Market & regulatory data for the vapour sector in Washington

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 ...

US state legislatures sign up to join the assault on non-tobacco flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence | 5th February 2020

State legislatures across the US have begun new sessions, with e-cigarettes high on the agenda and a number of proposed bills to prohibit the sale of most flavoured vaping products ...

States act on vitamin E acetate after CDC names it as culprit in lung disease

Written by ECigIntelligence | 12th November 2019

Some US states are preparing action after vitamin E acetate was named by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the chief culprit behind the outbreak of vape-related lung illness ...

New York expands flavours ban to menthol; Washington to follow

Written by ECigIntelligence | 30th September 2019

Governor Andrew Cuomo has accepted the recommendation of New York State’s health authorities to extend the recently announced ban on e-cigarette flavours to menthol ...

A new round of vaping taxes swings around for US states

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th June 2019

Various US jurisdictions have adopted new tax regimes or amended existing ones that treat e-cigs like tobacco products in order to fight youth uptake ...

State governor asked to think again as Washington follows the tax trend

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th May 2019

Vape shop owners and manufacturers in Washington State remain on edge as a controversial vaping tax has yet to be signed into law ...

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 flavour restrictions could devastate industry’, trade body warns

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th March 2019

As much as 90% of the US e-cigarette market could be forced out of business by the FDA’s restrictions on flavours in e-liquids, according to an industry insider ...

FDA set to ban fruit and candy flavours in convenience stores and fuel stations

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 9th November 2018

The US FDA is to ban the sale of fruit and candy e-cig flavours. It is reported the ban will affect convenience stores and fuel stations, but not vape stores ...

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...

FDA squeeze means more bad press for e-cigs

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 25th May 2018

E-cigarettes have been hitting the headlines recently, thanks to recent actions by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has been battling against teen use, particularly Juul Labs’ Juul product. Juul has taken a...

Cole still hopes his provision for industry relief will reach Trump’s desk

Written by Jim Myers | 23rd December 2017

US Representative Tom Cole is still hoping his bid to bring relief to the e-cigarette industry will make it into a major federal spending bill and onto President Trump’s desk ...

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...

No relief from deeming regs as US Senate approves key spending bill

Written by Jim Myers | 21st July 2017

The industry’s hopes that a US federal spending bill would reduce the impact of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) deeming regulations were disappointed this week when a Senate committee approved a version that makes...

Pioneering U.S. manufacturer ProVape blames FDA for closure

Written by ECigIntelligence | 20th February 2017

ProVape has announced its decision to close down, citing the upcoming high cost of compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) e-cigarette regulations....

Researchers contemplate attractions of menthol and other flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence | 6th December 2016

While menthol as a flavouring for cigarettes comes under increasing attack, researchers consider its use – and that of other flavours – in the e-cigarette...

State advertising restrictions running into constitutional problems

Written by Freddie Dawson | 25th March 2016

Attempts to regulate e-cigarette advertising in some U.S. states are falling foul of constitutional law, a new ECigIntelligence in-depth report...

U.S. regulation: all the bills in progress, state-by-state

Written by Aidan Semmens | 20th January 2016

The first 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...

Washington state prosecutes e-cig firms over “organic” claims

Written by Freddie Dawson | 29th October 2015

The state of Washington has brought charges against e-cigarette firms for wrongly claiming organic status on their products. This move is part of a wider trend by state attorneys general to crack down on marketing...

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...

Washington state budget puts 95% tax on all e-cig products

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th February 2015

Tax proposals in the U.S. state of Washington would nearly double the price of e-cigarettes, e-liquid and...

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...

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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