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Malaysian health ministry raids vape shops, seizes e-liquid
13th November 2015 - News analysis |
The e-cigarette industry in Malaysia has been thrown into chaos by health ministry raids on vape shops that sell nicotine-containing e-liquid.
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French government investigation finds widespread safety problems
22nd October 2015 - News analysis |
A French government agency found significant irregularities in tested e-liquid samples and e-cigarette chargers.
UK vape store pricing: online isn’t always cheaper
21st October 2015 - News analysis |
A lack of competition has left the south and east of England with the highest average pricing in vape stores – but prices across the UK generally remain remarkably competitive with online sellers, according to new research from ECigIntelligence.
Regulators should set standards for nicotine-level testing, say scientists
15th October 2015 - News analysis |
Regulators should set a standard methodology for the pharmacokinetic tests that measure how much nicotine is in vapers’ or smokers’ blood, say scientists at British American Tobacco (BAT).
Experienced vapers’ advice can help novices, says addiction expert
9th October 2015 - News analysis |
Experienced users should not be dismissed as unreliable sources of insight when e-cigarettes are being discussed, and their advice can be valuable for those just starting to vape or considering it, according to a British researcher.
BAT acquires Poland’s CHIC, makes pact with Reynolds
22nd September 2015 - News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) is expanding its presence in the international e-cigarette market through the acquisition of Poland’s major supplier and formalising its co-operation with U.S. tobacco firm Reynolds American.
E-cigarette regulation in Portugal: TPD plans become clear
6th September 2015 - Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
Introduction • Regulatory landscape • Current regulatory framework • Product categorisation • Age restrictions • Product restrictions • Notification procedure • Public usage • Advertising and marketing restrictions • Cross-border sales • Taxation • Case law • Enforcement • Conclusions • Graphic: how Portuguese e-cigarette regulation will change
E-cigs are positive for public health, says UK government body
19th August 2015 - News analysis |
Public Health England has voiced its support for e-cigarettes backed by newly commissioned research into their potential impact on consumer health and use in harm reduction as well as smoking cessation.
In depth: e-cigarette regulation in South Korea, July 2015
31st July 2015 - Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
An in-depth look at the regulation and legislation ruling the South Korean e-cigarette market.
In-depth: e-cigarette legislation in Cyprus, July 2015
30th July 2015 - Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
Contents1 Executive summary2 Regulatory landscape3 Current national regulatory framework4 Age restrictions5 Packaging and product restrictions6 Public usage7 Advertising and marketing restrictions8 Taxation9 Case law10 Enforcement11 The missing pieces from the TPD jigsaw12 Graphic: how e-cigarette regulation will change in Cyprus There may be more recent ECigIntelligence reports on this territory. Please visit the full list of regulatory reports, or the advanced search page. » Continue Reading.
New York fines e-cig suppliers over child-proofing failures
30th June 2015 - News analysis |
New York state’s attorney general has cracked down on e-cigarette firms that violate state laws against selling e-liquids without child-proof packaging.
In depth: Portugal’s developing regulation of e-cigs, May 2015
4th May 2015 - Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
Introduction • Regulatory landscape • Current regulatory framework • The missing pieces from the TPD jigsaw • Conclusions
E-cigs play little part in nicotine addiction among kids: UK study
20th April 2015 - News analysis |
A new study has downplayed concerns about youth e-cigarette use in the UK and even suggested that some minors may be using e-cigs in attempts to give up smoking.
CDC ads are aimed at tobacco, not vaping (will anyone notice?)
31st March 2015 - Marketing & retailing , News analysis |
A new advertising campaign from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sent shock waves through the e-cigarette sector, with many claiming it demonstrates official bias against the products. But is that a fair reading of the CDC’s ads?
Tobacco-flavour liquids “much lower in toxins than cigarettes”
28th March 2015 - News analysis |
Tobacco-flavoured e-liquid contains significantly lower levels of harmful compounds than tobacco itself, even when the flavouring is produced from cured tobacco leaves, new research suggests.
E-cigarette ads could increase smokers’ desire for tobacco
26th March 2015 - Marketing & retailing , News analysis |
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.
Fontem develops caffeine strip; Nicoccino looks beyond nicotine
25th March 2015 - News analysis |
Imperial Tobacco’s Fontem Ventures does not plan to create a nicotine oral strip similar to Nicoccino’s, despite launching a new brand of caffeinated strip called Reon.
Canadian law-makers favour bespoke regime for e-cigs
16th March 2015 - News analysis |
Canada is taking the first steps toward much-desired federal regulation of e-cigarettes with the release of a parliamentary committee report making detailed recommendations on the shape of national law.
Are headline-hungry publicists to blame for e-cig health scares?
17th February 2015 - News analysis |
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 science.
In depth: the new Dutch decree on e-cigarettes, Feb. 2015
30th January 2015 - Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
Executive summary • Introduction • Dutch regulatory powers • Previous Dutch e-cig regulation • New regulation in detail • Definition of e-cigarette • Advertising • Ingredients • Additives • Packaging • Instruction leaflet • Child-proofing • E-liquid volume and nicotine concentration • What next?
In California, public health squares up to e-cigarettes
29th January 2015 - News analysis |
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 benefits.
Californian bill would ban vaping in most workplaces
27th January 2015 - News analysis |
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 places.
No evidence that e-cig trial leads to smoking, study finds
24th December 2014 - News analysis |
Trying nicotine through experimentation with e-cigarettes does not seem likely to lead to a tobacco smoking habit, according to new research from Oklahoma which casts tentative doubt on the “gateway hypothesis” of e-cigs as a pathway to conventional cigarettes.
Vapers “significantly less dependent” than smokers
17th December 2014 - News analysis |
Relatively little scientific work has been done on comparing dependence on nicotine via tobacco with dependence on the substance via other delivery vehicles. But new U.S. research attempts to answer this question using a new index of dependence created specifically for the comparison.
E-liquid vapour “not acutely dangerous to lungs”, tests find
8th December 2014 - News analysis |
E-liquid has no short-term deleterious effect on human lung cells, according to a German e-cig manufacturer which commissioned research comparing the vapour of nicotine-containing liquid with tobacco smoke.
Handheld e-liquid analyser inspired by medical devices
8th December 2014 - News analysis |
A basic chemical analysis of e-liquids could soon be provided by simple handheld devices.
In depth: Canadian e-cigarette market, December 2014
5th December 2014 - Country market reports , Market reports |
Executive summary • Market size • Consumption patterns • Pricing and spend • Sales, distribution and marketing • Raw materials and manufacturing
New Liverpool e-liquid factory will be biggest in Europe
4th December 2014 - News analysis |
Europe’s largest outsourced manufacturing facility for nicotine products is to open in the UK city of Liverpool.
U.S. e-liquid manufacturers face deluge of FDA paperwork
2nd December 2014 - News analysis |
American e-liquid manufacturers face a significant rise in paperwork from the deeming regulations currently being finalised by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a consultancy has warned.
Coming soon: tougher smoking restrictions for 2.6bn people
28th November 2014 - News analysis |
The two largest countries in the world are preparing to launch strict anti-tobacco regulation which could open up huge markets for e-cigarettes or squash them at a hardly-developed stage.
Film is “powerful, discreet” alternative to e-cigs and NRT
26th November 2014 - News analysis |
Smokers seeking alternatives to the combustible cigarette face problems that neither e-cigs nor nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) can fully solve, according to the CEO of a Swedish firm which is taking a completely different technology approach.
Canada’s biggest province plans indoor vaping ban, rules on sale
25th November 2014 - News analysis |
Legislators in Canada’s most populous province are considering a comprehensive e-cig bill which would prohibit vaping in public enclosed spaces, limit in-store marketing, forbid sale to minors, and make flavour bans possible.
Do Minnesota’s young people really vape more than others?
23rd November 2014 - News analysis |
Nearly 20% of middle and high school students in Minnesota have tried vaping, a proportion about three times higher than the national average – but the public health researchers who produced the figure have cautioned against assuming that it represents a major problem for the state.
Second-generation e-cigarettes “more effective in cessation”
21st November 2014 - News analysis |
E-cigarettes may be more effective than previously thought in reducing craving for tobacco cigarettes and helping people quit smoking, according to a group of Belgian scientists who partially attribute their results to the use of second-generation e-cigs.
Regulation and manufacturing highlighted at European events
10th November 2014 - News analysis |
When policy-makers, scientists and health professionals gather in the august halls of London’s Royal Society for the E-Cigarette Summit this Thursday, it will be just the start of a busy conference season in Europe.
Good COP, bad COP? WHO FCTC urges ad ban, more research
19th October 2014 - News analysis |
The final recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) on e-cigarettes allow for a wide range of regulatory regimes but single out advertising as a prime candidate for controls, as expected, as well as hinting at the need for public place usage restrictions.
In depth: e-cigs in the U.S. – market and regulatory analysis
24th September 2014 - Country market reports , Country regulatory reports , Market reports , Regulatory reports |
A comprehensive survey of the U.S. e-cigarette market and regulation, including: Market size • Consumption patterns • Online pricing • Distribution • Raw material supply • E-cigarette usage surveys • Current U.S. e-cigarette regulation • The future of e-cigarette regulation in the United States • Potential challenges to the deeming regulations • Taxation of e-cigs • State and local government regulation case study – California • Public place restrictions by state and local governments • Challenging the deeming regulations – precedents • The FDA regulatory process • The role and influence of trade and consumer associations
Not just e-cigs: PMI looks ahead to a reduced-risk tobacco future
17th September 2014 - News analysis |
Things are changing at Philip Morris International (PMI), with new plans for tackling the reduced risk tobacco products sector.
Missouri finally decides: e-cigs are different from tobacco
16th September 2014 - News analysis |
The U.S. state of Missouri is to legally distinguish between e-cigarettes and tobacco products, following disagreement among law-makers which saw legislation passed, then vetoed, and finally reinstated.
UK pharma regulator approves cigarette-like vapour device
12th September 2014 - News analysis |
Britain’s medicines regulator has issued a product licence for the nicotine inhaler Voke, which will be sold by British American Tobacco’s subsidiary Nicoventures and looks likely to be the closest pharmaceutically-approved competitor to the e-cigarette.
Thailand seeks to prevent e-cig imports as tobacco laws fail
10th September 2014 - News analysis |
Thailand’s government is planning to clamp down harder on the import of e-cigarettes, seeking to close potential loopholes in the products’ confusing legal situation.
In depth: what will the WHO decide on e-cig regulation?
8th September 2014 - Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |
WHO’s basis for regulation • Political will to regulate • Regulatory proposals in detail • Likely impact of COP6 recommendations • Industry excluded from consultation? • Russia’s political situation and COP6 • Conclusions
Mixing nicotine and cocaine: what the Kandels really said
4th September 2014 - News analysis |
Two eminent American scientists have drawn the ire of e-cigarette advocates for suggesting that the products could be a gateway to illicit drugs, with the nicotine in e-liquid enhancing the effect of cocaine.
CDC: more non-smoking teens are vaping; many plan to smoke
26th August 2014 - News analysis |
New data on vaping habits and smoking intentions among U.S. youth will provide further ammunition for those sceptical on e-cigarettes’ public health benefits.
North Carolina allows prison inmates to buy e-cigarettes
13th August 2014 - News analysis |
Prison inmates in North Carolina are to be allowed e-cigarettes, following an unusual law-making decision which implicitly gives official recognition to the products as substitutes for tobacco smoking.
More study needed on complex nicotine-cancer relationship
7th August 2014 - News analysis |
Laypeople reading a new opinion paper in the journal Nature Reviews Cancer may be alarmed, but it is important to note that although nicotine can contribute to cancer, on its own the current evidence does not support a direct, carcinogenic link in “normal use”.
No basis for tobacco-style rules, says review of e-cig science
3rd August 2014 - News analysis |
A new review of medical and public health research on e-cigarettes concludes that tobacco-style regulation is unjustifiably strict, but also suggests that further research is needed on health effects and the relationship of e-cigs to smoking.
Swedish pharma regulator granted control over e-cigs
23rd July 2014 - News analysis |
A Swedish court has upheld attempts by the country’s medical products regulator to treat nicotine-containing e-cigarettes as pharmaceuticals, meaning that they must go through a licensing process and cannot be sold in outlets such as groceries and convenience stores.
E-cigarettes and heart health: questions, but no quick answers
13th July 2014 - News analysis |
Recent research on the possible cardiovascular health effects of nicotine and smokeless tobacco have generated fierce rejoinders from advocates of e-cigarettes.
Call for swift action on child safety, but FDA faces delays
19th June 2014 - News analysis |
Ten U.S. public health organisations have today asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to move quickly on child-proofing of e-liquid containers, and extend its proposed e-cigarette regulations to cover flavourings and advertising.
