Written by David Palacios Rubio | 6th December 2017
Switzerland is about to take another step on the road towards legalising nicotine e-cigs – but it’s a long, slow road that could lead to tough regulation ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the deadline for comments on Philip Morris International’s (PMI’s) modified risk tobacco product application (MRTPA) for its IQOS heated tobacco device and Heatstick...
Totally Wicked has decided to not close its business in the US, following the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to postpone important compliance...
A new website aiming to break into the British e-cigarette market with express deliveries has reached the halfway point in its crowd-funding round with under a month to go. Clouder – a UK-based third-party online...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 2nd December 2017
Tighter regulation “is on the way” for e-cigs, according to the European Commission’s commissioner for health and food safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, who sees “possibilities” for “stronger regulation” to “stop advertising and online sales” ...
The British Medical Association – the doctors’ trade union – has dropped its opposition to e-cigarettes and urged its members to recommend vaping as a means to quit smoking ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 29th November 2017
Sweden is to join its Scandinavian neighbours Finland and Denmark in adding vaping to its ban on smoking in a variety of public places. The country is also preparing to tax e-liquids, with or without...
Deep social inequalities among the smoking population have long been recognised; the question now is whether e-cigarettes can help to correct them, or whether they may even widen the health gap ...
A report by the US Fire Administration, published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, concludes: “The combination of an electronic cigarette and a lithium-ion battery is a new and unique hazard” ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 27th November 2017
The European Commission is considering whether to propose an EU-wide tax on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, but may choose not to do so for now, following a public consultation ...
New meta-analyses showing e-cigarettes as positive tools for smoking cessation are lacking – and that comes down to just one person in one controlled trial, according to an expert on health research ...
The head of Britain’s committee looking into the science behind e-cigarettes has confirmed his personal sympathy with vaping but maintains that he must focus on evidence and...
Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, the controversial research endowment fund initially endowed for $1bn by Philip Morris International (PMI), has committed to instituting “almost all” good-governance suggestions put to it by harm reduction...
How has regulation in Europe affected e-cigarette markets? Tim Phillips of ECigIntelligence gave his views to an audience of industry insiders in London ...
Indonesia is to legalise the importation of nicotine-containing e-liquids – in order to reduce it. Along with a new tax, the move will bring clarity to a trade that has existed in a grey area...
The increasingly popular practice of “shake and vape” poses a threat to the e-cigarette industry, according to speakers and delegates at a recent conference ...
Complex desserts in a shake and vape format will come to the fore next year according to experts at the Next Generation Nicotine Delivery Conference in London ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 20th November 2017
Spain has taken a crucial step towards banning cross-border sales of nicotine-containing products, including e-cigarettes, and imposing a number of other new marketing restrictions ...
South Africa has announced its intention to consult on future regulation of e-cigarettes, with a period for public statements to be submitted beginning some time next year ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 20th November 2017
Big Tobacco is moving towards a smoke-free future, with all the leading companies indicating a focus in 2018 on next generation products, whether e-cigarettes or heated tobacco products ...
Some Polish politicians, opposed to the government, are trying to stop the country’s planned tax on e-liquids and instead introduce their own e-cigarette bill to parliament ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 16th November 2017
The Italian Constitutional Court in Rome has ruled that taxing non-nicotine e-liquids is legitimate, ending a temporary suspension imposed in 2015 by a lower court ...
The vaping business may find there’s a silver lining in a growing trend among local legislations across the US of rolling e-cigarettes in with other tobacco products ...
The world-famous US ski resort of Aspen is to place a 40% tax on e-cigarette products after a city ballot produced a 75% vote in favour of the measure ...
Vape-friendly government policies may be thwarted by implementation less favourable to e-cigarettes, according to a US historian who has been studying attitudes to harm reduction ...
Reports of scientific research into e-cigarettes should be approached with caution – especially if they appear stridently either pro or anti – one of Britain’s leading researchers warns ...
The optimism of a young entrepreneur in India's growing e-cigarette sector stands counter to some of the gloom surrounding rumours for regulation of the market ...
Pre-school children will be given e-cigarettes to play with and try to switch on as German authorities work to establish a national standard for child-proofing the products ...
The biggest tobacco company in South Korea, KT&G, has launched its own heat-not-burn (HnB) device into the rapidly expanding tobacco alternatives market in the country, where it will compete with PMI’s IQOS and BAT’s Glo...
Altria, the tobacco giant behind Marlboro and other well-known brands, has taken a minority stake in leading US e-liquid maker and e-cig retailer Avail Vapor ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 8th November 2017
There are enormous differences between the so-called Arab nations of the Gulf and the Maghreb – not least in their very different approaches to e-cigs and their users ...
The UK government is being urged by both an all-party parliamentary lobby group and the British Psychological Society to keep promoting e-cigs as a means to stop smoking ...
The recent change of government following the general election in New Zealand should not derail attempts to legalise the domestic sale of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes in the country ...
The US FDA has released guidance notes for importers and manufacturers ahead of Wednesday’s approaching deadline for e-cig companies to submit ingredients listings ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 2nd November 2017
The Russian health ministry’s new five-year plan to reduce tobacco consumption includes a “continuous increase” of excise duties on tobacco-related products, including e-cigarettes ...
Only retailers who were already selling e-cigarettes on 28th August 2017 will be allowed to do so under new licensing rules in New York City, explained in detail in an ECigIntelligence report ...
EU legislation currently has no clear category for hybrid devices – leaving a loophole manufacturers may be able to use to their advantage, enabling them to choose their own regulatory regime ...
Imperial Brands has acquired innovation and expertise in the vaping field with the purchase of Nerudia, a UK e-cigarette consultancy and e-liquid manufacturer ...
A police raid on a vape party in Istanbul may signal a new willingness by the Turkish authorities to crack down on the country’s grey market in e-cigarette products ...
Heated tobacco products remain banned in Turkey after opposition politicians uncovered a “hidden” bid by the government to legalise them while retaining the prohibition on e-cigarettes ...
E-cigarettes could be taxed at the same level as cigarettes if a new US proposal passes into law. ECigIntelligence believes this attempt is likely to fail, and explains...
Heated tobacco continues to take up a greater and greater share of the total world tobacco market, according to new figures from Philip Morris International (PMI) outlining the success of its IQOS device ...