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Opinion on tobacco control is tied in closely to political outlook, study finds

Written by Barnaby Page | 21st December 2017

Opinions on tobacco are strongly coloured by political orientation, new European research suggests – while a US study finds it also affects whether people trust industry or health experts more ...

Poland’s resisted e-liquid tax goes ahead, with approval of parliament

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 21st December 2017

Poland’s parliament, the Sejm, has confirmed a tax on e-liquids – at a level below the finance ministry’s original proposal but still considerably higher than the vaping industry in the country had hoped ...

Italy softens the blow a little, cancelling vape stores’ licensing requirement

Written by | 20th December 2017

The switchback ride of Italian e-cigarette regulation continued this week with success in the Chamber of Deputies of a move to limit some of the damaging effects of the recent Vicari amendment ...

Calls for legal clarity in Tunisia as customs seize €100k of vaping goods

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 19th December 2017

Tunisian customs officers have confiscated vaping material – including e-cigarette devices, accessories, bases and aromas – that were intended to be sold in some of the country’s 30 vape stores ...

Tobacco control must come before e-cig promotion, conference is told

Written by ECigIntelligence | 19th December 2017

A rigorous anti-tobacco regime should come first before e-cigarettes are promoted for harm reduction, delegates at a tobacco control conference in Germany were told ...

Global health group calls for HnB restrictions until science is proven

Written by Barnaby Page | 19th December 2017

The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease has called for the advertising and indoor use of heat-not-burn (HnB) products to be banned until sufficient independent research has been conducted to confirm their safety ...

Reynolds asks FDA to give Camel Snus products ‘modified risk’ status

Written by Barnaby Page | 19th December 2017

R. J. Reynolds has submitted modified risk tobacco product applications (MRTPAs) to the US FDA for six forms of its Camel Snus product, which it is seeking to market as reducing the risk of specific...

Ontario lays down the law on e-cigs, with blanket ban on flavours

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 18th December 2017

An Ontario law which will impose further restrictions on e-cigarettes in the Canadian province – notably a rather vaguely worded ban on flavours – has received royal assent ...

HnB v e-cigs – UK toxicity committee wants to see how they match up

Written by Barnaby Page | 18th December 2017

The UK government committee which this month concluded that heat-not-burn products are safer than combustibles now wants to compare them to e-cigarettes ...

UK medical licences will depend on comparison with approved NRT products

Written by Barnaby Page | 18th December 2017

E-cigarette makers seeking a medical licence in Britain should compare their products to existing, authorised types of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), the regulator has advised ...

Taiwan moves towards a total ban on all e-cigarette products

Written by ECigIntelligence | 18th December 2017

A proposed amendment to Taiwanese law would impose a total ban on the manufacture, importation, sale or advertising of all e-cigarette products, closing down entirely a business that currently supports an estimated 200,000 vapers ...

Vapers in the Philippines are urged to take a considerate approach

Written by ECigIntelligence | 14th December 2017

Vaping advocates in the Philippines are keen to encourage considerate and responsible use of e-cigarettes, including not vaping where smoking is not allowed, in the hope of forestalling potential tough regulation ...

Switzerland tries again with fresh proposal to regulate e-cigs and HnB

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 14th December 2017

The Swiss Federal Council has put forward a second draft of its proposed Tobacco Act, which aims specifically to regulate e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn (HnB) devices ...

Italy bans the online sale of nicotine-containing e-cig products

Written by Elba Manzanilla Zapata | 11th December 2017

Online sales of nicotine-containing e-cigarette products have been banned in Italy following the adoption by the Chamber of Deputies of the so-called Vicari Amendment ...

‘Holy grail’ of health studies – daily vapers who have never smoked

Written by Marc Beishon | 11th December 2017

Researchers in Italy have reported on what is a holy grail in e-cigarette studies – a four-year observation of the health effects on daily vapers who have never smoked ...

Massachusetts pondering 20 cents per ml tax on e-liquids

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 11th December 2017

A new proposal being considered by the General Court of Massachusetts would impose an excise tax of 20 cents per ml of e-liquid in the state ...

Florida constitution commission backs workplace vaping ban unanimously

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 11th December 2017

Florida’s Constitution Revision Commission has unanimously approved a proposal by a former state senator to ban vaping in enclosed workplaces across the state ...

Switzerland set for another step on the slow road to legal nicotine e-cigs

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 ...

FDA extends deadline for Philip Morris IQOS comments

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 4th December 2017

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 opts to stay in US after FDA postponement

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 4th December 2017

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...

Online retailer aims for express e-cig deliveries

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th December 2017

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...

Businesses feel the impact of California’s increased vapour tax

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th December 2017

A new Californian tax on vaping products containing nicotine has already had an impact on businesses in the US...

Heated tobacco on the agenda as European Commission mulls next TPD

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” ...

Doctors’ union joins the UK consensus backing e-cigs for smoking cessation

Written by Freddie Dawson | 30th November 2017

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 ...

Sweden heads for restrictions on public vaping in line with smoking ban

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...

Can e-cigs help provide an escape from the health poverty trap?

Written by Marc Beishon | 28th November 2017

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 ...

Better safe than very sorry – US fire chiefs’ warning on lithium ion batteries

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 28th November 2017

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” ...

EU-wide tax on e-cigs remains on back burner as report is delayed

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 ...

Cessation studies so far ‘statistically insignificant’, says research expert

Written by Freddie Dawson | 27th November 2017

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 ...

UK committee head says focus is on evidence, despite personal feelings

Written by Freddie Dawson | 25th November 2017

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...

Experts urge transparency, independence for PMI’s foundation

Written by Freddie Dawson | 25th November 2017

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...

Phillips: markets are growing in a world of regulatory change

Written by ECigIntelligence | 22nd November 2017

How has regulation in Europe affected e-cigarette markets? Tim Phillips of ECigIntelligence gave his views to an audience of industry insiders in London ...

Licensing scheme for importers will legalise and control Indonesian e-cig trade

Written by ECigIntelligence | 22nd November 2017

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...

Is shake and vape a ticking time-bomb for the vaping industry?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 22nd November 2017

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 ...

Et tu brûlée? Expect complex desserts to be the flavour of 2018

Written by Freddie Dawson | 21st November 2017

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 ...

Spain moves to ban cross-border sale of nicotine products and limit e-cig ads

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 to consult on the shape of future e-cigarette regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 20th November 2017

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 ...

The way ahead: Big Tobacco looks to a smoke-free next generation

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 ...

Polish opposition aims to build coalition against e-liquid tax plan

Written by ECigIntelligence | 20th November 2017

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 ...

Ryan McCrossan

Written by ECigIntelligence | 18th November 2017

ECigIntelligence reports with sadness the death of our friend and colleague Ryan McCrossan, aged 30 ...

Italy’s Constitutional Court rules that it’s OK after all to tax nicotine-free e-liquid

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 ...

We’ve moved!

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th November 2017

ECigIntelligence has a new home – brighter, more modern offices, still in one of the world’s great cities ...

US trend for raising the age limit may not be bad news for the vape industry

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 15th November 2017

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 ...

Aspen, celebrity ski resort, slaps 40% tax on vaping products

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 15th November 2017

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 ...

‘Harm reduction prospects depend on how rules are interpreted’, historian says

Written by ECigIntelligence | 13th November 2017

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 ...

Take all extreme scientific claims with a pinch of salt, expert warns

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th November 2017

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 ...

Six months more: FDA allows extra time for submission of e-cig ingredients

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th November 2017

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended by six months its deadline for submitting details of e-cigarette ingredients ...

Youthful optimism among Indian entrepreneurs over growing market

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th November 2017

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 ...

Kindergarten tots to test if e-cigs are up to German child-proof standard

Written by ECigIntelligence | 8th November 2017

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 ...

KT&G launches HnB Lil in South Korea, challenging IQOS and Glo on price

Written by Freddie Dawson | 8th November 2017

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...

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