Venezuela is the latest Latin American country to issue a government decree banning nationwide sales, consumption, exports and distribution of vapes and heated tobacco ...
Sales of flavoured and disposable e-cigarettes across the US rose significantly after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began its policy of clamping down against flavoured cartridges ...
Canada’s second largest province is going ahead with plans to restrict flavours in vaping products. The new regulations in Quebec, due to take effect on 31st October, will ban all flavours other than tobacco ...
Success for Juul with its premarket tobacco product application for its Juul2 next-generation vapour platform could lead to a complete reset of minimum youth prevention standards in the US, experts warn ...
Altria reported a solid performance in the first half of 2023, supported by the $2.75bn acquisition of e-cigarette manufacturer Njoy, which was finalised in June ...
New York City is taking legal action to stop four companies from selling flavoured e-cigarettes, accusing them of violating “nearly every law” related to the marketing, distribution and sale of the products ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to three distributors for selling unauthorised vaping products across the US that appeal to under-age consumers ...
British American Tobacco’s vapour brand Vuse was the key driver of the company’s positive performance in the first half of the year, and it remains confident in its Vuse Alto pre-market tobacco product application submission...
Juul Labs has submitted a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) for the company’s next-generation vapour platform to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has dismissed the antitrust case over the now-defunct no-compete deal between Altria Group and Juul Labs, saying that pursuing the case is “no longer in the public interest” ...
In the latest twist in a bitter legal trademark battle between rival e-cigarette firms, the makers of Elf Bar disposable vapes are fighting the court order that prompted them to change the product’s name ...
The US Food and Drug Administration Center for Tobacco Products has published milestones to expect as it continues to address issues brought up by the Reagan-Udall Foundation’s recent report ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has sent warning letters to 189 retailers as part of its efforts to police sales of disposable vapes. It has also highlighted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies...
Action against disposable e-cigarettes continues in the US, with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issuing warning letters to 30 retailers over sales of the popular Puff and Hyde brands ...
Canada is about to become the first country in the world to require health warnings on individual cigarettes, little cigars and other tobacco products ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning letters to the manufacturers of Breeze and Esco Bars disposable vape products to protect young people against illegal flavoured disposable e-cigarette products ...
Vaping and smoking addiction should be considered separate from each other, and addiction can manifest regardless of the nicotine consumption method, says public health expert ...
Researchers have found teenagers were more likely to report “no interest” in trying e-cigarettes in standardised packaging, and also more likely to perceive them as being equally or more harmful than smoking ...
US authorities have started to say the science indicates any youth vaping “epidemic” is now over and they should start making policy decisions that suit the real-world trend, according to a free-market think tank ...
The Reagan-Udall Foundation’s reports on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provide “substantially different future policy implications” for the different FDA programs investigated ...
US tobacco giant Altria is to pay $235m to settle at least 6,000 state and federal cases related to Juul, ending most of the suits it is still facing in relation to the e-cigarette company...
Tobacco companies are not doing enough to transition to reduced risk products and are not phasing out conventional cigarettes quickly enough, according to the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) ...
US tobacco giant Altria closed the first quarter of 2023 with a slight fall in its net revenues compared with the same period last year, after divesting from Juul Labs and agreeing to purchase Njoy...
Philip Morris International will scale back and partially outsource its vaping business, instead focusing on other tobacco alternatives that can help it become a majority smoke-free revenue company by 2025 ...
A US House of Representatives committee has launched an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) for alleged failure to effectively regulate nicotine products ...
The Canadian province of Quebec has served notice it plans to ban flavours other than tobacco and limit nicotine concentrations as well as the size of liquid containers in vaping products sold there ...
Lawyers for the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are opposing an attempt by Altria Group and Juul Labs to halt a looming decision about the companies’ now defunct no-compete deal ...
Expanding sales of Imperial Brands’ next generation products into new markets has more than compensated the company for the effect of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s marketing denial order (MDO) for Myblu ...
Juul Labs and its former investor Altria have reached a settlement with the US state of Minnesota over Juul’s alleged deceptive marketing of e-cigarettes and supposed role in encouraging youth vaping ...
A lawsuit against Juul Labs' alleged involvement in youth vaping in the US state of Minnesota has gone to trial, with both Juul and Altria denying any intention to “push products on Minnesota kids” ...
A claim by Smoore Technology that 38 cannabis companies infringed the Chinese firm’s patents had very little chance of success with the US International Trade Commission, according to legal experts ...
Young people who vape are more likely to become regular smokers than those who don’t – but the numbers are so small they don't affect the trend of declining smoking among US youth ...
A US court has allowed RJ Reynolds Vapor Company to continue selling its Vuse menthol e-cigarette products after the FDA issued marketing denial orders against them last week ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has refused marketing authorisation for around 17m e-liquid products because the company behind the application did not provide the required environmental assessments ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued marketing denial orders against two menthol e-cigarette products currently marketed by RJ Reynolds Vapor Company under the Vuse Solo brand ...
Fears have been raised that new product standards proposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect consumer health may be costly to implement and overly burdensome for smaller companies ...
Altria has swapped its 35% stake in Juul Labs for heated tobacco intellectual property rights, ending an investment which plummeted in value from $12.8bn to only $250m in just over four years ...
Big Tobacco’s 2022 full-year results show that their collective commitment to transition away from combustible products is not just the companies blowing smoke ...
A bill has been introduced in the US House of Representatives aiming to force the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take stiffer action against disposable e-cigarettes ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 28th February 2023
Altria is reported to be in advanced talks to buy e-cigarette company Njoy for around $2.75bn and plans to divest its stake in Juul Labs. Nothing has been finalised, but an announcement could come this...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced its plans to address the recommendations put forward in a damning independent review of its Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 27th February 2023
Turning Point Brands (TPB) has blamed the continuing “challenging regulatory environment” in the US that affected its NewGen segment for declines over the course of 2022 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 23rd February 2023
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has for the first time filed civil money penalty (CMP) complaints against four small vaping companies for manufacturing and selling e-liquids without marketing authorisation ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 22nd February 2023
Matthew Farrelly will have a lot on his desk, and a lot of big calls to make, as the new director of the Office of Science at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center...
RJ Reynolds Vapor Company plans to challenge the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s rejection of its Vuse menthol vape cartridges, joining a judicial fight that has had mixed results for other companies ...