Regulatory and market intelligence for the e-cigarette sector
Disposable e-cigarettes were among the first types of devices that were introduced when vaping products first appeared on the global market
Companies are trying new ways to reach vaping customers in severely restricted Australia, but they must be careful not to fall foul of strict guidelines that separate promoting from simply informing the public about prescription goods
This report examines some findings from ECigIntelligence’s hardware tracker. It presents market insights taken from the data, allowing the analysis of trends in the world’s leading vape markets
A widespread recall of medical cannabis vaping products in the US state of Pennsylvania has given rise to questions about the role flavour additives play in product safety and has left patients with more questions than answers
Disposable products gained international traction in 2021, and their popularity has increased dramatically, mostly in North America and Europe. We estimate the category to be worth over $3.3bn in 2022, with over 5m active users
This report offers a comprehensive overview of the Malaysia’s e-cig market, covering all areas from market size and vaping population to retail channels and form factors
Specialist vape stores are no longer the most popular channel for the purchase of vaping products in the UK, according to figures from Smoking in England, which gathers together data for policymakers and others
Beijing has recently announced a set of regulations that will tighten control on the vaping industry, and experts say China’s new and tightened scrutiny on e-cigarettes will likely hurt domestic producers
The Czech Republic, which incorporated the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) into its domestic legal system in 2017, presents a developed vape market that is projected to grow in the future due to increased interest, new products entering the market and overall affordability
E-cigarettes remain by far the most popular means of nicotine consumption among US high school and middle school students, ahead of combustible cigarettes
Although North America is the largest market for vapour products by value, it has half the level of Europe’s online traffic, and a fifth of the number of websites, according to the latest analysis from ECigIntelligence
The news reported on our sister site TobaccoIntelligence that 22nd Century Group is looking to launch its very-low-nicotine cigarettes (VLNCs) in Chicago and South Korea seems on the surface to have little to do with vaping
Tobacconists in France have seen the biggest increase in demand for vaping products in recent years, having received monetary support from the government to transform their businesses. Many have used this additional funding to rebrand their shops so that they attract more e-cigarette customers, according to new analysis from ECigIntelligence
France is one of the biggest and most developed vape markets in the world, with e-cigarettes having first appeared there in 2005. This report considers the shape of that market today, and how it looks set to develop further
After a busy 2021 for the vaping industry, ECigIntelligence managing director Tim Phillips joins podcast editor Jon Bruford to look back at the key events of the year
INNCO urged policymakers to conduct health impact studies involving consumers and producers if flavour bans are being debated
A study has warned about “significant exposure” of Generation Z teens to videos glamorising vaping on social media platform TikTok and called for “effective age restrictions” to avoid it
This report analyses traffic to online vape retailers around the world, identifying the top markets for internet sales, including from countries where such sales are officially banned
The use of traditional tobacco products has been in decline across the EU in recent decades. We conducted a recent study to gauge the economic impact of e-cigarettes and novel nicotine products in Europe
This report examines the Canadian e-cigarette market and makes predictions about how the consolidation of the regulatory framework may impact the market as a whole
Respondents are spending much less than last year on their main hardware devices. Regional differences remain, with those in the north of the country spending more than those in the south
Following our more general report general market trends and patterns, this report analyses patterns of hardware and e-liquid usage among vapers in Italy
There has been a decrease in the number of new vapers in Italy (those who have started vaping in the last 12 months) compared with last year’s consumer survey
This report analyses the general characteristics, trends and attitudes of vapers in Italy. In-depth reports on hardware and e-liquids will be published separately
There has been a decrease in online device purchases in Russia, which could be due to the well-established logistics system in Russia and the opening of new vape stores
This report provides insights and comparisons into the disposables e-cigarette segment in Canada, Russia, UK and the US
The vaping-associated lung injury, or EVALI, crisis in the US in late 2019 has had a much stronger impact on the market than Covid-19
There was a notable increase in the preferences for tobacco and menthol flavours among respondents to our most recent US consumer survey
This report is the analysis of the latest ECigIntelligence US vape consumer survey, carried out at the end of 2020 and in early 2021
ECigIntelligence managing director Tim Phillips shares his insights into flavour developments and restrictions, in a presentation first seen at ENDS Europe online
There has been a clear decrease in the number of new vapers in Poland in recent years
This report is based on responses to our Polish consumer survey, with over 90% of the respondents being ex-smoker solus users
Flavours continue to be both a major selling point and a major point of regulatory effort and controversy where e-cigarettes and tobacco products are concerned. ECigIntelligence managing director Tim Phillips share his views
Many provinces have already restricted nicotine and flavour products in Canada, but how do attitudes across these provinces differ?
This report is part of a series focusing on general characteristics, patterns and attitudes of Canadian vapers, based on an online survey carried out in January 2021
This report is one of a series based on an online survey carried out in France between June and August 2020 by ECigIntelligence, focusing specifically on e-liquid usage patterns
Tim Phillips, ECigIntelligence’s managing director, joins Jon Bruford to discuss the key developments coming up in 2021 and the drivers that shape the market – including the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak, shifts in consumer preferences and business enforcements – as well as challenges and opportunities. To obtain more data and analysis from the […]
ECigIntelligence carried out a survey in July 2020 and collected responses from 130 daily German vapers, mostly long-term hobbyist vapers
The US vaping market has recently experienced inputs and changes which are shaping new trends and transforming a market that generally is a bellwether for the rest of the sector worldwide
A new survey reveals that 80% of Europeans who switched to e-cigarettes to quit their habit have succeeded
While China is the supplier of e-cigarettes to the world, the domestic vapour market is small, slow-growing – and faces the uncertainty of future regulation, or even a total takeover, by the state tobacco monopoly
Industry insiders have called for vape stores to be classed as essential outlets as all non-essential shops in England are ordered to close for a month under the terms of the country’s second lockdown
New research from the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) has indicated the positives and negatives of the vaping market in the country, and highlighted those areas for future investigation
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased the amount of mandatory information required to report a problem with an e-cigarette device in order to “identify new or concerning trends”
The number of e-cigarette users in Great Britain declined by 400,000 between 2019 and 2020, according to new research by the public health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
US vape stores are diversifying into CBD and oral nicotine, while others fear being blamed by customers for reduced choice as FDA premarket tobacco product regulations cause products to disappear from the shelves
Many smokers believe vaping is at least as harmful as combustible cigarettes, despite e-cigarettes’ lower production of toxicants and carcinogens; researchers in England have been examining why
This survey report provides an overview of the general characteristics, patterns, and attitudes of French vapers
Sales of closed-system e-cigarettes in South Korea were down by 80% in the first half of 2020, a fall attributed by the government to its own ongoing policy efforts to discourage vaping
This report focuses on consumer journey in the vape category, in particular looking at multi-device usage, and nicotine and flavour behaviour
This report, the first of a series of studies of current topics in the vaping world, looks at flavour preferences of open system users and what consumers will do if their favourite flavours are banned
This report is one of a series of studies coming from a survey carried out in Italy in February 2020 by ECigIntelligence, specifically focusing on hardware usage patterns of Italian vapers and which devices they have
This report is one of a series of studies from our online survey carried out in February 2020. It explores Italian consumer e-liquid preferences, choices and behaviours based on a sample of over 500 respondents
This report is focused on general characteristics, patterns and attitudes of Italian vapers. It is based on an online survey carried out in February 2020 with the help of industry players, specialist forums, blogs, magazines and vaping associations
What motivates consumers to use DIY e-liquids? ECigIntelligence did a survey with DIY e-liquid users in Russia which has highlighted the most important and least important factors motivating their e-liquid choice as presented in this graphic. The full analytical market report further reveals the most used e-liquid formats, top brands, consumer spending, habits, product preferences and purchase channels.
ECigIntelligence collected responses from 481 e-cig users who use open system e-cigarettes in the UK, with the aim to better understand what types of device they use, brand, nicotine strength, where they buy their e-liquid and what their spend is
ECigIntelligence collected responses from over 500 e-cig users who use pre-filled e-cigarettes (closed system) in the UK with the aim of better understanding what types of device they use, brand, nicotine strength and what they spend
The market report on Russia explores consumer e-liquid preferences, choices and behaviours based on our consumer survey conducted between November and December 2019
This report is one of a series of studies that deals with e-cigarette users’ product choices and behaviour, specifically focusing on general patterns of e-cigarette consumption and attitudes of Russian users towards vaping
This report is one of a series of studies which deals with e-cigarette users’ product choices and behaviours, specifically focusing on hardware usage patterns of Russian e-cigarette users
Marijuana vaping is growing much faster among US teens than nicotine vaping, according to research released by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA)
The ECigIntelligence consumer survey, analysing Canadian consumer flavour and brand preferences, has found that Juul is the most popular brand among the respondents. You can read the full report here. Original publication: 24th September 2019
This report explores the e-cigarette landscape in seven different Latin American markets to identify current trends and future opportunities
The 2018-19 National Survey for Wales on adult smoking and e-cigarette use shows that e-cigarettes are the most popular tool among Welsh adults to help them in quitting smoking
As pre-filled e-cig users become more experienced with vaping, they tend to use more advanced devices and are less likely to use simpler ones. To view the results and analysis of the ECigIntelligence consumer survey of Canadian pre-filled e-cigarette users, the in-depth consumer survey for Canada. Original publication: 10th September 2019
ECigIntelligence’s survey of almost 2000 pre-filled-e-cigarette users in the US has revealed that disposables and rechargeable cigalikes are most popular with over-50s. The in-depth report provides full details of consumer preferences, reasons for usage and usage frequency, with a breakdown of various demographic parameters. Click here to see the full report. Orginal publication: 28th August […]
More than four out of five adult smokers in the US favour requiring tobacco companies to lower the levels of nicotine in cigarettes to make them less addictive, researchers have found
This graphic comes from the ECigIntelligence September 2019 US/Canada market survey comparison. The results came from two ECigIntelligence consumer surveys to explore usage and purchase patterns of pre-filled system users in Canada and the US.
This graphic comes from the ECigIntelligence September 2019 US/Canada market survey comparison. The results came from two ECigIntelligence consumer surveys to explore usage and purchase patterns of pre-filled system users in Canada and the US.
This graphic comes from the ECigIntelligence September 2019 Canada pre-filled e-cig user survey which canvassed over 1000 users to gain insights into the Canadian market.
This graphic comes from the ECigIntelligence August 2019 US pre-filled pod user survey which explored this growing area, dominated by two companies.
This graphic comes from the ECigIntelligence August 2019 US pre-filled pod user survey which explored this growing area, dominated by two companies.
New data has been published by UK anti-smoking charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) to show that there are now half as many vapers in the UK as smokers, with 3.6million people vaping compared to 7.2m smokers in 2018 – and the majority of those vapers are ex-smokers.
In the midst of US president Donald Trump’s declared crackdown on flavoured e-cigarettes, new research finds flavours have a strong appeal to vapers and play a part in initiating e-cig use
A recent report released by Poland’s state-run Public Opinion Research Centre (CBOS) shows that vaping is gaining popularity in people up to 24 years old.
This report reveals the findings from two consumer surveys that we ran in order to explore usage and purchase patterns of pre-filled system users in Canada and the US
See the results of our survey of more than 1000 pre-filled e-cigarette users in Canada in July 2019, exploring popular flavours, chosen devices and reasons for vaping
See the results of our survey of almost 2000 pre-filled e-cigarette users in the US in July 2019, exploring popular flavours, chosen devices and reasons for vaping
A group of vapers sat down with ECigIntelligence to share their views on closed pods, heated tobacco and the environmental impact of such systems
A group of US academics and scientists joined forces to explore how anti-vaping public service announcements (PSAs) impacted 21-to-30-year-olds who were either smokers or dual users of both e-cigarettes and tobacco
Despite negative publicity on a national TV show and static numbers of vapers, the market for e-cigarettes continues to grow in China as consumer preferences change. ECigIntelligence investigates in its latest market report
This graphic comes from the ECigIntelligence May 2019 US survey which explores consumer e-liquid preferences, choices and behaviours based on our consumer survey conducted in December 2018.
This graphic comes from the ECigIntelligence May 2019 Italy market report, which shows the predicted market growth in the wake of regulatory changes.
In our latest look at the market in South Korea, we find that vaping numbers are up and several new products have been launched
The number of vape stores in Germany continues to rise as the vaping population increases and customers move offline to shop in retail outlets, analysis by ECigIntelligence reveals
More than half of French high school students tried an e-cigarette in 2018, a sharp increase since 2015, according to a new survey
This report explores consumer e-liquid preferences, choices and behaviours based on our consumer survey conducted in December 2018. As the respondents were members of the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA), we believe most respondents were interested in the vaping sector and would potentially have higher levels of consumption
ECigIntelligence’s director of market analysis, Eva Antal, presents key findings from our advanced vaper survey undertaken in 2018 in the US
A report commissioned by Public Health England says e-cigarette use remained low among young people in Britain in 2018, but that the number of those who had tried vaping at least once had risen
In our latest look at the Greek market, we find Greek vapers prefer open system devices, the offline channel currently generates more sales and electronic cigarettes are now more widely available compared to previous years
This report on the e-liquid use and choices of Russian vapers, based on an online survey, is one of a series of studies dealing with e-cigarette users’ product choices and behaviour
In our latest look at the Russian market we can see that most purchases of hardware were made in vape stores, the average spend on hardware was higher offline, advanced systems remain the most used form factor and choices of hardware brands are more fragmented than a year ago
In our latest conversations with French e-cig users we find that vape stores are the main channel for e-liquids, while hardware is generally purchased online. Respondents also remain very critical of the tobacconist channel
An ECigIntelligence-conducted a focus group with eight Greek IQOS users. We found that health was given as the main motivation to start using IQOS, while friends were the main influence. All of the participants said they would recommend IQOS ahead of vaping
In this report we compares data on six countries – the UK, France, Italy, the US, Russia, and Germany – to identify factors that impact consumer choice when switching to vaping, including the range of products available, distribution coverage, and affordability
Our latest survey of Italian vape stores breaks down numbers of customers and their expenditure into new and habitual users, notes regional variations and differencesn between high and low footfall areas
We carried out a survey and analysed the hardware choice of more than 4000 vapers in America. We found 35% of respondents generally only buy their device in vape stores and Smok is the dominant leader by volume sales
This first in a series of studies of vaping behaviour is based on a survey of over 7000 open system device users and identifies consumer segments based on vaping experience, device types, and actual and expected changes in consumption
Our survey of German vapers’ behaviour and attitudes finds flavour and confidence in the manufacturer are key when choosing e-liquids, while ease of use and customisation options are the prime aspects of hardware
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