Regulatory reports
Our regulatory reports provide legal and regulatory in-depth analysis of the vaping industry. Many reports focus on specific countries, providing a detailed overview of the regulatory landscape within the country. They also cover all current and possible future restrictions as well as the relevant laws and governing bodies. In addition, we have a number of other reports that analyse controversial and obscure areas, along with our expert interpretations of the relevant laws.
E-cigarette regulation and outlook for Bulgaria, August 2015
Written by Barnaby Page || 18th August 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Regulatory landscape • Current national regulatory framework • Age restrictions • Packaging and product restrictions • Public usage • Advertising and marketing restrictions • Case law • Taxation • Enforcement • The future • Graphic: how Bulgarian e-cigarette...
E-cigarette regulatory outlook for Switzerland, August 2015
Written by Barnaby Page || 13th August 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Introduction • Regulatory landscape • National regulatory framework • Regulatory change • Timeline for the revised Federal Tobacco Products Act • Age restrictions • Packaging restrictions: current • Packaging restrictions: future • Product restrictions • Public usage •...
The costs and challenges of the BSI PAS
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st July 2015 || Regulatory reports |
ECigIntelligence breaks down the minimum cost it is likely to require for a company to meet the recommendations laid out in the British Standards Institution (BSI) publicly available specification (PAS)....
In depth: e-cigarette regulation in South Korea, July 2015
Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st July 2015 || Regulatory reports |
An in-depth look at the regulation and legislation ruling the South Korean e-cigarette market....
In-depth: e-cigarette legislation in Cyprus, July 2015
Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th July 2015 || Regulatory reports |
There may be more recent ECigIntelligence reports on this territory. Please visit the full list of regulatory reports, or the advanced search page. Executive summary E-cigarettes are not currently regulated in Cyprus but they are subject to...
E-cigarette regulation in Canada, July 2015
Written by || 24th July 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Executive summary • Introduction • The multi-layered regulatory framework • Tobacco regulation – the multi-layered model in action • No federal regulation of e-cigs • The role of Health Canada • Provincial regulation • Municipal regulation • Trade associations...
Implementing the TPD: what Europe will do next
Written by Barnaby Page || 23rd July 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Executive summary • Background • Implementing acts and reports • Implementing act: reporting format • Implementing act: refill mechanisms • Report: potential public-health risks • The regulation-makers • External contractors and the expert group • What lies ahead?...
Deeming regulations vs state law: who wins?
Written by || 17th July 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Introduction • The deeming regulations: express pre-emption of state laws • Where pre-emption does not apply • Pre-emption in practice: California’s Prop 65 • How pre-emption can prevent state-level litigation • Appendix: the doctrine of pre-emption...
E-cigarette regulation and outlook in Hungary, July 2015
Written by Barnaby Page || 17th July 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Regulatory landscape • Current national regulatory framework • Product categorisation • Age restrictions • Packaging and product restrictions • Public usage • Advertising and marketing restrictions • Taxation • Case law • Enforcement • The missing pieces from...
Defusing the deeming regs: Congress, courts, and the FDA
Written by || 9th July 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Legislative solution: giving the FDA discretion • Legislative solution: changing the grandfathering date • Legislative solution: amending the Tobacco Control Act • Judicial challenge: the Tobacco Control Act’s purpose • Judicial challenge: scientific evidence • Judicial challenge: free...
E-cigarette regulation and outlook in Austria, July 2015
Written by Barnaby Page || 7th July 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Introduction • Regulatory landscape • Current national regulatory framework • Product categorisation and the tobacco monopoly • Age restrictions • Product and packaging restrictions • Public usage • Advertising and marketing restrictions • Taxation • Case law •...
In depth: e-cigarette regulation in Croatia, June 2015 and ahead
Written by Barnaby Page || 25th June 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Regulatory landscape • Current national regulatory framework • Age restrictions • Packaging and product restrictions • Public usage • Advertising and marketing restrictions • Case law • Taxation • Enforcement • The missing pieces from the TPD...
In depth: the regulatory regime for e-cigs in Chile, June 2015
Written by Barnaby Page || 18th June 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Regulatory landscape • Current national regulatory framework • Product categorisation • Age restrictions • Packaging and product restrictions • Public usage • Advertising and marketing restrictions • Case law • Taxation •...
In depth: e-cigarette regulation and policy in Greece, June 2015
Written by Barnaby Page || 5th June 2015 || Regulatory reports |
The background to Greek regulation • National regulatory framework • Age restrictions • Product and packaging restrictions • Public usage • Advertising and marketing restrictions • Taxation • Case law • The missing pieces from the TPD jigsaw...
In depth: e-cigarette regulation in Illinois, May 2015
Written by || 27th May 2015 || Regulatory reports |
ECigIntelligence is breaking down the complex potential layers of federal, state and local legislation....
In depth: Czech Republic’s regulation of e-cigs, May 2015
Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th May 2015 || Regulatory reports |
An in-depth look at the Czech regulatory market as the country gears up for EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) implementation....
In depth: U.S. state e-cig tax laws and proposals, May 2015
Written by || 21st May 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Introduction • State tax models • Varying impacts of tax models • State tax policy approaches analysed • State-by-state tax proposals in...
In depth: Portugal’s developing regulation of e-cigs, May 2015
Written by Barnaby Page || 4th May 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Introduction • Regulatory landscape • Current regulatory framework • The missing pieces from the TPD jigsaw •...
In depth: Romanian e-cigarette law and the TPD, April 2015
Written by Barnaby Page || 28th April 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Introduction • Regulatory landscape • Current national regulatory framework • The missing pieces from the TPD jigsaw •...
In depth: more safety worries over e-liquid flavourings
Written by Marc Beishon || 27th April 2015 || Regulatory reports |
E-cigarette flavours are causing concern again, but this time not over their purported appeal to youth. The latest study to stoke up worries about harmful substances in e-cigs is “Flavour chemicals in electronic cigarette fluids”, another from a...
In depth: Spanish e-cigarette regulation and the EU TPD
Written by Barnaby Page || 7th April 2015 || Market reports , Regulatory reports |
Introduction • Regulatory landscape • Current national regulatory framework • Comparison with tobacco regulation • Public use restrictions • Age restrictions • Packaging and point-of-sale requirements • Advertising restrictions • Medical claims • Taxes • Enforcement • Case...
In depth: might zoning laws threaten the U.S. e-cig sector?
Written by || 26th March 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Executive summary • Introduction • Zoning – key facts • Utah zoning law • Local zoning laws • Potential legal...
In depth: Denmark implements the TPD – a model for Europe?
Written by Barnaby Page || 16th March 2015 || Regulatory reports |
New proposals by the Danish government to transpose the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) into Denmark’s domestic law are the first comprehensive attempt to do so by any European...
In depth: Belgian e-cig market and regulation, March 2015
Written by || 16th March 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Market analysis • Market size • Consumption patterns • Pricing • Sales and distribution • Brands • Raw materials and manufacturing • Regulatory analysis • Medical regulation • Personal use exemption • Public place usage • Advertising •...ECigIntelligence country profile: Belgium, March 2015
Written by Barnaby Page || 15th March 2015 || Market reports , Regulatory reports |
Belgium at a...
In depth: Dutch market and regulatory update, Feb. 2015
Written by David Attwood || 6th March 2015 || Market reports , Regulatory reports |
There may be more recent ECigIntelligence reports on this territory. Please visit the home page for the Netherlands or the advanced search page. CONTENTS Executive summary Market analysis Market size Consumption patterns Pricing and spend Sales, distribution and...
In depth: conflicting statistics beset debate on youth vaping
Written by Freddie Dawson || 2nd March 2015 || Regulatory reports |
A new study is the first to cautiously find no link between e-cigarette use in U.S. middle- and high-school students and harm reduction....
In depth: the e-cigarette market in the Netherlands, Feb. 2015
Written by David Attwood || 26th February 2015 || Market reports , Regulatory reports |
Executive summary • Market size • Consumption patterns • Pricing and spend • Sales, distribution and marketing • Brands •...
In depth: the new Dutch decree on e-cigarettes, Feb. 2015
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th January 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Executive summary • Introduction • Dutch regulatory powers • Previous Dutch e-cig regulation • New regulation in detail • Definition of e-cigarette • Advertising • Ingredients • Additives • Packaging • Instruction leaflet • Child-proofing • E-liquid volume...
In depth: e-cigarette regulation in Florida, January 2015
Written by || 19th January 2015 || Regulatory reports |
Introduction • The matrix of authority • State government regulation • Local government regulation • Regulation by quasi-governmental institutions • Regulatory trends • Appendix: state law – health and safety codes and consumer protection...
In depth: a guide to testing, toxicology and risk for e-cigs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th January 2015 || Regulatory reports |
As the e-cigarette industry gets to grips with the requirements of regulation such as the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), ECigIntelligence takes a look at the practical implications on e-cig testing for brands and...
In depth: France regulatory and legal update, October 2014
Written by Barnaby Page || 29th October 2014 || Regulatory reports |
Current regulatory framework • French courts and their precedents • Recent French regulatory initiatives • Implementation of TPD article 20 • Trade and consumer associations, case law and...
In depth: e-cigs in the UK – market and regulatory analysis
Written by David Attwood || 26th October 2014 || Regulatory reports |
A comprehensive survey of the UK e-cigarette market and regulation, including: Market size: estimates and methodology; model assumptions; industry estimates • Consumption patterns: number of e-cigarette users in the UK; comparisons with usage data from outside UK; overview...
In depth: e-cig advertising rules in Britain and France compared
Written by Barnaby Page || 24th October 2014 || Regulatory reports |
Regulatory control of advertising in the UK • Existing UK advertising restrictions • The New UK Rules • Non-statutory regulation of e-cigarette advertising in France • The two regimes: few...
In depth: Spain market and regulatory update
Written by David Attwood || 3rd October 2014 || Regulatory reports |
Contents: Market size • Form factors • Individual usage • Retail channel • Major Spanish retailers • Recent upheavals • Regulation • Introduction • Regulatory landscape: from regional to uniform regulation • Current regulatory framework • Comparison with...
In depth: Germany regulatory update September 2014
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th September 2014 || Regulatory reports |
Current legal and regulatory framework • Legislation under consideration • Case law on medical/pharmaceutical status of e-cigs • Case law on e-cigs as tobacco products • Import restrictions • Public use and advertising restrictions • TPD implementation •...
In depth: e-cigs in the U.S. – market and regulatory analysis
Written by David Attwood || 24th September 2014 || Regulatory reports |
A comprehensive survey of the U.S. e-cigarette market and regulation, including: Market size • Consumption patterns • Online pricing • Distribution • Raw material supply • E-cigarette usage surveys • Current U.S. e-cigarette regulation • The future of...
In depth: Spain’s national regulations – and its next steps
Written by Barnaby Page || 22nd September 2014 || Market reports , Regulatory reports |
Regulatory landscape: from regional to uniform regulation • Current regulatory framework • Comparison with tobacco regulation • Public use restrictions • Age restrictions • Packaging and point-of-sale requirements • Advertising restrictions • Medical claims • Enforcement • Case...
Updated: the WHO’s influence on global e-cig regulation
Written by Barnaby Page || 11th September 2014 || Regulatory reports |
What the FCTC is • A global treaty • Broad scope of regulation • The regulatory framework • The FCTC in practice • No enforcement powers • Enforcement by signatories • Self-reporting • Shadow reporting • Influence on...
In depth: what will the WHO decide on e-cig regulation?
Written by Barnaby Page || 8th September 2014 || Regulatory reports |
WHO’s basis for regulation • Political will to regulate • Regulatory proposals in detail • Likely impact of COP6 recommendations • Industry excluded from consultation? • Russia’s political situation and COP6 •...
In depth: legal challenges to the EU Tobacco Products Directive
Written by Barnaby Page || 27th August 2014 || Regulatory reports |
The law governing adoption of the TPD • Significant new rules for tobacco and e-cigs • Challenges before transposition • Pre-transposition challenges by member states • Poland’s TPD challenge • Pre-transposition challenges before the UK high court •...
In depth: little e-cig regulation in Poland, and not much likely
Written by Barnaby Page || 5th August 2014 || Regulatory reports |
E-cigs are not tobacco products • E-cigs are relatively unregulated • Standard consumer protection law applies • No product standards or requirements • Public use restrictions in significant cities • Limits on local government power • No tobacco...
In depth: GMPs – are standards coming for e-cig manufacture?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th August 2014 || Market reports , Regulatory reports |
GMPs defined • Core principles: control and documentation • Enforcement • Evolution of GMPs: “current GMPs” and international harmonisation • The application of GMPs to tobacco and e-cigarettes • Industry groups and NGOs fill the regulatory void •...
In depth: current regulation and outlook for e-cigs in France
Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th July 2014 || Regulatory reports |
Current regulatory framework • The “tabac” monopoly • Recent regulatory initiatives • Implementation of article 20 of the...
In depth: the WHO’s influence on global e-cig regulation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th July 2014 || Regulatory reports |
What the WHO FCTC is • The WHO FCTC in practice • What does the WHO FCTC mean for...
In depth: the complexity of U.S. e-cigarette regulation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd July 2014 || Regulatory reports |
The multi-layered, multi-jurisdictional regulatory landscape • The structure of federal and state e-cig regulation • Trends in state government regulation • Trends in local government regulation • Case study: regulation of e-cigarettes in California • Deep dive: restriction...
In depth: e-gaming’s lessons for e-cigarettes
Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd July 2014 || Regulatory reports |
E-cigarette regulation: lessons from another industry • Regulatory issues compared • Online gambling regulatory models • Lessons for the e-cigarette...
In depth: France market and regulatory report – waiting for appeal
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th June 2014 || Market reports , Regulatory reports |
Market intelligence • Market structure • Regulatory...