Market & regulatory data for the vapour sector in Hawaii

Perceived lack of US federal regulation has states creating product directories

Written by Freddie Dawson | 25th March 2024

States are looking at product directories in an attempt to address the perceived lack of federal action on regulating vaping products already on the US market ...

Why did Hawaii's Democratic governor veto a bill to ban e-cigarette flavours?

Written by ECigIntelligence | 23rd August 2022

The Democratic governor of Hawaii appeared to take a step out of line with the US party’s common position when he vetoed a bill that would have introduced a ban on flavoured tobacco and vaping...

World No Tobacco Day 2020: the debate about harm reduction

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 31st May 2020

World No Tobacco Day provides an opportunity to consider the approach that public health authorities, policymakers, and advocates around the world have towards the role of tobacco-alternatives products ...

Hawaii proposal includes flavour ban and confiscation of e-cigs at school

Written by ECigIntelligence | 10th March 2020

Lawmakers in Hawaii have proposed a ban on the sale of all flavoured tobacco and e-cigarettes across the state and new powers for teachers to take away vaping devices from under-21s ...

Florida on Tobacco 21 road, moves ahead with workplace vaping ban

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 3rd April 2019

Florida appears to be on the road towards joining the Tobacco 21 movement, while another bill also moving through the state legislature would ban indoor vaping at work ...

FDA files memo in opposition to public health coalition lawsuit

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 10th August 2018

This week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed a memo in opposition to a motion for a summary judgment in US District Court in Maryland for a lawsuit against the tobacco deeming extensions....

FDA’s Gottlieb and Zeller seek to reduce red tape as part of future strategy

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 7th August 2018

Commissioner Gottlieb seemingly wants to streamline the premarket approval...

Online retailers may bear tax burden for interstate sales

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 25th July 2018

A US Supreme Court decision may have opened the way for states to collect taxes on e-cig retail sales made online or across state lines, even when the retailer does not have a physical presence...

Massachusetts joins the parade as Tobacco 21 laws sweep the States

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 22nd May 2018

The Tobacco 21 movement, which aims to raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco products to 21, is sweeping through legislatures across the US – and with it come other fresh restrictions on e-cigarettes ...

Hawaii may ban online sales as states try to tighten tax noose

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 3rd May 2018

Among the most significant of a raft of e-cig legislation currently going through US state legislatures are a large number of tax proposals, and a Hawaiian bill that could ban online sales ...

Will the Hawaiian Senate pass its online sales ban?

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 2nd February 2018

The Hawaiian senate is considering two bills, which could prohibit online sales of e-cigarette products if passed. One could also subject e-liquids to the same excise tax as tobacco...

Totally Wicked opts to stay in US after FDA postponement

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 4th December 2017

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...

Aspen, celebrity ski resort, slaps 40% tax on vaping products

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 15th November 2017

The world-famous US ski resort of Aspen is to place a 40% tax on e-cigarette products after a city ballot produced a 75% vote in favour of the measure ...

Hawaiian senators call for complete e-cig ban; others advocate new tax

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th January 2017

Two Hawaiian senators are seeking to completely ban the sale of e-cigarettes in the...

California set to treat e-cigs as tobacco, raise age to 21

Written by Barnaby Page | 11th March 2016

E-cigarettes will likely soon become legally equal to combustible products in California, following the state legislature’s approval of a raft of tobacco measures which also raise the smoking – and vaping – age to...

Updated: US regulation in progress – state-by-state guide, February 2016

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th February 2016

The latest in a series of regular reports from ECigIntelligence on the progress of vapour-related regulation in the U.S, focusing on the current sessions of state...

Updated: US regulation in progress – state-by-state, January 2016

Written by Aidan Semmens | 25th January 2016

The latest in a series of regular reports from ECigIntelligence on the progress of vapour-related regulation in the U.S, focusing on the current sessions of state...

The not-so-noxious weed: how e-cig companies could lead in cannabis

Written by | 14th October 2015

39 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have laws that legalise and/or decriminalise marijuana use or possession to various extents. E-cig companies are well positioned to enter the emerging marijuana market because of their...

Sex, drugs and dead batteries: why people dual-use

Written by Marc Beishon | 5th October 2015

A new study carried out in Hawaii is said to be the first “to attempt to elucidate the contexts of e-cigarette and cigarette use among dual users”, examining issues ranging from consumption patterns to...

Australian, U.S. states strive to stop vaping in cars with kids

Written by Freddie Dawson | 6th July 2015

State governments in Australia and the U.S. are moving to stop the use of e-cigarettes in cars where children are...

Rising level of local regulation worries U.S. vape retailers

Written by Freddie Dawson | 5th May 2015

Vape shops in the U.S. are growing concerned about increasing e-cigarette regulation at state and municipal...

Still waiting for FDA e-cig rules, U.S. states take the initiative

Written by Barnaby Page | 23rd January 2015

While Washington remains deafeningly quiet on its plans to regulate e-cigarettes, individual U.S. states and lower levels of government are busy filling the legal...

Some young e-cigarette users seem likely to smoke, yet don’t

Written by Freddie Dawson | 19th December 2014

Some youth who would otherwise have smoked may have opted for e-cigarettes as an alternative, according to a new...

While FDA muses, U.S. states move ahead with regulation

Written by Barnaby Page | 29th July 2014

While U.S. federal regulation of e-cigarettes creeps through a lengthy consultation and review stage, individual states and lower levels of government are trying to fill the legal...

Attorneys general implore top U.S. retailers to drop tobacco, but not e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th March 2014

The attorneys general of 28 U.S. states and territories have asked the country’s biggest pharmacy chains to stop selling tobacco products – but did not mention e-cigarettes in their...

Hawaii law-makers churning out proposals for new e-cig rules

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th February 2014

Legislators in Hawaii are wading through a deluge of proposed measures on e-cigarettes and tobacco products, including a ban on the use of e-cigs in public places and a requirement for retailers selling them to...

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