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Europe regulatory live alerts monthly round-up, September

4th September 2023 - Daily news alerts Array , Live alerts EU |

All the stories from the ECigIntelligence daily Europe regulatory Live Alerts in one user-friendly database, updated every month. This regulatory tool consolidates all of our Europe regulatory Live Alerts since they were launched in January 2018, collected in Excel database format, allowing you to filter information by date and country. Each update includes the alerts up to the end of » Continue Reading.

US regulatory Live Alerts monthly round-up, September

4th September 2023 - Daily news alerts Array , Live alerts US |

All the stories from the ECigIntelligence daily US regulatory Live Alerts in one user-friendly database, updated every month. This regulatory tool consolidates all of our US regulatory Live Alerts, since they were launched in November 2017, and covers significant regulatory and policy-related developments, focusing on:

Federal regulation
The largest states (Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia)
Selected major cities and counties (New York City and its five boroughs, Los Angeles County and City, San Francisco County and City, Cook County and Chicago, Dallas County and Dallas,
Harris County and Houston, Philadelphia County and Philadelphia, Miami-Dade County and Miami City, Maricopa County and Phoenix)
Relevant developments in jurisdictions not specifically covered may be included.

Japan remains premier test market for new HnB devices

30th May 2019 - News analysis |

Japan continues to be the leading test market for heated tobacco products, with two new devices recently launched – including the world’s first device which works with ordinary cigarettes.
SMV Japan, which lays claim to being the country’s first vape manufacturer, released its VP Style heat-not-burn (HnB) device on 27th April for JPY 7,980 ($72.80). The device comes in silver or black

JT shows two new higher-temp HnB devices for Japan

21st January 2019 - News analysis |

Japan Tobacco (JT) is launching two new heat-not-burn (HnB) devices in the Japanese market on 29th January as it tries to catch up with Philip Morris International (PMI)’s IQOS and British American Tobacco (BAT)’s Glo in its home territory.
The new devices will heat tobacco to higher temperatures than JT’s existing Ploom Tech, delivering stronger tastes, something consumers have called for, according to a company spokesperson.

BAT announces two new e-cig models with new blade technology

28th December 2018 - News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced the launch of two new models of electronic cigarette that will be added to the company’s vaping portfolio.
The devices, called iSwitch and iSwitch Maxx, are the first to use efficient puretech blade technology, rather than the traditional coil and wick heating system.