While politicians in Germany continue to debate a future ban on tobacco-related advertising, new figures show that expenditure on ads by the country’s tobacco industry has increased ...
Japan Tobacco (JT) is cutting the price of its Ploom Tech and Ploom Tech+ hybrid devices from 1st February as it continues to lag behind its chief Big Tobacco competitors in its home market ...
The German conservative parties have come out in support of a comprehensive ban on outdoor advertising for tobacco products – including vaping and heated tobacco products ...
Independent vaping brands in the UK are looking at the retail opportunity of opening a shop-within-a-shop at fuel stations, in a bid to increase visibility and reach more customers ...
Cannabis vaping products won’t be legally available in Canada’s second-largest province “for the time being” after a decision by the Quebec government-owned cannabis monopoly ...
Chinese e-cigarette companies have been caught in the country’s first civil court case for allegedly claiming that their vaping products pose no or little harm to people’s health ...
E-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs is halting sales of its mint flavour after the publication of a survey by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that shows an increase in the use of e-cigarettes among high school...
Four major convenience store chains in South Korea are to suspend sales of some flavoured e-cigarettes after the government announced it is carrying out an assessment of possible health effects ...
The outbreak of vape-related lung illness across the US is having a damaging effect on e-cig retail, from small vape stores hit by plummeting receipts to big store chains emptying their shelves of vapour products ...
The Italian Ministry of Health has banned sales of a nicotine salt product from Milan-based company Blendfeel while tests are carried out to ascertain its safety for consumers ...
New Jersey e-liquid manufacturer Eonsmoke has been ordered by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove from the market 96 products that do not have a marketing authorisation order ...
A new anti-smoking campaign by the Spanish government takes on smoking, vaping, heated tobacco and hookahs under the motto “El tabaco ata y te mata” (“Tobacco ties and kills you”) ...
Huge ads for Myblu are turning heads at Hamburg central railway station – before a pending update of German advertising law that could spell an end to such campaigns ...
The Russian Federal Anti-monopoly Service has rejected a complaint by the International Confederation of Consumer Societies that IQOS display stands in stores violated federal advertising rules ...
“Some people think that vaping is not a big deal, but that is just an illusion.” That’s the start of a new TV ad, one of a series featuring street magician Julius Dein launched on teen-focused networks by...
Vape shops have been opened in two NHS hospitals in England, underlining the increasing endorsement by the UK medical profession of vaping as a tool to quit smoking ...
A new ruling by the UK’s advertising complaints body highlights the risks that e-cigarette websites can run if their text is deemed promotional.
A complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) challenged 20 separate statements and phrases on the...
They say nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, but it’s a time-served element in many a successful brand – and e-liquid companies have found it a useful tool to create an image ...
During the course of the detailed research that goes into both ECigIntelligence’s Market Reports and Regulatory Reports, a lot of images are gathered and collected — and not all of them can make it into the relevant published...
ECigIntelligence takes you through some of the vape stores and traditional retail outlets found in a selection of the countries that have been reported on ...
UK vape retail is consolidating, with fewer new vape stores appearing on the high street – but some companies are still investing, and the future may belong to big chains ...
Asda is to stock products from independent company Doozy Vape, which means one of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains now carries 16 different vaping ranges across various stores ...
Effective use of social media may have been responsible for Juul’s remarkable success in the US e-cig market, suggests a new report that correlates the brand’s sales with its profile on YouTube, Instagram and Twitter ...
Blu are getting ready to launch a new advertising campaign in the United Kingdom, possibly featuring feature pop-up stores, brand ambassadors, sampling teams and outdoor advertising ...
Vape shops are springing up across Japan, attracting a mix of those wanting to quit smoking and gadget-loving hobbyists, despite a ban on nicotine e-liquid and the most developed heat-not-burn (HnB) sector in the world ...
A vaping versus pharma fight over advertising has emerged in evidence being given to the UK government, with Johnson & Johnson for Big Pharma taking on the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) ...
Ethics, health and humour are three of the most popular ways e-cigarette companies are trying to market their brands in New Zealand, as the promise of legalisation brings with it the threat of regulation to come ...
In another media coup for British American Tobacco (BAT) and its subsidiary VIP, a light-hearted survey of vaper flavour wish lists has been making the news rounds. And it turns out Brits just love their roast dinners ...
Promotional activity of various kinds, some of it highly creative, has helped PMI expand the global market share for IQOS – but not without a share of controversy ...
