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    Korean tobacco giant prepares to enter competitive HnB market

    5th July 2017 | News analysis |

    South Korea’s largest tobacco manufacturer, KT&G, is to start selling a new heat-not-burn (HnB) product, in direct competition with PMI’s iQOS and BAT’s Glo devices

    South America - Douglas Fernandes

    Despite official bans, South America has great market potential for e-cigs

    29th June 2017 | News analysis |

    E-cigarettes, banned throughout most of South America, could nevertheless be taken up rapidly across the continent, according to a senior public health policy expert on the region.

    Singapore - Marek Kubica

    Singapore plans to close a loophole and ban e-cigarettes completely

    21st June 2017 | News analysis |

    Adding to existing restrictions, a new proposal to prohibit imports, possession and use seems likely to be passed by Singaporean legislators.

    Canada’s e-cigarette bill moves closer to becoming law at last

    12th June 2017 | News analysis |

    The bill which should at last give Canada a clear regulatory framework for e-cigarettes has passed through the Senate and now needs only the official approval of the House of Commons to become law.

    E-cig bans ‘break world trade rules’, Global Forum to be told

    9th June 2017 | News analysis |

    Trade barriers against e-cigarettes, or the outright banning of vapour products, contravene world trading regulations, next week’s Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw will hear.

    New Zealand ready to allow e-cigs but still stands firm against HnB

    7th June 2017 | News analysis |

    New Zealand looks set to amend the law to allow nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be sold in the country – but not to permit HnB products.

    iQOS 2 - PMI

    iQOS is given a warm welcome to South Africa by potential rivals

    25th May 2017 | Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

    The launch of PMI’s heated tobacco device iQOS in South Africa has had a positive reaction even from potential competitors, who hope it will increase general awareness of alternatives to combustible cigarettes.

    Tedros Adhanom handed influential role of WHO director general

    24th May 2017 | News analysis |

    Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been named as the next director general of the World Health Organization, a role with huge influence on governments around the world, and therefore on the potential future of e-cigarette regulation.

    Philippines - Bernard Spragg

    Philippines smoking ban doesn’t apply to e-cigs – but rules are coming

    24th May 2017 | News analysis |

    A new ban on public smoking in the Philippines will not include e-cigarettes – contrary to initial reports. Moves remain ongoing, however, to bring some regulation to a currently all but unregulated market.

    PMI faces legal challenge to its right to sell iQOS in New Zealand

    23rd May 2017 | News analysis |

    Philip Morris International (PMI) has run into legal trouble in New Zealand, where the health ministry has taken the company to court for attempting to sell its iQOS heat-not-burn device in the country.

    Australian fine - Vagawi

    Lawyers’ warning after Aussie court fines e-cig firms over claims in ads

    18th May 2017 | Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

    An Australian Federal Court decision against three e-cigarette retailers has added a note of caution but little clarity to what companies can say or do on their websites.

    Twisp website product selection - Twisp

    South African company told: prove safety claim for every e-cig model

    18th May 2017 | Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

    Companies looking to use health claims in South African e-cigarette advertising must present robust scientific data for every device, according to a new ruling.

    Some Japanese quit with e-cigs, but most prefer willpower

    16th May 2017 | News analysis |

    E-cigarettes are more popular than they are successful as smoking cessation aids in Japan, according to a recent study which suggests they should therefore “not be recommended or promoted”.

    Fear of future regulation hangs over South Africa’s growing market

    12th May 2017 | News analysis |

    South Africa has a growing e-cigarette market driven by rising health concerns and a parity between conventional and electronic cigarette pricing. But potential regulation casts a dark cloud on the horizon.

    Convicted Indian e-cig seller could wait years for appeal to be heard

    8th May 2017 | News analysis |

    An Indian man convicted of selling e-cigarettes is out on bail awaiting an appeal and using that time to get on with his life.

    Zimbabwe’s impoverished tobacco farmers see salvation in e-liquids

    21st April 2017 | News analysis |

    Zimbabwe’s struggling tobacco farmers – particularly growers of lower quality tobacco – are pinning high hopes on nicotine extraction for e-liquids.

    Zimbabwe - Harvey Barrison

    Land of opportunity – but price and low web access hold Zimbabwe back

    6th April 2017 | News analysis |

    With limited internet access and low awareness, Zimbabwe’s nascent e-cig market is largely limited to the capital, Harare, but expansion is slowly underway.

    New Zealand - Bernard Spragg

    New Zealand to formally legalise e-cigs, but will ban much advertising

    29th March 2017 | Marketing & retailing , News analysis |

    The government of New Zealand has confirmed that it plans to legalise nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, and embed harm reduction concepts into law.

    Australia - Lenny K Photography

    Australia turns down appeal to reclassify nicotine for e-cigarette use

    23rd March 2017 | News analysis |

    Australia will not re-classify nicotine to allow the domestic sale of e-cigarettes, having refused to legalise nicotine-containing e-liquid despite appeals to support vaping for harm reduction.

    Proposed Taiwanese e-cigarette ban faces international criticism

    23rd March 2017 | News analysis |

    Taiwan’s proposed e-cigarette ban has been severely criticised by international legal experts on grounds of both public health and freedom of trade.

    Canada’s lawmakers accused of taking too strict line on e-cig ads

    15th March 2017 | News analysis |

    A Canadian libertarian group has objected that the country’s proposed e-cigarette legislation is too stringent, especially on the subject of advertising restrictions and treating e-cigs like tobacco.

    Taiwan - Bryan S J S

    Taiwan proposes total e-cigarette ban, despite hopes of lenient regime

    10th March 2017 | News analysis |

    Taiwan is proposing a full ban on e-cigarettes, but intervention by the World Trade Organization could interfere with that plan.

    2015 Portrait of Marama Fox - Wikimedia Commons

    Maori leader wants New Zealand to subsidise e-cigs for cessation

    6th March 2017 | News analysis |

    A New Zealand political party has proposed providing some form of subsidy for e-cigarettes in pursuit of the country’s goal of being smoke-free by 2025.

    Asia Pacific warms to heat-not-burn, but it’s not an easy road

    20th February 2017 | News analysis |

    Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris International are attempting to widen their distribution of heat-not-burn (HnB) products throughout Pacific Asia, but there have been problems along the way.

    L'il shop, Changsha, Hunan province

    China buys cheap, but higher prices bring higher returns

    10th February 2017 | News analysis |

    The most popular e-liquid products in China appear to be the cheapest ones, according to a new ECigIntelligence analysis of online pricing in the Chinese market.

    Hong Kong waterfront by Bernard Spragg

    Global Horizon joint venture could open up Chinese market to e-cigs

    31st January 2017 | News analysis |

    A new UK-Chinese joint venture could bring Blu to the Chinese domestic market. But are the pricing conditions favourable for such a move?

    WHO flag

    Whose WHO? Tobacco low on priority list for top job contenders

    20th January 2017 | News analysis |

    Tobacco regulation is not a stated priority for five of the six candidates who have been put forward to succeed Margaret Chan as director general of the World Health Organization (WHO).

    Three Malaysian ministries tasked with e-cig regulation - Michael Coghlan

    Three ministries’ three-year plan for Malaysian regulation

    12th January 2017 | News analysis |

    Malaysia at last has a plan for future e-cigarette regulation. Various duties have been given to three separate government ministries, which must now come back with firm proposals for implementation within the next three years.

    Taiwan braced for legal U-turn on nicotine vs non-nicotine

    20th December 2016 | News analysis |

    The legal status of e-cig products could be set for a radical overhaul in Taiwan, with nicotine-containing products becoming legal while nicotine-free products, currently widely available, are brought under pharmaceutical regulation.

    E-cig tax in doubt as India’s tobacco trade looks forward to regime change

    19th December 2016 | News analysis |

    India’s wide-ranging national tax reforms will considerably reduce the tax on tobacco in some states – good news for the country’s tobacco industry, but not necessarily for its struggling e-cigarette sector.

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