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The ASA rules in two cases against e-cig retailers…
24th February 2023 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Elf Bar 600 line removed from shops following investigation…
6th February 2023 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Reynolds ordered to pay Altria patent royalties, but at reduced rate…
31st January 2023 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Triton granted rehearing on FDA MDOs…
20th January 2023 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Clinton Foundation announces funding plan for Tobacco Free Portfolios…
20th December 2022 - Alerts | Arkansas, California, North America, United States |
Vaping authority releases list of non-compliant products…
16th December 2022 - Alerts | Australasia, New Zealand |
Fines issued for selling e-cigs to minors…
12th December 2022 - Alerts | Europe, Netherlands |
Tobacco companies sue the state over flavour ban…
11th November 2022 - Alerts | California, North America, United States |
Reynolds requests new court trial over Altria patent infringement…
4th November 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Reynolds calls for Altria patent claim to be thrown out…
5th September 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Philip Morris accuses Reynolds of design theft…
30th August 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Reynolds ordered to pay over $14m to PMI…
18th August 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Flavoured e-liquid makers denied a review of marketing denial…
19th July 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
FDA brief opposes stay allowing legal sales of Myblu…
30th June 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Court rules that Vuse infringes PMI patents…
16th June 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
School district files lawsuit against Juul…
22nd April 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Juul pays $22.5m to settle Washington State lawsuit…
14th April 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States, Washington |
FDA issues marketing denials to several Myblu products…
11th April 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Walmart ready to pull tobacco products off its shelves…
29th March 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
VPR settles patent case and threatens more…
28th March 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Vape advocates say Brexit provides UK with an opportunity it hasn’t yet taken
18th March 2022 - News analysis |
Industry insiders have suggested the UK government should raise the nicotine limit for e-cigarettes, promote vaping, and legalise snus as part of the country’s post-Brexit regulatory reforms
One judge of three seems receptive to Triton’s argument against FDA decision
17th March 2022 - News analysis |
E-liquid provider Triton Distribution may have made some progress in its attempt to convince a court that the US FDA was “arbitrary and capricious” in denying its flavoured vaping products application
China to ban e-cig flavours – and RELX is perfectly relaxed about the new rules
15th March 2022 - News analysis |
All e-liquid flavours other than tobacco will be banned in China from 1st May, according to the country’s Tobacco Monopoly Administration, which has confirmed administrative measures for e-cigarettes proposed in December
FDA gives OK to market Iqos 3 with special information…
14th March 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Bantam Vape gets USPS exception…
8th March 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Turning Point blames US regulation for drop in vapour product sales and profit
1st March 2022 - News analysis |
The legal challenges faced by the vaping industry in the US impacted Turning Point Brands’ vapour portfolio in 2021, with a significant drop in the last quarter’s net sales and gross profit
Good Vuse for BAT as vapour growth helps offset dip in overall revenue
14th February 2022 - News analysis |
Vuse and vapour were the primary driver of a 42.4% year-on-year increase in British American Tobacco (BAT)’s new category portfolio revenue, according to the company’s latest results
PMI sees bright future for Iqos Veev as it prepares to expand into more markets
14th February 2022 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) has commited to continuing to support the sales and promotion of its Veev vaping product, with future expansion into more markets around the world
Only in California: the all-pure cannabis vape pod from the inventors of Juul
9th February 2022 - Blogs |
The latest offering from the company that first devised the Juul e-cigarette looks sure to be a new Californian craze – even if it’s not exactly “made solely from pure cannabis”
Altria keeps fingers crossed on Juul PMTA but ‘will not invest further in vaping’
1st February 2022 - News analysis |
US tobacco giant Altria has announced that it will not invest any further in the vapour category for the foreseeable future
Global Trends survey details slowdown in growth of worldwide vaping market
12th January 2022 - News analysis |
Vaping products have continued to take a share of the worldwide retail market away from smokable tobacco over the past three years, with sales of combustible cigarettes declining by 5% – but the rate of growth has slowed
Is it the end for F1’s long tobacco tie-up – or does McLaren’s Vuse promo count?
15th December 2021 - Blogs |
It’s the end of an era as tobacco sponsorship of Formula One racing comes to an end – again. Or does it and is it?
RLX blames ‘volatile market’ for what it expects to be a temporary revenue drop
7th December 2021 - News analysis |
RLX Technology saw a drop of 34% in its net revenue for the third quarter of the year but has expressed optimism that this will be a temporary reversal
Company goes to Supreme Court after judge rejects stay of US FDA denial order
26th November 2021 - News analysis |
Breeze Smoke is asking the US Supreme Court to stay a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing denial order (MDO) after the Court of Appeals rejected such motion
Imperial remains bullish despite drop in revenue from next generation products
16th November 2021 - News analysis |
Imperial Brands registered a dip in revenues from its next generation products (NGP) portfolio but said it looks forward to expanding product trials in new countries and consolidating European and US markets
Manufacturer sues FDA for ‘irreparable harm’ despite PMTA reconsideration
3rd November 2021 - News analysis |
Florida-based e-cigarette manufacturer Bidi Vapor has taken the US FDA to court claiming “continued irreparable harm” from being given a marketing denial order (MDO) for its vaping products
Court allows firm to continue e-cig sales after ‘inadequate’ FDA denial order
29th October 2021 - News analysis |
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concluded that the FDA “inadequately addressed or explained” a PMTA that resulted in a MDO, and decided to temporary allow a company from Texas to keep its flavoured products on the market until it resolves the case
PMTAs: after the Reynolds approvals, which way will the FDA go next?
15th October 2021 - News analysis |
“The importance of the FDA authorising a vaping product as ‘appropriate for the protection of public health’ should not be understated,” said Greg Conley, president of the American Vaping Association
FDA’s views on Vuse have potential to change the whole vaping landscape
14th October 2021 - Blogs |
The granting of RJ Reynolds’s PMTAs for its Vuse Solo e-cigarette device and two of its pods is very big news for the US vaping industry, its supporters, its customers, and its opponents
First PMTA success for Reynolds’s Vuse products – but tobacco flavours only
13th October 2021 - News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its first marketing authorisations for e-cigarette products, following the rejection of millions of others. The authorisations cover RJ Reynolds’s Vuse Solo device and two 4.8% nicotine tobacco-flavoured pods
Turning Point withdraws legal action after FDA back-tracks on PMTA refusal
12th October 2021 - News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rescinded its marketing denial order (MDO) affecting 14 Turning Point Brands products, saying “relevant information that was not adequately assessed”
It’s PSG-eekvape as e-cig maker gains promotion with leading football club
25th August 2021 - News analysis |
Chinese e-cigarette manufacturer Geekvape has signed a deal with top French football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) for the 2021-2022 season – a deal tied up in regulatory restrictions
RLX blames threat of tighter Chinese regulation for Q2 slowdown in growth
20th August 2021 - News analysis |
RLX Technology has reported a slowdown in its revenue growth for the second quarter of the year due to “external factors”
US FDA rejects 4.5m PMTA applications from one single manufacturer
10th August 2021 - News analysis |
A small manufacturer from Texas must remove millions of vaping products from the US market after the FDA issued a Refuse to File (RTF) letter rejecting most of its PMTAs
Behind the scenes of the 6m PMTA submissions – the ‘top five’
6th August 2021 - News analysis |
Five US companies are top of the list with the most PMTAs submitted, and represent five out of the 6m total applications by the September 2020 deadline
Vuse in full sail with BAT’s vapour volume up 70% year-on-year in first half of 2021
28th July 2021 - News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT)’s revenue from its new category portfolio rose by 40.4% year-on-year to £883m in the first half of 2021, driven by the post-pandemic recovery of its vapour segment
