...

How will Australia’s new sales regime work?

Written by Barnaby Page || 11th August 2021 || Blogs , News analysis |

Australian consumers will soon be able to obtain medically licensed nicotine-containing e-cigarettes from community and online pharmacies, but questions remain ...

WHO puts its case against e-cigarettes: time to round up the usual suspects

Written by Aidan Semmens || 5th August 2021 || Blogs |

In the heavyweight battle over e-cigarettes between the World Health Organization and the world’s vaping advocates, does anyone really have incontrovertible evidence on their side? ...

Smoking, vaping and driving – a question of risk perception vs relative true risk

Written by Aidan Semmens || 29th July 2021 || Blogs |

When a driver dropped a lit cigarette into his lap it could have caused a tragic traffic accident: are such perils the real reason to quit smoking? And are facial injuries a key argument against e-cigs? ...

What’s the plain truth about packaging? Does going neutral really work?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 22nd July 2021 || Blogs |

Up to now the received wisdom has been that taking distinctive branding off cigarette packs and making them all the same drab, ugly brown will dissuade people from buying them. Now a new study throws that theory into...

Juul in jeopardy? That’s how the press is billing the FDA’s upcoming PMTA verdict

Written by Aidan Semmens || 15th July 2021 || Blogs |

The US press are calling it a “fight for survival” for the e-cigarette giant – but as one experts says, “The FDA has to evaluate this in a forward-looking way and can’t really punish Juul” ...

Vaping has yet to find its Bogart – and perhaps it’s really better that way

Written by Aidan Semmens || 9th July 2021 || Blogs |

In the old movies, smoking was both normal and cool. Is it possible to imagine vaping having the same on-screen glamour? ...

In the great e-cig flavours battle, there’s evidence to support every point of view

Written by Aidan Semmens || 25th June 2021 || Blogs |

On one side, the firmly-held belief that they entice youth into vaping. On the other, the equally strong view that they are vital in weaning smokers off their deadly habit. So what does the science say about flavours?...

E-cigs vs Covid: never mind the science, let’s all just follow our instincts instead

Written by Aidan Semmens || 18th June 2021 || Blogs |

Is vaping or smoking a risk factor for Covid-19 – or could it even be protective? Your answer to that question may say more about you than it does about the science ...

Was freeing e-cigarettes from FDA rule ever really a straw worth reaching for?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 11th June 2021 || Blogs |

It was always a long shot – such a long shot that no one, surely, was surprised that the US Supreme Court refused to review the case ...

To vape or not to vape – that’s not the only question for the globally-focused WHO

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th June 2021 || Blogs |

Advocates for e-cigarettes are often infuriated with the position taken by the World Health Organization towards vaping – but might there be some fair reason behind the WHO’s less-than-enthusiastic stance? ...

It’s all an Act – the END is not as near as Krishnamoorthi’s title sequence suggests

Written by Aidan Semmens || 21st May 2021 || Blogs |

The END ENDS Act – it sounds like an existential threat to the whole e-cigarette industry in the US. Or at least an end to the legal e-cigarette industry. The reality is rather less extreme ...

Worlds apart – while others ban e-cigs, UK hospitals hand them out for free

Written by Aidan Semmens || 7th May 2021 || Blogs |

Smokers visiting A&E departments in five UK hospitals are being offered free e-cigarette starter packs in a 30-day trial to determine their effectiveness in smoking cessation ...

Washington attack on nicotine in smokes could be good news for e-cigarettes

Written by Aidan Semmens || 23rd April 2021 || Blogs |

News that the Biden administration is considering reducing nicotine levels in combustible cigarettes in the US has affected stock prices in the UK – and has potentially interesting implications for the vaping market ...

Smoke-free or nicotine-free? That’s the question the WHO must consider

Written by Aidan Semmens || 16th April 2021 || Blogs |

Does the World Health Organization’s absolute opposition to vaping truly serve the cause of global health? The UK parliamentary panel looking into the question doesn’t think so ...

Product placement in music videos is the way to make vaping look cool to kids

Written by Aidan Semmens || 9th April 2021 || Blogs |

New research suggests “exposure to e-cigarette product placement in music videos is associated with vaping among young adults”. Meanwhile, back in the Marvel universe, something strange is stirring ...

Why attempts to close the ‘gateway’ could lead to more smoking by kids, not less

Written by Aidan Semmens || 2nd April 2021 || Blogs |

Is vaping by young people really as bad for public health as orthodox opinion would have it? Are young vapers really more likely to become smokers – and if so, why? New research should make some lawmakers think...

Why high-nicotine vapes might make a big difference to schizophrenia sufferers

Written by Aidan Semmens || 19th March 2021 || Blogs |

A new study has found that the use of high-strength nicotine e-cigarettes can help adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders quit smoking. And that can be both a life-saver and a life-improver ...

Vaping cannabis ‘more dangerous than smoking cigarettes’! Or is it?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 12th March 2021 || Blogs |

This week’s most prominent vaping story has come with headlines like “Teens vaping pot face more health risk than cigarette smokers”. Which turns out on examination to be somewhat less than the truth ...

E-cigs to be BANNED? Never let the facts get in the way of an arresting headline

Written by Aidan Semmens || 5th March 2021 || Blogs |

Who plans to ban e-cigarettes? You may well ask. But if you only read the headlines on the news stands – and, let’s face it, that’s how a lot of people get their general sense of what’s going...

Covid-19 and vaping: the facts and figures behind the newspaper horror stories

Written by Aidan Semmens || 19th February 2021 || Blogs |

When it comes to scare stories that whip up unfounded associations with Covid-19, you have to question how responsible that is. Take these two recent reports from the British press ...

Why ‘the devil you know’ – smoking – appears to be making a comeback

Written by Aidan Semmens || 12th February 2021 || Blogs |

Is negative publicity for e-cigarettes driving people back to smoking? It seems something is, at least in the US – despite, or perhaps even because of, the Covid-19 pandemic ...

It’s the not-burning question: When is an e-cigarette not a vape – and vice-versa?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 5th February 2021 || Blogs |

What is an e-cigarette? You would think that by now that would be an easy question to answer – but it seems some folk are still confused, and spreading confusion ...

New powers in Washington suggest a whole new world for US vapour

Written by Aidan Semmens || 22nd January 2021 || Blogs |

Will a new political era in the US mean a new regulatory landscape for e-cigarettes? ...

Is it just coincidence that as youth vaping rises, cigarette smoking declines?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 15th January 2021 || Blogs |

How do levels of youth vaping relate to smoking levels? This question goes right to the heart of attitudes and policy on e-cigarettes ...

So what’s so wrong with vaping flavours? Chocolate or banana, anyone?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 19th December 2020 || Blogs |

The real danger in e-liquid flavours may not be a question of who they appeal to, but of what they do to the user’s lungs ...

Does the coronavirus pandemic signal the end of the youth vaping ‘epidemic’?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 12th December 2020 || Blogs |

Has the pandemic brought an end to the so-called epidemic of teen vaping? Is it even the beginning of the end? It’s too complex and too early to tell for sure ...

Why the US vapour industry should fasten its seat-belts for a bumpy ride

Written by Aidan Semmens || 5th December 2020 || Blogs |

Everyone from Big Tobacco to the small vape store will have a keen eye on who president-elect Joe Biden picks to be the next chief of the FDA, the US agency with responsibility for regulating tobacco and e-cigs...

E-cigarettes and the young – does anyone have a sure way to keep them apart?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 29th November 2020 || Blogs |

It’s the question that goes right to heart of e-cigarette regulation – and anxiety about it – all across the world: How can e-cigarettes be kept out of the hands of young people? ...

Tobacco or not? The nicotine may be synthetic, but the question is real enough

Written by Aidan Semmens || 21st November 2020 || Blogs |

Can synthetic nicotine possibly be classified as tobacco? At the most straightforward level, the answer has to be “no”. But it’s a bit more complicated than that ...

Are China’s privately owned e-cigarette businesses living on borrowed time?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 16th November 2020 || Blogs |

While small private enterprises may be allowed – even encouraged – to thrive, there is always the chance that too rapid growth may provoke the state corporation to move in ...

If Biden wins, will a new administration be bad news for the US vapour industry?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 30th October 2020 || Blogs |

Will a Biden victory spell tougher times for the US e-cigarette industry? The short and obvious is: probably. But of course it’s more complicated than that ...

Why taxing e-liquids may not be quite such a bad thing for the vapour trade

Written by Aidan Semmens || 24th October 2020 || Blogs |

Can a tax on e-liquids actually help the e-cigarette industry? It sounds counter-intuitive even to suggest that’s possible ...

If there’s a scientific consensus on e-cigs, it may not be quite what you think

Written by Aidan Semmens || 16th October 2020 || Blogs |

Is there a scientific consensus on the harmfulness of e-cigarettes? The latest review of the best science on the subject suggests that certain widely-held views don't have the evidence behind them ...

Rebellious youth and the psychology that makes ‘dangerous’ vaping so alluring

Written by Aidan Semmens || 12th October 2020 || Blogs |

Is youth vaping a typical passing teenage fad? If we’re to believe the self-styled “#1 site for moms seeking advice, community, and entertainment”, the answer would appear to be yes ...

‘Must do better’ – tobacco companies score poorly in harm reduction exam

Written by Aidan Semmens || 2nd October 2020 || Blogs |

We’re told repeatedly that the whole point of e-cigarettes is to reduce harm from smoking – so how are we doing in terms of harm reduction? ...

Law firm pits Juul against RICO – an act that was designed to bring down the Mob

Written by Aidan Semmens || 25th September 2020 || Blogs |

How can a charge originally designed to take on America’s organised crime families be applied to Juul’s alleged targeting of teenagers? ...

‘Vapour’ or ‘chemicals’: do the words used to describe vaping alter risk perception?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 21st September 2020 || Blogs |

A widely reported university study has called for the terminology of vaping to be more accurate – but how accurate is the language of the study itself? ...

As PMTA deadline passes, is it the point of no return for vaping in the US?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 11th September 2020 || Blogs |

Is this week’s PMTA deadline the beginning of the end for the US vaping industry? No – but it’s probably the end of the beginning ...

Why blaming e-cigarettes for deadly EVALI is not just wrong, but dangerous

Written by Aidan Semmens || 31st August 2020 || Blogs |

Was the much-trumpeted rise in youth vaping responsible for last year’s outbreak of vape-related lung injury (EVALI) in the US? The short answer can be given in one word ...

The deadly danger that lurks in well-meaning prohibition of vaping flavours

Written by Aidan Semmens || 24th August 2020 || Blogs |

Do restrictions on e-cigarettes, such as flavour bans, send users back to smoking? No doubt it’s the law of unintended consequences at work, but the answer would seem to be “yes” ...

To ban or not to ban, that is the question over e-cigs during COVID-19 pandemic

Written by Aidan Semmens || 17th August 2020 || Blogs |

Would it be appropriate to ban e-cigarettes for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s what some US Congress members are calling for ...

Fantasy figures that cloud the real issues in the teen vaping debate

Written by Aidan Semmens || 25th July 2020 || Blogs |

If 65% of Australia’s teenagers are vaping, where are they all? And, you might ask, where are they getting their vapes, since nicotine vapour products are effectively banned in Australia ...

Is Britain beginning to fall out of love with vaping?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 17th July 2020 || Blogs |

There have been a few signs lately that some in the world’s most vape-friendly nation may be experiencing a frisson of doubt ...

Vaping vs smoking – what do EU Parliament officials have to hide?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 10th July 2020 || Blogs |

The vexed question of the distinction between vaping and smoking, often confused by rulemakers at all levels, has arisen in the very heart of one of the world's largest and most influential rulemaking bodies ...

Has Netherlands health minister Paul Blokhuis got it right on vape flavours?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 3rd July 2020 || Blogs |

Netherlands health secretary Paul Blokhuis is a committed opponent of smoking and vaping. But has he got it right in his plan to ban all e-cig flavours except tobacco? There are reasons to think he may not ...

How has the ban on vaping imports gone down Down Under?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 26th June 2020 || Blogs |

Health minister Greg Hunt this week announced a ban on all e-cigarette imports except under medical prescription – effectively a total vaping ban in a country where imports were previously the only legal way to get e-cigs...

Could the land that makes e-cigarettes for the world ban them at home?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 22nd June 2020 || Blogs |

Could China, where most of the world’s e-cigarettes are made, actually be considering banning them? It could have major global repercussions for the whole vaping industry – and so, potentially, for levels of smoking – if it did....

Are people vaping more or less during the COVID-19 emergency?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 12th June 2020 || Blogs |

Q: Are people vaping more or less during the COVID-19 emergency? A: It’s complex ...

Eight months in, what lessons might be learned from India’s e-cig ban?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 5th June 2020 || Blogs |

India’s blanket ban on e-cigarettes, summarily imposed by the federal government last September, is proving somewhat ineffective ...

Juul puts on a friendlier, more responsible-looking face

Written by Aidan Semmens || 1st June 2020 || Blogs |

Having grown so rapidly to a position where it was market-leading, cool – and seen by many people as Public Enemy No.1 – it was probably inevitable that Juul had to be seen to change ...

An unwanted faceful of secondhand vapour meant a dash to hospital

Written by Aidan Semmens || 19th January 2020 || Blogs |

While feelings run high on both sides of the great debate over e-cigarette flavours, has one vital – potentially even life-threatening – factor been largely overlooked? My sister was recently rushed to hospital after being “vaped over” (her...

What have LGBTQ youngsters in particular got against vaping?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 17th January 2020 || Blogs |

How harmful is vaping to the user’s health? While the global scientific jury is still very much out on that one – and, face it, e-cigarettes haven’t been around long enough for anyone to know for certain what...

Are e-cigs really more dangerous to kids than guns or combustibles?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 16th January 2020 || Blogs |

A story published by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (“in partnership with The Daily Mail”, so investigative credentials already perhaps a little tarnished) purports to expose a “loophole” in UK advertising rules that “lets Juul advertise to children...

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