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News analysis

Tobacco product or medical? FDA spells out the difference

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th September 2015

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is this week proposing a new rule that will make it clearer when tobacco products should be considered as drugs or medical devices, and regulated...

Opinion: public health, magical thinking and monsters under the bed

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th September 2015

Counterblasts against Public Health England’s nearly unequivocal support for e-cigarettes were only to be expected, and their trajectory has been laid out by two of Britain’s most eminent general medical journals, The Lancet and The...

Ireland allows vaping in workplaces, but tightens ad rules

Written by Freddie Dawson | 23rd September 2015

The Irish government has decided not to extend the country’s smoking ban to e-cigarettes, citing the lack of evidence for harm – but the advertising self-regulatory body in Ireland has taken a slightly harder...

E-cigs and dental health: a field wide open for study

Written by Marc Beishon | 22nd September 2015

There has been little study or comment on e-cigs so far from professional bodies in dental health, or from dental researchers. But that may now be changing, with increased interest from some corners of the dental...

BAT acquires Poland’s CHIC, makes pact with Reynolds

Written by Freddie Dawson | 22nd September 2015

British American Tobacco (BAT) is expanding its presence in the international e-cigarette market through the acquisition of Poland’s major supplier and formalising its co-operation with U.S. tobacco firm Reynolds...

Obama names deputy commissioner Califf to head FDA

Written by Jim Myers | 16th September 2015

U.S. president Barack Obama has chosen Rob Califf, currently the deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to head up the...

Podcast: state regulation of public vaping in the U.S.

Written by | 16th September 2015

In this exclusive 20-minute podcast for ECigIntelligence, our U.S. regulatory analyst Carly Souther explores the current situation with state regulation of public vaping, and examines its potential...

Pax enters British and German markets with heat-not-burn

Written by Freddie Dawson | 15th September 2015

U.S. smoking-alternatives maker Pax Labs is bringing its Pax 2 heat-not-burn device to European markets, with the product for sale online in Germany and the UK from today and expected to be in stores by...

Praise and criticism for Public Health England’s e-cig stance

Written by Freddie Dawson | 11th September 2015

British politicians this week heard praise from e-cigarette advocates for the recent endorsement of e-cigs by Public Health England (PHE), but some proponents argued that PHE’s backing was too little too late and failed to...

Portugal adds public vaping ban to new TPD law

Written by Barnaby Page | 7th September 2015

Portugal has become the latest European Union member state to implement the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), hewing closely to its requirements but also introducing a public vaping ban with limited...

“Most online e-cig vendors make false claims,” says watchdog

Written by Barnaby Page | 4th September 2015

The majority of U.S. e-cig vendors make unsupported claims on their Websites, a watchdog group has charged after surveying the online presence of 159 companies. Truth in Advertising (TINA), a nonprofit based in Connecticut, examined...

FDA grants more time for comments on child-proofing

Written by Barnaby Page | 21st August 2015

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the deadline for commenting on its questions about e-cigarette warning labels and child-proofing, saying that prospective respondents have asked for additional...

Developing nations advised to adopt pharma model

Written by Barnaby Page | 21st August 2015

Governments of poorer countries need to regulate e-cigarettes just as much as their wealthier counterparts, and ought to opt for a pharmaceutical model – but they may find it difficult, according to a new paper...

Uganda bans e-cigarettes in tough new tobacco law

Written by Barnaby Page | 18th August 2015

The east African nation of Uganda appears to have become one of the small handful that ban e-cigarettes altogether, rolling a blanket prohibition into a stiff new tobacco control...

Family, friends influence teens’ adoption of e-cigarettes

Written by Freddie Dawson | 17th August 2015

New studies attempting to determine causes of youth e-cigarette use have found some correlation with factors such as vaping or smoking by other household members, peer pressure, economic deprivation and...

Spain to transpose TPD without full public vaping ban

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th August 2015

Spain appears to have abandoned plans to impose a blanket ban on indoor vaping, omitting the measure from its draft legislation to implement the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (EU TPD) in national...

E-cigarette makers challenge Indiana’s manufacturing rules

Written by Freddie Dawson | 14th August 2015

Four e-cigarette firms have filed a lawsuit challenging strict manufacturing regulations that are proposed for e-cigarettes in the state of Indiana – and their success or failure could have repercussions across the...

Malaysia to regulate e-cigs; gentle regime probable

Written by Freddie Dawson | 5th August 2015

Malaysia is expected to unveil proposals for regulating e-cigarettes in the next couple months. It is thought that the country will encourage its growing e-cigarette industry, and not impose a ban like some of its...

Nicotine delivery: how much is too much?

Written by Marc Beishon | 5th August 2015

Researchers in the U.S. have developed a model for predicting the amount of nicotine emitted by e-cigarettes, which they say could gauge the expected yield of a device before it is even...

Leno’s Californian vaping bill comes back to life

Written by Barnaby Page | 4th August 2015

Californian senator Mark Leno’s e-cigarette bill is back, despite seeming to have died last month after a legislative committee tore out some of its most significant...

Poland planning stiff e-cig restrictions

Written by Barnaby Page | 27th July 2015

Poland has unexpectedly proposed some stiffer measures for e-cigarette regulation than originally imagined. New proposals are looking to bring in public use as well as advertising restrictions along with the implementation of the EU Tobacco...

New Jersey officials fine vapers for vaping at vape expo

Written by Freddie Dawson | 23rd July 2015

Organisers and visitors at a New Jersey e-cigarette expo face fines totalling $50,000 for vaping indoors, following the event management’s apparent misunderstanding of the state’s laws on e-cig use in public...

Greece vape shop image gallery

Written by Freddie Dawson | 19th July 2015

A selection of photos showing te different types of vape shops and e-cigarette displays in Greece....

Wider rollouts for iQOS; PMI, Altria to develop e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th July 2015

Philip Morris International (PMI) is deepening its commitment to alternative nicotine technologies with new rollouts for its iQOS heat-not-burn device, as well as cautious health-related claims for the...

The UK’s new PAS: how much will compliance cost?

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th July 2015

British e-cigarette companies can expect an array of new scientific and quality-control costs after the official launch today of the publicly available specification (PAS) for e-cig manufacture and testing from the British Standards Institution...

Italian court suspends tax on zero-nicotine products

Written by Barnaby Page | 15th July 2015

The latest court decision on Italy’s attempts to tax e-cigarettes has suspended taxation on zero-nicotine e-liquid, but left in place the controversial levy on nicotine-containing...

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