Market and regulatory data for the vapour sector in Italy

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 ...

‘95% safer’ or ‘just as bad’? How does the argument on vaping stand?

Written by Marc Beishon | 4th May 2020

Widely publicised linkages with the coronavirus are just the latest manifestation of distrust of vaping, in the public-health community as well as the media. So how does that “95% safer than smoking” view hold up?...

UK online vaping orders rocket during lockdown; Italian sales plummet

Written by ECigIntelligence | 2nd April 2020

An increase in online sales has been one of the most notable consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak on the vaping industry across Europe, as the sector continues to battle market disruptions and shop closures ...

Impact on e-cigarette sales channels varies as countries face COVID-19

Written by Barnaby Page | 20th March 2020

As European and North American authorities ramp up their response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects on e-cigarette sales channels are mixed ...

Italy suspends sales of Salt Life 1000 mg nic salt for safety testing

Written by ECigIntelligence | 29th October 2019

The Italian Ministry of Health has banned sales of a nicotine salt product from Milan-based company Blendfeel while tests are carried out to ascertain its safety for consumers ...

Vaping and HnB tax revenues rocketing in crisis-hit Italy

Written by ECigIntelligence | 2nd September 2019

Tax revenues from e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn (HnB) products raised €172.6m in Italy in 2018, a big increase over previous years. Meanwhile, there are fresh doubts over the political future ...

Survey shows state of an Italian industry ready to move forward

Written by ECigIntelligence | 3rd January 2019

The Italian vaping industry is ready to shake off the shackles of past regulation and taxation, according to the coordinator of a major private study ...

Italy reduces e-cigarette and heat-not-burn tax burden by up to 80%

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 14th December 2018

Italy has passed the much anticipated law reducing tax on e-liquids and halving duties on heated tobacco. The decree cuts the duty on nicotine-containing liquids from 50% to 10% of the tax on conventional cigarettes...

Italian decree, Dutch agreement, and other European news

Written by ECigIntelligence | 3rd December 2018

Details of legal changes, proposals and notices in 19 countries and at EU level were among 73 stories published last month by ECigIntelligence to subscribers through our daily European Live Alerts ...

Relief for Italy’s vapour industry as 95% of its tax debt is cancelled

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla | 25th October 2018

The Italian Council of Ministers has cancelled 95% of the debt owed by the country’s vaping industry for unpaid taxes on nicotine-free e-liquids ...

ECigIntelligence benchmarks an ever more complex world for you

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th October 2018

Let ECigIntelligence keep you up-to-date on prices and other retail information on the rapidly expanding range of vaping products and brands sold by the leading online retailers around the world ...

Tax freeze after a hot Italian summer won’t solve industry’s problems

Written by ECigIntelligence | 14th August 2018

It has been an intense summer for the Italian vaping industry, and few are convinced that simply suspending the vaping tax – as now looks likely – will solve the long-term problem for the sector...

Italian Senate approves freeze on e-cig tax; final vote due in September

Written by ECigIntelligence | 6th August 2018

The Italian Senate today approved a proposal to temporarily suspend the country’s contentious tax on e-cigarettes. The plan to freeze taxation until 18th December will now have to be passed by the Chamber of Deputies...

Italy lists licensed vape stores – and they’re not all happy

Written by ECigIntelligence | 17th July 2018

The Italian Customs and Monopoly Agency (AAMS) has published a list of nearly 400 vape stores, pharmacies and drugstores in the regions of Abruzzo, Tuscany, Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta that have been authorised to sell...

Italy’s vapers breathe a sigh of relief as new government steps in

Written by ECigIntelligence | 7th June 2018

After several weeks of hectic negotiations between the Lega and Five Star Movement parties – both of which have expressed a commitment to vaping – the new coalition has finally taken power in Italy ...

Salvini tells Italy’s biggest vape show new government will ease the burden

Written by ECigIntelligence | 23rd May 2018

Lega leader Matteo Salvini, whose party is expected to take its place shortly in a new Italian government, reiterated in a message to Italy’s biggest vape show his pledge to reduce the tax burden and...

Italian enforcers issue stern ‘reminder’ – including CBD ban

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla | 18th May 2018

The Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency (AAMS) has issued a bulletin informing the country’s e-cigarette industry of its interpretation of legal requirements arising from the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...

Italian stores will have to show vaping turnover in order to get a licence

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 28th March 2018

The Italian Customs and Monopoly Agency (AAMS) has issued a decree preventing anyone except licensed vape stores, pharmacies and parapharmacies from retailing e-liquids. It sets a new “prevalence criterion” to determine which shops qualify ...

Vaping industry hopeful of a fresh start as Italy changes government

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 9th March 2018

A new coalition government in Italy has been welcomed as a likely positive change for an e-cigarette industry that has been under great pressure under the country’s outgoing regime ...

Italian tax authorities use ‘excessive’ power in clampdown on e-liquid tax avoidance

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 9th February 2018

Italian vape organisations have accused the tax authorities of an “excessive” use of power in their enforcement of the tax on e-liquid ...

Italy softens the blow a little, cancelling vape stores’ licensing requirement

Written by | 20th December 2017

The switchback ride of Italian e-cigarette regulation continued this week with success in the Chamber of Deputies of a move to limit some of the damaging effects of the recent Vicari amendment ...

Italy bans the online sale of nicotine-containing e-cig products

Written by Elba Manzanilla Zapata | 11th December 2017

Online sales of nicotine-containing e-cigarette products have been banned in Italy following the adoption by the Chamber of Deputies of the so-called Vicari Amendment ...

‘Holy grail’ of health studies – daily vapers who have never smoked

Written by Marc Beishon | 11th December 2017

Researchers in Italy have reported on what is a holy grail in e-cigarette studies – a four-year observation of the health effects on daily vapers who have never smoked ...

Italy’s Constitutional Court rules that it’s OK after all to tax nicotine-free e-liquid

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 16th November 2017

The Italian Constitutional Court in Rome has ruled that taxing non-nicotine e-liquids is legitimate, ending a temporary suspension imposed in 2015 by a lower court ...

E-cigs are Italians’ favourite smoking cessation aid – but most use nothing

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 3rd August 2017

More than a tenth of Italians trying to give up smoking (10.7%) use e-cigarettes to help them – more than any other cessation aids – but the vast majority use no aid at all ...

Choops distances itself from Dali design after legal threat over logo

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 18th April 2017

The Californian company behind the e-liquid brand Choops Liquids has changed the logo on its packaging after protests from the owner of the famous Spanish lollipop brand Chupa...

Next-gen chic: London and Milan stores for iQOS and Pebble

Written by Freddie Dawson | 5th December 2016

British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced the opening of a retail store in Milan, Italy as part of the launch of its Vype Pebble e-cigarette. It follows closely on from Philip Morris International (PMI) opening...

Farsalinos, Polosa among authors of new book on e-cig science

Written by Barnaby Page | 18th November 2016

Five of the best-known scholars studying e-cigarettes have collaborated to produce a book on the science and safety of...

Boom year in Italy as vaping population triples

Written by ECigIntelligence | 7th November 2016

Italy’s vaping population has more than tripled in the past year, bringing the number of e-cigarette users back to the levels of 2013, before the 2014 crash - and the rise is set to continue,...

E-cig scientists form new alliance: together, they fight misconceptions

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th July 2016

A newly-assembled team of mostly European scientists plans to combat misinformation about e-cigarettes in the media and the scientific...

Research suggests vaping may affect circulatory system, but caution urged

Written by Marc Beishon | 13th July 2016

What do you get when you take 20 smokers and 20 non-smokers, give them tobacco cigarettes to puff on, and then ask them to try e-cigs? A study from the Sapienza University of Rome is...

ISO to start work on international e-cigarette standard in October

Written by Freddie Dawson | 25th April 2016

The first meeting of an ISO standards committee covering e-cigarettes will take place on 24th October in Osaka,...

Italy’s TPD transposition unlikely to go beyond minimum requirements

Written by Freddie Dawson | 10th January 2016

Italy will stick to the minimum measures required by the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive when it implements the directive in its domestic law, according to a new report from...

Italian tax regime heads to highest court for review...again

Written by Barnaby Page | 18th December 2015

An Italian regional court has reaffirmed its suspension of the country’s tax on zero-nicotine e-liquid, and referred the entire question of Italy’s e-cig taxes to the national Constitutional...

Big Tobacco encouraged by research on heat-not-burn

Written by Barnaby Page | 7th December 2015

Are big tobacco companies starting to favour heat-not-burn technology over e-cigarettes? While none has shown any signs of overtly stepping away from e-cigs, and such a move is unlikely, much enthusiasm and investment within the...

Italy opts for minimal regulation in draft TPD law

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th October 2015

The e-cigarette industry in Italy appears likely to receive gentle regulatory treatment from the government’s forthcoming implementation of the European Union Tobacco Products Directive (EU...

Regulation key to success of tobacco alternatives, say PMI and Altria

Written by Barnaby Page | 11th September 2015

Tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) wants to see alternative products take a large share of the nicotine market away from combustible cigarettes as soon as possible – with the help of appropriate regulation....

Wider rollouts for iQOS; PMI, Altria to develop e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th July 2015

Philip Morris International (PMI) is deepening its commitment to alternative nicotine technologies with new rollouts for its iQOS heat-not-burn device, as well as cautious health-related claims for the...

Italian court suspends tax on zero-nicotine products

Written by Barnaby Page | 15th July 2015

The latest court decision on Italy’s attempts to tax e-cigarettes has suspended taxation on zero-nicotine e-liquid, but left in place the controversial levy on nicotine-containing...

Italian court rejects linkage of e-cig taxation with tobacco

Written by Barnaby Page | 19th May 2015

An Italian court has ruled that e-cigarette products cannot be taxed as if they were tobacco products, because tobacco’s harmful effects are not obvious in them. And a further case covering a newer tax could...

Infographic: comparing e-cig and tobacco prices in Europe

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th April 2015

How do the costs of vaping and smoking compare around Europe? Our data shows the typical extra cost of a pack of cigarettes, compared with 10ml of e-liquid, in major European...

Italian tax on e-liquid volume could double some retail prices

Written by David Attwood | 17th February 2015

The new tax regime now confirmed for e-cigarettes and e-liquid in Italy is likely to double the price of some products and dramatically narrow the gap with...

PMI plans further iQOS rollouts; Imperial launches French e-cig

Written by Barnaby Page | 6th February 2015

Big Tobacco continues to push ahead with e-cigarettes and other mass-market reduced-risk products around the world: just in recent days, Philip Morris International (PMI), Imperial Tobacco and Japan Tobacco have all outlined plans to develop...

E-cig taxation measures expected to proliferate

Written by Freddie Dawson | 16th January 2015

Governments around the world are waking up to the potential of taxing e-cigarettes, according to a new report from...

Dwindling vaper numbers hit Italian e-cigarette market

Written by Freddie Dawson | 5th January 2015

The Italian e-cigarette market is in decline as vaper numbers drop, but a revised tax regime holds some promise for the future, according to a new report from...

Cochrane Review: a cautious thumbs-up for e-cigarettes

Written by Marc Beishon | 20th December 2014

E-cigarettes containing nicotine can help people quit and cut down on smoking: that is the digested version of the Cochrane review on the use of e-cigs for smoking cessation and reduction, but the review itself...

Not just e-cigs: PMI looks ahead to a reduced-risk tobacco future

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th September 2014

Things are changing at Philip Morris International (PMI), with new plans for tackling the reduced risk tobacco products...

Italian industry fears new tax will add 600% to e-liquid price

Written by Barnaby Page | 7th August 2014

Italy’s Council of Ministers has approved a controversially high new tax on e-cigarettes, which would add an estimated 600% to the price of...

PMI prepares for heat-not-burn rollout, plans e-cig for 2016

Written by Barnaby Page | 2nd July 2014

Philip Morris International (PMI) will no longer be conspicuous in the tobacco alternatives market by its...

Italy seen likely to adopt
tax on nicotine, not price

Written by Barnaby Page | 22nd April 2014

More details are emerging of likely changes to the Italian tax regime on e-cigarettes, following a court challenge to rules which came into effect in the new...

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