Written by David Palacios Rubio || 21st September 2017 || Business briefing |
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The launch of the Philip Morris International-sponsored Foundation for a Smoke-Free World has met with mixed reactions from the world of science and public health ...
The market for heated tobacco products in Japan is very favourable due to comparatively light regulation – as opposed to e-cigarettes, which are subject to more controls ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 14th September 2017 || Business briefing |
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The French consumer affairs department has published a list of recommendations on the use of e-cigarette batteries following two recent reports of explosions in users’ pockets ...
Namibia has a small but slowly growing e-cigarette market – but there are fears in the southwest African republic that government intervention could put an end to the growth ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Avail Vapor is to manufacture and sell e-liquids for Charlie’s Chalk Dust, a partnership that could signal future policy for the company and perhaps the wider e-cigarette industry ...
Increasing demand for smoke-free products is leading many tobacco companies to open new facilities for heat-not-burn manufacturing – in some cases, even replacing...
Traffic to the major online e-cigarette retailers in the US has become more concentrated on just a few websites, revealing an apparent settling among the market...
More than a tenth of Italians trying to give up smoking (10.7%) use e-cigarettes to help them – more than any other cessation aids – but the vast majority use no aid at all ...
A move by the US FDA to reduce the nicotine content in cigarettes to non-addictive levels could encourage Big Tobacco to put yet more effort into alternatives ...
The US vapour industry has welcomed last week’s unexpected announcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it would extend some compliance deadlines by nearly four...
The $49.4bn takeover of Reynolds American by British American Tobacco (BAT) is set to go through next week after being approved by shareholders of both...
The Austrian e-cigarette company Von Erl has gone into what it describes as a partnership with Imperial Brands subsidiary Fontem Ventures, the makers of blu, in the hope of boosting its international expansion ...
Unclear regulation means most e-cigarette sales in India are conducted in a grey area, either through discreet physical stores or – more frequently – in a still small but growing online market ...
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...
South Korea’s largest tobacco manufacturer, KT&G, is to start selling a new heat-not-burn (HnB) product, in direct competition with PMI’s iQOS and BAT’s Glo...
A report by a media monitoring agency in Poland says the e-cigarette industry could do more to combat reporting which gives an undesirable image of vaping in one of Europe’s biggest e-cig markets....
E-cigarettes, banned throughout most of South America, could nevertheless be taken up rapidly across the continent, according to a senior public health policy expert on the...
Battery safety continues to be an issue for the e-cigarette industry – particularly from an image perspective – but ensuring the best possible component for an e-cig is not as straightforward as it might first...
New research shines a little light on how Japanese consumers are reacting to iQOS, and how HnB products compare with both combustibles and e-cigarettes on the crucial question of nicotine...
One in ten Europeans who have tried to give up smoking have used e-cigarettes or similar devices to help them, according to a wide-ranging public opinion survey for the European...
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...
Two new surveys suggest that most French and Spanish vapers have used e-cigarettes to give up smoking, for both health and financial reasons – and that very few had continued to smoke after taking up...
Uncertainty caused by new regulations is sending some vapers in Europe’s Balkans region back to smoking, according to local e-cigarette associations, who say the rules in Romania and Slovenia are in urgent need of...
The launch of PMI’s heated tobacco device iQOS in South Africa has had a positive reaction even from potential competitors, who hope it will increase general awareness of alternatives to combustible cigarettes....
E-cigarettes are more popular than they are successful as smoking cessation aids in Japan, according to a recent study which suggests they should therefore “not be recommended or...
In research that could help determine policy on passive vaping, sampling in two U.S. vape shops by public health bodies has found no reason for concern that workers might be exposed to harmful chemicals in their...
South Africa has a growing e-cigarette market driven by rising health concerns and a parity between conventional and electronic cigarette pricing. But potential regulation casts a dark cloud on the horizon....
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....
E-cigarette firms who already have devices on the market are manoeuvring to see how their products can serve the growing marijuana industry – and they face competition there from some well-financed...
The Californian company behind the e-liquid brand Choops Liquids has changed the logo on its packaging after protests from the owner of the famous Spanish lollipop brand Chupa...
A company that claims to be America’s premium vape retailer is using data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to identify the most profitable locations for its...
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...
Sales of e-cigarettes in the U.S. grew between 2011 and 2015 – but the rate of growth slowed over the course of that period, even going into reverse at...
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