Regulatory and market intelligence for the e-cigarette sector
All of our European-related business news briefings can be found on this page. Whether it is recent news and updates relating to specific companies and organisations, retail and market-related news or new technology and innovation within Europe, you will be able to easily locate it here.
British e-cigarette companies can expect an array of new scientific and quality-control costs after the official launch today of the publicly available specification (PAS) for e-cig manufacture and testing from the British Standards Institution (BSI).
ECigIntelligence next month launches ECigIntelligence Platinum, the most comprehensive package of regulatory and business information available for the e-cigarette market anywhere in the world.
European consumers see TV ads for e-cigarettes nearly as often as point-of-sale promotions, but there is a significant divide between east and west in terms of frequency and impact, according to a new report.
Awareness and use of e-cigarettes in the EU continues to grow, leading to a 10% success rate amongst users attempting to quit conventional tobacco. But health concerns are increasing too.
More evidence is emerging to suggest that e-cigarettes are taking market share away from smoking cessation products in Europe.
Polish vape retailers believe the country’s e-cigarette market is growing thanks to higher awareness of the category, perception of e-cigs as a healthier alternative to tobacco, and the freedom to vape where smoking is prohibited. But how long will that last?
Taxation of e-cigarettes in Portugal will hold back market growth and drive consumers online, although its effects have yet to be fully felt, the local industry believes.
Both smokers and non-smokers in Britain are becoming increasingly concerned by the health effects of e-cigarettes, even as vaping grows in popularity, according to new research.
We review the top e-cigarette industry, policy and science stories of recent weeks.
How do the costs of vaping and smoking compare around Europe? Our data shows the typical extra cost of a pack of cigarettes, compared with 10ml of e-liquid, in major European markets.
Approval of an e-cigarette by a medical licensing body could have even more impact on the sector than the much-discussed EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) implementation, according to Nerudia, a consultancy and nicotine science company.
The Spanish e-cigarette sector has hit bottom and is stabilising again, vape store owners believe, but they expect little or no improvement over the coming year.
Vape stores did not escape the epidemic of small-business failures in France last year, but there are still positive signs of life in the sector and it can survive by differentiating itself from non-specialist retailers, according to a new report.
Imperial Tobacco’s Fontem Ventures does not plan to create a nicotine oral strip similar to Nicoccino’s, despite launching a new brand of caffeinated strip called Reon.
While delegates to this week’s World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Abu Dhabi presumably must decide which of the title’s categories e-cigarettes fall into, those who’ve missed it have another choice to make: just how many of the plethora of e-cig-related events in upcoming months they should attend. The conference in the United Arab […]
TV and radio advertising has a strong effect on consumers’ perceptions of e-cigarette safety, new research suggests.
E-cigarettes continue to take sales from nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products in the UK, according to new data.
As the change of seasons edged closer over February and early March, headlines in the e-cigarette sector were a sometimes confusing mix of storm clouds and sunshine.
The Danish government has drafted a bill which will allow e-cigarettes to be sold as consumer products – but which also introduces heavy restrictions on their design, marketing and use.
As counterfeiting and cloning become growing problems for the e-cigarette industry, one German-Russian supplier has issued a cease-and-desist notice to manufacturers and vendors which it claims are marketing rip-off products.
Vaping in France is largely an activity of younger people, according to new figures from government health researchers.
Philip Morris International (PMI) will next month launch Altria’s MarkTen cigalike in Spain, rebranded as Solaris.
The new tax regime now confirmed for e-cigarettes and e-liquid in Italy is likely to double the price of some products and dramatically narrow the gap with tobacco.
A flurry of health scares about vaping in the mainstream media has seemed to gather force in recent months. But they do not always accurately represent the science.
As U.S. tobacco firm Lorillard enters what seem likely to be its last months of independence, executives may be feeling a little relief that the Blu e-cigarette brand will soon be off their hands.
Big Tobacco continues to push ahead with e-cigarettes and other mass-market reduced-risk products around the world: just in recent days, Philip Morris International (PMI), Imperial Tobacco and Japan Tobacco have all outlined plans to develop their product offerings.
The latest analyses of the U.S. and UK e-cigarette markets have put new brands on top. Who leads two of the most important e-cig markets in the world?
ECigIntelligence looks back at the e-cigarette stories of the last month that you can’t afford to miss.
The Netherlands will next month become the first country in the European Union to start enforcing legislation that has been enacted in anticipation of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD).
Are e-cigs and other tobacco substitutes welcome on passenger planes? Are they a danger, an infringement of near-universal strict rules against in-flight smoking, or a benign product that passengers might appreciate?
New exclusive report: E-cigarettes in China: market, regulation and outlook
Looking for market trends and commercial opportunities in one of the fastest-growing e-cigarette markets in the world? If you want to identify the latest trends developing in the Chinese e-cigarette market, and ensure that products and business activities are fully compliant with Chinese regulation, then this new report is for you!
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