‘Beyond nicotine’ – BAT launches new CBD Vuse e-liquids in the UK

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th January 2021 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Companies

Business briefing

British American Tobacco (BAT) has launched CBD e-liquids compatible with its Vuse device onto the British market as part of the company’s plan to expand its portfolio into new areas “beyond nicotine” ...

New pictorial warnings come into force in South Korea, but tax hike is averted

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th January 2021 || Business briefing |

Asia

South Korea

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Business briefing

E-cigarette products marketed in South Korea must now meet new packaging requirements, including disturbing new graphic warnings – but the threat of big tax rises has been set aside for now ...

Chinese e-cigarette leader Relx moves towards $100m US stock market launch

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th January 2021 || Business briefing |

Asia

China

North America

United States

Companies

Major brands

Business briefing

The leading Chinese e-cigarette brand Relx has taken the first formal steps toward an initial public offering (IPO) in the US ...

2020: the year of flavour bans, Juul cases, taxation, China – and that other thing

Written by Aidan Semmens || 30th December 2020 || Business briefing |

COVID-19

FDA

Flavours

Health

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Business briefing

Who isn’t glad to see the back of 2020? ECigIntelligence looks back on what a generally cataclysmic year has meant for the world of e-cigarettes, from flavour bans to taxation, with Juul in the dock and China on...

UK vaping industry gives a cautious welcome to last-ditch Brexit deal

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 24th December 2020 || Business briefing |

EU

Europe

United Kingdom

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

The British vaping industry has broadly welcomed the agreement reached on Christmas Eve between the UK and EU over the trade relations the two parties will enjoy from 1st January ...

China’s e-cig market faces the possible threat of a government change of heart

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th December 2020 || Business briefing |

Asia

China

Policy and Politics

Business briefing

A major new report from ECigIntelligence examines the Chinese vapour market and finds it could be threatened by a possible government crackdown – and the spectre of a takeover by the giant China Tobacco monopoly ...

Podcast: E-cigarettes in China: market, regulation and outlook

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th December 2020 || Business briefing , Podcasts |

Asia

China

Market Research

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

Podcasts

China’s domestic e-cigarette market has quietly grown to become the world’s third largest by value. With relatively low vaping prevalence, high smoking rates, and a huge population, it has significant potential for further growth. But it is also...

Italy’s small vape businesses welcome association’s planned retail network

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th December 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

Italy

Retail

Business briefing

Hundreds of vaping businesses have shown interest in a new project launched by the main Italian industry association to support and promote e-cigarette retail and create a network of vaping suppliers ...

Bid to ban flavours in New Brunswick raises hackles in Canadian vape trade

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st December 2020 || Business briefing |

Canada

New Brunswick

North America

Flavours

Business briefing

New legislation tabled in the New Brunswick provincial legislature to ban flavours in e-liquids has caused alarm among Canada’s vaping industry ...

Vaping product trends in the US

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th November 2020 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Market Research

Business briefing

Carlo Infurna Wangüemert, market analyst, presented vaping product trends in the US at Vape Live during VOXPO – Virtual Online Vape & CBD Expo on 19th November. He analysed the changes in flavour and nicotine concentration of the...

Imperial to be more ‘prudent’ after tobacco-alternatives revenues slip

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th November 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Companies

Major brands

Business briefing

Imperial Brands has revealed that net revenue from its next-generation portfolio declined by 27% in the year to September and announced that it will take a “more prudent approach” in its business model from now on ...

European surveys back up smoking cessation aim in e-cigarette users

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 13th November 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

Consumers

Market Research

Business briefing

A new survey reveals that 80% of Europeans who switched to e-cigarettes to quit their habit have succeeded ...

Opinion: ECigIntelligence smells a rat in bad science on e-cigs and COVID-19

Written by Marc Beishon || 9th November 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

North America

United Kingdom

United States

COVID-19

Health

Science

Business briefing

Marc Beishon, former editor of New Scientist magazine, takes recent examples of bad science to task for misrepresenting the supposed dangers of e-cigarettes, including unfounded links with COVID-19 ...

Montana’s newly elected governor a ‘major win’ for the e-cig industry

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th November 2020 || Business briefing |

Colorado

Montana

North America

Oregon

United States

Business briefing

Montana’s newly elected governor – a business-friendly Republican replacing an anti-vaping Democrat – has received the blessing of the state’s e-cigarette industry ...

Vape industry warns of 50% sales drop as second lockdown begins in England

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th November 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Consumers

COVID-19

Health

Policy and Politics

Retail

Business briefing

Industry insiders have called for vape stores to be classed as essential outlets as all non-essential shops in England are ordered to close for a month under the terms of the country’s second lockdown ...

JT launches new tobacco vapour device amid segment revenue decline

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 2nd November 2020 || Business briefing |

Asia

Japan

Companies

Business briefing

Japan Tobacco (JT) has launched in the domestic market a new tobacco-infused vapour device “Ploom TECH+ with” a few days after the manufacturer posted less revenue for its reduce-risk portfolio in the third quarter of the year ...

France investigates vaping market to detect and correct inconsistencies

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 29th October 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

France

Consumers

Policy and Politics

Business briefing

New research from the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) has indicated the positives and negatives of the vaping market in the country, and highlighted those areas for future investigation ...

US FDA wants to identify ‘concerning’ trends in vaping device problems

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th October 2020 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Consumers

Business briefing

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased the amount of mandatory information required to report a problem with an e-cigarette device in order to “identify new or concerning trends” ...

Hard-line Australia has precautionary principle all wrong, study suggests

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd October 2020 || Business briefing |

Australasia

Australia

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

Regulators need to consider the risks of the precautionary measures they implement, and not just the risks they are trying to avoid, according to researchers studying Australian e-cigarette regulation ...

Government concludes German e-liquids are vitamin E free, but warns about THC

Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd October 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

Germany

Health

Science

Business briefing

A study concludes that e-liquids marketed in Germany do not contain potential concerning chemicals and additives such as vitamin E acetate, but warned about high levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in some of them ...

ASH blames ‘mistaken belief in harm’ for 11% drop in number of British vapers

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th October 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Consumers

Health

Business briefing

The number of e-cigarette users in Great Britain declined by 400,000 between 2019 and 2020, according to new research by the public health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) ...

Cochrane evidence review supports nicotine e-cigs for smoking cessation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Health

Business briefing

Nicotine e-cigarettes can be more effective than other more traditional methods in helping smokers to quit the habit for at least six months, the latest Cochrane review of the subject has concluded ...

Australian pharmacists ready to take up central role in e-cigarette distribution

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 13th October 2020 || Business briefing |

Australasia

Australia

Companies

Health

Retail

Business briefing

Pharmacists across Australia are waiting for more details after the announcement by the country’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) that they would be exclusive distributors of prescribed e-cigarettes ...

Imperial’s revenue from tobacco alternatives down 30% from last year

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 9th October 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Major brands

Business briefing

Imperial Brands has revealed that the company’s net revenue from its next-generation portfolio is around 30% down on 2019, while overall company revenue remains flat ...

US school districts sue Juul for alleged ‘fraudulent marketing to children’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th October 2020 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

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Major brands

Business briefing

More than 100 school districts across the US have joined in suing Juul Labs, accusing the company of “intentional and fraudulent marketing to children” ...

E-cigarettes are likely to reduce harm but not without risk, says UK science panel

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th October 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Flavours

Health

Business briefing

Switching from smoking to vaping is likely to reduce harm to health but could still have risks, while flavours represent an area of further uncertainty, an independent UK government science committee has concluded ...

Repeal of shake and vape ban brings relief to Greek vaping industry

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th September 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

Greece

Companies

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Retail

Business briefing

The Greek e-cigarette industry is largely “satisfied” with the government’s decision to repeal the law banning shake and vape products – but doubts and difficulties remain ...

EU: evidence to support e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool ‘weak’

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 25th September 2020 || Business briefing |

EU

Europe

Health

Policy and Politics

Business briefing

A leading EU scientific committee says evidence “for the support of electronic cigarettes' effectiveness in helping smokers to quit” is weak, and has warned about nicotine addiction in young people ...

Juul chief calls for ‘advantageous’ regulation for tobacco alternatives

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd September 2020 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Flavours

Major brands

Policy and Politics

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Juul Labs chairman and CEO Kevin Crosthwaite has warned that regulatory efforts to curb e-cigarette use risk tipping the balance back in favour of more dangerous combustible cigarettes ...

Concerned US vape stores diversify in response to FDA’s PMTA regulation

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 22nd September 2020 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Consumers

FDA

Retail

Business briefing

US vape stores are diversifying into CBD and oral nicotine, while others fear being blamed by customers for reduced choice as FDA premarket tobacco product regulations cause products to disappear from the shelves ...

An insight into how COVID-19 influences the nicotine market – where are we now?

Written by JuditBach || 18th September 2020 || Business briefing |

World

COVID-19

Market Research

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

Our managing director, Tim Phillips, recently discussed how COVID-19 influences the nicotine market at the Nicotine Cannabis Strategies Europe, which took place online on 10th September. Tim presents the COVID-19 and EVALI impact on the market and on...

How EVALI, and the way it was reported, damaged perceptions of vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th September 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

North America

United Kingdom

United States

Consumers

FDA

Health

Science

Business briefing

Many smokers believe vaping is at least as harmful as combustible cigarettes, despite e-cigarettes’ lower production of toxicants and carcinogens; researchers in England have been examining why ...

E-cigarette use by US school students falls by a third in a year, CDC reports

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 10th September 2020 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Business briefing

New official data shows that the number of young people in the US who are current e-cigarette users has fallen sharply, from 5.4m in 2019 to 3.6m this year ...

European cardiologists see potential in e-cigarettes but warn on flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th September 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

Flavours

Health

Science

Business briefing

The European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) believes the use of e-cigarettes for adult smoking cessation could be a “sensible argument”, but argues that more scientific evidence is needed ...

British Columbia retailers warn of stock reduction due to new provincial rules

Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th August 2020 || Business briefing |

British Columbia

Canada

North America

Flavours

Marketing and Retailing

Business briefing

British Columbia's vaping industry is scrambling after the western Canadian province recently announced new regulations amid the prediction that the new rules could lead to shortages of some e-liquids ...

Arizona granted $22.5m judgement against out-of-business Eonsmoke

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th August 2020 || Business briefing |

Arizona

North America

United States

Companies

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

US e-liquid manufacturer Eonsmoke, which recently announced that it had ceased all operations, has been ordered to pay $22.5m to the state of Arizona for selling unapproved vapour products ...

South Korean government claims credit for 80% crash in e-cigarette sales

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th August 2020 || Business briefing |

Asia

South Korea

Consumers

Flavours

Health

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

Sales of closed-system e-cigarettes in South Korea were down by 80% in the first half of 2020, a fall attributed by the government to its own ongoing policy efforts to discourage vaping ...

Canadian businesses adapt to federal restrictions on vaping advertising

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th August 2020 || Business briefing , Marketing & retailing |

Canada

North America

Companies

Marketing and Retailing

Business briefing

Marketing & retailing

New restrictions on e-cigarette promotion and advertising are coming into force today in Canada and the vaping industry is getting ready to comply with another change in the federal legislation ...

Smoore ‘positively shocked’ about its Hong Kong IPO response

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th August 2020 || Business briefing |

Asia

Hong Kong

Business briefing

Chinese vaping manufacturer Smoore believes that the good round of investment that the company got after being officially listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange a month ago prove its “financial strength” ...

Consumer habits across the UK market

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th August 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

World

Market Research

Business briefing

Stavroula Anastasopoulou, our senior market analyst, discussed consumer habits across the UK market at Vape Live during VOXPO - Virtual Online Vape & CBD Expo on 31st...

Spanish industry rebels against government anti-vaping campaign

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd August 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

Spain

Health

Policy and Politics

Business briefing

The Union of Vaping Promoters and Entrepreneurs (UPEV) has taken the anti-tobacco campaign from the Ministry of Health to the Spanish Ombudsman amid “hurting industry interests” ...

Vuse performance in the US boosts BAT’s revenue in H1 2020

Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st July 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

North America

United Kingdom

United States

Companies

Major brands

Business briefing

British American Tobacco (BAT)’s revenue rose by 0.8% to £12.3bn ($16.1bn) in H1 2020, helped by a 14.7% increase in the new category segment ...

Juul US volume drops 10% in a year; hires a new director

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 29th July 2020 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Business briefing

The volume of Juul in the US is estimated at 440m units in Q2 2020, nearly 10% less than in 2019, while the company aims to “reset” its business ...

EU spent €500k on TPD study and ‘reactive communication’ on tobacco

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd July 2020 || Business briefing |

EU

Europe

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

The EU Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) spent more than €180m in 2019 on public health policies, including a study on the TPD and a media campaign on novel tobacco products ...

Californian biotech company aims to market vape-style NRT device in US

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th July 2020 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Regulation and Legislation

Technology and Innovation

Business briefing

A California-based company is seeking US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorisation to market what it calls the first “vapour-style inhalable” nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) device ...

Number of vapers in the UK falls for the first time, official figures show

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th July 2020 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Business briefing

The number of vapers in the UK fell slightly in 2019 compared to the previous year, according to annual data on adult smoking habits released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) ...

Podcast: the future of the Tobacco Products Directive and EU taxation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st July 2020 || Business briefing , Podcasts |

Europe

Market Research

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

Podcasts

ECigIntelligence managing news editor David Palacios joins Jon Bruford to discuss the implications and impact of the looming Tobacco Products Directive version 3 on the...

New tracker reveals extent of US trend towards fruit-flavoured e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th June 2020 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Flavours

Business briefing

US vapers are becoming increasingly drawn to fruit flavours. In the first quarter of 2020 the category accounted for more than 40% of all e-liquids tracked by ECigIntelligence for its newly launched US flavours tracker ...

Reynolds sues LA County over ‘draconian’ e-cig flavour ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th June 2020 || Business briefing |

California

North America

United States

Companies

Flavours

Major brands

Business briefing

RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company and two of its affiliates have filed a lawsuit trying to strike down Los Angeles County’s ban on flavoured vapour and tobacco products ...

New minty e-liquid flavours laid out to tempt former menthol smokers

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th June 2020 || Business briefing , Marketing & retailing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Companies

Flavours

Major brands

Retail

Business briefing

Marketing & retailing

A month after the ban on menthol cigarettes came into effect in Europe, manufacturers are looking to new e-liquid lines to attract former menthol smokers looking for an alternative ...