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News analysis

As WHO tobacco meeting nears, e-cigs’ supporters strike back

Written by Barnaby Page | 6th September 2014

Leading European public health figures have this week spoken out against reports to the World Health Organization (WHO) which seem likely to push the international body toward recommending strict regulation of...

Mixing nicotine and cocaine: what the Kandels really said

Written by Barnaby Page | 4th September 2014

Two eminent American scientists have drawn the ire of e-cigarette advocates for suggesting that the products could be a gateway to illicit drugs, with the nicotine in e-liquid enhancing the effect of...

Ban indoor vaping, restrict ads, says World Health Organization

Written by Barnaby Page | 26th August 2014

The World Health Organization (WHO) looks increasingly likely to recommend stringent restrictions on e-cigarettes, following an internal report which suggests measures including a blanket ban on indoor use and tight controls on...

Drop in smokers seeking help: does it mean more use of e-cigs?

Written by Barnaby Page | 21st August 2014

Anti-smoking campaigners in the UK believe the use of e-cigarettes as unofficial cessation aids has contributed to a sharp drop in the number of people joining quit-smoking programmes, although nearly all successful participants in those...

Blu e-cig could be confused with Zippo lighter, says court

Written by Freddie Dawson | 21st August 2014

Zippo Manufacturing, maker of the famous cigarette lighter, has won a round in its worldwide legal dispute over the use of the brand name Blu – also employed by Lorillard for its market-leading...

British firm readies to dispute basis of Europe’s e-cig rules

Written by Barnaby Page | 20th August 2014

A British e-cigarette supplier is the sector’s first independent to launch a legal challenge against the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), the EU rules published this year that will regulate the e-cig market in European member...

North Carolina allows prison inmates to buy e-cigarettes

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th August 2014

Prison inmates in North Carolina are to be allowed e-cigarettes, following an unusual law-making decision which implicitly gives official recognition to the products as substitutes for tobacco...

FDA told it should abandon deeming regs, turn to Congress

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th August 2014

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is likely to have received a deluge of comments in the run-up to the closing of the public consultation period on its e-cigarette regulations last Friday – among...

Senators and state AGs urge FDA action as deadline nears

Written by Barnaby Page | 8th August 2014

The public comments period on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposed e-cigarette regulations now has only hours left to run, with the agency likely to have received well over 70,000 responses by the time...

More study needed on complex nicotine-cancer relationship

Written by Marc Beishon | 7th August 2014

Laypeople reading a new opinion paper in the journal Nature Reviews Cancer may be alarmed, but it is important to note that although nicotine can contribute to cancer, on its own the current evidence does...

No basis for tobacco-style rules, says review of e-cig science

Written by Barnaby Page | 3rd August 2014

A new review of medical and public health research on e-cigarettes concludes that tobacco-style regulation is unjustifiably strict, but also suggests that further research is needed on health effects and the relationship of e-cigs to...

Suicide attempt may heighten debate on e-liquid safety

Written by Barnaby Page | 2nd August 2014

A German man’s attempt to kill himself by ingesting e-liquid could add to the clamour for regulating the availability, concentration, and packaging of nicotine-containing fluid on safety...

Blu still on top, but faltering; Lorillard remains optimistic

Written by Barnaby Page | 31st July 2014

Lorillard’s brand Blu retains around a 40% share of the U.S. mainstream retail market for e-cigarettes, an enviable position in many categories. But there are signs in the firm’s latest financial results and in measurement...

E-liquids: are they as dangerous as European regulators think?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 29th July 2014

Could handling e-liquid really be as safe as doing the dishes? European regulations on classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) have been wrongly categorising nicotine as extremely toxic when it should be considered the equivalent of washing-up...

Reynolds-Lorillard merger could help them lobby on e-cigs

Written by Freddie Dawson | 28th July 2014

merge - Flickr, Michael CoghlanThe Lorillard-Reynolds merger could lead to more consistent lobbying of the U.S. government on e-cigarettes as it blends the interests of the tobacco giants involved, industry executives...

City’s health director weighs in on Canadian e-cig confusion

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th July 2014

The director of public health for Canada’s second-largest city has called for national regulation specifically covering e-cigarettes, which would clarify the country’s confusing mixture of proclaimed prohibition and actual...

Pressure still mounting on FDA over child safety requirements

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th July 2014

An influential member of the U.S. Congress has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to mandate child-proofing for e-liquid containers, as the wrangling over whether e-cigarettes pose a threat to young people rumbles...

Swedish pharma regulator granted control over e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 23rd July 2014

A Swedish court has upheld attempts by the country’s medical products regulator to treat nicotine-containing e-cigarettes as pharmaceuticals, meaning that they must go through a licensing process and cannot be sold in outlets such as...

Reynolds-BAT partnership could bring Vuse to world markets

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th July 2014

The chief executive of U.S. tobacco firm Reynolds American has strongly hinted that it will take its Vuse e-cigarette brand to international markets through a partnership with British American Tobacco...

U.S. tobacco mega-deal leaves Imperial with best-seller Blu

Written by Barnaby Page | 15th July 2014

U.S. tobacco giant Lorillard is losing its best-selling e-cigarette brand Blu to British counterpart Imperial Tobacco, as part of a complex four-way deal which sees Reynolds American pay $27bn for Lorillard while Imperial picks up...

British pharmacists are divided on age limits for e-cig sales

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th July 2014

Divisions among British pharmacists over whether to sell e-cigarettes, and who to, have been further highlighted this week by a survey showing that a substantial minority would support making the products available to...

Crowd-funded appeal against ban on “lookalike” e-cigs

Written by Freddie Dawson | 11th July 2014

An Australian e-cigarette retailer is attempting to crowd-fund an appeal after a court ruled that the e-cigarettes the company sold resembled conventional cigarettes – violating Australia’s Tobacco Products Control Act of...

Why e-gaming’s history foretells e-cigs’ future

Written by Barnaby Page | 8th July 2014

The e-cigarette industry has much to learn from the experiences of the online gambling business, including the precedence of politics over science, according to a new analysis by...

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