An operation by Trading Standards officers in the UK town of Plymouth found that 9 out of 15 retailers still sold e-cigarette products to customers under the age of 18.
A group of British vapers is convinced that voting to leave the European Union will save the industry and consumers from the looming Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and its restrictions on e-cigarettes.
A new survey from the UK’s Office of National Statistics has found that general awareness of e-cigs is high among the British population, but there is a significant number of smokers who refuse to consider even trying an e-cig.
The European Union’s looming Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) includes an obligation for companies to notify authorities with detailed information on e-cig products – for example emissions, toxicology, and product components. ECigIntelligence outlined some of this in a recent report but here we explain further what you really need to know about the TPD’s Article 20. To facilitate data comparison and » Continue Reading.
Analysis of new data from Nielsen in the UK shows how difficult it is to establish with certainty which companies are leading the e-cigarette industry.
A new study has shown that e-cig advertising, particularly on TV, has created an impression on smokers but has had little actual impact on e-cigarette uptake.
A medically licensed e-cigarette could make it impossible to enact voluntary or regulatory bans in the UK. But first BAT’s Nicoventures needs to produce one.
A London-based e-cigarette startup has received £235,000 ($340,000, €300,000) from angel investors which will help it expand from online to offline sales while maintaining its current subscription model.
A new proposal from public vaping in Wales would only set prohibitions in place for certain specific areas – instead of the blanket tobacco-equivalent ban originally proposed.
E-liquid with nicotine is illegal in Germany, the supreme court has ruled, because it also contains other substances that the law does not allow to be mixed with tobacco products.
The British e-cigarette sector should seek an early review of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) rather than continue a doomed fight against this year’s introduction of the new EU rules, a politician has advised.
TV ads seen by young people may lead them to start vaping later, researchers claim in a report which is likely to add further fuel to the debate over e-cigarette marketing – a debate where studies that detect an influence are garnering much more attention than those that suggest advertising is less effectual.
E-cig retailers in the Greek capital Athens remain positive despite smaller stores struggling, with continuing growth giving some grounds for encouragement.
Denmark’s government has had second thoughts about imposing a strict, tobacco-style regime on vaping in public places. A new draft of wide-ranging legislation which will make e-cigarettes available as consumer products, transpose the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), and set a minimum purchase age of 18 as well as regulating public usage of e-cigs was put before the Danish » Continue Reading.
The furore over Sara Kalkhoran and Stanton Glantz’s meta-analysis of e-cigarettes and smoking cessation illustrates some pitfalls in conducting, and interpreting, science. ECigIntelligence takes an in-depth look at the principles and problems behind the statistics.
One in eight French vape stores went out of business last year, continuing 2014’s trend of closures, but some areas of the country have been much harder hit than others.
Italy will stick to the minimum measures required by the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive when it implements the directive in its domestic law, according to a new report from ECigIntelligence.
The shape of future e-cigarette regulation in the UK became clearer today with the release of the government’s response to one major public consultation, and the launch of another on the issue of fees.
Most European countries remain thoroughly unprepared for the implementation of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), according to a new report from ECigIntelligence.
E-cigarette manufacturers may have a choice of mechanisms for safe refilling of their products under the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (EU TPD).
One of the European Union’s most senior legal officers has upheld the validity of the revised Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), calling its requirements on e-cig manufacturers “relatively moderate” and “not disproportionate”.
Pax Labs has successfully secured an American patent for its nicotine salt e-liquid formulation, and has announced expanded European distribution for its heat-not-burn Pax 2 device.
France’s National Assembly has approved legislation that will enable the government to transpose the TPD by decree, and Germany has also published drafts of its proposed TPD law.
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