Market & regulatory data for the vapour sector in California

Governor vetoes attempt to ban vaping on Californian beaches

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 18th October 2017

California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have banned the use of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and marijuana, on public beaches in the state ...

Reynolds-backed petition forces new vote on San Francisco flavour ban

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 8th September 2017

Residents of San Francisco will vote next summer on whether to allow the sale of flavoured e-cigarette products in the city, following a petition seeking to overturn a recent...

Avail to make and sell Charlie’s Chalk Dust in new partnership deal

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 10th August 2017

Avail Vapor is to manufacture and sell e-liquids for Charlie’s Chalk Dust, a partnership that could signal future policy for the company and perhaps the wider e-cigarette industry ...

The good, the bad and the ugly – US state tax changes mapped

Written by | 12th July 2017

Recent changes in US state taxation policies for vapour products are explained via a new ECigIntelligence mapping service ...

Flavours are off the menu as San Francisco legislators get tough

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 27th June 2017

San Francisco has taken a big step nearer to a city-wide ban on flavoured e-cigarettes and tobacco products with a unanimous vote by the Board of...

Californian regulators planning double squeeze on e-cigarettes

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 6th June 2017

Regulators in California are preparing a dual assault on e-cigarettes, with plans to ban flavours in San Francisco and Oakland, and a possible state-wide ban on smoking or vaping in public housing...

California goes down route 66% tax on nicotine products

Written by ECigIntelligence | 31st January 2017

California's Prop 56 will be costly for e-cigarette businesses - with a 66% increase on wholesale cost expected to be in place by July...

Lambs to the slaughter: Californian health campaign raises the baa

Written by Freddie Dawson | 25th November 2016

A new California public health campaign has labelled vapers as “stupid...

States cannot go further than FDA on labelling, judge says

Written by Freddie Dawson | 18th November 2016

A federal judge in California has said that e-cig products only have to comply with FDA rules on labelling, and that state law can’t impose more rigorous...

Industry cautiously optimistic on prospect of president Trump

Written by Freddie Dawson | 9th November 2016

The U.S. vaping industry has reacted with cautious optimism to Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the presidential...

As U.S. vote nears, taxes and control of Congress loom large for industry

Written by Barnaby Page | 7th November 2016

Control of Congress and the prospect of new e-cigarette taxes will be as important for the U.S. vapour industry as who wins the White...

Californians to vote on e-cigarette tax next month (among other things)

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th October 2016

Citizens of California will on 8th November decide the fate of Proposition 56, which introduces a specific tax on nicotine-containing vape products as part of a broader increase in tobacco...

Making a myth: teens, e-cigs, science and the media

Written by Marc Beishon | 25th July 2016

A new U.S. study claiming to show a link between youth e-cigarette use and tobacco smoking has not only been criticised by many scientists working in the field, but also demonstrates how misconceptions and misinformation...

Research suggests vaping may affect circulatory system, but caution urged

Written by Marc Beishon | 13th July 2016

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...

UK and U.S. studies report opposite findings on gateway effect

Written by Freddie Dawson | 23rd June 2016

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...

State advertising restrictions running into constitutional problems

Written by Freddie Dawson | 25th March 2016

Attempts to regulate e-cigarette advertising in some U.S. states are falling foul of constitutional law, a new ECigIntelligence in-depth report...

U.S. pharmacy chain includes e-cigs in anti-tobacco crusade

Written by Freddie Dawson | 23rd March 2016

A new $50m youth anti-smoking campaign funded by American pharmacy chain CVS is to target e-cigarettes as well as conventional tobacco products....

California set to treat e-cigs as tobacco, raise age to 21

Written by Barnaby Page | 11th March 2016

E-cigarettes will likely soon become legally equal to combustible products in California, following the state legislature’s approval of a raft of tobacco measures which also raise the smoking – and vaping – age to...

“Retweeting may be hazardous to public health” – study

Written by Freddie Dawson | 14th February 2016

Public-health authorities should monitor e-cigarette firms on social media more closely to prevent non-vapers being tempted into trying nicotine products, new research...

U.S. regulation: all the bills in progress, state-by-state

Written by Aidan Semmens | 20th January 2016

The first in a series of regular reports from ECigIntelligence on the progress of vapour-related regulation in the U.S, focusing on the current sessions of state...

U.S. e-cig firm becomes exclusive supplier to entertainment venues

Written by Freddie Dawson | 22nd November 2015

In a first-of-its-kind deal, an American e-cigarette company is to become the exclusive supplier of e-cigs to a group of U.S. sports and entertainment...

Opinion: why zoning is the next big threat to America’s vape stores

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th October 2015

The gravest threat to the U.S. vapour industry comes from local government. While state-level attempts to regulate the industry have been largely unsuccessful, hundreds of local laws have come into...

The not-so-noxious weed: how e-cig companies could lead in cannabis

Written by | 14th October 2015

39 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have laws that legalise and/or decriminalise marijuana use or possession to various extents. E-cig companies are well positioned to enter the emerging marijuana market because of their...

Leno’s Californian vaping bill comes back to life

Written by Barnaby Page | 4th August 2015

Californian senator Mark Leno’s e-cigarette bill is back, despite seeming to have died last month after a legislative committee tore out some of its most significant...

Leno bill dies in California; grandfathering change survives

Written by Jim Myers | 10th July 2015

There was good news for e-cig advocates on both coasts of the U.S. this week, as a Congressional committee in Washington waved through proposed legislation that would exempt many e-cigarettes from aspects of the Food...

In depth: U.S. e-cigarette laws – state-by-state comparison

Written by | 7th April 2015

Introduction • Age restrictions • Public place usage • Tax policy • Packaging/warning labels • Other regulatory...

Pax hoping to set world alight with deluxe heat-not-burn tech

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th March 2015

Pax Labs, the U.S. heat-not-burn manufacturer previously known as Ploom, today launches a new generation of its namesake device which it is positioning as “the most intelligent, premium and highest performing vaporizer in the...

U.S. public health authorities urged to be cautious over e-cigs

Written by Freddie Dawson | 27th February 2015

Regulators should err on the side of caution when deciding e-cigarette regulations concerning children and pregnant women, U.S. public-health officials have been...

Some states lack vape stores, but others have too many

Written by Barnaby Page | 23rd February 2015

Some U.S. states appear under-served by vape stores while others may have too many already, according to a new analysis by...

Ploom and JTI agree to split up, divide heat-not-burn brands

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th February 2015

U.S. startup Ploom and its investor Japan Tobacco International (JTI) are to end their relationship and divide Ploom’s products between...

Californian labelling threats “are meant to create pressure”

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th February 2015

The Californian nonprofit threatening to sue e-cigarette companies over their product labelling says it hopes to pressure the entire industry into marketing e-cigs that are safer and carry mandatory...

Are headline-hungry publicists to blame for e-cig health scares?

Written by Marc Beishon | 17th February 2015

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...

In California, public health squares up to e-cigarettes

Written by Barnaby Page | 29th January 2015

The top public health official in the state of California has all but declared war on e-cigarettes, in a pair of reports that focus closely on the products’ purported health risks while repudiating their claimed...

Californian bill would ban vaping in most workplaces

Written by Barnaby Page | 27th January 2015

Californian legislators will soon consider another proposal to bring e-cigarettes into the ambit of tobacco legislation, with effects including a widespread ban on vaping in public...

Still waiting for FDA e-cig rules, U.S. states take the initiative

Written by Barnaby Page | 23rd January 2015

While Washington remains deafeningly quiet on its plans to regulate e-cigarettes, individual U.S. states and lower levels of government are busy filling the legal...

Wide variety of product choices lures shoppers into vape stores

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th December 2014

Product choice may be the main influence on consumers’ choice of vape stores, according to new research in the...

In depth: California e-cig regulation, November 2014

Written by | 15th November 2014

The matrix of authority • State government regulation • Local government regulation • Regulation by quasi-governmental institutions • Regulatory trends • Appendix 1: state law, consumer protection law and licensing law • Appendix 2: notable...

Creating a smoking alternative: the inside story of Ploom

Written by ECigIntelligence | 30th September 2014

E-cigarettes and modified-risk tobacco products may change the face of smoking as we know it today. In this article, republished from Tobacco Journal International exclusively for ECigIntelligence readers, Ploom co-founder...

Imperial Tobacco’s patent suit: killer blow, or vain hope?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 13th March 2014

Imperial Tobacco’s lawsuit in a California state court against alleged infringers of its patents on e-cigarette technology is a gamble without guaranteed success, but could still drag the sector into an intellectual-property war, according to...

LA joins New York, Chicago in treating vaping as smoking

Written by Barnaby Page | 4th March 2014

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to ban e-cigarettes in public spaces including bars and...

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