Rumours stirred up by recent media reports that the UK is set to impose a tax on e-cigarette products are overblown and appear to be well wide of the mark ...
A bill has been introduced in the US House of Representatives aiming to force the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take stiffer action against disposable e-cigarettes ...
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are less aware of key issues surrounding new nicotine products than in previous years and often less confident in their views, according to new research ...
Germany’s Bundesrat is preparing to vote on Bavaria’s widely supported call for disposable e-cigarettes to be outlawed at both national and European-wide level ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 28th February 2023
Altria is reported to be in advanced talks to buy e-cigarette company Njoy for around $2.75bn and plans to divest its stake in Juul Labs. Nothing has been finalised, but an announcement could come this...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced its plans to address the recommendations put forward in a damning independent review of its Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 27th February 2023
Turning Point Brands (TPB) has blamed the continuing “challenging regulatory environment” in the US that affected its NewGen segment for declines over the course of 2022 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 24th February 2023
England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, has urged the UK government should be “much more serious” in its attempt to reduce vaping and smoking among children ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 23rd February 2023
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has for the first time filed civil money penalty (CMP) complaints against four small vaping companies for manufacturing and selling e-liquids without marketing authorisation ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 22nd February 2023
Matthew Farrelly will have a lot on his desk, and a lot of big calls to make, as the new director of the Office of Science at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 21st February 2023
The UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has met Elf Bar to discuss action the company is taking after some of its disposables were found to have bigger tanks than are allowed in...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 17th February 2023
Although Israel has just adopted a significant reduction from the previous tax rate on vaping products, the country still has the highest duty rates on them in the world ...
A French anti-smoking group has called for a ban on non-tobacco flavours in all nicotine products, including e-cigarettes, while accusing tobacconists of flouting advertising rules ...
The European Commission has issued a proposal for a revision of EU legislation on packaging and packaging waste, which could have profound long-term consequences for the vaping industry ...
Written by Fernanda Tucunduva | 14th February 2023
Germany could end up lobbying for an EU-wide ban on disposable e-cigarettes if the government follows through on a Bavarian initiative which has rapidly gained support from other states ...
British American Tobacco (BAT) enjoyed a 37% rise last year in revenues from novel products, with growing contributions across all three of its new categories, led by its vapour brand Vuse ...
A solution to the environmental impact of disposable vaping products must be found if the industry wants to avoid seeing product bans pop up in more jurisdictions. Such a solution could come from the UK...
Italy’s Budget Law for 2023, approved by the parliament on 29th December, has updated the excise tax on e-liquids with and without nicotine, slowing down the 2021 Budget Law planned increase ...
After years of political debate, Indonesia is finally making progress towards regulating e-cigarettes as well as heated tobacco products, which are regulated the same in the country ...
RJ Reynolds Vapor Company plans to challenge the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s rejection of its Vuse menthol vape cartridges, joining a judicial fight that has had mixed results for other companies ...
The Netherlands, usually considered quite permissive with a relatively laissez-faire attitude, is employing stricter flavour bans in an attempt to curb youth vaping ...
Several Australian public health bodies have urged the government to ban flavours in e-cigarettes, reduce their nicotine concentration, and prohibit the sale of disposables ...
Juul Labs seeks to pay $255m to resolve claims that it deceptively marketed e-cigarettes, ending a significant class action lawsuit that’s part of an even bigger legal case against the company ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has denied the premarket tobacco product applications of two menthol e-cigarette products by RJ Reynolds Vapor Company, following the agency’s determination that these products do not meet public health standards...
While a new tax regime, with duty no longer applying to devices, may be welcome, Russia’s vaping industry now faces a renewed threat of a total e-cigarette ban ...
Morocco is considering including e-cigarettes under its regulatory regime for tobacco, increasing possible fines for advertising, imposing restrictions on public use, and establishing a minimum purchase age ...
A decree issued by Belgium’s Ministry of Health has set out new rules for nicotine-free e-liquids, equating them with tobacco products because “they may entail similar health risks and social consequences” ...
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 ...
UK supermarket chain Waitrose’s recent announcement that it would stop stocking disposable vaping devices in a bid to curb youth vaping rates as well as pollution was met with criticism for its alleged incoherence ...
The number of companies involved in the Chinese vaping market may be far lower than previously thought, with some having left the market and others never having been active at all ...
There was a sharp rise in the number of daily vapers in Britain between 2020 and 2021 – particularly among men aged 25-34 – according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...
Young adults in the US are giving up on cigarettes as their consumption of cannabis outgrows that of tobacco – and there are suggestions that e-cigarettes are also steering them away from smoking ...
Disposables and youth vaping are likely to be the major themes for vaping in the year ahead, affecting debates on matters such as taxes, flavour bans and environmental measures ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 30th December 2022
Bans on flavours and taxes on vaping products dominated the e-cigarette news agenda in 2022. Both could be seen as responses to still rising concern about youth vaping ...
Tobacco alternatives are beginning to flourish in Egypt and heated tobacco as well as vaping products are expected to become more important as Egyptian manufacturers start to get involved ...
The use of substances, including nicotine and cannabis, by US teenagers has plateaued in 2022 after a significant decline in 2021, a national survey found ...
The Swiss Federal Council is currently preparing a preliminary draft to amend the Tobacco Products Act which is expected to be submitted to Parliament in the first half of 2023 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 22nd December 2022
Enforcement against illegal vaping products appears to be on the rise in the UK, but some worry whether minuscule penalties for non-compliance means that few bad actors will change their ways ...
The Russian government is proposing to increase excise rates on nicotine-containing liquids and heated tobacco sticks, despite having all rates for the next couple of next years already set out in the Tax Code ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 20th December 2022
New Zealand has passed a law introducing a steadily rising smoking age to prevent those currently under the age of 14 from ever being able to legally buy cigarettes ...
The US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (FDA CTP) is “reactive and overwhelmed”, staff are “fatigued”, the industry and public health advocates are “frustrated”, and litigation has “upended” the CTP’s plans ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 19th December 2022
British American Tobacco (BAT) said its “new category” business continues to drive substantial volume, revenue, and market share growth – significantly contributing to the company’s overall performance ...
The Canadian government has published its legislative review of the federal law that governs vaping in Canada, calling for stronger enforcement and more reporting of sales figures and ingredients used in vapour products ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 15th December 2022
Ireland’s government recently approved the introduction of additional restrictions on the sale and advertising of e-cigarettes – proposals which have met with the approval of the country’s largest vaping trade association ...
Proposed tobacco regulations in Botswana that would place restrictions on the sale and marketing of tobacco products but leave vaping products unencumbered have been hailed by public health experts as “life-saving” ...
Excise duties on cigarettes in Italy will increase from 1st January, while those on heated tobacco and e-liquids will not rise at the rate previously laid out, under the new Italian government’s 2023 Budget Bill. The newly...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued warning letters to one US and four Chinese vaping companies for marketing and packaging their products in a way that may be particularly appealing to children...
British low-cost vaping brand 88Vape enjoyed 47% growth in revenue from its vaping segment in the first half of 2023, underpinned by a combination of strong organic and acquisitive growth ...
Danish suppliers of so-called “puff bars” have been fined a total of more than DKK36m (€4.8m) in a concerted national crackdown on the illegal trade in sweet-flavoured nicotine products thought to be aimed at children...