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Alaska will face an additional excise tax on vaping products but will not face a flavour ban after the state’s legislature finalised the passage of Senate Bill 45 (SB45) and transmitted it to the governor’s office
Cristine Delnevo, the new chair of the US FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC), has been hailed as an “objective, thoughtful scientist” with an understanding of research into harm reduction
Vaping industry representatives have accused the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of “creating a fake panic” with a warning over illegal flavoured nicotine gummies
The Democratic governor of Hawaii appeared to take a step out of line with the US party’s common position when he vetoed a bill that would have introduced a ban on flavoured tobacco and vaping products
A potentially key but temporary legal win for a vaping company challenging the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s PMTA review process has been transformed into a resounding loss
Turning Point Brands has blamed the hostile regulatory environment for vapour products in the US for the lowering of its sales and revenue expectations for 2022
Uncertainty is mounting over the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s premarket tobacco application (PMTA) process after the agency shifted its position on Juul Labs’ application, leading to searching questions
Altria is pessimistic about the future of Juul and its investment in the company but does not think the time has come to pull the plug just yet
British American Tobacco (BAT) enjoyed a 45% rise in revenue from its new products category in the first half of the year, with strong momentum shown by its Vuse e-cigarette range
The vaping industry has little faith that the upcoming external review of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) will help fix faults in the US FDA department’s regulation of new tobacco and alternative products
Philip Morris International (PMI) will continue to support the sales and promotion of its Iqos Veev vapour product as part of its commitment to expanding its smoke-free product portfolio
Myblu vaping products will not be allowed to be sold in the US market while a court reviews a marketing denial order (MDO)
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf has authorised an external review of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), citing a “series of challenges that have…stressed the agency’s operations”
Arguments in a US appeal court could demonstrate how judges are likely to perceive arguments from vaping companies contesting US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decisions on pre-market tobacco applications (PMTAs)
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took immediate action against unauthorised vaping products made with synthetic nicotine still found on the US market after the grace period expired
E-cigarettes will almost certainly remain banned in Brazil following a unanimous vote by the board of Anvisa, the country’s health agency
The number of US adults who think e-cigarettes are more harmful than traditional tobacco products has effectively doubled year on year from 2018 to 2020, according to new research – and that has affected smoking rates
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has temporarily suspended the marketing denial order (MDO) it served on Juul Labs last month demanding the company remove its e-cigarettes from the US market
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has hit back at a court-issued stay allowing Fontem’s Myblu vaping products to continue to be legally sold in the US
RJ Reynolds says it will appeal after a US federal jury awarded Philip Morris International (PMI) nearly $11m having concluded that Reynolds Vapor’s Vuse e-cigarettes infringed two PMI patents
Canadian manufacturers of vaping products could soon have to reveal to the federal government key information such as the ingredients in their products, sales figures and their promotional activities
Juul Labs has been granted a temporary administrative stay while it asks a federal appeal court to halt the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s order requiring the removal of all Juul products from the US market
Efforts to increase recycling of vaping products have been stymied by unintended consequences of unrelated regulations as well as a lack of consumer interest
Juul Labs says it will contest a marketing denial order (MDO) issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), effectively ordering all its products off the US market
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has signed a decree to prohibit “the circulation and sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems, electronic cigarettes and vapes”
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has passed its first premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) for a disposable e-cigarette, authorising two tobacco flavours of Njoy Daily
On international World No Tobacco Day vaping industry representatives called out the WHO and governments for not supporting smoking alternatives as a cessation tool, but the campaign was celebrated by many charities and health organisations from across the world
New research has found that substances added to a wide variety of vaping flavours to create a cooling sensation may be harmful but researchers suggest more work must be done to formally confirm the theory
The age of 25 is a stark divider among Canadian vapers, with differences in ever-use, recent use, flavour preferences and reasons for vaping, according to the recently released 2021 Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS) that studied nearly 10,000 Canadians aged 15 and older
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s first court-ordered update on the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) progress has not gone down well with health lobbyists or a group of senior US senators
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