Market & regulatory data for the vapour sector in Oregon

Free-speech lawsuits against marketing rules could disrupt vape packaging in US

Written by ECigIntelligence | 18th February 2025

Packaging of US nicotine alternatives could face a major shake-up, thanks to First Amendment challenges against restrictions on what companies can say and do ...

Oregon businesses assess the likely impact of upcoming online sales ban

Written by ECigIntelligence | 2nd August 2021

Oregon’s e-cigarette industry fears the impact on business after the state became the first in the US Pacific Northwest to pass a ban on certain sales of nicotine vaping products ...

Montana’s newly elected governor a 'major win' for the e-cig industry

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 5th November 2020

Montana’s newly elected governor – a business-friendly Republican replacing an anti-vaping Democrat – has received the blessing of the state’s e-cigarette industry ...

Oregon governor urged to impose a ban on flavours and e-cig tax

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th September 2020

A working group set by the governor in Oregon to address “the epidemic of vaping-related illness and youth vaping” has recommended policymakers to ban flavoured e-cigarettes in the state and increase the tax on these...

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 ...

Oregon trail leads to another attempt to impose a blanket ban on flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th February 2020

A leading Oregon senator and vocal opponent of vaping has introduced a bill to ban flavoured nicotine vaping products in the state, with the support of the state attorney general ...

Now Oregon flavours ban is put on hold by court as lung cases hit 1479

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 21st October 2019

The Oregon Court of Appeals has temporarily barred governor Kate Brown and the Oregon Health Authority from enforcing a prohibition on flavoured nicotine vapour products ...

Oregon includes nicotine and THC in emergency ban on e-cig flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence | 7th October 2019

Oregon governor Kate Brown has issued an executive order prohibiting the sale of all flavoured vaping products in the state, “including those containing nicotine or THC” ...

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 ...

Vape shop sues state authority over ‘censorship’ of e-liquid labels

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 2nd January 2019

Oregon’s restrictions on packaging have gone too far, amounting to unconstitutional censorship, according to representatives who filed a lawsuit against the state health authority ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Risky formaldehyde levels “won’t occur in normal use”

Written by Barnaby Page | 23rd May 2015

E-cigarette users are unlikely to expose themselves to the dangerous amounts of formaldehyde that the devices can theoretically produce, because these are generated only at high levels of heat that bring about a repellent taste,...

Formaldehyde scientists defend their work, promise follow-up

Written by Freddie Dawson | 18th May 2015

The academics behind a controversial study of formaldehyde levels in e-cigarettes have said that they are not opposed to the products, but are still prepared to defend their work despite criticism that it created unrealistic...

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...

In depth: U.S. e-cigarette laws – state-by-state comparison

Written by | 7th April 2015

Introduction • Age restrictions • Public place usage • Tax policy • Packaging/warning labels • Other regulatory...

While DC regulators ponder, states take the initiative

Written by | 10th March 2015

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is this week again hoping to gather more insight on e-cigarettes as it ponders the final form of its deeming...

Are headline-hungry publicists to blame for e-cig health scares?

Written by Marc Beishon | 17th February 2015

A flurry of health scares about vaping in the mainstream media has seemed to gather force in recent months. But they do not always accurately represent the...

Tobacco users prefer fruity, sweeter flavours, research says

Written by Barnaby Page | 31st December 2014

Fruit flavours may be even more popular for tobacco than for e-liquid, according to new U.S....

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...

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