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News analysis

Association fears FDA rules could hamper sector´s growth

Written by Barnaby Page | 22nd April 2014

The intentions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on e-cigarette regulation remain opaque today, after an industry association abandoned plans to publish the agency’s proposed rule on new smoking...

Could EU directive be a model
for U.S. treatment of e-cigs?

Written by Jim Myers | 16th April 2014

The European Parliament’s new rules on e-cigarettes in the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) have grabbed the attention of key members of the U.S. Senate, generating mixed reactions on whether it should influence the efforts of...

E-cig or iCig? Ad campaign proffers a high-tech image

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th April 2014

British e-cig vendor JAC Vapour is taking an unusual approach for its first advertising campaign, presenting its products in a manner more typically employed for personal technology...

FDA nagged again by Congress
over inaction on e-cigarettes

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th April 2014

Further pressure is being brought to bear on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week, with the release of a report from 11 members of Congress arguing that regulation of e-cigarette companies is...

WHO “considering treating
e-cigarettes as tobacco”

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th April 2014

The man who leads the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) wants to see e-cigarettes brought into the international agreement, according to a news report...

Britain's biggest tabloid says
e-cig may have started fire

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th April 2014

E-cigarettes made the headlines today in Britain, and they weren’t good ones. The Sun, the nation’s biggest-selling daily newspaper, ran a story headlined “E-Cig Gran Blown Up In Hospital” on its front...

EU to establish standard testing regime for nicotine dosage

Written by Barnaby Page | 1st April 2014

The European Commission is expected to issue technical specifications on the measurement of nicotine intake from e-cigarettes, as member states’ law-makers and the industry prepare to comply with the testing requirements of the EU’s new...

Politician’s YouTube video extols freedom to vape

Written by Barnaby Page | 15th March 2014

A British right-wing political party received £36,000 ($60,000) in donations from an e-cigarette manufacturer before its leader appeared in a YouTube video apparently designed to influence European policy-making on...

Wisconsin law would affirm that e-cigs are not tobacco

Written by Freddie Dawson | 15th March 2014

A new proposal clarifying that use of e-cigarettes should be allowed indoors, and explicitly distinguishing it from tobacco smoking, has been approved by a senate committee in the Wisconsin state...

Imperial Tobacco’s patent suit: killer blow, or vain hope?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 13th March 2014

Imperial Tobacco’s lawsuit in a California state court against alleged infringers of its patents on e-cigarette technology is a gamble without guaranteed success, but could still drag the sector into an intellectual-property war, according to...

E-cig advertiser ordered to stop health claims

Written by Barnaby Page | 12th March 2014

Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint concerning health claims made in advertising literature by e-cigarette maker Ten...

Washington politicians push for curb on 'youth targeting' of e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 27th February 2014

Washington law-makers are striving to bring the marketing of e-cigarettes to minors under control across the U.S., with one group audaciously suggesting they should be included in the landmark agreement on cigarette control forged by...

For the vaper who has everything: a Bluetooth-enabled e-cig

Written by Barnaby Page | 21st February 2014

What e-cigarettes can and can’t do, compared to tobacco cigarettes, is a subject of fierce and continuing debate. One difference, however, is clear: no tobacco product can double as a microphone for a mobile phone...

Vype TV ads put the spotlight on e-cig promotion

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th February 2014

The debut today of TV commercials for the Vype e-cigarette from British American Tobacco/Nicoventures is likely to focus attention on the regulation of e-cig advertising....

Next stop Britain for Lorillard’s Blu

Written by Barnaby Page | 15th February 2014

U.S. tobacco giant Lorillard is to launch its Blu e-cigarette brand in the UK following the acquisition last autumn of British e-cig firm...

Ohio ponders tobacco/nicotine distinction

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th February 2014

An apparently uncontroversial vote in Ohio on under-age access to e-cigarettes highlights one of the thornier problems facing law-makers and regulators dealing with the new industry....

Taiwan cracks down on e-cig sellers

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th February 2014

Authorities in Taiwan have reiterated that the sale, import and manufacture of unapproved e-cigarettes is illegal in the country, and urged citizens to report vapers so that dealers can be tracked down – even though...

Hawaii law-makers churning out proposals for new e-cig rules

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th February 2014

Legislators in Hawaii are wading through a deluge of proposed measures on e-cigarettes and tobacco products, including a ban on the use of e-cigs in public places and a requirement for retailers selling them to...

Lorillard Blu approaches half share of U.S. market

Written by Barnaby Page | 12th February 2014

Lorillard’s Blu e-cigarette now accounts for more than three percent of the tobacco giant’s entire business, and the brand is heading for a 50 percent share of the U.S....

Consumers care about products, not laws, study finds

Written by Barnaby Page | 6th February 2014

Consumers are more interested in the benefits of e-cigarettes than the politics surrounding them, but the overall e-cigarette concept may have caught imaginations more strongly than individual brands, a new social media study...

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