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Minnesota settlement follows closely on Juul’s $462m deal with six other states

Written by Aidan Semmens | 18th April 2023

Juul Labs and its former investor Altria have reached a settlement with the US state of Minnesota over Juul’s alleged deceptive marketing of e-cigarettes and supposed role in encouraging youth vaping ...

More US states seek bans on flavoured tobacco others call ‘nanny state policies’

Written by ECigIntelligence | 20th January 2023

The latest salvos in the US war on youth tobacco use come in the form of more bans on flavoured tobacco products, this time in states including Maine and Ohio ...

City of Chicago takes legal action as well as inspections to enforce flavour ban

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th March 2021

Six months after implementing a ban on flavoured e-cigarettes, the city of Chicago has cited several businesses for breaking the rules and announced a lawsuit against a business accused of selling non-compliant vaping products ...

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 ...

Death in Illinois triggers public wave of concern and official anxiety

Written by ECigIntelligence | 26th August 2019

The death of an Illinois vaper, announced on Friday by the state’s Department of Public Health, has prompted a considerable response by public health leaders and tobacco control groups ...

First death from mysterious lung condition affecting US vapers

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 24th August 2019

A person who had “recently vaped” has died in Illinois after being hospitalised for severe respiratory illness. The death escalates to a new level the sudden emergence of unexplained lung conditions among vapers, most of...

US lung disease outbreak: how far, if at all, is vaping really to blame?

Written by Barnaby Page | 22nd August 2019

News that an unexplained lung condition affecting more than 100 Americans is being linked to vaping could hardly have come at a worse time for the beleaguered e-cig sector ...

Three more US states join the vogue for taxing e-cigs as tobacco products

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th July 2019

Illinois, Vermont and Maine are the latest US states to overhaul their tax codes to treat e-cigarettes like tobacco products ...

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 ...

Illinois tries again as Tobacco 21 gains ground across several states

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 7th February 2019

Several US states have recently introduced initiatives aimed at fighting what health regulators have termed the “youth vaping epidemic” by increasing the purchasing age for tobacco and vaping products to 21 ...

California ready to get tougher, Illinois veto stands, and other news

Written by ECigIntelligence | 3rd December 2018

Details of legal changes and proposals in 15 states and at federal level were among 69 stories published last month by ECigIntelligence to subscribers through our daily US Live Alerts ...

Governor Rauner raises a rumpus by vetoing Tobacco 21 bill

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 4th September 2018

Illinois governor Bruce Rauner has been accused of “failing children” in the state after he vetoed legislation that would have made 21 the minimum purchasing age for tobacco and vaping products ...

Youth vaping up in Indiana, while Illinois governor vetoes Tobacco 21 bill

Written by ECigIntelligence | 3rd September 2018

All the stories from August’s US regulatory Live Alerts from ECigIntelligence can now be found on one page, ordered alphabetically by state ...

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...

Flavour ban? Chicago can’t enforce the regulations it already has

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 26th June 2018

Chicago lawmakers meet today to discuss proposals to ban flavoured e-liquids – but the city already has trouble enforcing existing bans, such as one on the sale of menthol cigarettes within 500ft of a high...

Illinois springs a surprise by joining the Tobacco 21 crusade

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 6th June 2018

Against expectation, a comprehensive Tobacco 21 bill that includes e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine products has been approved by both houses of the Illinois state government ...

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...

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...

City and county taxes could double the cost of e-liquid in Chicago

Written by Barnaby Page | 3rd January 2016

E-cigarette retailers and vapers in the Chicago area will soon be faced with new taxes that could mean e-liquid prices more than...

Opinion: why zoning is the next big threat to America’s vape stores

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th October 2015

The gravest threat to the U.S. vapour industry comes from local government. While state-level attempts to regulate the industry have been largely unsuccessful, hundreds of local laws have come into...

North Carolina allows prison inmates to buy e-cigarettes

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th August 2014

Prison inmates in North Carolina are to be allowed e-cigarettes, following an unusual law-making decision which implicitly gives official recognition to the products as substitutes for tobacco...

Illinois to make child-proofing mandatory for e-liquid bottles?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 13th May 2014

The U.S. state of Illinois is considering making child locks for bottles of e-liquid mandatory, a move which would give the state stricter rules than those planned by the federal Food and Drug Administration...

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...

LA joins New York, Chicago in treating vaping as smoking

Written by Barnaby Page | 4th March 2014

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to ban e-cigarettes in public spaces including bars and...

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