Regulatory and market intelligence for the e-cigarette sector
E-cigarette products marketed in South Korea must now meet new packaging requirements, including disturbing new graphic warnings – but the threat of big tax rises has been set aside for now
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 and China on the rise
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
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 it is also a market that faces challenges unlike any other, most notably the presence of a tobacco monopoly whose […]
New legislation tabled in the New Brunswick provincial legislature to ban flavours in e-liquids has caused alarm among Canada’s vaping industry
Japan Tobacco (JT) has launched in the domestic market a new tobacco-infused vapour device “Ploom TECH+ with” a few days after the manufacturer posted less revenue for its reduce-risk portfolio in the third quarter of the year
Regulators need to consider the risks of the precautionary measures they implement, and not just the risks they are trying to avoid, according to researchers studying Australian e-cigarette regulation
Pharmacists across Australia are waiting for more details after the announcement by the country’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) that they would be exclusive distributors of prescribed e-cigarettes
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 market and on Europe in general, plus some other European developments from this year. He also provides an overview of […]
British Columbia’s vaping industry is scrambling after the western Canadian province recently announced new regulations amid the prediction that the new rules could lead to shortages of some e-liquids
Sales of closed-system e-cigarettes in South Korea were down by 80% in the first half of 2020, a fall attributed by the government to its own ongoing policy efforts to discourage vaping
New restrictions on e-cigarette promotion and advertising are coming into force today in Canada and the vaping industry is getting ready to comply with another change in the federal legislation
Chinese vaping manufacturer Smoore believes that the good round of investment that the company got after being officially listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange a month ago prove its “financial strength”
Our managing director, Tim Phillips, recently discussed how the 2019 US developments will impact the global vape market at the Global Forum on Nicotine, which took place online on 11th and 12th June. He explored the US vape crisis, its background, current status and impact. Tim presented the market growth estimations post-EVALI, their impact on […]
The enforcement of the ban issued in China in late 2019 that prohibits the online sales of e-cigarettes as well as vaping advertising has proven relatively ineffective, ECigIntelligence has found
Our host for today’s podcast is Tim Phillips, the founder and managing director of ECigIntelligence, who presents a year overview and analysis of the regulatory path in the e-cigarette sector
Japan Tobacco (JT) is cutting the price of its Ploom Tech and Ploom Tech+ hybrid devices from 1st February as it continues to lag behind its chief Big Tobacco competitors in its home market
Juul Labs has halted production of most of its flavoured vaping pods in Canada in anticipation of imminent plans by federal authorities to enact stricter regulations on vaping products
The recent highly publicised outbreak of vape-related lung illness in the US appears to have had a damaging impact on the vaping business in South Africa, despite the strength of the market
The South Korean Board of Audit and Inspection says it tested ten e-liquids labelled as having less than 1% nicotine and found half of them in fact contained more than that
Our host for today’s podcast is Tim Phillips, the founder and managing director of ECigIntelligence, who presents a year overview and analysis of the regulatory path in the e-cigarette sector
Late November saw British American Tobacco (BAT) launch its “most advanced” heated tobacco product in South Korea – during a critical political period in which the government has taken a harsh stance towards vaping and heat-not-burn (HnB) products.
Cannabis vaping products won’t be legally available in Canada’s second-largest province “for the time being” after a decision by the Quebec government-owned cannabis monopoly
Chinese e-cigarette companies have been caught in the country’s first civil court case for allegedly claiming that their vaping products pose no or little harm to people’s health
Four major convenience store chains in South Korea are to suspend sales of some flavoured e-cigarettes after the government announced it is carrying out an assessment of possible health effects
Falling sales of Japan Tobacco’s heated tobacco device Ploom Tech have hit the company’s total revenue from reduced risk products, which fell by JPY7.1bn ($65.7m) to JPY17.8bn ($164.6m) in Q3 2019
Philip Morris International (PMI) has posted an 84.8% year-on-year increase in heated tobacco shipments in the third quarter of 2019 to nearly 16bn units, while its shipments of conventional cigarettes went down by 5.9%
Organisers of a major vape trade show to be held in Dubai next year fear the introduction of a “sin tax” on e-cigarettes in the United Arab Emirates will hit a market that was only legalised in April
South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has approved a merger between British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) and the country’s leading e-cigarette manufacturer, Twisp
British American Tobacco (BAT) has launched Glo Sens in Korea, a new hybrid pod product which combines vaping technology with real tobacco.