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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...

ECIG abandons NASDAQ IPO, citing market conditions

Written by Freddie Dawson | 18th December 2014

Electronic Cigarettes International Group (ECIG) has withdrawn its application for an initial public offering (IPO) on the U.S. NASDAQ stock exchange, but kept the door open for a private offering in the...

Film is “powerful, discreet” alternative to e-cigs and NRT

Written by Barnaby Page | 26th November 2014

Smokers seeking alternatives to the combustible cigarette face problems that neither e-cigs nor nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) can fully solve, according to the CEO of a Swedish firm which is taking a completely different technology...

Second-generation e-cigarettes “more effective in cessation”

Written by Barnaby Page | 21st November 2014

E-cigarettes may be more effective than previously thought in reducing craving for tobacco cigarettes and helping people quit smoking, according to a group of Belgian scientists who partially attribute their results to the use of...

Regulation and manufacturing highlighted at European events

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th November 2014

When policy-makers, scientists and health professionals gather in the august halls of London’s Royal Society for the E-Cigarette Summit this Thursday, it will be just the start of a busy conference season in...

BSI draft standard covers manufacture, testing, labels

Written by Barnaby Page | 7th November 2014

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has released a draft of its specification for the manufacture, testing and labelling of e-cigarettes, one of the first proposed comprehensive standards for vapour products in the...

Prevalence of tobacco smoking isn’t declining everywhere

Written by ECigIntelligence | 6th November 2014

This article, republished from Tobacco Journal International exclusively for ECigIntelligence readers, takes a look at changes in smoking prevalence and smoking populations around the world – and explains some surprising apparent...

Vaping and tobacco smoking both rise among Poland’s youth

Written by Freddie Dawson | 28th October 2014

E-cigarette use has tripled amongst Polish teenagers, according to a new study from the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) in the United States and Poland’s Medical University of...

Public health leaders debating e-cigs behind closed doors

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th October 2014

As the world’s nations sit down at the Moscow World Trade Centre this afternoon to debate e-cigarette regulation, relations between the public health community and vaping activists appear likely to grow even...

NGOs say WHO should prioritise further study, not regulation

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th October 2014

An international group of NGOs has tried to identify middle ground between the die-hard opponents and supporters of e-cigarettes in the run-up to next week’s World Health Organization (WHO) meeting on regulating...

New regulations allow British TV ads to depict use of e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 9th October 2014

Britain’s advertising standards-setters today published their new guidelines for e-cigarette ads, welcomed by the industry, imposing no unexpected restrictions, and allowing e-cigs to be shown in TV commercials for the first...

Banned UK advertisement linked vaping with ice cream

Written by Barnaby Page | 8th October 2014

Britain’s advertising watchdog has censured e-cigarette maker Ten Motives for a direct mail item which showed an e-cig stuck into an ice cream, saying it was “likely to be appealing to...

A tale of two tank markets: success in U.S., woes in Spain

Written by Barnaby Page | 6th October 2014

          The differing fortunes of e-cigarettes in two major markets are highlighted by new ECigIntelligence research, showing that while tank systems are taking off dramatically in the U.S. they have fallen...

If you build loyalty, vapers will come, says ad industry

Written by Freddie Dawson | 3rd October 2014

          Engagement and loyalty-building with individual consumers will grow increasingly important for e-cigarette brands in Europe, according to industry experts. But will forthcoming regulation allow it to happen in the easiest...

E-cigarette experts at expos unclear but upbeat

Written by Freddie Dawson | 2nd October 2014

        Paris and Las Vegas: ECigIntelligence director, Tim Phillips recently chaired the E-cig Vegas: Industry Conference discussion panels where experts debated the current business climate in the sector, the upcoming Food and...

Media release misrepresented researchers’ cancer findings

Written by Marc Beishon | 29th September 2014

          A science publisher’s own publicity for a research article on e-cigarettes and cancer has been criticised for suggesting conclusions unjustified by the data. For a recent paper in the John...

France plans public vaping ban, but goes harder on tobacco

Written by Barnaby Page | 26th September 2014

France’s health minister yesterday presented her long-awaited proposals on smoking and vaping to the cabinet, going easier on e-cigs than on tobacco but still introducing a public place ban and advertising...

UK pharma regulator approves cigarette-like vapour device

Written by Barnaby Page | 12th September 2014

Britain’s medicines regulator has issued a product licence for the nicotine inhaler Voke, which will be sold by British American Tobacco’s subsidiary Nicoventures and looks likely to be the closest pharmaceutically-approved competitor to the...

Ban indoor vaping, restrict ads, says World Health Organization

Written by Barnaby Page | 26th August 2014

The World Health Organization (WHO) looks increasingly likely to recommend stringent restrictions on e-cigarettes, following an internal report which suggests measures including a blanket ban on indoor use and tight controls on...

Drop in smokers seeking help: does it mean more use of e-cigs?

Written by Barnaby Page | 21st August 2014

Anti-smoking campaigners in the UK believe the use of e-cigarettes as unofficial cessation aids has contributed to a sharp drop in the number of people joining quit-smoking programmes, although nearly all successful participants in those...

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