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News analysis

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...

Many UK pharmacists will sell e-cigs to kids, survey finds

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th July 2014

Almost three out of four independent UK pharmacies failed to stop under-age consumers attempting to purchase an e-cigarette, according to a new investigation from two UK governmental bodies, Public Health England and the Trading Standards...

Poison risk to kids prompts proposal for NY e-liquid ban

Written by Freddie Dawson | 3rd July 2014

Campaigners have accused two New York state senators of failing to see the wood for the trees after they introduced a bill that could prevent businesses from selling, offering to sell or giving away e-liquids....

FDA, WHO petitioners advised to focus on public health

Written by Barnaby Page | 2nd July 2014

Comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its proposed e-cigarette regulations should focus on public health and skip business issues, an industry organisation has...

E-cig opponents accused of “moving the goalposts”

Written by Barnaby Page | 27th June 2014

Whether e-cigarettes could increase consumption of conventional tobacco is "the only thing that matters" about them from a public health perspective, a prominent British academic said...

FDA's deeming regulations face many grounds for challenge

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th June 2014

The proposed e-cigarette regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could face legal challenges on at least five separate grounds if they are enacted without change, a new analysis from ECigIntelligence...

Nicotine “causes mutations similar to lung cancer” – study

Written by Marc Beishon | 23rd June 2014

Can nicotine cause cancer? It’s a question that has been posed for some time, and answered in the negative, although some studies have found potentially carcinogenic associations. And now new research raises the issue...

Call for swift action on child safety, but FDA faces delays

Written by Freddie Dawson | 19th June 2014

Ten U.S. public health organisations have today asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to move quickly on child-proofing of e-liquid containers, and extend its proposed e-cigarette regulations to cover flavourings and...

Thai e-cig ban considered as illegal market grows

Written by Barnaby Page | 9th June 2014

Thailand is seeking to formally regulate e-cigarettes, with some calling for a complete prohibition, amid concerns that existing tobacco legislation is inadequate for the purpose and that an illegal market is...

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