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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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Novice’s guide gives industry newcomers the lowdown on e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st March 2017 || Business briefing |

Europe
United States
Marketing and Retailing
Public Health and Medicine
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
The latest e-learning tutorial from ECigIntelligence is aimed at newcomers to the e-cigarette industry, covering everything from how e-cigs work to the legal and health issues surrounding...

‘Cool and satisfying’ – studies reveal the real reasons why people vape

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 13th March 2017 || Business briefing , Marketing & retailing |

North America
United States
Public Health and Medicine
Business briefing
Marketing & retailing
The “social image” of vaping may have overtaken smoking cessation as the most popular reason for using e-cigarettes – which many find more satisfying than smoking. Those are the striking conclusions of two recent studies of the perception...

Drug policy reformer Nadelmann to address Global Forum on Nicotine

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 6th March 2017 || Business briefing |

EU
Europe
North America
Poland
United States
Policy and Politics
Business briefing
Ethan Nadelmann, widely regarded as the outstanding U.S. proponent of drug policy reform around the world, is to share his views on the links between policy and harm reduction at this summer’s Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN)....

Pioneering U.S. manufacturer ProVape blames FDA for closure

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th February 2017 || Business briefing |

North America
United States
Washington
Companies
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
ProVape has announced its decision to close down, citing the upcoming high cost of compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) e-cigarette regulations....

Asia Pacific warms to heat-not-burn, but it’s not an easy road

Written by Freddie Dawson || 20th February 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia
Australasia
Japan
New Zealand
South Korea
Companies
Heated tobacco
Marketing and Retailing
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris International are attempting to widen their distribution of heat-not-burn (HnB) products throughout Pacific Asia, but there have been problems along the way....

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