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2020: the year of flavour bans, Juul cases, taxation, China – and that other thing

Written by Aidan Semmens | 30th December 2020

Who isn’t glad to see the back of 2020? ECigIntelligence looks back on what a generally cataclysmic year has meant for the world of e-cigarettes, from flavour bans to taxation, with Juul in the dock...

Philippine memorandum lays down rules on labelling of tobacco alternatives

Written by ECigIntelligence | 29th December 2020

A joint memorandum issued by a number of government agencies laying down rules for vapour products in the Philippines establishes new restrictions on flavours and changes to labelling requirements ...

UK healthcare products agency ready to take over e-cigarette notifications

Written by ECigIntelligence | 28th December 2020

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is on course to take charge of new e-cigarette product notifications in England, Scotland and Wales from 1st January, when Britain will officially no longer be...

UK vaping industry gives a cautious welcome to last-ditch Brexit deal

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 24th December 2020

The British vaping industry has broadly welcomed the agreement reached on Christmas Eve between the UK and EU over the trade relations the two parties will enjoy from 1st January ...

Australia requires prescription to import e-cigs; Senate calls for friendlier regs

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 23rd December 2020

Anyone wanting to import nicotine e-cigarettes into Australia from 1st October 2021 will require a doctor’s prescription, despite a Senate committee’s call for e-cigs to be more generally available ...

Canada moves to lower federal nicotine concentration cap, may restrict flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence | 21st December 2020

Canada’s Department of Health is proposing to lower the maximum nicotine concentration in vaping products to “contribute to reducing the appeal” to youth, while new flavour restrictions are also under consideration ...

Western Australia MP aims for 50,000 signatures on petition to legalise vaping

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 17th December 2020

A member of the Parliament of Western Australia has launched a petition to effectively legalise vaping by allowing the sale of nicotine e-liquid in the state ...

China's e-cig market faces the possible threat of a government change of heart

Written by ECigIntelligence | 16th December 2020

A major new report from ECigIntelligence examines the Chinese vapour market and finds it could be threatened by a possible government crackdown – and the spectre of a takeover by the giant China Tobacco monopoly...

Podcast: E-cigarettes in China: market, regulation and outlook

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th December 2020

China’s domestic e-cigarette market has quietly grown to become the world’s third largest by value. With relatively low vaping prevalence, high smoking rates, and a huge population, it has significant potential for further growth. But...

Italy’s small vape businesses welcome association's planned retail network

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th December 2020

Hundreds of vaping businesses have shown interest in a new project launched by the main Italian industry association to support and promote e-cigarette retail and create a network of vaping suppliers ...

Quebec unveils plan to ban flavours and limit nicotine concentration in e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence | 14th December 2020

Canada’s second-largest province has become the latest to announce an intention to restrict flavours and limit nicotine levels in vaping products ...

Experts call for tighter regulation of e-cigs in revised UK tobacco legislation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 10th December 2020

Experts on smoking say the post-Brexit UK revision of the 2016 Tobacco and Related Products Regulations (TRPR) should include tougher rules on the advertising and labelling of tobacco-alternative products ...

Swiss lower house starts discussion of long-awaited law on e-cigarettes

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th December 2020

The lower house of the Swiss Federal Assembly, the National Council, is debating the country’s draft Federal Tobacco Act, but a final vote on the bill is unlikely before mid-2021 ...

Biden picks California attorney general for key role of US health secretary

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 7th December 2020

US president-elect Joe Biden has named California attorney general Xavier Becerra – an opponent of both smoking and vaping – as his choice for the vital role of health and human services secretary ...

Texas legislature to consider new e-cigarette tax for storage and use

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th December 2020

New bills in both the Texas House and the Senate would impose a tax on vapour products, which lawmakers might find appealing given the budget crunch on the heels of the coronavirus pandemic ...

San Francisco heads for ban on smoking or vaping in private apartments

Written by ECigIntelligence | 2nd December 2020

San Francisco is a step closer to becoming one of the largest cities in the US to prohibit smoking and vaping in private apartments after a proposal received broad support in the city’s legislative body...

Bid to ban flavours in New Brunswick raises hackles in Canadian vape trade

Written by ECigIntelligence | 1st December 2020

New legislation tabled in the New Brunswick provincial legislature to ban flavours in e-liquids has caused alarm among Canada’s vaping industry ...

Who will Biden pick for the top health jobs crucial to US e-cig regulation?

Written by ECigIntelligence | 30th November 2020

US president-elect Joe Biden has yet to name his candidates to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), roles that will be crucial to e-cigarette regulation...

Indonesia heading towards a standard for vaping products 'to aid the market'

Written by ECigIntelligence | 26th November 2020

The Indonesian Ministry of Industry is planning to hold discussions by the end of the year as it works on a new national standard for e-cigarettes ...

Taiwan government to consider e-cig ban in amendment to Tobacco Hazards Act

Written by ECigIntelligence | 25th November 2020

Taiwan’s Executive Yuan is expected to meet shortly to discuss the draft proposal to amend the country’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act submitted late last month by the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) ...

Vape sales in Dutch supermarkets to end in 2024 in planned phase-out of tobacco

Written by ECigIntelligence | 23rd November 2020

From 2024, supermarkets in the Netherlands will no longer be allowed to sell tobacco products, including e-cigarettes ...

Vaping product trends in the US

Written by ECigIntelligence | 19th November 2020

Carlo Infurna Wangüemert, market analyst, presented vaping product trends in the US at Vape Live during VOXPO – Virtual Online Vape & CBD Expo on 19th November. He analysed the changes in flavour and nicotine...

Spanish ministry aims to equate 'unsafe' e-cigs with tobacco in new regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 19th November 2020

The Spanish Ministry of Health has prepared a draft amendment to the current Tobacco Act, including some provisions concerning e-cigarettes, which the ministry considers hazardous ...

Imperial to be more 'prudent' after tobacco-alternatives revenues slip

Written by ECigIntelligence | 17th November 2020

Imperial Brands has revealed that net revenue from its next-generation portfolio declined by 27% in the year to September and announced that it will take a “more prudent approach” in its business model from now...

Poland to allow non-adhesive excise tax stamps due to glue shortage

Written by ECigIntelligence | 17th November 2020

The Polish Ministry of Finance is to allow the use of non-adhesive stamps instead of self-adhesive ones, a month after the new excise tax rate on e-liquids and novel tobacco products came into force ...

MEPs give green light to new seven-year EU health programme

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 13th November 2020

The European Parliament approved by an overwhelming majority the EU health policy programme for the period 2021-2027 aimed at tackling some of the main health issues in Europe, including tobacco policy ...

European surveys back up smoking cessation aim in e-cigarette users

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 13th November 2020

A new survey reveals that 80% of Europeans who switched to e-cigarettes to quit their habit have succeeded ...

Australian Senate committee begins hearings on harm reduction this week

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 11th November 2020

An Australian Senate committee to inquire into tobacco harm reduction strategies will meet for the first time in Canberra on Friday, and again week later in Sydney ...

Norway working on plan to tax nicotine e-cigarettes – once they are legalised

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th November 2020

The Norwegian government is working on a new proposal to create a tax scheme for vaping products as part of its plans to legalise nicotine-containing e-cigarettes by 2021 ...

Opinion: ECigIntelligence smells a rat in bad science on e-cigs and COVID-19

Written by Marc Beishon | 9th November 2020

Marc Beishon, former editor of New Scientist magazine, takes recent examples of bad science to task for misrepresenting the supposed dangers of e-cigarettes, including unfounded links with COVID-19 ...

Months after slashing e-liquid taxes, Hungary is set to increase them again

Written by Marija Obradovic | 6th November 2020

Seven months after more than halving the tax on e-liquids, Hungary’s government has changed its mind and is proposing an increase to comply with EU demands ...

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 ...

Vape industry warns of 50% sales drop as second lockdown begins in England

Written by ECigIntelligence | 5th November 2020

Industry insiders have called for vape stores to be classed as essential outlets as all non-essential shops in England are ordered to close for a month under the terms of the country’s second lockdown ...

Health body calls for e-cig regulation in Argentina in place of 'outdated' ban

Written by ECigIntelligence | 3rd November 2020

Public health and vaping organisations in Argentina are working on a proposal to regulate e-cigarettes, arguing that the current legislation, which dates from 2011, is no longer fit for purpose ...

JT launches new tobacco vapour device amid segment revenue decline

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 2nd November 2020

Japan Tobacco (JT) has launched in the domestic market a new tobacco-infused vapour device “Ploom TECH+ with” a few days after the manufacturer posted less revenue for its reduce-risk portfolio in the third quarter of...

How will the US elections shape the future of the vaping industry?

Written by ECigIntelligence | 29th October 2020

Just a few days ahead of US elections, there is a lot of uncertainty about the approach that the next White House leader will have towards the tobacco-alternatives industry ...

France investigates vaping market to detect and correct inconsistencies

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 29th October 2020

New research from the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) has indicated the positives and negatives of the vaping market in the country, and highlighted those areas for future investigation...

Court to decide whether it halts Nova Scotia’s flavour ban and tax

Written by ECigIntelligence | 28th October 2020

Nova Scotia’s Supreme Court will rule by the end of next month as to whether it strikes down key parts of the province's recent vaping laws after a company took the Canadian state to court...

US FDA wants to identify 'concerning' trends in vaping device problems

Written by ECigIntelligence | 27th October 2020

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased the amount of mandatory information required to report a problem with an e-cigarette device in order to “identify new or concerning trends” ...

Michigan revives attempt at state flavour ban

Written by ECigIntelligence | 26th October 2020

The US state of Michigan is working to implement a new regulation that would ban the sale of flavoured vaping products and limit the advertising of such products, one year after a court blocked a...

Hard-line Australia has precautionary principle all wrong, study suggests

Written by ECigIntelligence | 23rd October 2020

Regulators need to consider the risks of the precautionary measures they implement, and not just the risks they are trying to avoid, according to researchers studying Australian e-cigarette regulation ...

Australia postpones e-cigarette import ban for the second time

Written by ECigIntelligence | 22nd October 2020

The Australian Ministry of Health decided to defer until further notice the implementation of the import ban on nicotine e-cigarettes that was to come into force in January 2021, after already being postponed by half...

Government concludes German e-liquids are vitamin E free, but warns about THC

Written by ECigIntelligence | 22nd October 2020

A study concludes that e-liquids marketed in Germany do not contain potential concerning chemicals and additives such as vitamin E acetate, but warned about high levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in some of them ...

EU 'roadmap' to show route to taxation of tobacco alternatives by autumn 2021

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 21st October 2020

The tax authorities in Brussels are to give a final decision on introducing a new harmonised tax scheme for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products in a year’s time ...

Poland ready to get tough on compliance with newly imposed tax on e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence | 21st October 2020

The Polish tax authorities are to intensify their enforcement actions to ensure industry complies with the new excise tax rate on e-liquids and novel tobacco products that came into force on 1st October ...

EU plans 'tax' on non-recycled plastic packaging waste – but who will pay?

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla | 20th October 2020

EU member states will have to decide how to implement a planned European levy on non-recycled plastic packaging waste – to fund it from national budgets or make industry pay for the waste it produces...

US representative asks the FDA to work with small vape firms on PMTAs

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 19th October 2020

A US congressman has called on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Stephen Hahn to work with small vaping businesses that submit premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) “in good faith” ...

ASH blames 'mistaken belief in harm' for 11% drop in number of British vapers

Written by ECigIntelligence | 16th October 2020

The number of e-cigarette users in Great Britain declined by 400,000 between 2019 and 2020, according to new research by the public health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) ...

Cochrane evidence review supports nicotine e-cigs for smoking cessation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th October 2020

Nicotine e-cigarettes can be more effective than other more traditional methods in helping smokers to quit the habit for at least six months, the latest Cochrane review of the subject has concluded ...

Ukrainian parliament to consider new e-cig restrictions by the end of the year

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th October 2020

Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, is seeking to pass legislation equating tobacco-alternative products to conventional cigarettes and other restrictions in line with the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...

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