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Filipino legislators propose gentle restrictions on e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page || 23rd April 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia
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India
Philippines
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E-cigarette regulation is back on the agenda in the Philippines with a proposal to add novel nicotine delivery products to the country’s relatively easy-going tobacco...

FDA struggling to complete deeming regulations by June?

Written by Jim Myers || 22nd April 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

North America
United States
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The much-anticipated “deeming regulations” giving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority over e-cigarettes should be ready by their June deadline – but could still be delayed, the agency’s head has...

FDA’s Zeller: youth figures don’t prove the gateway hypothesis

Written by Jim Myers || 22nd April 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

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Newly published data showing a dramatic increase in e-cigarette use among U.S. children does not answer the question of whether e-cigs are a gateway into tobacco smoking, a key Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official said this...

U.S. teens vape more, smoke less: so is it good news or bad?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 17th April 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

North America
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New data from the U.S. National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) is being used in support of two contrasting arguments, for and against e-cigarettes. But could both sides be partly...

Long-term study to examine health of vapers and dual users

Written by Freddie Dawson || 14th April 2015 || Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |

North America
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Wisconsin
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The lack of long-term scientific studies into e-cigarettes is a common complaint. But the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (CTRI) is now starting to address that through a multi-year investigation of e-cigs’ health effects,...

FDA science committee divided on “reduced risk” of snus

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th April 2015 || Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |

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A panel advising the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected attempts by Swedish Match to claim that snus is less harmful than cigarettes – yet some members did accept its assertions of reduced...

In depth: U.S. e-cigarette laws – state-by-state comparison

Written by || 7th April 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

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Introduction • Age restrictions • Public place usage • Tax policy • Packaging/warning labels • Other regulatory...

Study of British youth vaping causes outrage, but has flaws

Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st March 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe
United Kingdom
Policy and Politics
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A new British study on youth vaping has caused sensationalist headlines with its comparisons of the demographics, tobacco use and alcohol use of 14-to-17-year-olds who reported using or purchasing an...

CDC ads are aimed at tobacco, not vaping (will anyone notice?)

Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st March 2015 || Marketing & retailing , Regulatory briefing |

North America
United States
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A new advertising campaign from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sent shock waves through the e-cigarette sector, with many claiming it demonstrates official bias against the products. But is that a fair reading...

Medical approval for an e-cig “could be bigger than TPD”

Written by Freddie Dawson || 27th March 2015 || Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |

EU
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Approval of an e-cigarette by a medical licensing body could have even more impact on the sector than the much-discussed EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) implementation, according to Nerudia, a consultancy and nicotine science...

Latvia contemplates tough law requiring medical licences

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th March 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

EU
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Latvia
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The Latvian government is considering implementing some of the toughest restrictions on e-cigarette use in the European Union, requiring all products to have a medical...

E-cigarette ads could increase smokers’ desire for tobacco

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th March 2015 || Marketing & retailing , Regulatory briefing |

Europe
North America
Pennsylvania
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Marketing and Retailing
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Vaping in TV commercials may increase smokers’ urge to reach for a cigarette and decrease optimism among those that quit tobacco, a new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication...

“Gateway effect” isn’t simple; drink and drugs involved too

Written by Marc Beishon || 23rd March 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

New York
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Of all the current concerns about the introduction of e-cigarettes, one that looms large is whether they can be a gateway to conventional smoking and to misuse of other substances such as marijuana. New research from the U.S....

If it’s Saturday, this must be Shenzhen (and an e-cig expo)

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th March 2015 || Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |

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While delegates to this week’s World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Abu Dhabi presumably must decide which of the title’s categories e-cigarettes fall into, those who’ve missed it have another choice to make: just how many of...

Hamburg: deeming regulations will be published in June

Written by Jim Myers || 16th March 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

North America
United States
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is committed to a June release of its long-awaited – and some claim much-delayed – deeming regulations on e-cigarettes and other tobacco-related products, the agency’s departing commissioner assured senators last...

Canadian law-makers favour bespoke regime for e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th March 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

Canada
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Canada is taking the first steps toward much-desired federal regulation of e-cigarettes with the release of a parliamentary committee report making detailed recommendations on the shape of national...

Sunshine and showers: the top e-cigarette stories in review

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th March 2015 || Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |

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As the change of seasons edged closer over February and early March, headlines in the e-cigarette sector were a sometimes confusing mix of storm clouds and...

While DC regulators ponder, states take the initiative

Written by || 10th March 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

Minnesota
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is this week again hoping to gather more insight on e-cigarettes as it ponders the final form of its deeming...

FDA’s departing commissioner praised, censured on e-cigs

Written by Jim Myers || 10th March 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

Maryland
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Washington D.C.
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In her final days as head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Margaret Hamburg is receiving accolades from Republicans and Democrats alike on her six years in what many call one of the toughest jobs in...

And now BC: another Canadian province moves to limit vaping

Written by Barnaby Page || 5th March 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

Canada
North America
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Canada’s third-largest province is poised to introduce e-cigarette rules including a public vaping ban, as provincial governments across the country move to cut across the regulatory confusion created by an uncertain federal...

World’s law-makers favour basing e-cig rules on tobacco

Written by Barnaby Page || 5th March 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

North America
Pennsylvania
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World
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About two thirds of large countries have some form of e-cigarette regulation, and they tend to control the products using existing laws relating to tobacco or nicotine, according to new...

E-cigs can be a force for good, says doctor who crafted FCTC

Written by Barnaby Page || 23rd February 2015 || Regulatory briefing |

World
Policy and Politics
Public Health and Medicine
Regulatory briefing
One of the main architects of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has expressed his strong support for e-cigarettes, starkly separating himself from the position adopted by the FCTC at its Moscow summit...

Californian labelling threats “are meant to create pressure”

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th February 2015 || Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |

California
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The Californian nonprofit threatening to sue e-cigarette companies over their product labelling says it hopes to pressure the entire industry into marketing e-cigs that are safer and carry mandatory...

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