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Pandemic measures place new pressures on US vaping trade

Written by ECigIntelligence | 23rd April 2020

The sweeping response to the global COVID-19 pandemic has had an uneven impact on the US vaping sector, with some stores being forced to close while others respond in novel ways to government restrictions ...

FDA angers US House subcommittee by refusing to stop all e-cigarette sales

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 21st April 2020

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected a call to “clear the e-cigarette market” during the COVID-19 crisis – eliciting an angry response from a House subcommittee ...

Billy Gifford, the new captain to drive into Altria’s future

Written by ECigIntelligence | 17th April 2020

Altria has appointed Billy Gifford as the company’s new CEO and announced the retirement of current CEO and chairman, Howard Willard, who has been in the company for 28 years ...

Brussels admits delays may occur in TPD revision; EU notifications hit 250k

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 16th April 2020

Brussels is continuing work on the revision of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), but admits some of the research work could be delayed by the coronavirus crisis ...

Costa Rica gearing up to ban public vaping and tax e-cig products

Written by ECigIntelligence | 14th April 2020

The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica is heading towards passing new legislation before the end of April that would ban the use of e-cigarettes in public and impose taxes on all e-cigs and e-liquids ...

Kentucky lawmakers pass separate taxes for open and closed e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence | 10th April 2020

Lawmakers in the US state of Kentucky have approved separate tax rates for closed and open e-cigarette products with the aim of dissuading young people from vaping by financial means ...

Cautious relief after US court grants four-month PMTA deadline extension

Written by ECigIntelligence | 7th April 2020

Vape businesses have generally welcomed a court’s decision to grant a four-month extension to the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) deadline – but there are reservations ...

New York passes 2021 state budget law including a ban on flavoured e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence | 3rd April 2020

Lawmakers in New York State have agreed to a ban on the sale of flavoured e-cigarette products, delivering a victory to Democrat governor Andrew Cuomo who has made the issue a priority ...

US Federal Trade Commission sues Altria over Juul investment

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 3rd April 2020

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking tobacco manufacturer Altria to court over its acquisition of a 35% stake in shares in Juul, alleging that the agreement between the two companies violated federal antitrust...

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 ...

US state-level regulation paused as lawmakers go into lockdown

Written by Freddie Dawson | 1st April 2020

With president Donald Trump announcing social distancing and other measures being extended until the end of April it seems unlikely many US state legislatures will choose to end their adjournments soon ...

How global pandemic trumped vaping epidemic and left researchers reeling

Written by ECigIntelligence | 1st April 2020

“It’s like everything dear and precious to us has just been blown away.” Vaping is no longer the worst thing in the world – and for some public health experts that’s the worst thing of...

US FDA requests extension of PMTA deadline due to coronavirus problems

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 31st March 2020

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested a 120-day extension to the deadline for premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) due to the challenges that the coronavirus outbreak is posing to companies ...

New York vape industry’s fear after doctors call for ban during pandemic

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 30th March 2020

The vaping industry has shown concern after doctors in New York State called for a temporary ban on e-cigarette sales out of concern that vaping could put people at greater risk from COVID-19 ...

Tobacco 21 law signed in Wyoming and Florida; Alaska moves forward

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 27th March 2020

Wyoming and Florida are the two latest US jurisdictions to adopt new e-cigarette regulations that will increase the legal age to purchase tobacco products – including e-cigarettes – while other states such Alaska are moving...

Korean court rejects complaint against health ministry advice to avoid e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence | 25th March 2020

A judge in Seoul has dismissed a petition by the South Korean Electronic Cigarette Association questioning whether reports issued by the Ministry of Health and Welfare recommending people not to vape were unconstitutional ...

US FDA may relax PMTA deadline for firms facing coronavirus problems

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th March 2020

The US FDA has hinted that it might push back the deadline for e-cigarette PMTA applications, or offer flexibility to companies struggling to meet the May target while coping with coronavirus ...

BAT plans on near 500% increase in smoke-free users in 10 years, reports no hit from coronavirus

Written by ECigIntelligence | 24th March 2020

British American Tobacco (BAT) is targeting an increase in non-combustible product consumers to 50m worldwide by 2030, from the current 11m ...

Spain plans new measures to tighten vaping and HnB regulations

Written by ECigIntelligence | 23rd March 2020

The Spanish government has announced plans to strengthen enforcement of existing tobacco regulations and to impose taxes on new products such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco ...

US FDA suspends all vape store inspections for at least a month

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 20th March 2020

The US Food and Administration (FDA) has decided to issue “a partial stop work order” for the external companies that are carrying out product compliance checks and vape store inspections ...

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 ...

Estonia may climb down from its position as Europe’s toughest on e-cigs

Written by Lorenzo Guaragna | 18th March 2020

One of the toughest regulatory regimes for e-cigarettes in Europe could be significantly relaxed if the Estonian parliament passes a bill allowing menthol flavoured e-liquids and introducing new tax rates ...

Spring vaping shows and exhibitions worldwide fall victim to coronavirus

Written by ECigIntelligence | 16th March 2020

Fears over the coronavirus outbreak, and governments’ responses to it, have led to the cancellation of a number of vaping events that were scheduled over spring at locations around the world ...

Will it be Democrats vs Vapers in the coming battle for the White House?

Written by ECigIntelligence | 16th March 2020

How dramatic would the change be for the e-cig industry if voters deny Donald Trump another four-year term in the White House and choose either Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders as the next US president?...

Netherlands moves towards extending smoking restrictions to e-cigarettes

Written by ECigIntelligence | 13th March 2020

The Dutch lower chamber has passed a bill presented by health secretary Paul Blokhuis to amend the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act and extend prohibitions on smoking to tobacco-alternative products ...

Duterte issues further regulation of e-cigarettes in the Philippines

Written by ECigIntelligence | 12th March 2020

Following his order that extended the ban on smoking in public spaces to include vaping, president Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has now issued a further raft of restrictions on e-cigarettes ...

South Africa plans to bring in new e-cigarette tax scheme from 2021

Written by ECigIntelligence | 11th March 2020

The South African government has announced that its finance authorities are working on a new tax scheme for vaping products to come into force in 2021 ...

Hawaii proposal includes flavour ban and confiscation of e-cigs at school

Written by ECigIntelligence | 10th March 2020

Lawmakers in Hawaii have proposed a ban on the sale of all flavoured tobacco and e-cigarettes across the state and new powers for teachers to take away vaping devices from under-21s ...

Geneva faces referendum on e-cig ads ban and public vaping restrictions

Written by ECigIntelligence | 6th March 2020

The Romandy Association of Vape Professionals (Association Romande des Professionnels de la Vape, ARPV) has officially requested a referendum in the Geneva canton challenging a new law on tobacco and related products, including e-cigs ...

PHE reiterates endorsement of vaping despite US lung illness outbreak

Written by ECigIntelligence | 5th March 2020

Public Health England (PHE) continues to support vaping as a less harmful alternative to smoking, saying products sold in England are still considered safe for consumers despite the spate of lung illnesses in the US...

New Zealand MPs to consider range of proposed new vaping regulations

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th March 2020

A new amendment put before the New Zealand Parliament aims to tighten current regulations on vaping and heated tobacco – but the country's attorney general has distanced himself from the proposals ...

Canadian provinces get tough, with 20% vape tax and sale restrictions

Written by ECigIntelligence | 2nd March 2020

Two more Canadian provinces are slapping a 20% tax on vaping products to reduce youth vaping, while authorities in Ontario have announced new sale restrictions and called for a national vape tax ...

US House invites presidential veto by voting to ban all vape flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence | 29th February 2020

Defying a threat of a presidential veto, the US House of Representatives has approved sweeping legislation to ban all flavours, including the popular menthol, in e-cigarettes and tobacco products ...

BAT posts big rise in next-generation revenues despite US crackdown

Written by ECigIntelligence | 27th February 2020

British American Tobacco (BAT) has reported a 36.9% increase in next-generation products revenue in 2019 despite the recent and ongoing crackdown on vaping in the US ...

Juul suspends all sales in Indonesia, faces probe by coalition of US states

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 27th February 2020

Less than a year after launching in the country, Juul Labs is stopping selling all its products in Indonesia while it puts new measures in place to combat under-age purchases. Juul also faces further legal...

Turkey confirms import ban on all e-cigarette devices and e-liquids

Written by Angela Jarosz | 26th February 2020

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signed an order banning the import of e-cigarettes and e-liquids into Turkey ...

Our new special intelligence service now covers the wider tobacco field

Written by ECigIntelligence | 25th February 2020

TobaccoIntelligence, a new service from the team that produces ECigIntelligence, is now available, covering the global tobacco and nicotine alternatives sector ...

Coronavirus in China may mean global shortages for vaping manufacturers

Written by ECigIntelligence | 25th February 2020

The coronavirus that has so far killed more than 2600 people in China has had limited impact up to now in the vaping industry around the world, but severe movement restrictions have raised fears ...

Greek vaping industry questions legality of regulation amendments

Written by Elsa Carrasco | 19th February 2020

While expectations of new regulation of do-it yourself (DIY) products in Greece remain, the local industry have made their own efforts to ensure that the new anti-smoking law approved in October is not...

Taxing e-cigarettes could be bad for our health, economists report

Written by ECigIntelligence | 19th February 2020

A new study by a research team of academic economists argues that e-cigarette taxes could backfire, potentially sending vape consumers to use cheaper and more harmful products ...

US judge throws out vape stores’ case against FDA deeming rule

Written by ECigIntelligence | 18th February 2020

The US District Court in Washington DC has rejected the arguments of vape shop owners in five states that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s deeming rule was unconstitutional ...

UK launches information campaign about risks of e-cig-related fires

Written by ECigIntelligence | 18th February 2020

Vapers in the UK are being warned by the government to take care with batteries and chargers, in a new public-information campaign launched to address the risk of e-cigarette-related...

Misleading cases: how EVALI sparked an epidemic of misinformation

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 17th February 2020

While nicotine vaping has been largely acquitted of involvement in the US outbreak of vape-related lung disease, will the torrent of misinformation that followed have a long-term impact on the e-cig sector? ...

Maryland first US state to ban disposable flavoured e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th February 2020

In a regulatory decision not yet seen in other states, Maryland is to become the first state to ban the sale of disposable flavoured e-cigarette devices ...

Islamic fatwa is issued, telling 50m Indonesians they must not use e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence | 14th February 2020

The second largest Islamic organisation in Indonesia, with around 50m members, has issued a formal ruling banning e-cigarettes ...

Trump plans to take e-cigarette and tobacco regulation out of FDA hands

Written by ECigIntelligence | 13th February 2020

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to lose its power to regulate tobacco and e-cigarette products if Congress passes president Donald Trump’s porposed budget for fiscal year 2021 ...

Health impact of vaping becomes part of German school curriculum

Written by ECigIntelligence | 13th February 2020

Pupils in the southwestern German state of Rhineland-Palatinate are to be taught about the possible health impacts of e-cigarettes as part of the school curriculum ...

EU states give a big thumbs up to tax harmony on e-cigs and heated tobacco

Written by Barnaby Page | 12th February 2020

The European Union’s member states overwhelmingly want harmonised tax policies across the EU for both e-cigarettes and heated tobacco ...

Rising ‘sin tax’ delivers fresh blow to struggling Philippines e-cig trade

Written by ECigIntelligence | 12th February 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign to increase annually the “sin” taxes on e-cigarettes, vapour products, and alcoholic drinks in the Philippines goes on. The Republic Act 11467, signed by Duterte on 22nd January, combines House Bill...

WHO appoints new tobacco control leader to take charge of COP9

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 11th February 2020

The Word Health Organization (WHO) has appointed a new head of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Secretariat in time to take charge of the ninth Conference of the Parties (COP9) in the Netherlands...

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