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Is it just coincidence that as youth vaping rises, cigarette smoking declines?
15th January 2021 - Blogs |
How do levels of youth vaping relate to smoking levels? This question goes right to the heart of attitudes and policy on e-cigarettes
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WHO study group recommends wide-ranging bans on e-cigarette products
31st December 2020 - News analysis |
Open systems and high-nicotine e-cigarette products would be banned under the latest set of proposals from a World Health Organization (WHO) committee
2020: the year of flavour bans, Juul cases, taxation, China – and that other thing
30th December 2020 - News analysis |
Who isn’t glad to see the back of 2020? ECigIntelligence looks back on what a generally cataclysmic year has meant for the world of e-cigarettes, from flavour bans to taxation, with Juul in the dock and China on the rise
Australia requires prescription to import e-cigs; Senate calls for friendlier regs
23rd December 2020 - News analysis |
Anyone wanting to import nicotine e-cigarettes into Australia from 1st October 2021 will require a doctor’s prescription, despite a Senate committee’s call for e-cigs to be more generally available
So what’s so wrong with vaping flavours? Chocolate or banana, anyone?
19th December 2020 - Blogs |
The real danger in e-liquid flavours may not be a question of who they appeal to, but of what they do to the user’s lungs
Does the coronavirus pandemic signal the end of the youth vaping ‘epidemic’?
12th December 2020 - Blogs |
Has the pandemic brought an end to the so-called epidemic of teen vaping? Is it even the beginning of the end? It’s too complex and too early to tell for sure
San Francisco heads for ban on smoking or vaping in private apartments
2nd December 2020 - News analysis |
San Francisco is a step closer to becoming one of the largest cities in the US to prohibit smoking and vaping in private apartments after a proposal received broad support in the city’s legislative body
Spanish ministry aims to equate ‘unsafe’ e-cigs with tobacco in new regulation
19th November 2020 - News analysis |
The Spanish Ministry of Health has prepared a draft amendment to the current Tobacco Act, including some provisions concerning e-cigarettes, which the ministry considers hazardous
Australian Senate committee begins hearings on harm reduction this week
11th November 2020 - News analysis |
An Australian Senate committee to inquire into tobacco harm reduction strategies will meet for the first time in Canberra on Friday, and again week later in Sydney
Opinion: ECigIntelligence smells a rat in bad science on e-cigs and COVID-19
9th November 2020 - News analysis |
Marc Beishon, former editor of New Scientist magazine, takes recent examples of bad science to task for misrepresenting the supposed dangers of e-cigarettes, including unfounded links with COVID-19
Vape industry warns of 50% sales drop as second lockdown begins in England
5th November 2020 - News analysis |
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
Health body calls for e-cig regulation in Argentina in place of ‘outdated’ ban
3rd November 2020 - News analysis |
Public health and vaping organisations in Argentina are working on a proposal to regulate e-cigarettes, arguing that the current legislation, which dates from 2011, is no longer fit for purpose
Hard-line Australia has precautionary principle all wrong, study suggests
23rd October 2020 - News analysis |
Regulators need to consider the risks of the precautionary measures they implement, and not just the risks they are trying to avoid, according to researchers studying Australian e-cigarette regulation
Government concludes German e-liquids are vitamin E free, but warns about THC
22nd October 2020 - News analysis |
A study concludes that e-liquids marketed in Germany do not contain potential concerning chemicals and additives such as vitamin E acetate, but warned about high levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in some of them
If there’s a scientific consensus on e-cigs, it may not be quite what you think
16th October 2020 - Blogs |
Is there a scientific consensus on the harmfulness of e-cigarettes? The latest review of the best science on the subject suggests that certain widely-held views don’t have the evidence behind them
ASH blames ‘mistaken belief in harm’ for 11% drop in number of British vapers
16th October 2020 - News analysis |
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)
Cochrane evidence review supports nicotine e-cigs for smoking cessation
15th October 2020 - News analysis |
Nicotine e-cigarettes can be more effective than other more traditional methods in helping smokers to quit the habit for at least six months, the latest Cochrane review of the subject has concluded
Australian pharmacists ready to take up central role in e-cigarette distribution
13th October 2020 - News analysis |
Pharmacists across Australia are waiting for more details after the announcement by the country’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) that they would be exclusive distributors of prescribed e-cigarettes
US lawsuits against Juul pile up, but where are they all headed?
13th October 2020 - Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |
Juul is being sued in courts across the US. Most of the cases brought by individuals, states, or school districts have many allegations in common – and the consequences could affect the whole e-cigarette industry
Heart charity urges Irish government to budget for a tax on vaping products
12th October 2020 - News analysis |
A day ahead of the presentation of the Irish 2021 budget, the government in Dublin is being urged to put forward a new tax scheme for vaping products
Rebellious youth and the psychology that makes ‘dangerous’ vaping so alluring
12th October 2020 - Blogs |
Is youth vaping a typical passing teenage fad? If we’re to believe the self-styled “#1 site for moms seeking advice, community, and entertainment”, the answer would appear to be yes
E-cigarettes are likely to reduce harm but not without risk, says UK science panel
5th October 2020 - News analysis |
Switching from smoking to vaping is likely to reduce harm to health but could still have risks, while flavours represent an area of further uncertainty, an independent UK government science committee has concluded
‘Must do better’ – tobacco companies score poorly in harm reduction exam
2nd October 2020 - Blogs |
We’re told repeatedly that the whole point of e-cigarettes is to reduce harm from smoking – so how are we doing in terms of harm reduction?
EU: evidence to support e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool ‘weak’
25th September 2020 - News analysis |
A leading EU scientific committee says evidence “for the support of electronic cigarettes’ effectiveness in helping smokers to quit” is weak, and has warned about nicotine addiction in young people
Australia opens the door to e-cig sales by pharmacies; state MPs call for regulation
24th September 2020 - News analysis |
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has relaxed its position on e-cigarettes, deciding they can be available legally from pharmacies if prescribed by a doctor “to support smoking cessation”
‘Vapour’ or ‘chemicals’: do the words used to describe vaping alter risk perception?
21st September 2020 - Blogs |
A widely reported university study has called for the terminology of vaping to be more accurate – but how accurate is the language of the study itself?
Indonesian government under fire for ‘reluctance’ to update regulation
21st September 2020 - News analysis |
Tobacco control advocates in Indonesia have questioned the government’s lack of progress on revising the regulation on the safety of addictive ingredients in tobacco products and urged it to get the ball rolling
How EVALI, and the way it was reported, damaged perceptions of vaping
18th September 2020 - News analysis |
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
COVID-19 restrictions delay EU scientific evidence on e-cigs and TPD revision
17th September 2020 - News analysis |
The scientific committee of the European Commission is to delay delivery of its conclusions on vaping, which will inform the impact assessment on the revision of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD)
European cardiologists see potential in e-cigarettes but warn on flavours
9th September 2020 - News analysis |
The European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) believes the use of e-cigarettes for adult smoking cessation could be a “sensible argument”, but argues that more scientific evidence is needed
German court rules that online retailers can’t say e-cigarettes save lives
8th September 2020 - News analysis |
German online vaping retailers may no longer be allowed to promote e-cigarettes as a tool to quit smoking after a regional court ruled that the practice violates the federal Tobacco Act
PHE: seven-year report on the UK’s soon-to-be-disbanded authority on vaping
3rd September 2020 - News analysis |
The recent news that the British government is to scrap Public Health England and replace it with a new institute makes this an appropriate moment to look back at some of PHE’s achievements in creating policies and evidence on tobacco-alternative products. Since it was set up in April 2013 to “bring public health specialists into a single public health service”, » Continue Reading.
California bans flavoured e-cigs from January on unanimous Senate vote
1st September 2020 - News analysis |
The sale of flavoured e-cigarettes will be illegal in California from January 2021 after the US state’s governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to ban them from the market
Why blaming e-cigarettes for deadly EVALI is not just wrong, but dangerous
31st August 2020 - Blogs |
Was the much-trumpeted rise in youth vaping responsible for last year’s outbreak of vape-related lung injury (EVALI) in the US? The short answer can be given in one word
Australia bans tobacco alternatives while leaving e-cigarettes on prescription
27th August 2020 - News analysis |
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a final decision that leaves the sale of all tobacco-alternative products banned in the country, while still allowing e-cigarettes on prescription only
Doubts remain as Taiwan considers the detail of law to ban e-cigarettes
25th August 2020 - News analysis |
Taiwan appears to be heading for a blanket ban on e-cigarettes, while leaving the door ajar for the possible approval of heated tobacco products
US state’s U-turn: Montana backs down from proposed flavours ban
24th August 2020 - News analysis |
Officials in the US state of Montana have reversed course and will drop plans to ban sales of flavoured vaping products after opposition from state lawmakers
The deadly danger that lurks in well-meaning prohibition of vaping flavours
24th August 2020 - Blogs |
Do restrictions on e-cigarettes, such as flavour bans, send users back to smoking? No doubt it’s the law of unintended consequences at work, but the answer would seem to be “yes”
Future of UK e-cigarette policy unclear as government scraps vape-friendly PHE
19th August 2020 - News analysis |
The UK government is to create a new body replacing Public Health England (PHE) with a single command structure focused on tackling COVID-19 and “protecting the nation’s health”
To ban or not to ban, that is the question over e-cigs during COVID-19 pandemic
17th August 2020 - Blogs |
Would it be appropriate to ban e-cigarettes for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s what some US Congress members are calling for
Spain bans public vaping where social distancing cannot be guaranteed
17th August 2020 - News analysis |
A spike in new cases of COVID-19 in Spain has prompted the national government to prohibit smoking and vaping in all public spaces where it is not possible to ensure a 2m social distance
Mexico’s No 1 state plans to restrict public vaping; federal legislators look kindlier
14th August 2020 - News analysis |
The State of Mexico – the most populous of the country’s 32 states – wants to ban the use of e-cigarettes in spaces such as bars, restaurants and workplaces
South Korean government claims credit for 80% crash in e-cigarette sales
11th August 2020 - News analysis |
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
Spanish industry rebels against government anti-vaping campaign
3rd August 2020 - News analysis |
The Union of Vaping Promoters and Entrepreneurs (UPEV) has taken the anti-tobacco campaign from the Ministry of Health to the Spanish Ombudsman amid “hurting industry interests”
EU spent €500k on TPD study and ‘reactive communication’ on tobacco
23rd July 2020 - News analysis |
The EU Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) spent more than €180m in 2019 on public health policies, including a study on the TPD and a media campaign on novel tobacco products
WHO sees room for improvement in tobacco control across Europe
17th July 2020 - News analysis |
The World Health Organization (WHO) says progress in the adoption of tobacco control and taxation policies is uneven across Europe amid an increase in e-cigarette use among young people
Is Britain beginning to fall out of love with vaping?
17th July 2020 - Blogs |
There have been a few signs lately that some in the world’s most vape-friendly nation may be experiencing a frisson of doubt
NHS Scotland suggests a review of support for e-cigs as cessation tool
15th July 2020 - News analysis |
Around half Scotland’s health community would allow vaping in hospital grounds, a survey found. But there was a call for a review of the advice supporting e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool
New US federal bill aims to prohibit the mailing of e-cigarettes
10th July 2020 - News analysis |
The US Congress is getting closer to considering a prohibition on sending e-cigarettes via the mail after the Senate unanimously approved new legislation
Vaping vs smoking – what do EU Parliament officials have to hide?
10th July 2020 - Blogs |
The vexed question of the distinction between vaping and smoking, often confused by rulemakers at all levels, has arisen in the very heart of one of the world’s largest and most influential rulemaking bodies
