Infographic: how regulation affects vaping prevalence
13th July 2015 | Regulatory briefing |
Infographic showing how the level of e-cigarette regulation in different territories appears to have an impact on vaping prevalence.
Regulatory briefing / United Kingdom
This page covers all of our UK-related legislative news briefings and industry updates. These range from developments in vaping regulation and restrictions to new policies and tax changes. The section also offers industry updates on legal battles, governmental changes, e-cigarette and flavour ban proposals, lobby updates, etc.
UK’s TPD implementation plans leave many questions open
2nd July 2015 | Regulatory briefing |
The British government has released a draft law for the partial implementation of the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD).
Welsh and Scottish bills presage a patchwork of UK regulation
10th June 2015 | Regulatory briefing |
Wales is likely to become the first part of the United Kingdom to prohibit vaping in workplaces and enclosed public spaces, while milder regulation has been tabled before Scotland’s parliament.
Ethical and practical obstacles stymie e-cig research efforts
9th June 2015 | Regulatory briefing |
Research on e-cigarettes and public health is being held back by a lack of agreement on the agenda, ethical issues and practical barriers, a leading British academic in the field has said.
British politicians can’t vape – but debate on e-cigs continues
2nd June 2015 | Regulatory briefing |
The British parliament has banned vaping in the corridors of power. But parliamentary groups discussing e-cigarettes are still going strong and planning their strategies.
Welsh schools and employers create their own e-cig policies
9th April 2015 | Regulatory briefing |
New surveys by the Welsh government suggest schools and businesses are able to decide e-cigarette policy on their own.
Study of British youth vaping causes outrage, but has flaws
31st March 2015 | Regulatory briefing |
A new British study on youth vaping has caused sensationalist headlines with its comparisons of the demographics, tobacco use and alcohol use of 14-to-17-year-olds who reported using or purchasing an e-cigarette.
Are headline-hungry publicists to blame for e-cig health scares?
17th February 2015 | Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |
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.
Cochrane Review: a cautious thumbs-up for e-cigarettes
20th December 2014 | Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |
E-cigarettes containing nicotine can help people quit and cut down on smoking: that is the digested version of the Cochrane review on the use of e-cigs for smoking cessation and reduction, but the review itself is considerably more nuanced.
E-cig industry “should design products and packs better”
11th December 2014 | Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |
E-cig brands and manufacturers should pay more attention to product design, all the way from components to packaging, an industry conference was told this week.
Scotland mulls regulating public vaping and e-cig retail
28th November 2014 | Regulatory briefing |
The e-cig sector appears to anticipate no radical regulation emerging from a consultation currently underway in Scotland.
Younger and older vapers perceive different attractions
28th November 2014 | Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |
Young Britons are taking up e-cigarettes for reasons very different from older vapers, new research suggests.
E-cig fire scare: the 1% reality behind the British headlines
11th November 2014 | Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |
The British media has been busy recently with reports of fires caused by e-cigarettes. But do the numbers support the scare?
BSI draft standard covers manufacture, testing, labels
7th November 2014 | Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has released a draft of its specification for the manufacture, testing and labelling of e-cigarettes, one of the first proposed comprehensive standards for vapour products in the world.
60% in UK back public use ban, but e-cigs helped many quit
22nd October 2014 | Regulatory briefing |
More than half of Britons would like to see a ban on e-cigarette use indoors, according to new research conducted by YouGov for the Sunday Times newspaper.
New regulations allow British TV ads to depict use of e-cigs
9th October 2014 | Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |
Britain’s advertising standards-setters today published their new guidelines for e-cigarette ads, welcomed by the industry, imposing no unexpected restrictions, and allowing e-cigs to be shown in TV commercials for the first time.
Banned UK advertisement linked vaping with ice cream
8th October 2014 | Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |
Britain’s advertising watchdog has censured e-cigarette maker Ten Motives for a direct mail item which showed an e-cig stuck into an ice cream, saying it was “likely to be appealing to children”.
Four in five British youngsters say they wouldn’t try vaping
18th September 2014 | Regulatory briefing |
About one in 50 British teens uses e-cigarettes regularly, but there seems little interest in the products among non-smoking minors, according to new research.
Public health leader resigns after Twitter outburst at vapers
15th September 2014 | Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |
A British government health adviser has been forced to resign after a Twitter tirade at his opponents in an argument about e-cigarettes.
UK pharma regulator approves cigarette-like vapour device
12th September 2014 | Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |
Britain’s medicines regulator has issued a product licence for the nicotine inhaler Voke, which will be sold by British American Tobacco’s subsidiary Nicoventures and looks likely to be the closest pharmaceutically-approved competitor to the e-cigarette.
Drop in smokers seeking help: does it mean more use of e-cigs?
21st August 2014 | Regulatory briefing |
Anti-smoking campaigners in the UK believe the use of e-cigarettes as unofficial cessation aids has contributed to a sharp drop in the number of people joining quit-smoking programmes, although nearly all successful participants in those schemes are still relying on pharmacotherapies.
British pharmacists are divided on age limits for e-cig sales
14th July 2014 | Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |
Divisions among British pharmacists over whether to sell e-cigarettes, and who to, have been further highlighted this week by a survey showing that a substantial minority would support making the products available to under-18s.
Many UK pharmacists will sell e-cigs to kids, survey finds
4th July 2014 | Regulatory briefing |
Almost three out of four independent UK pharmacies failed to stop under-age consumers attempting to purchase an e-cigarette, according to a new investigation from two UK governmental bodies, Public Health England and the Trading Standards Institute (TSI).
E-cig opponents accused of “moving the goalposts”
27th June 2014 | Regulatory briefing |
Whether e-cigarettes could increase consumption of conventional tobacco is “the only thing that matters” about them from a public health perspective, a prominent British academic said today.
Nicotine “causes mutations similar to lung cancer” – study
23rd June 2014 | Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |
Can nicotine cause cancer? It’s a question that has been posed for some time, and answered in the negative, although some studies have found potentially carcinogenic associations. And now new research raises the issue again.
FDA scientists say ignorance isn’t bliss, more data needed
13th June 2014 | Regulatory briefing |
Does a special supplement on e-cigarettes from one of the world’s best-known medical journals contribute any new knowledge, or is it more about the “known unknowns”?
E-cigs vs NRT: the real findings behind the media headlines
27th May 2014 | Regulatory briefing |
Robust evidence for e-cigarettes’ effectiveness as aids to smoking cessation effectiveness has until now been sparse. But that may have changed, if the conclusions of a large study published in the journal Addiction prove to be correct in the long term.
Report: European e-cig market could be worth more than $2bn
1st April 2014 | Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |
The European e-cigarette market could be worth more than $2bn, according to a new report from ECigIntelligence.
Scottish doctors push for UK’s first blanket ban on indoor e-cig use
16th March 2014 | Regulatory briefing |
Scottish doctors have called for a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public buildings.
Politician’s YouTube video extols freedom to vape
15th March 2014 | Regulatory briefing |
A British right-wing political party received £36,000 ($60,000) in donations from an e-cigarette manufacturer before its leader appeared in a YouTube video apparently designed to influence European policy-making on e-cigs.