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Deeming regs: which e-cig components are included?

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th April 2014

The new e-cigarette regulations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will apply to cartridges as well as the e-cigs themselves, but some accessories may be...

Deeming regs: health warning must cover 30% of the pack

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th April 2014

The health warnings required on e-cigarette packaging by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be markedly less obtrusive than those mandated on packs of tobacco...

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...

Deeming regs: flavours could still be prohibited, FDA hints

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th April 2014

The e-cigarette regulations proposed today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will not prohibit flavourings – but the agency is leaving the door open for that to happen in the...

FDA’s deeming regulations expected today; no flavour ban?

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th April 2014

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to today release a draft of the long-awaited regulations which will enable it to control the production and sale of...

Reynolds pumps cash into Vuse as national launch approaches

Written by Barnaby Page | 23rd April 2014

Heavy investment in the Vuse e-cigarette brand by Reynolds American is affecting the tobacco manufacturer’s bottom line but starting to show results, the company’s leader said...

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...

Victory acquires a second British e-cigarette supplier for $50m

Written by Barnaby Page | 22nd April 2014

U.S. e-cig manufacturer Victory Electronic Cigarettes is further strengthening its position in the European market with the acquisition of British counterpart VIP, the second UK firm it has bought this...

Italy seen likely to adopt
tax on nicotine, not price

Written by Barnaby Page | 22nd April 2014

More details are emerging of likely changes to the Italian tax regime on e-cigarettes, following a court challenge to rules which came into effect in the new...

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...

Italian court orders a stop
to collection of e-cig tax

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th April 2014

The Italian government’s attempt to introduce a hefty tax on e-cigarettes has run into another...

Senators, health bodies say FDA must hurry to take on e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 11th April 2014

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the White House are coming under increasing pressure to act on...

Flavours are a hot topic at French e-cigarette event

Written by Freddie Dawson | 10th April 2014

It was fitting that the e-cigarette industry event Vapexpo took place in Bordeaux this year, as flavours dominated the...

Spain gets rules on age, ads,
and public use – but not retail

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th April 2014

The Spanish e-cigarette sector is now working under national-level regulation for the first time, after the introduction of a new law which anticipates the measures required by the European Tobacco Products...

And now Philadelphia too: another city bans public vaping

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th April 2014

Philadelphia yesterday became the latest in the cavalcade of major U.S. cities moving to ban e-cigarette use in public...

Nicotine poisonings prompt calls for child-proofing

Written by Freddie Dawson | 8th April 2014

The increasing popularity of e-cigarettes is putting consumers at risk of fatal nicotine poisoning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has...

Dispute over inclusion of e-cigs in New York City’s smoking ban

Written by Freddie Dawson | 8th April 2014

A smoker’s rights group has challenged the inclusion of e-cigarettes in the ban on smoking in public places throughout New York...

Proposed Vermont state tax would double wholesale price

Written by Freddie Dawson | 8th April 2014

Legislation that could put a tax of 92% on the wholesale price of e-cigarettes in Vermont has passed one chamber of the state congress and is now up for a vote in the state...

Report: European e-cig market could be worth more than $2bn

Written by Barnaby Page | 1st April 2014

The European e-cigarette market could be worth more than $2bn, according to a new report from...

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...

U.S. lawyer warns of e-cig advertising restrictions ahead

Written by Freddie Dawson | 21st March 2014

The e-cigarette industry should expect further regulation on marketing and advertising in the near future, a U.S. law firm has warned....

BAT lines up second e-cigarette product for British market

Written by Barnaby Page | 19th March 2014

British American Tobacco (BAT) plans to launch another e-cigarette in the UK next year after identifying the “non-tobacco nicotine market” as a...

EU politician criticises TPD as ‘hastily drafted and heavy-handed’

Written by Barnaby Page | 18th March 2014

A Member of the European Parliament involved in the drafting of the EU’s new Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) has criticised the finally adopted version, which the Parliament voted for in late February, as “hastily-drafted and...

Scottish doctors push for UK’s first blanket ban on indoor e-cig use

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th March 2014

Scottish doctors have called for a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public...

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...

Attorneys general implore top U.S. retailers to drop tobacco, but not e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th March 2014

The attorneys general of 28 U.S. states and territories have asked the country’s biggest pharmacy chains to stop selling tobacco products – but did not mention e-cigarettes in their...

FDA urged to act quickly on reviewing new tobacco products

Written by Jim Myers | 14th March 2014

A key Republican senator has criticised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for moving too slowly on tobacco regulation during a hearing on the agency’s...

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...

British pub chain bucks the trend to sell e-cigarettes from the bar

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th March 2014

One of Britain’s biggest pub chains is taking a positive stance on e-cigarettes that contrasts strongly with the policies adopted by most of its...

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...

LA joins New York, Chicago in treating vaping as smoking

Written by Barnaby Page | 4th March 2014

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to ban e-cigarettes in public spaces including bars and...

British smokers find e-cigs as helpful as NRT, according to research

Written by Barnaby Page | 1st March 2014

E-cigarettes appear to be gaining favour among British consumers at the expense of smoking cessation products, with users considering them just as...

Few UK consumers believe e-cigs lead to a tobacco habit

Written by Barnaby Page | 1st March 2014

E-cigs do not generally act as a gateway to smoking, according to British smokers and ex-smokers surveyed by Mintel for its new “Smoking Cessation and E-cigarettes”...

Young French people try e-cigs, while older ones stick with them

Written by Barnaby Page | 28th February 2014

Experimentation with e-cigarettes and long-term use are the activities of very different groups, a new French study...

British advertising watchdog in line for specific rules on e-cigarettes

Written by Barnaby Page | 27th February 2014

The UK’s two Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP and BCAP) today launched a consultation on e-cigarettes before shaping new rules on advertising the...

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...

European Parliament passes new tobacco directive, but questions remain

Written by Barnaby Page | 26th February 2014

The European Parliament voted today in favour of revising the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), bringing e-cigarettes under its control for the first time and raising the prospect of further wrangling across Europe as member...

Does FDA's first-ever ban on a tobacco product bode ill for e-cigs?

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th February 2014

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products last week issued its first ban on tobacco products, which were added to its remit by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of...

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...

Altria plans MarkTen rollout across the U.S.

Written by Barnaby Page | 20th February 2014

Altria, the parent company of Marlboro maker Philip Morris, plans to take its MarkTen e-cigarette national in the U.S. this...

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....

Utah county rules anticipate statewide regulation

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th February 2014

One county in Utah has imposed new regulations on e-cigarettes in advance of legislation expected from the state...

Manufacturers in the U.S. join forces to strengthen e-cig retail presence

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th February 2014

U.S. e-cigarette makers Victory Electronic Cigarettes and FIN Branding Group are to merge in an apparent attempt to create a firm that can compete at the retail checkout with the established tobacco companies, both at...

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...

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