News analysis for professionals in the vaping industry

Smoking cessation services should use e-cigs more, say UK charities

Written by ECigIntelligence | 18th April 2019

A report by two leading UK charities says stop smoking services should look for ways to integrate e-cigarettes into their work – especially for disadvantaged groups, who are more likely to be smokers ...

British Columbia considers banning flavours, restricting e-cig sales

Written by Marija Obradovic | 17th April 2019

The Canadian province of British Columbia is considering a ban on e-liquid flavours, and restricting e-cig sales to adult-only tobacco stores, vape stores and approved pharmacies ...

FDA orders 12 major store chains to stop selling tobacco products to kids

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 17th April 2019

The US FDA has written to 12 well-known convenience store chains – including Walmart, Kroger, and Family Dollar – accusing them of selling tobacco products to minors and ordering them to stop ...

European Commission sets aside major funds for planned revision of TPD

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 15th April 2019

The European Commission has allocated a significant part of its health budget for the year to gathering data for the coming revision of the the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...

Wisconsin budget proposes to apply 71% tobacco tax to e-cig products

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 12th April 2019

The $83.4bn, two-year Wisconsin state budget proposal for 2020-2021 proposes a tax of 71% on e-cigs products, by placing them under the existing state tobacco tax ...

India’s trade ministry says there’s ‘no legal basis’ to ban e-cig imports – yet

Written by Marija Obradovic | 11th April 2019

The Indian trade ministry has said there is no legal basis for prohibiting e-cig imports, and is reported to have asked the health ministry to prepare legislation that will have that effect ...

Harm reduction picture ‘lacking a few pieces’, says JTI vice-president

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 11th April 2019

Research into e-cigarettes reaffirms that the scientific basis for harm reduction is essentially sound although gaps in knowledge remain, according to Ian Jones, vice-president of Japan Tobacco International (JTI) ...

Texas introduces bills to tax vaping products, ban enticing containers

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 10th April 2019

A bill in the Texas House of Representatives would ban the sale of vaping product containers with features that might entice young people, while others would impose e-liquid taxes ...

VApril is vaping awareness month as UK smokers are urged to switch

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th April 2019

The UK Vape Industry Association (UKVIA) has again designated April as National Vaping Awareness Month, dedicated to helping smokers switch to e-cigarettes ...

New York state budget stings vape trade with 20% sales tax on e-liquid

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 5th April 2019

The New York vapour industry has condemned the state’s new budget for 2020 as a devastating backward step – particularly the introduction from 2020 of a 20% sales tax on all e-liquids ...

FDA announces seizures may be linked with e-cigarettes – or maybe not

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 4th April 2019

Outgoing US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Scott Gottlieb has linked e-cigarettes with a “potential emerging safety issue” after reports linking vaping with seizures, particularly among young people ...

Florida on Tobacco 21 road, moves ahead with workplace vaping ban

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 3rd April 2019

Florida appears to be on the road towards joining the Tobacco 21 movement, while another bill also moving through the state legislature would ban indoor vaping at work ...

FDA budgets for $100m in user fees for CTP to keep up pressure on vaping

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 2nd April 2019

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) budget for financial year 2020 has been set at $747m, a significant increase on this year’s figure of $611m ...

US consumer update: key findings from our advanced vaper survey

Written by ECigIntelligence | 2nd April 2019

ECigIntelligence's director of market analysis, Eva Antal, presents key findings from our advanced vaper survey undertaken in 2018 in the US ...

White House names sucrose expert, former marketing guru to replace Gottlieb

Written by ECigIntelligence | 1st April 2019

Public-health experts and the e-cigarette industry alike today expressed shock at the announcement of the likely successor to outgoing FDA commissioner Scott...

Gottlieb reaches out to vape industry with new rule on SE requirements

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 28th March 2019

The US FDA has issued a proposed rule to establish requirements for the content and format of substantial equivalence (SE) reports for tobacco products ...

Russian Duma considers its options for forthcoming e-cigarette regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 27th March 2019

The Russian State Duma could put forward this year a few bills that aim to regulate the production, promotion and use of vaping products ...

UK government loses a pro-vaping minister as Brine exits over Brexit

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 26th March 2019

As the UK’s government and parliament continue to tie themselves in knots over the impending departure from the EU, the minister most closely associated with vaping policy has quit his post ...

FDA offers vape stores guidance on what counts as ‘modification’

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 26th March 2019

The US FDA has issued guidance to help vape shops that sell newly deemed products navigate the agency's enforcement of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) and its specific requirements ...

FDA and the US vapour industry watching each other’s moves closely

Written by ECigIntelligence | 25th March 2019

With an interim commissioner set to take over, the US FDA remains highly focused on the e-cigarette industry – while the industry itself is no doubt watching developments at the FDA just as closely ...

E-cigarettes could provide a silver lining for Austrian tobacconists

Written by ECigIntelligence | 25th March 2019

Austrian tobacconists, hit by falling cigarette sales, could find salvation in the growing market for e-cigarettes and other tobacco alternatives ...

Not everyone’s happy as Greece moves to regulate nicotine-free e-cigs

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 21st March 2019

After being for some time the only EU member state to allow only nicotine-containing e-cigarettes on the market, Greece has taken a step forward by regulating the sale of nicotine-free vapour products ...

EU science committee to report on vaping risks for revision of TPD

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 20th March 2019

Europe’s health authorities have commissioned a science committee to gather evidence on the health risks of e-cigarettes for the coming revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...

San Francisco considers e-cig ban, FDA looks at stopping the sale of pods

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 20th March 2019

Pressure on the US vapour industry has increased yet again. Local legislators in San Francisco are attempting to ban e-cig sales entirely, while the FDA commissioner is pondering more action against pods ...

High Court judge puts off Indian e-cig ban pending further hearing in May

Written by Marija Obradovic | 19th March 2019

The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to e-cigarette vendors in India, delaying until 17th May the effects of a government circular calling for a nationwide ban on vaping products ...

English hospitals slow to catch up with PHE advice on allowing vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence | 18th March 2019

Most public hospitals in England ban vaping on their premises despite health advice from Public Health England (PHE) to allow it, according to a survey conducted by pro-smoking group Forest ...

‘FDA flavour restrictions could devastate industry’, trade body warns

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th March 2019

As much as 90% of the US e-cigarette market could be forced out of business by the FDA’s restrictions on flavours in e-liquids, according to an industry insider ...

E-cigs and HnB could get some relief from a new Estonian government

Written by Marija Obradovic | 14th March 2019

With talks still ongoing to form a government following Estonia’s parliamentary elections, there is hope for a policy change on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in one of the most restrictive vapour markets ...

FDA demands early PMTAs for flavoured e-cigs, sets limits on retail

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 13th March 2019

The US FDA has spelled out details of its planned crackdown on flavoured e-cigarettes, including retail restrictions and an earlier PMTA deadline for most flavoured...

Ferrari drops Mission Winnow team name and logo for Australian GP

Written by ECigIntelligence | 13th March 2019

PMI and Ferrari have been forced to cancel their partnership for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, the opening race of the Formula 1 season. The Mission Winnow branding will, however, reappear for the rest of...

Cancer Institute head Sharpless to follow Gottlieb as acting FDA chief

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 12th March 2019

The next head of the US FDA has been named. Norman "Ned" Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, will take over when Scott Gottlieb steps down next month – but only as acting commissioner...

Juul and vape association on opposite sides over New York’s tobacco 21 bill

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 12th March 2019

A bill in support of “tobacco 21” regulations passed the New York state Assembly and was delivered to the Senate, with opposition from industry associations – and support from Juul ...

FDA’s $6.1bn funding request includes $100m in user fees for e-cig regulation

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 12th March 2019

Outgoing US FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s $6.1bn funding request for fiscal year 2020 includes for the first time an element aimed specifically at the development of e-cigarette regulation ...

Ireland’s health service denies backing e-cigs for smoking cessation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 11th March 2019

Ireland’s Health Services Executive (HSE) has confirmed that it does not endorse e-cigarettes as an aid to help smokers give up, despite adding information on e-cigs to the government website on quitting smoking ...

‘Trump did right hiring Gottlieb to lead FDA,’ say Washington watchers

Written by ECigIntelligence | 8th March 2019

For once, Democrats and Republicans are in agreement: President Donald Trump was right to hire Scott Gottlieb to lead the US FDA. Politicians and policymakers reacted to Gottlieb’s resignation announcement on 5th March ...

IVG purchase plus VaporBeast adds up to a record year for Turning Point

Written by ECigIntelligence | 7th March 2019

Kentucky-based Turning Point Brands (TPB), owner of various e-liquid brands in the US, achieved a “solid” and “record” year in 2018, according to its latest financial results ...

Mixed responses to Gottlieb’s departure from the FDA hot-seat

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 7th March 2019

The news that Scott Gottlieb would be stepping down as FDA commissioner has elicited a predictably mixed response from those involved in US public health, tobacco control and the vaping industry ...

Japan sets aside designated HnB and vaping areas in bars and diners

Written by ECigIntelligence | 6th March 2019

Japan’s health authorities have issued new ordinances related to smoking areas, including the first designated signs to apply to dedicated areas for the use of heated tobacco products ...

Exit Gottlieb, the ‘friend of vaping’ who became its outspoken foe

Written by Aidan Semmens | 6th March 2019

Almost all news coverage of Scott Gottlieb’s shock resignation as FDA commissioner depicts him as the enemy of e-cigs and speaks of his “unfinished fight against vaping” – but it wasn’t always that way ...

Scott Gottlieb, frequent critic of vaping, resigns from FDA

Written by Barnaby Page | 6th March 2019

Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and vocal critic of e-cigarettes, has resigned and will leave office in about a month; no successor has been named ...

Spanish public backs restrictions on vaping to match limits on smoking

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 5th March 2019

A new survey reveals that more than half of Spaniards would restrict the use of vaping and novel tobacco products in public places in the same way as smoking ...

Gottlieb names chains accused of flouting rules on sales to youth

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 5th March 2019

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb has announced new action against retailers selling tobacco products to minors and e-cig manufacturers who fail to comply with labelling and advertising regulations ...

Official report gives e-cigs no credit for fall in French smoking rates

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th March 2019

A report from the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction says smoking rates in France are falling fast – but does not credit e-cigarettes for the fall ...

Next-generation products drive profits for British American Tobacco

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 1st March 2019

British American Tobacco’s (BAT) 2018 financial results were driven by its reduced risk portfolio, which includes products such as Vuse and Vype and Glo ...

Under grilling, Gottlieb tells House subcommittee e-cigs are a top priority

Written by ECigIntelligence | 28th February 2019

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb was peppered with questions about vaping during a House appropriations subcommittee hearing on the status of operations at the FDA ...

German court issues injunctions against Amazon over e-cig sales

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 28th February 2019

The Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main in Germany has awarded two injunctions against the sale and advertising of e-cigarettes through online retailer Amazon, the law magazine LHR reports ...

Youth vaping ‘very low indeed’ among never-smokers, UK report concludes

Written by ECigIntelligence | 27th February 2019

A report commissioned by Public Health England says e-cigarette use remained low among young people in Britain in 2018, but that the number of those who had tried vaping at least once had risen...

Trial ‘shows switching to Juul reduces toxins like stopping smoking’

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 25th February 2019

A clinical trial funded by Juul purports to show that switching to the company’s e-cigarette products reduces the risk of toxins in a similar manner to stopping smoking altogether ...

Broadcast and internet regulator calls for clampdown on e-cig advertising

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 25th February 2019

A top official at the US agency that regulates interstate broadcast and electronic communication has described e-cigs as the “modern equivalent” of traditional cigarettes and called for a clampdown on advertising them ...

EU tank, bottle and nicotine limits are far too low, say Swiss health experts

Written by ECigIntelligence | 21st February 2019

Allowing e-cigarette tanks to be five times bigger than allowed in the EU would cut tobacco use and foster innovation to develop less harmful alternatives to smoking, a group of leading Swiss health experts claim...

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