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Podcast: E-cigarettes in China: market, regulation and outlook

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th December 2020

China’s domestic e-cigarette market has quietly grown to become the world’s third largest by value. With relatively low vaping prevalence, high smoking rates, and a huge population, it has significant potential for further growth. But...

Does the coronavirus pandemic signal the end of the youth vaping ‘epidemic’?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 12th December 2020

Has the pandemic brought an end to the so-called epidemic of teen vaping? Is it even the beginning of the end? It’s too complex and too early to tell for sure ...

Why the US vapour industry should fasten its seat-belts for a bumpy ride

Written by Aidan Semmens | 5th December 2020

Everyone from Big Tobacco to the small vape store will have a keen eye on who president-elect Joe Biden picks to be the next chief of the FDA, the US agency with responsibility for regulating...

Poor reporting, not COVID, was biggest threat to vape stores in 2020

Written by Judit | 30th November 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Inaccurate reporting hurt businesses more than pandemic did, say US vape stores Survey reveals that hysteria over lung disease was the biggest factor in declining sales US vape stores have had a...

E-cigarettes and the young – does anyone have a sure way to keep them apart?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 29th November 2020

It’s the question that goes right to heart of e-cigarette regulation – and anxiety about it – all across the world: How can e-cigarettes be kept out of the hands of young people? ...

Vaping product trends in the US

Written by ECigIntelligence | 19th November 2020

Carlo Infurna Wangüemert, market analyst, presented vaping product trends in the US at Vape Live during VOXPO – Virtual Online Vape & CBD Expo on 19th November. He analysed the changes in flavour and nicotine...

Are China’s privately owned e-cigarette businesses living on borrowed time?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 16th November 2020

While small private enterprises may be allowed – even encouraged – to thrive, there is always the chance that too rapid growth may provoke the state corporation to move in ...

Opinion: ECigIntelligence smells a rat in bad science on e-cigs and COVID-19

Written by Marc Beishon | 9th November 2020

Marc Beishon, former editor of New Scientist magazine, takes recent examples of bad science to task for misrepresenting the supposed dangers of e-cigarettes, including unfounded links with COVID-19 ...

Vape industry warns of 50% sales drop as second lockdown begins in England

Written by ECigIntelligence | 5th November 2020

Industry insiders have called for vape stores to be classed as essential outlets as all non-essential shops in England are ordered to close for a month under the terms of the country’s second lockdown ...

If Biden wins, will a new administration be bad news for the US vapour industry?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 30th October 2020

Will a Biden victory spell tougher times for the US e-cigarette industry? The short and obvious is: probably. But of course it’s more complicated than that ...

Why taxing e-liquids may not be quite such a bad thing for the vapour trade

Written by Aidan Semmens | 24th October 2020

Can a tax on e-liquids actually help the e-cigarette industry? It sounds counter-intuitive even to suggest that’s possible ...

If there’s a scientific consensus on e-cigs, it may not be quite what you think

Written by Aidan Semmens | 16th October 2020

Is there a scientific consensus on the harmfulness of e-cigarettes? The latest review of the best science on the subject suggests that certain widely-held views don't have the evidence behind them ...

Rebellious youth and the psychology that makes ‘dangerous’ vaping so alluring

Written by Aidan Semmens | 12th October 2020

Is youth vaping a typical passing teenage fad? If we’re to believe the self-styled “#1 site for moms seeking advice, community, and entertainment”, the answer would appear to be yes ...

‘Must do better’ – tobacco companies score poorly in harm reduction exam

Written by Aidan Semmens | 2nd October 2020

We’re told repeatedly that the whole point of e-cigarettes is to reduce harm from smoking – so how are we doing in terms of harm reduction? ...

Law firm pits Juul against RICO – an act that was designed to bring down the Mob

Written by Aidan Semmens | 25th September 2020

How can a charge originally designed to take on America’s organised crime families be applied to Juul’s alleged targeting of teenagers? ...

‘Vapour’ or ‘chemicals’: do the words used to describe vaping alter risk perception?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 21st September 2020

A widely reported university study has called for the terminology of vaping to be more accurate – but how accurate is the language of the study itself? ...

An insight into how COVID-19 influences the nicotine market – where are we now?

Written by Judit | 18th September 2020

Our managing director, Tim Phillips, recently discussed how COVID-19 influences the nicotine market at the Nicotine Cannabis Strategies Europe, which took place online on 10th September. Tim presents the COVID-19 and EVALI impact on the...

How EVALI, and the way it was reported, damaged perceptions of vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence | 18th September 2020

Many smokers believe vaping is at least as harmful as combustible cigarettes, despite e-cigarettes’ lower production of toxicants and carcinogens; researchers in England have been examining why ...

COVID-19 restrictions delay EU scientific evidence on e-cigs and TPD revision

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 17th September 2020

The scientific committee of the European Commission is to delay delivery of its conclusions on vaping, which will inform the impact assessment on the revision of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...

As PMTA deadline passes, is it the point of no return for vaping in the US?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 11th September 2020

Is this week’s PMTA deadline the beginning of the end for the US vaping industry? No – but it’s probably the end of the beginning ...