New Zealand softens towards vaping, while Australia stands its ground

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th January 2018 || Business briefing |

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While Australian regulation remains firm in its resistance to e-cigarettes, a more conciliatory approach in New Zealand is leading to a divergence between the two markets ...

The rise and rise of shake and vape

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th January 2018 || Business briefing |

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Germany

Market Research

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Business briefing

The popularity of shake and vape – adding nicotine shots to nicotine-free e-liquids – is increasing throughout Europe, as detailed in an ECigIntelligence report into the market in Germany ...

How the web giants negotiate the global complexities of e-cig regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd January 2018 || Business briefing |

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An ECigIntelligence report considers the impact of the internet’s mega-retailers and the various ways they negotiate regulations which vary in detail and severity from country to country ...

Totally Wicked opts to stay in US after FDA postponement

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 4th December 2017 || Business briefing |

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Totally Wicked has decided to not close its business in the US, following the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to postpone important compliance...

Online retailer aims for express e-cig deliveries

Written by Freddie Dawson || 4th December 2017 || Business briefing , Marketing & retailing |

Europe

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A new website aiming to break into the British e-cigarette market with express deliveries has reached the halfway point in its crowd-funding round with under a month to go. Clouder – a UK-based third-party online aggregator for vape...

Better safe than very sorry – US fire chiefs’ warning on lithium ion batteries

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 28th November 2017 || Business briefing |

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A report by the US Fire Administration, published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, concludes: “The combination of an electronic cigarette and a lithium-ion battery is a new and unique hazard” ...

Phillips: markets are growing in a world of regulatory change

Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd November 2017 || Business briefing |

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How has regulation in Europe affected e-cigarette markets? Tim Phillips of ECigIntelligence gave his views to an audience of industry insiders in London ...

Is shake and vape a ticking time-bomb for the vaping industry?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 22nd November 2017 || Business briefing |

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The increasingly popular practice of “shake and vape” poses a threat to the e-cigarette industry, according to speakers and delegates at a recent conference ...

Et tu brûlée? Expect complex desserts to be the flavour of 2018

Written by Freddie Dawson || 21st November 2017 || Business briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

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Complex desserts in a shake and vape format will come to the fore next year according to experts at the Next Generation Nicotine Delivery Conference in London ...

The way ahead: Big Tobacco looks to a smoke-free next generation

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

EU

Europe

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Heated tobacco

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Big Tobacco is moving towards a smoke-free future, with all the leading companies indicating a focus in 2018 on next generation products, whether e-cigarettes or heated tobacco products ...

Ryan McCrossan

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

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ECigIntelligence reports with sadness the death of our friend and colleague Ryan McCrossan, aged 30 ...

We’ve moved!

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th November 2017 || Business briefing |

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ECigIntelligence has a new home – brighter, more modern offices, still in one of the world’s great cities ...

Youthful optimism among Indian entrepreneurs over growing market

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th November 2017 || Business briefing |

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The optimism of a young entrepreneur in India's growing e-cigarette sector stands counter to some of the gloom surrounding rumours for regulation of the market ...

KT&G launches HnB Lil in South Korea, challenging IQOS and Glo on price

Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th November 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

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The biggest tobacco company in South Korea, KT&G, has launched its own heat-not-burn (HnB) device into the rapidly expanding tobacco alternatives market in the country, where it will compete with PMI’s IQOS and BAT’s Glo ...

Big Tobacco puts more weight behind e-cigs as Altria invests in Avail

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 8th November 2017 || Business briefing |

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Altria, the tobacco giant behind Marlboro and other well-known brands, has taken a minority stake in leading US e-liquid maker and e-cig retailer Avail Vapor ...

Vaping continues to grow in Belgium, where one in seven have tried it

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 2nd November 2017 || Business briefing |

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A survey of Belgian smoking and vaping habits shows 14% of the country’s population have tried e-cigs, and 3% vape at least once a week ...

Imperial Brands purchases UK e-cigarette business Nerudia

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

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Imperial Brands has acquired innovation and expertise in the vaping field with the purchase of Nerudia, a UK e-cigarette consultancy and e-liquid manufacturer ...

Boom in IQOS figures reveals HnB’s growing share of world tobacco market

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th October 2017 || Business briefing |

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Heated tobacco continues to take up a greater and greater share of the total world tobacco market, according to new figures from Philip Morris International (PMI) outlining the success of its IQOS device ...

Association founder pleads guilty to $800,000 fraud

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 24th October 2017 || Business briefing |

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A co-founder of the Council of Independent Tobacco Manufacturers of America (CITMA) has pleaded guilty to defrauding a trade association of more than...

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

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

Europe

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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

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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 |

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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 |

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India

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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

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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 |

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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 |

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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 ...

Japanese regulation favours HnB products over e-cigarettes

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

Asia

Japan

Heated tobacco

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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

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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 ...

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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Virginia

Companies

Marketing and Retailing

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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

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Romania

Russia

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Switzerland

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Heated tobacco

Technology and Innovation

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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

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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

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Heated tobacco

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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

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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 |

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World

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Business briefing

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