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Executive summary • Background • Implementing acts and reports • Implementing act: reporting format • Implementing act: refill mechanisms • Report: potential public-health risks • The regulation-makers • External contractors and the expert group • What lies ahead? • A European excise tax on e-cigs? • Timeline
Methodology • The top sites • Traffic share and unique visitors • Segmentation of leading online vendors • Dwell times • Drivers of traffic • Direct visits • Referrals • Organic search • Social media
A selection of photos showing te different types of vape shops and e-cigarette displays in Greece.
A collection of images of French vape shops.
Introduction • Rechargeable cigalike starter kit prices • Cartomiser/cartridge prices • E-liquid prices • eGo-style starter kit prices • Box mod prices • Downloadable Excel spreadsheet of detailed pricing data and analysis
Philip Morris International (PMI) is deepening its commitment to alternative nicotine technologies with new rollouts for its iQOS heat-not-burn device, as well as cautious health-related claims for the product.
ECigIntelligence next month launches ECigIntelligence Platinum, the most comprehensive package of regulatory and business information available for the e-cigarette market anywhere in the world.
Infographic showing how the level of e-cigarette regulation in different territories appears to have an impact on vaping prevalence.
Only about one in 30 Americans fully understand the relative health risks of different nicotine products, according to a new study.
Legislative solution: giving the FDA discretion • Legislative solution: changing the grandfathering date • Legislative solution: amending the Tobacco Control Act • Judicial challenge: the Tobacco Control Act’s purpose • Judicial challenge: scientific evidence • Judicial challenge: free speech • Judicial challenge: are e-cigs really tobacco products? • Judicial challenge: injunctive relief • Solutions from the FDA
A Florida cancer research centre has been given $3.6m (€3.3m) for a long-running study of how e-cigarettes are used by consumers and whether they help vapers quit tobacco.
U.S. e-cig maker Pax Labs has secured $46.7m (€42.3m) in funding, which it will use to finance expansion plans including increased availability of its products and a new advertising campaign.
The British government has released a draft law for the partial implementation of the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD).
Canadian retailers’ attitudes to e-cigarettes differ dramatically across the country, new research suggests.
European consumers see TV ads for e-cigarettes nearly as often as point-of-sale promotions, but there is a significant divide between east and west in terms of frequency and impact, according to a new report.
U.S. tobacco market leader Altria is hoping to learn more about consumers’ reactions to its Green Smoke and MarkTen XL e-cigarettes and the best way to develop sales.
More evidence is emerging to suggest that e-cigarettes are taking market share away from smoking cessation products in Europe.
Polish vape retailers believe the country’s e-cigarette market is growing thanks to higher awareness of the category, perception of e-cigs as a healthier alternative to tobacco, and the freedom to vape where smoking is prohibited. But how long will that last?
State law: age verification • State taxes: “Amazon laws” • State taxes: the Marketplace Fairness Act • Federal law: PACT and mail restrictions • The future of online sales regulation
Taxation of e-cigarettes in Portugal will hold back market growth and drive consumers online, although its effects have yet to be fully felt, the local industry believes.
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.
The background to Greek regulation • National regulatory framework • Age restrictions • Product and packaging restrictions • Public usage • Advertising and marketing restrictions • Taxation • Case law • The missing pieces from the TPD jigsaw • Post-TPD enforcement
Ontario legislators have voted in a new bill that severely restricts the marketing and use of e-cigs within Canada’s most populous province.
Big Tobacco is re-entering the Spanish, Italian and French markets with cigalikes. Why are they doing this and what will the end result be?
A group of e-cig companies have banded together to lobby the Hong Kong government as it considers a proposal to ban e-cigs entirely.
New Zealand, where strict controls are placed on e-cigarette sales and distribution, has allowed an e-cig radio ad for the first time.
Executive summary • Market background and prospects • Market implications of the e-liquid tax • Market size • Consumption patterns and pricing • Online pricing • Brands and channels • Methodology
The domestic Chinese market for e-cigarettes appears to finally be opening up, with a major manufacturer having started distribution of nicotine-containing cigalikes through convenience stores at the beginning of this year, and a number of others having plans to distribute their own products in 2015.
The Scottish government plans to add a registration process for e-cigarette sellers, as well as a formal ban on sales to under-18s, to its health bill due to be introduced later this year.
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an e-cigarette TV ad for “indirectly promoting the use of tobacco products” through being “glamorous”.
Vape shops in the U.S. are growing concerned about increasing e-cigarette regulation at state and municipal level.
Introduction • Regulatory landscape • Current regulatory framework • The missing pieces from the TPD jigsaw • Conclusions
The top four mainstream e-cigarette brands in the U.S. will all be in the hands of tobacco companies following an agreement by Japan Tobacco (JT) to purchase Logic.
Big Tobacco’s e-cigarette operations are significantly better than independents at implementing Website and sales restrictions on young people, according to a new study.
Many thought that not getting Blu as part of the Lorillard takeover was a downside for Reynolds, or an inexplicable decision. But increasingly it looks like it might be no big loss.
We review the top e-cigarette industry, policy and science stories of recent weeks.
In less than four months, the 114th U.S. Congress has matched its predecessor’s record on e-cig legislation, with the same number of bills already tabled – with many of the same sponsors.
How do the costs of vaping and smoking compare around Europe? Our data shows the typical extra cost of a pack of cigarettes, compared with 10ml of e-liquid, in major European markets.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered three e-cigarette suppliers to stop falsely claiming that their products are FDA-endorsed.
Executive summary • Market background • Market size • Consumption patterns and pricing • Brands and channels
A panel advising the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected attempts by Swedish Match to claim that snus is less harmful than cigarettes – yet some members did accept its assertions of reduced risk.
Introduction • Regulatory landscape • Current national regulatory framework • Comparison with tobacco regulation • Public use restrictions • Age restrictions • Packaging and point-of-sale requirements • Advertising restrictions • Medical claims • Taxes • Enforcement • Case law • Regional regulatory developments • Basque Country • Other regions • The missing pieces from the TPD jigsaw • Expected transposition mechanism • Conclusions
Introduction • Age restrictions • Public place usage • Tax policy • Packaging/warning labels • Other regulatory measures
The potent influence that Big Tobacco enjoys over U.S. retailers is highlighted by new data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
New legal restrictions on the use of e-cigarettes came into force in Estonia this week.
Approval of an e-cigarette by a medical licensing body could have even more impact on the sector than the much-discussed EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) implementation, according to Nerudia, a consultancy and nicotine science company.
The Latvian government is considering implementing some of the toughest restrictions on e-cigarette use in the European Union, requiring all products to have a medical licence.
The Spanish e-cigarette sector has hit bottom and is stabilising again, vape store owners believe, but they expect little or no improvement over the coming year.
Executive summary • Introduction • Zoning – key facts • Utah zoning law • Local zoning laws • Potential legal challenges
Vaping in TV commercials may increase smokers’ urge to reach for a cigarette and decrease optimism among those that quit tobacco, a new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication suggests.
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