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E-cigs vs NRT: the real findings behind the media headlines

Written by Marc Beishon | 27th May 2014

Robust evidence for e-cigarettes’ effectiveness as aids to smoking cessation effectiveness has until now been sparse. But that may have changed, if the conclusions of a large study published in the journal Addiction prove to...

E-cig vapour may increase risk of infection, scientists suggest

Written by Marc Beishon | 23rd May 2014

E-cigarette vapour could increase the virulence of MRSA, the potentially deadly infection that most often takes hold in healthcare settings, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society’s international...

Warning: e-cigarette patent litigation isn’t going away

Written by Freddie Dawson | 19th May 2014

A nasty surprise could await those who believe that Fontem’s patent litigation against an assortment of e-cigarette makers will be rendered irrelevant by the U.S. market moving to open-tank system designs, not covered by the...

Fontem patents could give Imperial an advantage at FDA

Written by Freddie Dawson | 19th May 2014

E-cigarette patents held by Imperial Tobacco could give the company an advantage in the U.S. market, if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) goes ahead with plans to make obtaining regulatory approval easier for pre-2007...

FDA lambasted over comments process, inaction on flavours

Written by Jim Myers | 18th May 2014

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing requests to extend the public comment period on its proposal to regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products, a senior FDA official told a a key U.S. Senate...

To stock or not to stock? Pharmacists uncertain on e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th May 2014

British pharmacies have yet to fully exploit the retail opportunities presented by e-cigarettes, according to a prominent market researcher, although pharmacy professionals themselves disagree vehemently over how to approach e-cigs that aren’t medically...

Laying down the law: regulation to dominate industry confabs

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th May 2014

E-cigarettes are on the agenda for a host of trade and professional conferences over the coming weeks, reflecting the urgent need for understanding of new regulatory measures as well as the sector’s development and improving...

Obama’s choice for health job is pushed for view on flavours

Written by Jim Myers | 9th May 2014

A Republican senator this week used a hearing on president Obama’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to raise concern that flavourings were omitted from federal proposals to regulate...

Big U.S. cities vow to legislate on e-cigs despite FDA delays

Written by Jim Myers | 2nd May 2014

Top health officials from major U.S. metropolitan areas served notice Thursday that they will continue taking the lead in protecting their citizens’ health against the potential public risks posed by the booming...

U.S. media on deeming regs: FDA tries hard, could do better

Written by Barnaby Page | 1st May 2014

The proposed new e-cigarette regulations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received a lukewarm welcome from the country’s mainstream media, with most editorialists backing the agency’s restrictions but suggesting it will have to...

The U.S. deeming regulations: timeline of the next stages

Written by Barnaby Page | 25th April 2014

The new regulations for e-cigarettes and other tobacco products from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were published today in the Federal Register, beginning the process that will eventually lead to their approval and...

FDA's product approval process is biggest worry for e-cig sector

Written by Freddie Dawson | 25th April 2014

The deeming regulations on e-cigarettes issued yesterday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were largely expected by the industry and greeted without panic, although concerns were raised over the product approval process and...

Deeming regulations: FDA still unsure on many questions

Written by Barnaby Page | 25th April 2014

The proposed regulations for e-cigarettes released yesterday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are only proposals, and the FDA still appears uncertain about how to regulate many aspects of the new...

FDA’s leader promised action… and the audience just laughed

Written by Jim Myers | 25th April 2014

The commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drew laughter from a Washington, D.C. audience this week when she promised that the agency’s long-delayed deeming rules on e-cigarettes and other products were...

Deeming regs: FDA seeks power to act faster on future products

Written by Barnaby Page | 25th April 2014

A little-noticed provision in the new regulations for e-cigarettes and other products proposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appears to give the agency authority to extend its remit to novel tobacco products...

New FDA rules and Europe’s directive: how do they compare?

Written by Barnaby Page | 25th April 2014

The new regulations for e-cigarettes proposed yesterday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are the second major regulatory framework for the products to appear in two months, following the European Union’s release of...

D.C. reaction: age rules praised, tolerance of flavours criticised

Written by Jim Myers | 24th April 2014

Key Democratic members of Congress on Thursday eagerly welcomed the long-delayed proposal by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to extend the agency’s regulatory authority over the e-cigarette industry and other tobacco products, while Republican...

Deeming regs: FDA ponders fast-track approval for e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th April 2014

The short history of e-cigarettes could mean they need a special system for assessing new products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suggests in its proposed regulations released...

Deeming regs: states are free to act on vaping in public places

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th April 2014

The new U.S. e-cigarette regulations proposed today by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leave much space for states to impose their own local rules, particularly in the areas of advertising, minimum purchase ages, and...

EU will not publish detailed guidance on TPD e-cig rules

Written by Barnaby Page | 23rd April 2014

The European Union (EU) does not plan to issue detailed guidance on how e-cigarette regulations in the recent Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) should be interpreted, according to a source close to the EU’s Directorate General...

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...

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