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More U.S. high schoolers vape, but adoption rate is slowing

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th November 2014

Vaping among U.S. schoolkids is in the news again, but the rate of increase in take-up of e-cigarettes appears to have...

E-cig fire scare: the 1% reality behind the British headlines

Written by Freddie Dawson | 11th November 2014

The British media has been busy recently with reports of fires caused by e-cigarettes. But do the numbers support the...

Regulation and manufacturing highlighted at European events

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th November 2014

When policy-makers, scientists and health professionals gather in the august halls of London’s Royal Society for the E-Cigarette Summit this Thursday, it will be just the start of a busy conference season in...

Could Republicans’ triumph mean a gentler ride for e-cigs?

Written by Jim Myers | 6th November 2014

Republicans’ historic victory this week in taking the U.S. mid-term elections’ big prize – control of the Senate – could have a significant impact on the e-cigarette industry’s relationship with Congress, as power shifts to...

Local politican proposes to ban cherry and orange in Big Apple

Written by Freddie Dawson | 31st October 2014

The tempestuous relationship between New York City and e-cigarettes is continuing with the introduction of a bill that would ban flavoured e-cigs and...

UK e-cig market preparing for dual-track regulation in 2015

Written by Freddie Dawson | 30th October 2014

British plans for comprehensive legislation on e-cigarettes could be published as early as January 2015, according to a new report from...

Thanks to tanks, U.S. e-cig sales are even higher than believed

Written by Barnaby Page | 27th October 2014

The U.S. e-cigarette market is worth more than previously estimated, thanks in part to increased growth in sales of refillable tank systems, according to new research from...

Big Tobacco continues its race for the loyalty of U.S. vapers

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th October 2014

Reynolds American and Lorillard, the two U.S. tobacco giants expected to merge next year, both expressed great expectations for e-cigs in announcing their latest quarterly...

E-cigs’ positive YouTube image “could influence young people”

Written by Freddie Dawson | 20th October 2014

The portrayal of e-cigarettes on YouTube is overwhelmingly positive, with only 2% of videos on the sharing site depicting the products in a negative light, according to a new report published by BMC Public...

Planned e-cig usage study provokes battle of words

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th October 2014

A row between public health academics and one of America’s biggest vaper organisations has highlighted divisions of opinion on how e-cigarette use should be...

Judge agrees that e-cig firm can dispute EU regulations in court

Written by Barnaby Page | 7th October 2014

A British e-cigarette maker has won the right to challenge the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) at the EU’s main...

A tale of two tank markets: success in U.S., woes in Spain

Written by Barnaby Page | 6th October 2014

The differing fortunes of e-cigarettes in two major markets are highlighted by new ECigIntelligence research, showing that while tank systems are taking off dramatically in the U.S. they have fallen...

E-cigarette experts at expos unclear but upbeat

Written by Freddie Dawson | 2nd October 2014

Paris and Las Vegas: ECigIntelligence director, Tim Phillips recently chaired the E-cig Vegas: Industry Conference discussion panels where experts debated the current business climate in the sector, the upcoming Food and...

Media release misrepresented researchers’ cancer findings

Written by Marc Beishon | 29th September 2014

A science publisher’s own publicity for a research article on e-cigarettes and cancer has been criticised for suggesting conclusions unjustified by the data. For a recent paper in the John...

Workplace tobacco bans should apply to e-cigs too, CDC told

Written by Barnaby Page | 22nd September 2014

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been asked to recommend e-cigarette bans in American...

Four in five British youngsters say they wouldn’t try vaping

Written by Barnaby Page | 18th September 2014

About one in 50 British teens uses e-cigarettes regularly, but there seems little interest in the products among non-smoking minors, according to new...

Public health leader resigns after Twitter outburst at vapers

Written by Freddie Dawson | 15th September 2014

A British government health adviser has been forced to resign after a Twitter tirade at his opponents in an argument about...

UK pharma regulator approves cigarette-like vapour device

Written by Barnaby Page | 12th September 2014

Britain’s medicines regulator has issued a product licence for the nicotine inhaler Voke, which will be sold by British American Tobacco’s subsidiary Nicoventures and looks likely to be the closest pharmaceutically-approved competitor to the...

Foe of light-touch regulation takes Europe’s top health role

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th September 2014

The top health position in the European Commission has gone to a politician who strongly advocated that e-cigarettes be treated as...

Study hints at low wages, high appetite for fun among vapers

Written by Barnaby Page | 28th August 2014

Is the typical American vaper a young, divorced father with a bar-hopping habit, prog-rock tastes and not much of a...