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Podcast: Global predictions and analysis of the e-cigarette sector for 2021

Written by ECigIntelligence | 22nd January 2021

Tim Phillips, ECigIntelligence's managing director, joins Jon Bruford to discuss the key developments coming up in 2021 and the drivers that shape the market ...

New powers in Washington suggest a whole new world for US vapour

Written by Aidan Semmens | 22nd January 2021

Will a new political era in the US mean a new regulatory landscape for e-cigarettes? ...

Is it just coincidence that as youth vaping rises, cigarette smoking declines?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 15th January 2021

How do levels of youth vaping relate to smoking levels? This question goes right to the heart of attitudes and policy on e-cigarettes ...

Italy’s budget brings in new taxes on
e-liquids, with and without nicotine

Written by ECigIntelligence | 5th January 2021

Italy has entered 2021 with new excise duties on e-liquids after the Senate passed the 2021 Budget law (Legge di bilancio) ...

2020: the year of flavour bans, Juul cases, taxation, China – and that other thing

Written by Aidan Semmens | 30th December 2020

Who isn’t glad to see the back of 2020? ECigIntelligence looks back on what a generally cataclysmic year has meant for the world of e-cigarettes, from flavour bans to taxation, with Juul in the dock...

UK healthcare products agency ready to take over e-cigarette notifications

Written by ECigIntelligence | 28th December 2020

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is on course to take charge of new e-cigarette product notifications in England, Scotland and Wales from 1st January, when Britain will officially no longer be...

So what’s so wrong with vaping flavours? Chocolate or banana, anyone?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 19th December 2020

The real danger in e-liquid flavours may not be a question of who they appeal to, but of what they do to the user’s lungs ...

Looming threat for China’s vape industry

Written by Judit | 17th December 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE China’s e-cigarette industry at mercy of sceptical government Beijing’s attitude could make or break growing vape sector in China Tougher official action on e-cigarettes could hit China’s growing e-cigarette market in the...

China’s e-cig market faces the possible threat of a government change of heart

Written by ECigIntelligence | 16th December 2020

A major new report from ECigIntelligence examines the Chinese vapour market and finds it could be threatened by a possible government crackdown – and the spectre of a takeover by the giant China Tobacco monopoly...

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 ...