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Juul Labs and its former investor Altria have reached a settlement with the US state of Minnesota over Juul’s alleged deceptive marketing of e-cigarettes and supposed role in encouraging youth vaping
A lawsuit against Juul Labs’ alleged involvement in youth vaping in the US state of Minnesota has gone to trial, with both Juul and Altria denying any intention to “push products on Minnesota kids”
Legislation moving through the legislature in the US state of Minnesota seeks to ban the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes and could increase both wholesale and retail taxes on vapour devices
World No Tobacco Day provides an opportunity to consider the approach that public health authorities, policymakers, and advocates around the world have towards the role of tobacco-alternatives products
Minnesota and Oklahoma have adopted laws raising the legal age to purchase tobacco and vapour products to 21, bringing to 26 the number of US states to have taken similar measures
News that an unexplained lung condition affecting more than 100 Americans is being linked to vaping could hardly have come at a worse time for the beleaguered e-cig sector
The Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act (MCIAA) and a series of amendments that include e-cigarettes became effective from 1st August with the aim to “protect humans” from second-hand cigarette smoke from combustibles and aerosol from e-cigarettes, vaporisers, and e-hookah devices.
This week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed a memo in opposition to a motion for a summary judgment in US District Court in Maryland for a lawsuit against the tobacco deeming extensions. The lawsuit arose from the FDA s defence of its extension of the initial deeming rule compliance deadlines.
Commissioner Gottlieb seemingly wants to streamline the premarket approval process
The Minnesota House of Representatives is considering a bill that would clean up the definition of “wholesale sales price” as it relates to e-cigarettes, affecting state taxes
Totally Wicked has decided to not close its business in the US, following the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to postpone important compliance deadlines.
A new $50m youth anti-smoking campaign funded by American pharmacy chain CVS is to target e-cigarettes as well as conventional tobacco products.
U.S. software company Avalara is offering what it claims to be the first tax compliance package specifically for the e-cigarette industry. Could it herald more support products from companies looking to the sector as an opportunity?
Vape shops in the U.S. are growing concerned about increasing e-cigarette regulation at state and municipal level.
Introduction • Age restrictions • Public place usage • Tax policy • Packaging/warning labels • Other regulatory measures
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is this week again hoping to gather more insight on e-cigarettes as it ponders the final form of its deeming regulations.
Regulators should err on the side of caution when deciding e-cigarette regulations concerning children and pregnant women, U.S. public-health officials have been told.
Governments around the world are waking up to the potential of taxing e-cigarettes, according to a new report from ECigIntelligence.
Nearly 20% of middle and high school students in Minnesota have tried vaping, a proportion about three times higher than the national average – but the public health researchers who produced the figure have cautioned against assuming that it represents a major problem for the state.
The U.S. cities of Minneapolis and Baltimore have joined the likes of Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia by banning the use of e-cigarettes in most indoor public places, while Boulder is considering an outdoor ban.
Law-makers in North Carolina are set to approve legislation imposing a tax on e-cigarettes far lower than that levied on conventional cigarettes.
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