Regulatory and market intelligence for the e-cigarette sector
French standards body AFNOR has developed a standard for analysing e-cigarette emissions, which is likely to become widely adopted across Europe.
A new report shows how different point of sale advertising restrictions are in six EU member states.
Turkey is preventing its citizens from accessing the country’s most popular vaping forum, amid an apparent stiffening of e-cigarette policy.
A new study published in The BMJ by researchers at University College London tests the contentious view that e-cigs, far from aiding in smoking cessation, can in fact undermine motivation to quit.
New research from Konstantinos Farsalinos could help to counter the misinformation on vaping that has become common in Malaysian policy circles.
A new study investigating young people’s perceptions of vaping and smoking has generated dramatic media headlines in the UK despite the tentative nature of the research findings.
The Cochrane systematic review of e-cigarettes and smoking cessation has just been updated, but many may wonder why it has been done now, as there is little new to say.
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 year can be found on this summary page. Information preceding that can be located through the search facility or our archive of […]
The EU has begun infringement proceedings against the majority of its member states for either tardy or poor transposition of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) into national regulations.
New e-cigarette products could be launched on the French market sooner than expected, as the regulator temporarily trims the standard six-month notification period to three months.
The effects of nicotine remain a major focus for scientific researchers investigating e-cigarettes, as three new studies indicate.
Four out of ten English retailers are still unsure about age restrictions on e-cigarette products, according to a new review.
A new guide from ECigIntelligence provides an in-depth state-by-state guide to EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) implementation.
New advice from UK authorities advises consumers to switch from conventional smoking to vaping at home because of the reduced risk in fire as well as the health benefits for bystanders – particularly children.
A recent study and review by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands has brought to the fore questions regarding e-cigarette vapour testing methods and the possible health risks of passive vaping. The rationale for banning e-cigs in enclosed public places falls into two main camps: ‘renormalisation’ of smoking and […]
The UK will launch a consultation on taxation for heat-not-burn products later this year.
A newly-assembled team of mostly European scientists plans to combat misinformation about e-cigarettes in the media and the scientific world.
New guidance on public-vaping policies from Public Health England (PHE) provides a detailed rationale for allowing e-cigarette use even where smoking is forbidden.
What do you get when you take 20 smokers and 20 non-smokers, give them tobacco cigarettes to puff on, and then ask them to try e-cigs? A study from the Sapienza University of Rome is one of the few to look at the direct effects of e-cigarettes on the functioning of the human body.
A motion to record grievances over the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and its UK implementation failed in the British House of Lords.
Swedish Match is contesting the European Union’s ban on snus in court.
The Advertising Association in the UK has called for bans on e-cigarette advertising in various media to be lifted, while the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found no problem with an advertisement in the recent “Just you and Blu” campaign that appeared in the London Evening Standard.
New e-cigarette taxes are due to be introduced in Hungary and Slovenia, bringing to eight the number of European countries which impose special levies on the products.
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 Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). Here is his presentation.
However badly Britain’s skeptical Brexiters may feel the European Union has failed them, it appears to have delivered a big new prize to advocates of vaping: new research showing that 6.1m Europeans have given up smoking with the use of electronic cigarettes, with possibly the highest quit and reduction rates yet seen in a population survey.
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union following yesterday’s knife-edge referendum will have little immediate impact on either vapers or the industry.
The British Medical Association is going against the trend of UK professional medical bodies and sticking to a more sceptical line on e-cigarettes, backing a public vaping ban.
The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has been accused of ignoring its own founding document in taking a stance against e-cigarettes, as well as neglecting the governance principles of its ultimate parent the United Nations.
Two new studies have reached profoundly different conclusions on the relationship between e-cig usage by young people and their take-up up of conventional tobacco – differences that may be partially explained by one coming from the U.S. and one from the UK.
As Britain’s debate on whether to leave the European Union reaches fever pitch in anticipation of Thursday’s referendum, vapers and e-cigarette advocates are as divided as the split nation.
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