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MEPs lack knowledge on new nicotine products

Written by Barnaby Page | 1st March 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEPs lack knowledge on new nicotine products, survey shows Members of the European Parliament are less aware of key issues surrounding new nicotine products than in previous years, despite being asked to...

Altruistic Altria, or why an anti-tobacco activist has taken up the giants’ cause

Written by Aidan Semmens | 1st March 2023

Is Dave Dobbins’s switch from COO of the Truth Initiative to a role with a tobacco company a case of gamekeeper turned poacher – or is there another interpretation we can put on it? ...

Legislative differences between US states reveal a lot about attitudes and approach

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th February 2023

So much attention is given to the edicts of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it’s easy to forget individual states – not to mention cities – can also have a big impact...

German committee to discuss a ban as Euro pressure grows on single-use vapes

Written by Fernanda Tucunduva | 14th February 2023

Germany could end up lobbying for an EU-wide ban on disposable e-cigarettes if the government follows through on a Bavarian initiative which has rapidly gained support from other states ...

Waste not, want not – battle lines are drawn over the field of disposable vapes

Written by Aidan Semmens | 9th February 2023

While e-cigs may or may not be on balance a good thing for humans, it’s hard to see the boom in disposables as anything other than a sore point for the planet ...

How the FDA’s assault on flavours, even menthol, could give real tobacco an edge

Written by Barnaby Page | 2nd February 2023

Flavours continue to be the main target of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US when it comes to novel nicotine products, it seems – which could give heated tobacco an advantage over...

Indonesia makes long-awaited progress in its tobacco regulation revision plan

Written by ECigIntelligence | 1st February 2023

After years of political debate, Indonesia is finally making progress towards regulating e-cigarettes as well as heated tobacco products, which are regulated the same in the country ...

Netherlands further tightens ban on all non-tobacco-flavoured e-cigarettes

Written by ECigIntelligence | 30th January 2023

The Netherlands, usually considered quite permissive with a relatively laissez-faire attitude, is employing stricter flavour bans in an attempt to curb youth vaping ...

While growth in e-cigarettes slows, other tobacco alternatives are catching up fast

Written by Freddie Dawson | 18th January 2023

ECigIntelligence predicted a year ago that increasing restrictions and taxes on vaping products would drive more users to other tobacco alternatives in 2022. And it does appear that this has been the case ...

Tighter regulations and flavour ban impact Chinese vape companies

Written by ECigIntelligence | 13th January 2023

The number of companies involved in the Chinese vaping market may be far lower than previously thought, with some having left the market and others never having been active at all ...

Health warning: ‘scientific research’ so bad it should never have been published

Written by Barnaby Page | 11th January 2023

There remains a worryingly large amount of research on vaping which makes casual, almost always negative, assumptions...and the occasional item which is so faulty it should never have been published at all ...

UK survey shows sharp rise in daily vapers, while smoking figures conflict

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 5th January 2023

There was a sharp rise in the number of daily vapers in Britain between 2020 and 2021 – particularly among men aged 25-34 – according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...

As cigarette smoking declines, cannabis rises – but where does vaping fit in?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 5th January 2023

Recent figures show young US adults are smoking less tobacco and using more cannabis – but is this cause-and-effect, and if so, where does vaping fit into the picture? ...

Where do we go now? ECigIntelligence’s guide to regulation expected in 2023

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 3rd January 2023

Disposables and youth vaping are likely to be the major themes for vaping in the year ahead, affecting debates on matters such as taxes, flavour bans and environmental measures ...

Podcast: Vaping market in German-speaking countries and following coming legal developments

Written by ECigIntelligence | 20th December 2022

ECigIntelligence legal analyst Fernanda Tucunduva talks to podcast host Antonia Di Lorenzo about the vaping market in German-speaking countries across Europe and following coming legal developments. Fernanda talks about the vaping industry in countries like...

E-cigs and ethics – why the pros and the antis need to find some common ground

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th December 2022

Some countries, and millions of users are making headway in replacing combustible tobacco with safer alternatives…but what’s holding back the others? Are the products themselves the problem, or is it a matter of perception? ...

Italy’s new government scraps planned increases in e-liquid excise duties

Written by Freddie Dawson | 8th December 2022

Excise duties on cigarettes in Italy will increase from 1st January, while those on heated tobacco and e-liquids will not rise at the rate previously laid out, under the new Italian government’s 2023 Budget Bill. The newly...

The family doctor who gives cigarettes to his 14-year-old son to stop him vaping

Written by Aidan Semmens | 6th December 2022

Should e-cigarettes be prescribed to help smokers quit? One Australian family doctor has bizarrely turned the question on its head, asking: Should cigarettes be prescribed to help vapers quit? ...

Vaping ‘within five minutes of waking’ – the truth behind the click-bait headlines

Written by Aidan Semmens | 23rd November 2022

The magazine headline said: “More Teens Are Vaping Within 5 Minutes of Waking”. So where does that attention-grabbing line come from, what does it really reveal – and whose line is it anyway? ...

Tighter controls at home may encourage Chinese e-cig firms to focus on exports

Written by Freddie Dawson | 17th November 2022

Domestic tax provisions and tightened regulations have led to Chinese e-cigarette brands looking to new international markets as higher prices and flavour limits mean fewer vapers at home, according to experts ...