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Georgia legislates to ban smoking or vaping in public places

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 9th June 2017

The former Soviet republics of Georgia and its neighbour Armenia are to impose new regulations on...

Citizens’ petition seeks clarity, compliance extension from FDA

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 9th June 2017

A citizens’ petition to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling for the agency to publish a revised guidance document and further extend the deadlines for...

New Zealand ready to allow e-cigs but still stands firm against HnB

Written by ECigIntelligence | 7th June 2017

New Zealand looks set to amend the law to allow nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be sold in the country – but not to permit HnB...

German U-turn excludes menthol from list of banned ingredients

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 7th June 2017

Menthol flavouring for e-cigarettes is to be allowed in Germany after all following a decision by the Federal Council that it should be removed from the list of banned...

Californian regulators planning double squeeze on e-cigarettes

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 6th June 2017

Regulators in California are preparing a dual assault on e-cigarettes, with plans to ban flavours in San Francisco and Oakland, and a possible state-wide ban on smoking or vaping in public housing...

Freed from ECIG, Britain’s VIP starts new life as subsidiary of BAT

Written by Freddie Dawson | 31st May 2017

The Nicoventures subsidiary of British American Tobacco (BAT) has bought British e-cig retailer and e-liquid brand VIP, just weeks after it went into insolvency over an unpaid tax...

Health and cost draw French and Spanish vapers away from tobacco

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 30th May 2017

Two new surveys suggest that most French and Spanish vapers have used e-cigarettes to give up smoking, for both health and financial reasons – and that very few had continued to smoke after taking up...

Young people ‘remember e-cig ads better than tobacco advertising’

Written by Freddie Dawson | 30th May 2017

A new study shows that e-cigarette advertising is more successful at creating brand awareness among young Americans than other tobacco-related advertising, and appears to suggest that light regulation could make e-cig ads a route towards...

E-cigarette industry won’t be paying for increase in FDA’s CTP budget

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 30th May 2017

The US FDA's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is to receive a substantial budget increase next year, against the Trump administration’s general trend for cost-slashing – but the e-cigarette industry won’t be picking up the...

Confusion over new rules puts brake on vaping in Balkan nations

Written by ECigIntelligence | 30th May 2017

Uncertainty caused by new regulations is sending some vapers in Europe’s Balkans region back to smoking, according to local e-cigarette associations, who say the rules in Romania and Slovenia are in urgent need of...

Gottlieb: “Give me time to make decisions on deeming rule”

Written by Jim Myers | 26th May 2017

The newly installed commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) repeatedly told anxious law-makers on Thursday that he needs more time before deciding what he will do, if anything, about his agency’s controversial...

iQOS is given a warm welcome to South Africa by potential rivals

Written by ECigIntelligence | 25th May 2017

The launch of PMI’s heated tobacco device iQOS in South Africa has had a positive reaction even from potential competitors, who hope it will increase general awareness of alternatives to combustible cigarettes....

Tedros Adhanom handed influential role of WHO director general

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 24th May 2017

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been named as the next director general of the World Health Organization, a role with huge influence on governments around the world, and therefore on the potential future of e-cigarette...

Philippines smoking ban doesn’t apply to e-cigs – but rules are coming

Written by ECigIntelligence | 24th May 2017

A new ban on public smoking in the Philippines will not include e-cigarettes – contrary to initial reports. Moves remain ongoing, however, to bring some regulation to a currently all but unregulated...

New French health minister is a keen advocate of smoking cessation

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 23rd May 2017

France’s new health minister, Agnès Buzyn, may not be the biggest fan of e-cigarettes, but she may not be their biggest enemy...

UK government asks how it should define HnB for tax purposes

Written by Freddie Dawson | 23rd May 2017

As heated tobacco products pose new questions for regulators, the UK government is holding a public consultation on potential tax...

PMI faces legal challenge to its right to sell iQOS in New Zealand

Written by ECigIntelligence | 23rd May 2017

Philip Morris International (PMI) has run into legal trouble in New Zealand, where the health ministry has taken the company to court for attempting to sell its iQOS heat-not-burn device in the country....

A year of living with the TPD – where Europe’s member states stand now

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 19th May 2017

The European Commission described the TPD a year ago as the tool that “aims to improve the functioning of the internal market for tobacco and related products, while ensuring a high level of health protection...

Lawyers’ warning after Aussie court fines e-cig firms over claims in ads

Written by ECigIntelligence | 18th May 2017

An Australian Federal Court decision against three e-cigarette retailers has added a note of caution but little clarity to what companies can say or do on their...

FDA ‘could have weighed comments better’ on flavour regulation

Written by Barnaby Page | 18th May 2017

The FDA failed to assess the sources of comments properly when it decided not to regulate e-cigarette flavours in its final deeming rule, the authors of a new study...

South African company told: prove safety claim for every e-cig model

Written by ECigIntelligence | 18th May 2017

Companies looking to use health claims in South African e-cigarette advertising must present robust scientific data for every device, according to a new ruling....

Some Japanese quit with e-cigs, but most prefer willpower

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 16th May 2017

E-cigarettes are more popular than they are successful as smoking cessation aids in Japan, according to a recent study which suggests they should therefore “not be recommended or...

Hungary abandons plans to increase tax rate for e-liquids

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 16th May 2017

An expected increase in e-liquid taxes in Hungary will not take...

Vape shops are given a clean bill of health on secondhand vapour

Written by Marc Beishon | 15th May 2017

In research that could help determine policy on passive vaping, sampling in two U.S. vape shops by public health bodies has found no reason for concern that workers might be exposed to harmful chemicals in...

Finland takes a hard line, banning all flavours except tobacco

Written by ECigIntelligence | 12th May 2017

Finland has exceeded the requirements of the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) by banning all flavoured e-liquids except tobacco...

Europe approves reclassification of nicotine in new CLP regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 12th May 2017

The European Commission has published a new regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures, including nicotine, to come into effect in December...

Fear of future regulation hangs over South Africa’s growing market

Written by ECigIntelligence | 12th May 2017

South Africa has a growing e-cigarette market driven by rising health concerns and a parity between conventional and electronic cigarette pricing. But potential regulation casts a dark cloud on the horizon....

French e-cig sector optimistic about future under President Macron

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 10th May 2017

Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential election gives the e-cigarette industry some hope for the future of the sector in the...

Senate confirms e-cig industry’s friend Gottlieb as FDA chief

Written by Jim Myers | 10th May 2017

Scott Gottlieb, who plans a review of the deeming regulation that has caused so much concern for the e-cigarette industry, is set to become the next commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

In UK, exclusive vapers overtake dual users amid cloud of mistrust

Written by Freddie Dawson | 10th May 2017

For the first time, UK vapers who use only e-cigarettes outnumber dual users. But the latest survey from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) also reveals high levels of mistrust on safety issues....

Lucrative marijuana market has e-cig firms heading for greener pastures

Written by ECigIntelligence | 8th May 2017

E-cigarette firms who already have devices on the market are manoeuvring to see how their products can serve the growing marijuana industry – and they face competition there from some well-financed...

Extended FDA compliance deadlines in detail

Written by ECigIntelligence | 8th May 2017

Your guide to the new extended deadlines announced by the U.S. FDA for compliance with various aspects of its deeming regulations for the e-cigarette...

ECigIntelligence report untangles the web of U.S. regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 8th May 2017

E-cigarette regulation in the U.S. is more complex than ever following the arrival of the final deeming regulations and increasing legislation at federal, state and local level, as is spelled out in detail in a...

Convicted Indian e-cig seller could wait years for appeal to be heard

Written by ECigIntelligence | 8th May 2017

An Indian man convicted of selling e-cigarettes is out on bail awaiting an appeal and using that time to get on with his...

FDA expected to extend deeming rule deadlines by three months

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 3rd May 2017

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to move back the deadlines for compliance with many aspects of its deeming regulations for...

Cole urges Gottlieb to hurry up with changes to deeming regulations

Written by Jim Myers | 3rd May 2017

Congressman Tom Cole has cautiously endorsed FDA commissioner-designate Scott Gottlieb’s plan to review the agency’s contentious deeming regulation on e-cigarettes and tobacco products – but urged him to...

French government clarifies extent of workplace vaping ban

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 2nd May 2017

A new decree clarifies the details of the workplace vaping ban in...

Vape store openings buck the declining trend on UK high streets

Written by Freddie Dawson | 2nd May 2017

Vape shops are thought to be the biggest contributors to maintaining business on UK high streets in 2016....

Gottlieb backed to head FDA, with support from Democrat senators

Written by Jim Myers | 2nd May 2017

A key U.S. Senate committee voted in favour of making Dr. Scott Gottlieb the next FDA commissioner after he laid out plans to review the deeming rule that has generated so much controversy within the...

Congress proposal to replace deeming rules with industry standards

Written by Jim Myers | 2nd May 2017

A California Republican congressman and vaping promoter has introduced a bill in Congress to exempt e-cigarettes from controls in not only the controversial FDA deeming regulation but also the Tobacco Control Act....

Cole-Bishop attempt to change grandfathering date fails again

Written by Jim Myers | 2nd May 2017

Proposed legislation offering relief on the grandfather date in the FDA deeming regulation did not make it into a major spending bill to fund the U.S. government through the rest of the fiscal...

French quality service guide can establish national code of conduct

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 27th April 2017

A new customer service guide for French e-cig retailers sets out to professionalise the country’s vape stores and establish a nationwide code of...

Industry association trains its sights on cowboy firms and battery safety

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 26th April 2017

A newly launched U.S. industry association, the Global Vaping Standards Association, is targeting "fly-by-night" manufacturers, and making battery safety its first...

Axing of Murthy as surgeon general could be welcome news for e-cigs

Written by Jim Myers | 26th April 2017

President Trump will get an early jump on naming the next U.S. surgeon general after forcing Vivek Murthy out as America’s top...

Manufacturers widen the net, selling other brands on their websites

Written by Freddie Dawson | 26th April 2017

E-cigarette manufacturers have started selling products from other firms on their own websites. But...

Indiana backs down on restrictive e-liquid manufacturing permit law

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 26th April 2017

Indiana's infamous e-liquid manufacturing security law is a governor stamp of approval away from being modified – but the change may come too late for most of the state’s producers....

Zimbabwe’s impoverished tobacco farmers see salvation in e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence | 21st April 2017

Zimbabwe’s struggling tobacco farmers – particularly growers of lower quality tobacco – are pinning high hopes on nicotine extraction for...

‘Lack of trust leads to needlessly repressive anti-vaping legislation’

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 20th April 2017

Sociologist Amelia Howard will tell the 2017 Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw that a lack of trust in the e-cigarette industry leads governments around the world to introduce harsh measures against a low-risk...

Irish retail brand makes ‘no-brainer’ move, rapidly expanding into UK

Written by Freddie Dawson | 18th April 2017

Irish retail brand Hale Vaping is expanding rapidly, opening new stores in both the Republic of Ireland and the UK....

New York backs away from Governor Cuomo’s tax demand – for now

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 18th April 2017

New York state legislators have removed measures that would have imposed restrictions on e-cigarettes and taxes on e-liquids just before passing the state...

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