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Blu e-cig could be confused with Zippo lighter, says court

Written by Freddie Dawson | 21st August 2014

Zippo Manufacturing, maker of the famous cigarette lighter, has won a round in its worldwide legal dispute over the use of the brand name Blu – also employed by Lorillard for its market-leading...

British firm readies to dispute basis of Europe’s e-cig rules

Written by Barnaby Page | 20th August 2014

A British e-cigarette supplier is the sector’s first independent to launch a legal challenge against the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), the EU rules published this year that will regulate the e-cig market in European member...

No basis for tobacco-style rules, says review of e-cig science

Written by Barnaby Page | 3rd August 2014

A new review of medical and public health research on e-cigarettes concludes that tobacco-style regulation is unjustifiably strict, but also suggests that further research is needed on health effects and the relationship of e-cigs to...

Suicide attempt may heighten debate on e-liquid safety

Written by Barnaby Page | 2nd August 2014

A German man’s attempt to kill himself by ingesting e-liquid could add to the clamour for regulating the availability, concentration, and packaging of nicotine-containing fluid on safety...

E-liquids: are they as dangerous as European regulators think?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 29th July 2014

Could handling e-liquid really be as safe as doing the dishes? European regulations on classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) have been wrongly categorising nicotine as extremely toxic when it should be considered the equivalent of washing-up...

Swedish pharma regulator granted control over e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 23rd July 2014

A Swedish court has upheld attempts by the country’s medical products regulator to treat nicotine-containing e-cigarettes as pharmaceuticals, meaning that they must go through a licensing process and cannot be sold in outlets such as...

Reynolds-BAT partnership could bring Vuse to world markets

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th July 2014

The chief executive of U.S. tobacco firm Reynolds American has strongly hinted that it will take its Vuse e-cigarette brand to international markets through a partnership with British American Tobacco...

U.S. tobacco mega-deal leaves Imperial with best-seller Blu

Written by Barnaby Page | 15th July 2014

U.S. tobacco giant Lorillard is losing its best-selling e-cigarette brand Blu to British counterpart Imperial Tobacco, as part of a complex four-way deal which sees Reynolds American pay $27bn for Lorillard while Imperial picks up...

British pharmacists are divided on age limits for e-cig sales

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th July 2014

Divisions among British pharmacists over whether to sell e-cigarettes, and who to, have been further highlighted this week by a survey showing that a substantial minority would support making the products available to...

Why e-gaming’s history foretells e-cigs’ future

Written by Barnaby Page | 8th July 2014

The e-cigarette industry has much to learn from the experiences of the online gambling business, including the precedence of politics over science, according to a new analysis by...

Many UK pharmacists will sell e-cigs to kids, survey finds

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th July 2014

Almost three out of four independent UK pharmacies failed to stop under-age consumers attempting to purchase an e-cigarette, according to a new investigation from two UK governmental bodies, Public Health England and the Trading Standards...

FDA, WHO petitioners advised to focus on public health

Written by Barnaby Page | 2nd July 2014

Comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its proposed e-cigarette regulations should focus on public health and skip business issues, an industry organisation has...

E-cig opponents accused of “moving the goalposts”

Written by Barnaby Page | 27th June 2014

Whether e-cigarettes could increase consumption of conventional tobacco is "the only thing that matters" about them from a public health perspective, a prominent British academic said...

Nicotine “causes mutations similar to lung cancer” – study

Written by Marc Beishon | 23rd June 2014

Can nicotine cause cancer? It’s a question that has been posed for some time, and answered in the negative, although some studies have found potentially carcinogenic associations. And now new research raises the issue...

European elections threaten political quagmire for TPD

Written by Barnaby Page | 30th May 2014

The process of drawing up detailed rules on e-cigarettes to implement the new European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) could become mired in political disagreements, following a European Parliament election which has fragmented power in...

WHO told to go easy on e-cigs, consider health benefits

Written by Barnaby Page | 29th May 2014

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been urged to adopt a gentle touch on regulation of e-cigarettes in a letter this week signed by more than 50 nicotine science and public health specialists, apparently hoping...

E-cigs vs NRT: the real findings behind the media headlines

Written by Marc Beishon | 27th May 2014

Robust evidence for e-cigarettes’ effectiveness as aids to smoking cessation effectiveness has until now been sparse. But that may have changed, if the conclusions of a large study published in the journal Addiction prove to...

Warning: e-cigarette patent litigation isn’t going away

Written by Freddie Dawson | 19th May 2014

A nasty surprise could await those who believe that Fontem’s patent litigation against an assortment of e-cigarette makers will be rendered irrelevant by the U.S. market moving to open-tank system designs, not covered by the...

To stock or not to stock? Pharmacists uncertain on e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th May 2014

British pharmacies have yet to fully exploit the retail opportunities presented by e-cigarettes, according to a prominent market researcher, although pharmacy professionals themselves disagree vehemently over how to approach e-cigs that aren’t medically...

Laying down the law: regulation to dominate industry confabs

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th May 2014

E-cigarettes are on the agenda for a host of trade and professional conferences over the coming weeks, reflecting the urgent need for understanding of new regulatory measures as well as the sector’s development and improving...

New FDA rules and Europe’s directive: how do they compare?

Written by Barnaby Page | 25th April 2014

The new regulations for e-cigarettes proposed yesterday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are the second major regulatory framework for the products to appear in two months, following the European Union’s release of...

EU will not publish detailed guidance on TPD e-cig rules

Written by Barnaby Page | 23rd April 2014

The European Union (EU) does not plan to issue detailed guidance on how e-cigarette regulations in the recent Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) should be interpreted, according to a source close to the EU’s Directorate General...

Could EU directive be a model
for U.S. treatment of e-cigs?

Written by Jim Myers | 16th April 2014

The European Parliament’s new rules on e-cigarettes in the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) have grabbed the attention of key members of the U.S. Senate, generating mixed reactions on whether it should influence the efforts of...

E-cig or iCig? Ad campaign proffers a high-tech image

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th April 2014

British e-cig vendor JAC Vapour is taking an unusual approach for its first advertising campaign, presenting its products in a manner more typically employed for personal technology...

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