Data intelligence for the vapour sector in the Middle East

Proposed Iraqi bill defining ENDS could signal first step in future e-cig regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th December 2024

An Iraqi bill that would define electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) – including e-cigarette devices – and bring them under the tobacco regime is now overdue for a vote ...

Ispire expands global footprint in the vaping market despite fall in revenue

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 12th November 2024

US-based vaping company Ispire Technology has reported its fiscal first-quarter 2025 results, underscoring significant developments in its vaping and nicotine product offerings ...

BAT expects new launches to accelerate H2 performance, after revenue drop in H1

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 25th July 2024

British American Tobacco reported a drop in first-half revenue, offset by the continued growth of new categories. BAT expects new-category revenue to be weighted in the second half of 2024, driven by phased launches ...

PMI supports Iqos Veev, commits to smoke-free products in Q2 results

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 22nd July 2022

Philip Morris International (PMI) will continue to support the sales and promotion of its Iqos Veev vapour product as part of its commitment to expanding its smoke-free product portfolio ...

Fiscal policy clouds vaping business, boosts black market in Middle East

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 30th May 2022

High taxes are holding back the market for legal vaping products in Middle Eastern markets and the black market is benefitting as a result, according to a major distribution business in the region ...

BAT urges Middle Eastern governments to adopt tobacco harm reduction

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 17th September 2021

British American Tobacco (BAT) is engaging with national authorities in the Middle East to encourage adoption of tobacco harm reduction (THR) policies ...

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 ...

United Arab Emirates prepares to legalise e-cigarettes from April

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 19th February 2019

The existing ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be lifted from mid-April, the Emirates Authority for Standardisation (ESMA) has confirmed ...

Israel bans Juul with nicotine limit, prepares tighter e-cig regulation

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 23rd August 2018

Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signed an administrative order prohibiting the import and marketing of any e-cigarette product with a nicotine concentration higher than 20 mg/ml ...

The Arabian Gulf and Maghreb – widely separated on e-cig regulation

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 8th November 2017

There are enormous differences between the so-called Arab nations of the Gulf and the Maghreb – not least in their very different approaches to e-cigs and their users ...

Turkey blocks consumer access to online e-cigarette forum

Written by Freddie Dawson | 22nd September 2016

Turkey is preventing its citizens from accessing the country’s most popular vaping forum, amid an apparent stiffening of e-cigarette...

Omani ban makes e-cig sales illegal in most of Arabia

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th December 2015

The Gulf state of Oman has become the latest in the region to ban the sale of...

Nicotine delivery: how much is too much?

Written by Marc Beishon | 5th August 2015

Researchers in the U.S. have developed a model for predicting the amount of nicotine emitted by e-cigarettes, which they say could gauge the expected yield of a device before it is even...

LATEST ALERTS

Proposed Iraqi bill defining ENDS could signal first step in future e-cig regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th December 2024

Ispire expands global footprint in the vaping market despite fall in revenue

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 12th November 2024

BAT expects new launches to accelerate H2 performance, after revenue drop in H1

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 25th July 2024

PMI supports Iqos Veev, commits to smoke-free products in Q2 results

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 22nd July 2022

Fiscal policy clouds vaping business, boosts black market in Middle East

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 30th May 2022

BAT urges Middle Eastern governments to adopt tobacco harm reduction

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 17th September 2021

World No Tobacco Day 2020: the debate about harm reduction

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 31st May 2020

United Arab Emirates prepares to legalise e-cigarettes from April

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 19th February 2019

Israel bans Juul with nicotine limit, prepares tighter e-cig regulation

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 23rd August 2018

The Arabian Gulf and Maghreb – widely separated on e-cig regulation

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 8th November 2017

Turkey blocks consumer access to online e-cigarette forum

Written by Freddie Dawson | 22nd September 2016

Omani ban makes e-cig sales illegal in most of Arabia

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th December 2015

Nicotine delivery: how much is too much?

Written by Marc Beishon | 5th August 2015

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