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As a number of e-cigarette regulatory proposals continue to languish in the Philippine’s legislative system, the the island nation is left without any national regulation for vaping products and widely varying local law enforcement.
Top executives of Philip Morris International (PMI) have promised at a major US analysts’ conference to make the raw data from clinical and non-clinical studies for the company’s reduced risk products available to the public later this year
There are more than 320 tribal territories (Indian reservations) in the US, administered by federally recognised tribes – subject to federal, but not state laws. This affects the tobacco trade in various ways and may have interesting implications for e-cig sales
If e-cigs were freely available in Australia they could be worth AUD150m a year to the country’s convenience stores, an industry leader has told ECigIntelligence
A coalition of organisations led by the non-profit People’s Health Foundation (PHF) is calling on the government of Myanmar to regulate e-cigarettes – up to and including a total ban on imports
The most common reason that youth used e-cigs in the US in 2016 was that a friend or family member used them, according to information from the National Youth Survey for 2016, analysis of which was recently published by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The second most-prevalent was the availability of flavours.
Estonia is one of the most severe environments for the vaping industry in Europe. Cross-border distance sales are prohibited, while domestic online sales will be banned as of 1 July, 2019
The libertarian Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) has brought a series of suits from vape stores across the US to several federal district courts, alleging that the FDA’s deeming rule violates the US Constitution
Ten US Senators have urged the FDA to reject PMI’s reduced risk application for IQOS following the findings of the independent Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC)
Italian vape organisations have accused the tax authorities of an “excessive” use of power in their enforcement of the tax on e-liquid
The abrupt resignation of Brenda Fitzgerald as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could provide the Trump administration with an unexpected opportunity to help settle a question on the agency’s anti-tobacco efforts
The latest evidence review by Public Health England credits e-cigs with helping 20,000 people a year quit smoking, and blames distorted media reporting for that figure not being a lot higher
Chewing-gum and confectionery manufacturer Wrigley has filed another US lawsuit against an e-liquid retailer, alleging violation of its trademarks for Skittles and Starburst candies
The US government has been given an ‘F’ grade by the American Lung Association for its federal tobacco regulations and taxation policies, blaming its “partial implementation” of the Tobacco Control Act
Norway is likely to end its ban on e-cigarettes in mid-2018. However, vapour products are subject to detailed regulations and the Norwegian authorities have extended the EU’s TPD to cover nicotine-free products
Our updated report on the current state of e-cigarette regulation in Greece includes interpretation from the customs authority on what is covered by the cross-border distance sales ban and news of a legal challenge to the ban on public vaping
The Hawaiian senate is considering two bills, which could prohibit online sales of e-cigarette products if passed. One could also subject e-liquids to the same excise tax as tobacco products.
Prisoners in Belgium have been banned “for security reasons” from using e-cigarettes, in a move that could influence authorities in other countries
A surprise coordinated raid on more than 200 vape stores across Malaysia has left many facing damaging losses, according to the country’s vapour trade association
Given the complexity of all the possibilities, how can you forecast the long-term effect of e-cigs on smoking-related harms? That was the challenge taken on by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)
A report by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) presents a long list of suggestions for research into the public health consequences of e-cigarettes
E-cigarette sellers in the EU should put pressure on their Chinese suppliers to improve child-proofing, according to a company which has recently withdrawn one of its products from sale.
Agency’s science committee agrees that PMI product decreases exposure to dangerous chemicals, but won’t accept broader claims of long-term risk reduction
Questions over dual use and whether menthol flavours would attract at-risk groups led the start of the long-awaited Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hearing for Philip Morris International (PMI)’s modified risk claim for its IQOS heated-tobacco product
Scrapping the old “for tobacco only” message, companies developing vaping gear have found it easier to raise capital for cannabis-based ventures than for those based on e-cigarettes or tobacco
In our latest look at the Italian market, we see that distance sales, including domestic and cross-border, are now banned under the latest amendment (known as the “Vicari amendment”) approved in the Italian parliament
An independent report commissioned by the FDA to evaluate the evidence for the health effects of e-cigarettes has come back with a mix of good and bad news for the industry and produced headlines around the US
Congressman Tom Cole insists he has not given up his effort to bring legislative relief to the e-cigarette industry despite the tribulations of the latest US government shutdown
FDA oversight of the tobacco and e-cig industry looks likely to be virtually unaffected by the shutdown of US government functions as it continues to operate on fees paid by the industry
As the debate on the safety of lithium batteries continues, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published guidelines and recommendations about the carriage of e-cig batteries on flights.
The agency of the European Union with regulatory and executive tasks in the field of civilian aviation safety published a Safety Information Bulletin (SIB) to inform both airlines and passengers of a safe way to carry their lithium batteries, including those used for e-cigarettes.
A new analysis of smoking’s effects on the human body, undertaken by scientists associated with PMI, illustrates some of the difficulties in establishing whether an alternative nicotine product really reduces risk
As the US FDA gets to grips with its new focus on nicotine as a single marketplace, it is planning to take a fresh look at one of the longest-established non-combustible forms of the substance – nicotine replacement therapy
Israel is in the process of taking a new approach to the advertising of new tobacco-related products, with a likely ban on all advertising of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products anywhere but in print and at retail locations
ECigIntelligence managing director Tim Phillips will be among speakers at a US symposium next month on vapour, tobacco and the law, including topics such as taxation, intellectual property and advertising
The European Commission has said it will review the future tax situation of e-cigarettes and heated-tobacco products in 2019, and will not propose a revision of the Directive 2011/64/EU on excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco now
North Carolina’s current regulatory status is explained by the ECigIntelligence team of analysts: decisions are made at state level for state-wide uniformity; vapour products are included in the definition of tobacco products; and the taxable rate of e-liquids could raise by 40% in a proposed move.
While all but one of the EU’s member states have interpreted the TPD as banning all claims of health benefits from e-cigarettes, there may be scope for a “reduced risk” classification without the need of medical licensing
While Australian regulation remains firm in its resistance to e-cigarettes, a more conciliatory approach in New Zealand is leading to a divergence between the two markets
The popularity of shake and vape – adding nicotine shots to nicotine-free e-liquids – is increasing throughout Europe, as detailed in an ECigIntelligence report into the market in Germany
Citral, a plant-derived chemical fragrance sometimes used in e-cigarette flavours, may be reclassified at European level, requiring a new warning label on products that use it
A clinical trial among homeless people in Canada raises an intriguing question: could governments supply e-cigarettes free as a public health tool? And indeed, should they?
Health ministers of Europe’s Baltic states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have signed a joint memorandum of intent to share “strong policies” on e-cigarette trade and usage
The hardware and batteries used in e-cigarette products must be disposed of in line with EU legislation.
Packaging should display the crossed-out wheelie bin symbol, which indicates that hardware should be disposed of separately from normal household waste.
The PRI party’s Senator Marcela Guerra Castillo has presented a new bill to legalise e-cigarettes in Mexico, in response to their continuing popularity. It is a bid to control the quality of products on the market. The bill legalises nicotine alternatives and establishes a level playing field for tobacco, heat-not-burn and vaping products. It takes a cautionary approach to their impact on health and introduces requirements above and beyond those of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD).
E-cigarette regulation in Arizona and its state capital, Phoenix, is almost non-existent, with the exception of limiting access to those aged 18 or above
As the UK heads towards the exit door from Europe, the Westminster government remains responsible for the implementation of the TPD across the country – but Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have scope to impose added restrictions
Our updated report looks at the newly re-drafted tobacco law that is likely to form the basis of future regulation of e-cigarettes and HnB products in a country that is in Europe but outside the EU
ECigIntelligence’s review of the year gone by reflects the big stories of the e-cigarette world in 2017, the trends in regulation, the developing and diverging markets, the science and innovation, and peers into the crystal ball to consider where it all goes from here
US Representative Tom Cole is still hoping his bid to bring relief to the e-cigarette industry will make it into a major federal spending bill and onto President Trump’s desk
Opinions on tobacco are strongly coloured by political orientation, new European research suggests – while a US study finds it also affects whether people trust industry or health experts more
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