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Infographic: deeming regulations compliance for existing products

Written by Barnaby Page | 20th May 2016

Infographic showing compliance dates for existing e-cigarette and ENDS products under the new FDA deeming...

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Right on deadline, Ireland transposes the TPD

Written by Barnaby Page | 20th May 2016

The Republic of Ireland has succeeded in transposing the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) at the eleventh hour, with recently-appointed health minister Simon Harris signing the necessary regulations to come into force...

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The TPD: access all our latest news, reports and trackers

Written by Barnaby Page | 20th May 2016

This page provides you with links to all ECigIntelligence coverage of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) since 1st January this...

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Almost half of member states are late with TPD transposition

Written by Barnaby Page | 20th May 2016

Nearly half of EU member states look likely to miss today’s deadline for fully transposing the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) into local...

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What it means for business: a non-lawyer’s guide to TPD compliance

Written by Barnaby Page | 20th May 2016

We summarise the essential requirements of the EU Tobacco Products Directive for e-cigarette...

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The EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD): essential facts

Written by Barnaby Page | 19th May 2016

Essential facts about the new EU Tobacco Products Directive and its rules for e-cigarettes, which come into practical effect on 20th May...

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The new deeming regulations: all our stories so far

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th May 2016

This page provides you with links to all ECigIntelligence coverage of the U.S. deeming regulations published on 5th...

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Thoughtful, puritanical, or just plain “huh”? How the media reacted

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th May 2016

U.S. media reactions to the new deeming rule ran the gamut from praise for an FDA which had produced “sensible regulations”, to damning criticism for an agency which will supposedly do more to promote smoking...

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Deeming regulations: no more store-branded e-liquids?

Written by Barnaby Page | 6th May 2016

The era of vape stores producing their own e-liquids is likely to come to an end after the introduction of the deeming regulations in the U.S., the agency responsible for them predicts. The Food and...

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The deeming regulations and the TPD: restrictive in different ways

Written by Barnaby Page | 6th May 2016

While the U.S. deeming regulations and the EU’s TPD will come into effect almost simultaneously this summer, bringing some regulatory consistency and clarity to the world’s largest e-cigarette markets, their approaches could hardly be more...

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Washington reaction: “mystery chemicals” and “over-reach”

Written by Jim Myers | 6th May 2016

Several members of Congress welcomed what they view as a long-overdue rule by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate e-cigarettes, but the initial responses also provided another opportunity for Democrats and Republicans...

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Deeming regulations: mixed views from industry, health experts

Written by Freddie Dawson | 6th May 2016

Initial industry reaction broke down largely along expected lines - with many of the usual faces popping in with early assessments. Further reaction is expected as more people get to grips with the massive U.S....

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FDA faced hard decisions, criticism in crafting regulations

Written by Barnaby Page | 5th May 2016

Striving for science-based policy-making in the deeming regulations, the FDA faced a tough task in attempting to corral the rapidly-developing and often contradictory data on e-cigarettes at the same time as it was dealing with...

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Deeming regulations published – the key points

Written by Barnaby Page | 5th May 2016

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today published its long-awaited deeming rule that bring e-cigarettes under federal regulation for the first...

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European court upholds TPD, dismisses all arguments

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th May 2016

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has ruled against the British e-cigarette company Totally Wicked in its quest to overturn article 20 of the EU Tobacco Products Directive...

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New e-cig design gets round TPD’s tank size limits

Written by Freddie Dawson | 2nd May 2016

E-cigarette designers may have found a way around the restrictions on maximum e-liquid tank size in the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive...

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E-cigs deserve support, urges UK’s Royal College of Physicians

Written by Barnaby Page | 28th April 2016

Regulation of e-cigarettes should encourage vaping and reflect its low risk compared with smoking, Britain’s Royal College of Physicians (RCP) says...

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Final text of UK’s TPD transposition: online sales survive

Written by Barnaby Page | 22nd April 2016

The British government has transposed the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) with minimal additional restrictions, as predicted by...

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Is there still hope for Spanish online retailers?

Written by Barnaby Page | 22nd April 2016

The future of retail channels in the Spanish e-cigarette market may hang in the balance as the government approaches a final decision on whether to prohibit online sales, according to a new ECigIntelligence...

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Britain and the U.S.: separated by attitudes to nicotine?

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th April 2016

Differing views of nicotine in Britain and the U.S. may underlie a sharp contrast in official attitudes toward e-cigarettes, according to a group of public-health...