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Roll over, Altria: British American Tobacco bids to buy Reynolds

Written by Barnaby Page | 21st October 2016

Barely a year after the Reynolds American takeover of Lorillard, the U.S. tobacco industry may face another upheaval as British American Tobacco (BAT) bids to buy Reynolds...

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Opinion: e-cig fears smoulder, but who remembers hoverboards?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 19th October 2016

Recent news reports have lambasted hoverboards over safety concerns - prompting multiple retailers to drop listings. But is the threat over-rated? There are some striking similarities to similar news reports on e-cigarettes....

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Infographic: U.S. state legislatures focus on key e-cigarette issues

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th October 2016

State legislatures in the U.S. continue to have numerous e-cigarette-related bills placed before them. Totting up the topics of those proposed laws reveals that some issues remain major concerns at state level, while others...

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Deeming regulations make card payments difficult for online sellers

Written by Barnaby Page | 7th October 2016

U.S. businesses selling e-cigarettes and other vaping products online can expect to be hard hit by new rules governing the processing of credit card...

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TPD poses tricky problems for small vape retailers in Netherlands

Written by Barnaby Page | 6th October 2016

The e-cigarette market in the Netherlands faces a serious challenge adapting to the requirements of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), as small specialist retailers try to cope with advertising restrictions, e-liquid regulations and age...

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Croatia ready to pass public use ban, tighten rules on advertising

Written by Barnaby Page | 4th October 2016

Croatia is to make it illegal to vape in bars, restaurants, public transport and other public...

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Bidis and illegal tobacco add up to an unusual challenge in India

Written by Barnaby Page | 4th October 2016

India’s largely undeveloped e-cigarette market has growth potential, but tobacco remains cheap and highly competitive, with a significant black...

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European e-cig firms face complex point-of-sale marketing rules

Written by Freddie Dawson | 26th September 2016

A new report shows how different point of sale advertising restrictions are in six EU member states....

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NJOY files for bankruptcy, blaming poor sales and compliance costs

Written by Barnaby Page | 20th September 2016

NJOY, one of the best-known and longest-established U.S. e-cigarette makers, has filed for...

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Opinion: fear of innovation will hit e-cigs as hard as aspartame

Written by Freddie Dawson | 5th September 2016

Will e-cigarettes face the same battle of public opinion as the sugar substitute aspartame?...

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Smoking, vaping, free will, demonic possession and tax

Written by Barnaby Page | 2nd September 2016

Nearly all smokers would be better off moving to lower-risk alternatives than giving up nicotine completely; taxing e-cigs has no rational justification; society should be prepared for more non-smokers to take up vaping; and tobacco...

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U.S. policy wrong on vaping and nicotine, says study

Written by Freddie Dawson | 2nd September 2016

A new study shows that youth e-cig users in the U.S. vape for flavours and not nicotine. The result has serious implications for future policy making decisions and justifications....

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The EU’s TPD: latest news, reports and trackers

Written by Freddie Dawson | 31st August 2016

This page provides an updated repository for all major ECigIntelligence articles, reports and database trackers concerning the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) going back to 4th July 2016. Older articles dating to the start of the...

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Deeming regs will drive consumers to black market, study predicts

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th August 2016

A majority of U.S. vapers will turn to the black market if new federal regulations result in their preferred products being withdrawn, research...

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New TPD guide provides detailed state-by-state regulatory guidance

Written by Freddie Dawson | 10th August 2016

A new guide from ECigIntelligence provides an in-depth state-by-state guide to EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) implementation....

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Child-proofing required immediately in the U.S.

Written by Barnaby Page | 25th July 2016

Countless bottles of e-liquid stocked by U.S. vape stores will unexpectedly become illegal tomorrow, following a U.S. federal agency’s last-minute decision to reinterpret the rules on...

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E-cigs on Twitter: negative sentiment versus enthusiastic bots

Written by Freddie Dawson | 21st July 2016

A new study has found that Twitter messages have grown more negative in outlook over time and that a significant amount of the content is automatically generated....

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E-cigs “could cut smoking deaths by 20%”, statistical model suggests

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th July 2016

A scientific paper published today suggests that e-cigarettes could cut smoking-related deaths in the U.S. by more than 20%, based on a statistical model of how people smoke and...

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No summer break for FDA’s lawyers as deeming cases mount up

Written by Freddie Dawson | 12th July 2016

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this summer faces a welter of lawsuits against its deeming regulations, all of which have some features in common but also employ slightly different strategies in attacking the...

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Video presentation: disharmony and the EU TPD

Written by Barnaby Page | 30th June 2016

At June’s Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw, ECigIntelligence editorial director Barnaby Page took a look at some of the inconsistencies that are emerging in European regulation of e-cigarettes despite the standardisation imposed by the EU...