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Is there still hope for Spanish online retailers?

Written by Barnaby Page | 22nd April 2016

The future of retail channels in the Spanish e-cigarette market may hang in the balance as the government approaches a final decision on whether to prohibit online sales, according to a new ECigIntelligence...

CDC’s numbers reignite debate on youth vaping in the U.S.

Written by Freddie Dawson | 22nd April 2016

New numbers on U.S. youth tobacco use from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have caused consternation on both sides of the e-cigarette debate, focused on whether growing numbers of young vapers represent...

Harm reduction vs precaution: why the debate is key to e-cig policy

Written by Barnaby Page | 18th April 2016

Harm reduction vs the precautionary principle is an issue which has split public-health experts since the HIV epidemic of the 1980s, and still underlies debates over e-cigarette regulation such as the EU Tobacco Products Directive...

E-cig science: do meta-analyses really matter?

Written by Marc Beishon | 5th April 2016

In the past year or so, scientists have conducted several systematic reviews that aim to analyse research evidence in order to find whether e-cigs help people quit smoking. The issue addressed by studies like these...

It’s not just the TPD: Europe has voluntary standards too

Written by Barnaby Page | 30th March 2016

While most of the European e-cigarette industry’s attention is focused on the imminent regulatory upheaval brought about by the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), another set of compliance requirements are also growing in number –...

TPD compliance: ten priorities for e-cigarette companies

Written by Barnaby Page | 30th March 2016

With only weeks to go before the measures of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) start to come into legal effect, ECigIntelligence’s European regulatory analysts have identified the major tasks facing e-cigarette...

Australian legislators targeting zero-nicotine products

Written by Barnaby Page | 15th March 2016

Australia’s already stringent rules against e-cigarettes look set to get even tighter in some parts of the country, although there are tentative signs that the national regulatory framework could come under...

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...

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