Glo ‘could transform’ tobacco consumption in Russia, says BAT

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd October 2017 || Business briefing |

Europe

Russia

Companies

Heated tobacco

Market Research

Marketing and Retailing

Business briefing

British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced the launch of its Glo heat-not-burn (HnB) device in Russia, where the device can be bought online and Neosticks consumables will be available in branded stores ...

Will tobacco price rise send smokers to e-cigs? France puts it to the test

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 19th October 2017 || Business briefing |

EU

Europe

France

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

France is planning a steep rise in the minimum price of traditional cigarettes – but will that lead to an increased take-up of e-cigarettes as an alternative? It could certainly create an opportunity for the industry ...

Japan’s online searches for HnB outstrip American interest in vaping

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th October 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

Japan

Heated tobacco

Market Research

Technology and Innovation

Business briefing

The number of Google searches in Japan for topics related to heat-not-burn has rocketed, illustrating how rapidly the new nicotine technology has gained ground in that country ...

Federal and state interventions led to late cancellation of Vape Expo India

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th October 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

India

Policy and Politics

Business briefing

A last-minute court hearing led to India’s first planned Vape Expo being called off just three days before the event was due to begin ...

Johnson Creek goes bust after warning of FDA’s ‘unreasonable’ impact

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 11th October 2017 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Business briefing

E-liquid manufacturer Johnson Creek Vapor – once one of the biggest independent producers in America – has gone out of business, months after its founder and CEO warned of the impact of FDA regulation ...

Mods and starter kits take larger slice of US vape store revenues

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th October 2017 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Market Research

Business briefing

An ECigIntelligence survey of US vape stores found that while monthly revenues have remained at the same level as they were in 2016, a lower proportion is now generated by the sale of e-liquids, with mods and starter...

High or low? Survey gives a picture of e-cig use in Switzerland

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th October 2017 || Business briefing |

Europe

Switzerland

Heated tobacco

Market Research

Business briefing

Switzerland’s vaping industry is not entirely convinced by statistics for e-cig use published by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and the foundation Addiction Suisse ...

The three vapers: the pleasure-seeker, the quitter, and the not-so-sure

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th October 2017 || Business briefing |

United Kingdom

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Business briefing

New research finds that e-cig users mainly come in three very different categories – those who vape for pleasure, those who do it as a means to quit smoking, and those who don’t think of themselves as...

BAT scientists take on the question of risk assessment for new products

Written by Marc Beishon || 4th October 2017 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Public Health and Medicine

Technology and Innovation

Business briefing

Scientists working for British American Tobacco have produced a paper taking on the thorny question of how reduced risk should be assessed in new products ...

French firm aims to roll out its nicotine dosage device in Europe and US

Written by Freddie Dawson || 2nd October 2017 || Business briefing |

France

North America

United States

Companies

Public Health and Medicine

Technology and Innovation

Business briefing

Enovap, an innovative French hardware manufacturer, has announced plans to move into the US market, where it hopes to apply its technology to medicinal cannabis use ...

From tiny beginnings, China’s vaping market is growing rapidly

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd October 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

China

Market Research

Marketing and Retailing

Business briefing

The number of vapers in China appears to have doubled since 2016, while the value of the market has almost tripled in a year, according to research by ECigIntelligence ...

Some scepticism greets PMI’s $80m-a-year support for a Smoke-Free World

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 21st September 2017 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Business briefing

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 ...

Japanese regulation favours HnB products over e-cigarettes

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th September 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

Japan

Heated tobacco

Marketing and Retailing

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

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 ...

Rare but dangerous – France’s official warning on e-cig battery fires

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 14th September 2017 || Business briefing |

EU

France

Public Health and Medicine

Technology and Innovation

Business briefing

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 ...

Namibian e-cigarette market benefits from lack of regulation – so far

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th September 2017 || Business briefing |

Africa

Namibia

Marketing and Retailing

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

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 ...

Domestic troubles send Malaysian manufacturers into foreign markets

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th September 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

Malaysia

Companies

Marketing and Retailing

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

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 ...

Scottish pharmacists may soften hard line on e-cigs after reviewing evidence

Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th August 2017 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Business briefing

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 ...

BAT launches Glo and Dunhill Neostiks on the South Korean HnB market

Written by Freddie Dawson || 17th August 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

South Korea

Companies

Heated tobacco

Marketing and Retailing

Technology and Innovation

Business briefing

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 ...

Vape stores see a brighter outlook as relaxed FDA regime lifts the clouds

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th August 2017 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Market Research

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

US vape store owners are suddenly much more confident about investing in their businesses following the recent major changes to federal regulation ...

Avail to make and sell Charlie’s Chalk Dust in new partnership deal

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 10th August 2017 || Business briefing |

California

North America

United States

Virginia

Companies

Marketing and Retailing

Business briefing

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 ...

Big Tobacco factories switch production from cigarettes to HnB as demand rises

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 10th August 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

EU

Europe

Germany

Greece

Japan

Romania

Russia

South Korea

Switzerland

Companies

Heated tobacco

Technology and Innovation

Business briefing

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...

US online traffic drawn increasingly to the leading e-cigarette retail sites

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 10th August 2017 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Marketing and Retailing

Business briefing

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...

E-cigs are Italians’ favourite smoking cessation aid – but most use nothing

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd August 2017 || Business briefing |

EU

Europe

Italy

Heated tobacco

Market Research

Public Health and Medicine

Business briefing

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 ...

FDA squeeze on nicotine in combustibles could hasten Big Tobacco move to HnB

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd August 2017 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Heated tobacco

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

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 ...

UK e-liquid firm shows confidence by moving into much larger factory

Written by Freddie Dawson || 1st August 2017 || Business briefing |

EU

Europe

Northern Ireland

United Kingdom

Companies

Business briefing

A manufacturer and a retail chain have shown confidence in the growth of the UK e-cig market by expanding their businesses ...

FDA decision sends the right signals, says a relieved industry

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 1st August 2017 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

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...

BAT’s $49bn Reynolds takeover is on – with big reduced-risk potential

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th July 2017 || Business briefing |

North America

United Kingdom

United States

Companies

Heated tobacco

Business briefing

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...

Stores look on the bright side of TPD – especially in the UK

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 13th July 2017 || Business briefing |

EU

Europe

France

Greece

United Kingdom

Market Research

Business briefing

Some vape store owners are optimistic despite the restrictions the TPD places on the e-cig industry, according to three new national surveys by...

Von Erl prepares international expansion in hook-up with Fontem

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th July 2017 || Business briefing |

Austria

Europe

Netherlands

Companies

Marketing and Retailing

Business briefing

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 ...

Underground or online, the Indian vaping market is slowly growing

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th July 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

India

Marketing and Retailing

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

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 ...

ECigIntelligence adds new content sections, writers, regulatory maps

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th July 2017 || Business briefing |

Europe

North America

World

Companies

Business briefing

A new look for ECigIntelligence is just the most visible sign of heavy investment in new content sections and resources for our...

E-cigs helping Wales quit smoking, but health inequality remains a worry

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th July 2017 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Wales

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Business briefing

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...

Korean tobacco giant prepares to enter competitive HnB market

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th July 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

South Korea

Companies

Heated tobacco

Marketing and Retailing

Technology and Innovation

Business briefing

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...

E-cig industry ‘should do more to counter negative media coverage’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th June 2017 || Business briefing |

EU

Europe

Poland

Companies

Marketing and Retailing

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

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....

Despite official bans, South America has great market potential for e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th June 2017 || Business briefing |

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

South America

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

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...

How safe is that battery? The industry’s secrets unwrapped

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th June 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

China

Europe

North America

Poland

South Korea

United States

Technology and Innovation

Business briefing

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 studies examine HnB’s nicotine delivery and consumer reactions

Written by Marc Beishon || 21st June 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

Japan

North America

United States

Heated tobacco

Market Research

Public Health and Medicine

Business briefing

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...

Euro survey finds one in 10 who want to quit smoking turn to e-cigs

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 15th June 2017 || Business briefing |

Czech Republic

Denmark

EU

Europe

France

Germany

Ireland

Lithuania

Romania

Sweden

United Kingdom

Market Research

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

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...

Freed from ECIG, Britain’s VIP starts new life as subsidiary of BAT

Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st May 2017 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Companies

Marketing and Retailing

Business briefing

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...

Health and cost draw French and Spanish vapers away from tobacco

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 30th May 2017 || Business briefing |

EU

Europe

France

Spain

Market Research

Business briefing

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...

Confusion over new rules puts brake on vaping in Balkan nations

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th May 2017 || Business briefing |

EU

Europe

Romania

Slovenia

Companies

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

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...

iQOS is given a warm welcome to South Africa by potential rivals

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th May 2017 || Business briefing , Marketing & retailing |

Africa

South Africa

Companies

Heated tobacco

Marketing and Retailing

Business briefing

Marketing & retailing

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....

Some Japanese quit with e-cigs, but most prefer willpower

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 16th May 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

Japan

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Business briefing

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...

Vape shops are given a clean bill of health on secondhand vapour

Written by Marc Beishon || 15th May 2017 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Public Health and Medicine

Business briefing

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...

Fear of future regulation hangs over South Africa’s growing market

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th May 2017 || Business briefing |

Africa

South Africa

Market Research

Marketing and Retailing

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

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....

In UK, exclusive vapers overtake dual users amid cloud of mistrust

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th May 2017 || Business briefing |

EU

Europe

United Kingdom

Market Research

Public Health and Medicine

Business briefing

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....

Lucrative marijuana market has e-cig firms heading for greener pastures

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th May 2017 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Technology and Innovation

Business briefing

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...

Vape store openings buck the declining trend on UK high streets

Written by Freddie Dawson || 2nd May 2017 || Business briefing , Marketing & retailing |

EU

Europe

United Kingdom

Marketing and Retailing

Business briefing

Marketing & retailing

Vape shops are thought to be the biggest contributors to maintaining business on UK high streets in 2016....

French quality service guide can establish national code of conduct

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 27th April 2017 || Business briefing |

Europe

France

Marketing and Retailing

Regulation and Legislation

Business briefing

A new customer service guide for French e-cig retailers sets out to professionalise the country’s vape stores and establish a nationwide code of...

Manufacturers widen the net, selling other brands on their websites

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th April 2017 || Business briefing , Marketing & retailing |

North America

United States

Companies

Marketing and Retailing

Business briefing

Marketing & retailing

E-cigarette manufacturers have started selling products from other firms on their own websites. But...