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News analysis

California set to treat e-cigs as tobacco, raise age to 21

Written by Barnaby Page | 11th March 2016

E-cigarettes will likely soon become legally equal to combustible products in California, following the state legislature’s approval of a raft of tobacco measures which also raise the smoking – and vaping – age to...

Complete ban predicted in Hong Kong after smoking body’s study

Written by Freddie Dawson | 8th March 2016

A new study commissioned by Hong Kong’s Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) purports to show significant problems with carcinogens in vapour from electronic cigarettes, leading the organisation to reiterate its calls for a complete...

Smaller Mediterranean nations lagging in TPD implementation

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th March 2016

There is still significant confusion over the implementation of the EU's Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). Despite the heavy impact it will have on the e-cigarette sector, a number of countries have still made little to...

Researchers developing automated tweet collection tool

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th March 2016

A team of U.S. researchers are in the process of creating a system for collecting e-cigarette data from Twitter. The group has set up a series of algorithms that enable a computer program to automatically...

EU takes steps toward e-cig tax regime – but nothing is certain

Written by Barnaby Page | 4th March 2016

The European Union (EU) is still some way from introducing a pan-European tax regime for e-cigarettes, despite recent media reports suggesting it is imminent. The contemplation of e-cigarette tax rules at an EU level arises...

U.S. transportation secretary finally bans e-cigs on planes

Written by Jim Myers | 3rd March 2016

U.S. transportation secretary Anthony Foxx announced a final rule Wednesday to ban the use of e-cigarettes on all commercial flights in the U.S., aiming to avoid confusion over the legal position. “This final rule is...

16-22,000 more UK smokers quit with e-cigs, study says

Written by Freddie Dawson | 2nd March 2016

A new study estimates that somewhere between 16,000 and 22,000 more people have been able to successfully quit conventional cigarettes for at least a year thanks to electronic cigarettes....

Innovation and intellectual property rights for the e-cig industry

Written by Jon Bruford | 1st March 2016

    Executive summary   The growth of e-cigarette popularity has been accompanied by a growing number of patent applications and disputes. The World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) registered more than 1000 patents with the...

Majority of retailers still selling to under-18s

Written by Freddie Dawson | 1st March 2016

An operation by Trading Standards officers in the UK town of Plymouth found that 9 out of 15 retailers still sold e-cigarette products to customers under the age of 18....

Senate vote puts Califf among e-cig world’s most powerful

Written by Barnaby Page | 25th February 2016

Robert Califf has been confirmed as the next head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency which will spearhead federal regulation of e-cigarettes when it releases its long-awaited deeming...

Robert Califf confirmed as new FDA commissioner

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th February 2016

Robert Califf has been confirmed as the next head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency which will spearhead federal regulation of e-cigarettes when it releases its long-awaited deeming...

UK e-cig awareness high, but many are reluctant to try

Written by Freddie Dawson | 22nd February 2016

A new survey from the UK's Office of National Statistics has found that general awareness of e-cigs is high among the British population, but there is a significant number of smokers who refuse to consider...

Article 20 of the EU TPD: what e-cig companies must do

Written by Jon Bruford | 19th February 2016

The European Union’s looming Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) includes an obligation for companies to notify authorities with detailed information on e-cig products – for example emissions, toxicology, and product components. ECigIntelligence outlined some of this...

Califf’s FDA nomination may move quickly to final vote

Written by Jim Myers | 14th February 2016

The stalled nomination of Robert Califf to become the next commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received another major boost last week when a motion was filed to limit debate on Califf’s...

Fontem reaches patent licensing agreement with Spark

Written by Freddie Dawson | 12th February 2016

Fontem Ventures has signed a patent licensing agreement with Spark Industries, bringing to an end another of Fontem’s disputes over intellectual property in the e-cigarette...

Do TV commercials persuade young people to try vaping?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 27th January 2016

TV ads seen by young people may lead them to start vaping later, researchers claim in a report which is likely to add further fuel to the debate over e-cigarette marketing – a debate where...

Denmark scales down plans for public vaping restrictions

Written by Barnaby Page | 22nd January 2016

Denmark’s government has had second thoughts about imposing a strict, tobacco-style regime on vaping in public places. A new draft of wide-ranging legislation which will make e-cigarettes available as consumer products, transpose the European Union’s...

Cessation: beneath the startling numbers, a study in scientific doubt

Written by Barnaby Page | 21st January 2016

The furore over Sara Kalkhoran and Stanton Glantz’s meta-analysis of e-cigarettes and smoking cessation illustrates some pitfalls in conducting, and interpreting, science. ECigIntelligence takes an in-depth look at the principles and problems behind the...

CDC report on kids and e-cig advertising may be flawed

Written by Freddie Dawson | 12th January 2016

As the advertising spend of U.S. e-cigarette suppliers escalates, they are continuing to use themes such as independence, rebellion and sex to sell their products – and their advertisements are prompting interest among the many...

UK’s detailed TPD plans suggest light-touch approach

Written by Barnaby Page | 8th January 2016

The shape of future e-cigarette regulation in the UK became clearer today with the release of the government’s response to one major public consultation, and the launch of another on the issue of...

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