New restrictions on e-cigarette promotion and advertising are coming into force today in Canada and the vaping industry is getting ready to comply with another change in the federal legislation ...
A month after the ban on menthol cigarettes came into effect in Europe, manufacturers are looking to new e-liquid lines to attract former menthol smokers looking for an alternative ...
The English vaping industry is preparing to reopen the roughly 3,000 vape stores across the country after a ten-week lockdown imposed by the government due to the COVID-19 pandemic ...
The enforcement of the ban issued in China in late 2019 that prohibits the online sales of e-cigarettes as well as vaping advertising has proven relatively ineffective, ECigIntelligence has found ...
The sweeping response to the global COVID-19 pandemic has had an uneven impact on the US vaping sector, with some stores being forced to close while others respond in novel ways to government restrictions ...
An increase in online sales has been one of the most notable consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak on the vaping industry across Europe, as the sector continues to battle market disruptions and shop closures ...
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”) ...
Vaping products from Totally Wicked are now available from UK high street newspaper and stationery retailer WHSmith ...
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 ...
British American Tobacco (BAT) has launched Glo Sens in Korea, a new hybrid pod product which combines vaping technology with real...
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 ...
Facebook has unveiled a new policy that limits content related to alcohol and tobacco, including e-cigarettes, in users’ posts ...
“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 ...
Juul has widened its retail presence in the UK, with its devices now available in 357 branches of major supermarket chain Asda ...
Philip Morris International (PMI) is to expand its British heated tobacco presence with the opening of four new IQOS stores in Bristol this summer ...
Reynolds American and Juul Labs have both launched major TV campaigns in the US promoting their respective vaping devices ...
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 ...
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Copenhagen: traditional retail Copenhagen: vape stores ...
Sydney: traditional retail Sydney: vape stores ...
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 ...
One of the UK’s largest vape store chains is teaming up with Scotland’s second biggest football club to launch a range of e-liquid flavours ...
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 ...
Across the e-liquid industry, brands are finding enterprising ways to swap the standard glass bottle and cardboard box for something that makes them stand out while also sometimes adding to their brand story ...
How does one brand of e-liquid stand out from the crowd? ECigIntelligence talks to the owners and creators of some of the more successful brands to learn some of their marketing secrets ...
With almost half of all e-cigarette sales in the UK coming from high street vape stores, it’s clear that the country has one of the most well-developed over-the-counter markets in the world ...
E-cigarette importers and retailers across the Middle East appear to be doing thriving business, despite various prohibitions that have been imposed in countries across the region ...
A study at a top US university claims to have found “significant amounts of toxic metals, including lead” leaking from some e-cig heating coils and present in the inhaled vapour. But the research may be fatally flawed ...
PMI and the Ferrari Formula 1 team have confirmed their partnership for the 2018 Grand Prix season, but the IQOS logo has not yet appeared on the Italian team’s new car ...
A US advocacy and consulting group believes it has come up with a product that enables consumers to sample e-liquid and still conform to the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) sampling restrictions. The Cating Group launched its...
French tobacconists are looking to e-cigarettes to save businesses suffering from a contracting market in traditional tobacco ...
A new study has found that found that a closer relationship with health professionals could lead to an increase in business – despite both staff and customers not considering smoking cessation as the main role of a vape...
In a move welcomed by both public health officials and vape stores, New Zealand’s second-largest supermarket group has begun trialling the sale of non-nicotine e-cigarettes in a bid to make up for falling tobacco sales ...
Chewing-gum and confectionery manufacturer Wrigley has filed another US lawsuit against an e-liquid retailer, alleging violation of its trademarks for Skittles and Starburst candies ...
Authorities in the Catalonia region of Spain are investigating whether PMI broke Spanish law with a series of online banner advertisements for its IQOS heated tobacco system ...
Our latest analysis of the online product range and pricing of the top five German websites a high prevalence of brands from the US and UK ...
Several US companies have adopted a similar promotional gimmick, hoping to cash in on New Year’s resolutions to suggest quitting cigarettes by reaching for e-cigarettes ...
While other electrical items quickly throw up a clear brand leader (whether they’re a better product or not), no “Apple of e-cigs” – rapidly picked up on by tastemakers for its must-have designer appeal – has yet emerged...
ECigIntelligence meets some of the small manufacturers and traders characteristic of the fragmented and colourful Filipino e-cigarette market ...
ECigIntelligence has launched a new long-term project to track the online pricing of e-liquid products and hardware categories on the US’s most visited online vape stores ...
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...
An e-cig company could be selling the best item available in a category but if it is selling it through the wrong retail channel, it is likely to lose out, according to industry experts ...
Isodiol International, a Canadian-based pharmaceutical producer, is to enter the vaping industry through the acquisition of US e-liquid firm Bradley’s Bioscience ...
A new market report from ECigIntelligence reveals the growth in global internet traffic to heated tobacco websites since the launch of heat-not-burn products by some Big Tobacco companies ...
A German TV station has deleted an episode of a popular series from its website because it inadvertently used the name of a real e-liquid company in a storyline involving the vaping of drugs ...
A new advertising campaign for Blu e-cigarettes invites potential customers to “Be bold” – while an FDA programme aimed at retailers bids to keep youth and e-cigs apart ...
Online sales of e-liquid in the US have seen a clear move over the past year towards larger bottle sizes and lower prices, an ECigIntelligence report reveals ...
The UK’s largest online e-cigarette retailers offer more advanced open system kits than basic kits, according to an ECigIntelligence market report ...
The British government will not review permitted formats for e-cigarette advertising any time soon – but it will review the potential toxicity of Heat-not-Burn (HnB) tobacco products, a junior minister told concerned MPs ...
New York City has set out to halve the number of e-cig retailers in the Big Apple with a licensing scheme and a cap on the number of renewals that will be allowed in each district ...
A ruling by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority calls into question the line between fact and promotion when it comes to the fonts used on websites ...
A major UK distributor of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, is to be kept afloat through loans from JTI and Imperial as it seeks to finalise its own acquisition ...
After a slump in 2014, the Italian e-cigarette market is on the up again with a large and growing number of vape stores operating around the country, dominated by three highly successful chains ...
A case brought in a US court, alleging that an e-liquid manufacturer infringed a number of well-known trademarks, may set a future limit on the use of childhood nostalgia in marketing vapour products to adults ...
Relaxation of the FDA regulations may have eased one headache, but setting up a vape store in the US is still not a decision to take lightly, according to some of the biggest in the business ...
Logic has eaten E-Lites as parent company JT creates one unified global brand; but is it the right decision to put all your e-cig eggs in one branding basket? ...
The FDA has launched a smartphone app intended to help retailers verify a customer’s age – but is it actually any use? ...
French e-liquids make up around 85% of the total French market, according to our recent vape store survey, which gathered responses from 165 store managers throughout April and May 2017. The remaining 15% of the market is shared...
The UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has ruled against a number of promotions on the Vype website, arguing that the claims and images went beyond offering factual...
A ruling by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority against one vape store’s ad may be good news for others – because it clarifies what is acceptable in local...
A new study shows that e-cigarette advertising is more successful at creating brand awareness among young Americans than other tobacco-related advertising, and appears to suggest that light regulation could make e-cig ads a route towards...
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....
An Australian Federal Court decision against three e-cigarette retailers has added a note of caution but little clarity to what companies can say or do on their...
Companies looking to use health claims in South African e-cigarette advertising must present robust scientific data for every device, according to a new ruling....
Vape shops are thought to be the biggest contributors to maintaining business on UK high streets in 2016....
A look at some of the vape stores in Italy that are considered to be particularly well organised or have a 'tidy'...
Vape store chains like Ovale or Puff use more of a “clean” design for their shop...
Italian vape stores generally make the use of shop windows by means of various promo materials. This works for both chains and individual...
E-cigarette manufacturers have started selling products from other firms on their own websites. But...
Outdoor advertising is arguably the most important medium left open for e-cigarette companies looking to create brand awareness. But what can it actually do for a company and is it worth it?...
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...
Not all are happy about a decision to take it easy on violators of the EU Tobacco Products Directive when it formally comes into force in the UK in May....
The government of New Zealand has confirmed that it plans to legalise nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, and embed harm reduction concepts into...
Vape House, a European vape store chain, will open its first branch in Africa when it unveils a Marrakech store later this year, hoping to trade on European tourists avoiding TPD...
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...
Scotland’s government is to launch a consultation over plans to regulate advertising and marketing of e-cigarettes more tightly than in the rest of the...
Altria is set to take a digital approach to launching its iQOS heat-not-burn product in the U.S. but there will be significant costs along the way....
Opinion: Vape shops aren't using Pokemon Go to lure kids in for a trial in nicotine. But they should be a bit more self-aware when planning promotions....
ECigIntelligence has launched a series of professional e-learning courses about key developments in the e-cigarette sector. The first online tutorial tells you all you need to know about e-cigarette advertising in the UK following the implementation of the...
Most 11-18 year-olds who use e-cigarettes don't subscribe to any particular brand, a new analysis of U.S. survey data reveals – but those who do know what brand they vape tend to choose the most heavily advertised....
Advertisements which highlight the differences between e-cigarettes and tobacco may be more effective at promoting e-cigs than those which play up their similarities, a new study suggests....
A new small-scale study has cast some doubt on the difficulty of differentiating smoking and vaping as well as whether public vaping renormalises tobacco use....
Philip Morris International has expressed optimism about the entire reduced-risk products sector as it launches a new trial of its Mesh closed-system e-cigarette in the UK city of Birmingham....
St Helens rugby league club is to rename its ground the Totally Wicked Stadium in a sponsorship deal which also includes shirt advertising - and could run foul of the European TPD ban on cross-border e-cig sponsorship....
The Office of the Surgeon General has release a major report on youth and e-cigarettes with policy recommendations....
U.S. vape shop customers prefer to use tank-devices with flavours other than tobacco, and choose to buy these products from specialists because of their expertise and knowledge, according to a new...
British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced the opening of a retail store in Milan, Italy as part of the launch of its Vype Pebble e-cigarette. It follows closely on from Philip Morris International (PMI) opening a store in...
A new California public health campaign has labelled vapers as “stupid...
American e-cigarette retailer VaporBeast has been bought by a tobacco products company Turning Point Brands for around $27m...
A federal judge in California has said that e-cig products only have to comply with FDA rules on labelling, and that state law can’t impose more rigorous...
R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. has expanded U.S. distribution of its Vuse Vibe pre-filled tank system to more than 25,000 retail...
Companies must work harder to stand out at industry events or face becoming lost in a sea of competition, according to a recent award winner....
Convenience stores can improve their business by stocking less tobacco and more e-cigarettes, a new report...
BAT says its Glo heat-not-burn product will be available in Japan from mid-December. It is running a test trial in one city before launching the product nationwide....
Fontem’s Blu brand has launched a range of e-cigarettes compliant with the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ahead of the May 2017...
Pax Labs has faced price gouging problems after mistakes led to insufficient demand. But it anticipates it will have fully fixed the problem by early next year....
Scientists and researchers have said that anti-smoking charities are acting like the anti-Communist zealots of the 1950s McCarthy era in trying to keep them away from an international conference on tobacco and nicotine. One public-health expert said: “The...
A ban on e-cigarette advertising in France has been challenged by an alliance of five pro-e-cig organisations, which plan to take the matter to the country’s highest...
The state of Utah is taking action for a second time against an e-cigarette company accused of unscrupulous and misleading selling...
A new UK government body consultation will look at possibilities for new rules on e-cigarette advertising in the UK including whether limited health claims should be permitted for non-medically licensed e-cigs....
Scottish e-cig brand JAC Vapour is looking to take advantage of the growing support for e-cigarettes from Public Health England (PHE) by running an advertising promotion tied in to a national smoking cessation campaign....
Japan Tobacco (JTI) has ramped up production of its Ploom Tech e-cigarette in preparation for a nationwide launch across Japan, following successful trials in the city of...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) wants to know whether tobacco shelves in stores can easily be modified to accommodate...
A new report shows how different point of sale advertising restrictions are in six EU member states....
Turkey is preventing its citizens from accessing the country’s most popular vaping forum, amid an apparent stiffening of e-cigarette...
A ban on distance sales in Poland is transforming a well-established e-cigarette market....
Two new studies out of Canada come to different conclusions for the motivations of adults and children in taking up vaping....
A new study investigating young people’s perceptions of vaping and smoking has generated dramatic media headlines in the UK despite the tentative nature of the research...
The majority of e-cig manufacturers and retailers have violated U.S. regulations about making health claims, according to a new...
A new study of former smokers found that they are reminded of smoking and have some desire to use an e-cig after viewing e-cigarette advertising....
A new e-liquid in the American market is banking on simplicity to set it apart from the crowd....
A new study has found that Twitter messages have grown more negative in outlook over time and that a significant amount of the content is automatically generated....
A new study from North Dakota says few vape stores comply with the state’s public vaping laws....
Three Singaporean e-cig retailers have been fined for attempting to import and sell e-cig hardware in the country....
The Advertising Association in the UK has called for bans on e-cigarette advertising in various media to be lifted, while the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found no problem with an advertisement in the recent “Just you and Blu”...
A new e-liquid flavour is targeting one of the narrowest niches yet addressed by the e-cigarette industry: fans of the Scottish soft drink...
Last month’s e-cigarette commercials on British TV as part of Blu’s “Just you and Blu” campaign will probably prove to be the last ever in the country, but the Imperial Brands subsidiary is continuing with advertising in...
Two e-cigarette retailers face Australian court proceedings after the country’s consumer watchdog filed charges alleging they had made false and misleading claims about the safety of their...
All British e-cigarette brands marketed as “lite” will have to change their names in order to comply with the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), at an estimated cost of £23m (€30m,...
Altria subsidiary Nu Mark has successfully launched a recall for some of its Green Smoke chargers. But is all of the industry ready to act if things go suddenly wrong?...
Two new studies have set out to demonstrate the assistance that mass data sets from the Internet can give to future e-cigarette...
Membership in a trade association is no guarantee that online e-cigarette sellers will adopt measures such as warning labels and age verification, according to a new U.S. study, despite industry bodies often arguing that their members lead the...
Two new studies on the correlation between youth vaping and e-cigarette advertising are likely to be used to support calls for regulation of marketing – but they may add less to the debate than they seem, being based...
A new study has shown some relation between e-cigarette point-of-sale (POS) advertising and youth uptake of e-cigs. But the authors urge people to not jump to conclusions because of the results....
Consistent patterns in Website traffic could be a sign that the U.S. online e-cigarette sector is maturing, a new ECigIntelligence report...
Attempts to regulate e-cigarette advertising in some U.S. states are falling foul of constitutional law, a new ECigIntelligence in-depth report...
Vape stores are helping revitalise Britain’s shopping streets, according to a new...
Bristol City Council is openly advocating for the use of e-cigarettes as part of nicotine replacement therapy proceedings, marking a change from normal local government views on e-cigs....
A team of U.S. researchers are in the process of creating a system for collecting e-cigarette data from Twitter. The group has set up a series of algorithms that enable a computer program to automatically sort through large...
E-cig firms are upset over a lack of clarity on what might be allowable on websites post UK TPD implementation....
An operation by Trading Standards officers in the UK town of Plymouth found that 9 out of 15 retailers still sold e-cigarette products to customers under the age of 18....
Analysis of new data from Nielsen in the UK shows how difficult it is to establish with certainty which companies are leading the e-cigarette...
A new study has shown that e-cig advertising, particularly on TV, has created an impression on smokers but has had little actual impact on e-cigarette uptake....
Public-health authorities should monitor e-cigarette firms on social media more closely to prevent non-vapers being tempted into trying nicotine products, new research...
TV ads seen by young people may lead them to start vaping later, researchers claim in a report which is likely to add further fuel to the debate over e-cigarette marketing – a debate where studies that detect...
As the advertising spend of U.S. e-cigarette suppliers escalates, they are continuing to use themes such as independence, rebellion and sex to sell their products – and their advertisements are prompting interest among the many young people who...
A new report highlights the importance of seating and the creation of a “vape lounge” experience in U.S. vape...
Pax Labs will ensure all future advertising campaigns feature models that look more than 30 after hearing feedback from its first Juul e-cigarette campaign....
European consumers see TV ads for e-cigarettes nearly as often as point-of-sale promotions, but there is a significant divide between east and west in terms of frequency and impact, according to a new...
A new advertising campaign from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sent shock waves through the e-cigarette sector, with many claiming it demonstrates official bias against the products. But is that a fair reading...
Vaping in TV commercials may increase smokers’ urge to reach for a cigarette and decrease optimism among those that quit tobacco, a new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication...
TV and radio advertising has a strong effect on consumers’ perceptions of e-cigarette safety, new research...
A new initiative seeking to unite scientific and medical supporters of e-cigarettes is planning a “thunderclap” through social media this...
UK e-liquid producer Totally Wicked is hoping to drum up support for its challenge to the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) through a new...
The latest analyses of the U.S. and UK e-cigarette markets have put new brands on top. Who leads two of the most important e-cig markets in the world?...
The most successful e-cigarette advertising emphasises the category’s differences from tobacco, rather than similarities, a new U.S. study has...