Lawmakers and officials in Estonia are divided over the suspension of collection of tax on e-liquids, which starts today and lasts until December 2022 ...
No amount of TV advertising, celebrity endorsement, money-off vouchers or candy inducements can get kids interested in e-cigarettes, new laboratory experiment discovers ...
The Philippine E-Cigarette Industry Association (PECIA) has called for “more realistic” excise duties on e-cigarettes during a consultation by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ...
A group of 40 House Democrats have written to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pressing it to remove from the market all flavoured e-cigarettes “fueling youth tobacco epidemic” and to make an example...
A new draft amendment to the Chinese Tobacco Monopoly Law to regulate tobacco-alternative products, including e-cigarettes, as traditional tobacco threatens big changes to the local vapour market, and has already hit share prices ...
How much politicians know about e-cigarettes and other novel tobacco products has a major effect on their perceptions of safety and risk, new ECigIntelligence research suggests ...
Officials in Cardiff are not insisting on vaping be included in the clampdown on smoking that came into force in Wales at the beginning of the month ...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that more research is required into the long-term effects of vaping various substances. Not all research, however, is equally valid or useful – and any conclusion drawn from studies...
The Canadian province of Manitoba has been accused of trampling on First Nations’ rights by trying to apply provincial restrictions on smoking and vaping to aboriginal reserves ...
How much information the public receives from health authorities about tobacco harm reduction – and how much it helps – is a hot topic of discussion and division between the industry and the scientific community...
One of the most influential vapers’ organisations has pleaded for a rethink of the approach towards alternative nicotine products in the EU’s wide-ranging new Beating Cancer Plan ...
A flavour ban is on the agenda again in Canada as the government’s commitment to reducing the appeal of vaping products to young people comes to a peak ...
Legislation moving through the legislature in the US state of Minnesota seeks to ban the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes and could increase both wholesale and retail taxes on vapour devices ...
A shipment from the Chinese city of Shenzhen containing more than 77,000 refillable e-liquids featuring popular US sitcom Rick and Morty have been seized by customs officials at Chicago O’Hare’s International ...
Colombia’s Parliament is considering a bill to update the country’s existing anti-tobacco law with fresh regulations on the use and sale of vaping products ...
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 ...
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked five leading e-cigarette manufacturers to disclose their 2019 and 2020 data on sales, advertising and promotional expenditures ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 25th February 2021
Public Health England (PHE) is calling on local authorities to continue supporting e-cigarettes after new research confirmed they are more effective than nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) in smoking cessation ...
A high court in Germany has ruled that it is legal to promote e-cigarettes as a less harmful alternative to cigarettes, overturning a previous decision by a lower regional court ...
UK prime minister Boris Johnson has announced that vape stores in England should not reopen before 12th April – while the industry continues to demand that they should be considered essential businesses ...
Lawmakers in New York state recently introduced bills that would more than double the excise duties for vaping products with the aim of financially disincentivising citizens from using nicotine products ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 18th February 2021
British American Tobacco (BAT) has reported a "strong performance" of its e-cigarette business in 2020, with vapour revenue up more than 50% on the previous year and growth accelerating ...
The German government is proposing a new tax scheme for nicotine-containing vaping products to come into force in summer 2022 as “a response to current market developments” ...
Britain will have an “incredible opportunity” later this year to spread the message that appropriate vaping regulation saves lives, members of the Westminster parliament have been told ...
Vaping companies across the US are under pressure, with some going out of business and others saying they face a struggle to survive, as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tightens the regulatory screw ...
Rumours of a German government proposal to introduce a tax scheme for e-cigarettes from 2022 have been greeted with both surprise and doubt among the industry and federal policymakers ...
Members of the vaping industry in the Netherlands have voiced concern at the legislative bid to ban non-tobacco flavours in e-cigarettes from 2022, accusing the Dutch government of proposing dangerous regulations ...
Research conducted by the regional government of Baden-Württemberg in Germany has found that 86% of vaping products inspected did not fully comply with existing labelling and packaging regulations ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 8th February 2021
Intense debate has begun in the European Parliament on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, presented by the European Commission last week, including suggested measures to tighten regulation of tobacco alternatives ...
The Indiana House of Representatives has proposed a change to the taxation scheme for e-liquids presented in a bill after lawmakers raised concerns about exactly how the money collected would be used for public health...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 3rd February 2021
The European Commission has committed itself to a more restrictive legislative approach to tobacco-related products, to protect the public “from picking up lasting habits that are damaging to health” ...
A Canadian judge has refused to grant an injunction to suspend application of Nova Scotia’s vaping laws until a challenge to its constitutionality is decided ...
A month after the US Congress passed a federal ban on delivering e-cigarettes by mail, the US Postal Service (USPS) is still unsure how to implement and enforce the new regulations ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 28th January 2021
Imperial Brands has announced a substantial change in strategy towards its vapour segment, with more focused investment in its Blu e-cigarette brand ...
Members of the ruling party in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies aim to establish a new tax for e-cigarette products, while officials are working to tighten advertising restrictions and enforce the ban on vaping imports ...
The High Administrative Court of Bavaria has ruled that vape stores provide essential goods and services and can remain open during the Covid-related lockdown in Germany’s largest state ...
Tim Phillips, ECigIntelligence's managing director, joins Jon Bruford to discuss the key developments coming up in 2021 and the drivers that shape the market ...
The Chinese government is increasing the regulatory pressure on the vaping industry and expects to strengthen the supervision of the e-cigarette market in the country this year ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 19th January 2021
A class-action lawsuit against one of Juul’s largest distributors has been dismissed by a US judge who described it as “meritless” and “a hammer in search of a nail” ...
Twelve US senators, including 11 leading Democrats, have called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enforce tougher reviews of premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) ...
British American Tobacco (BAT) has launched CBD e-liquids compatible with its Vuse device onto the British market as part of the company’s plan to expand its portfolio into new areas “beyond nicotine” ...
More than $700,000 worth of counterfeit e-cigarettes arriving from China have been seized in the US as part of a joint-agency operation to crack down on fraudulent vaping products ...
E-cigarette products marketed in South Korea must now meet new packaging requirements, including disturbing new graphic warnings – but the threat of big tax rises has been set aside for now ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 12th January 2021
Vaping is no longer allowed on UK Royal Navy vessels under a Ministry of Defence strategy to achieve a smoke-free – and vape-free – generation among all the armed forces ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 7th January 2021
2021 is sure to be another significant year for the vaping industry across the globe, with a bunch of new regulations on the horizon – and hopefully a light at the end of the Covid-19...