Vape retailers required to post age-limit signs as New Zealand takes another step

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 10th September 2021 || News analysis |

New regulations that come into force in New Zealand tomorrow will oblige retailers, including vape stores, to display signs at each point-of-sale warning customers that e-cigarette products are not for sale to minors ...

State AGs join in calling on FDA to deny PMTAs for flavoured vaping products

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th August 2021 || News analysis |

A group of 31 US attorneys general has joined together in urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to deny premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) for vaping products ...

Italian proposal calls for prison officials to allow inmates to use e-cigs

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 23rd August 2021 || News analysis |

The Italian Department of Prison Administration (DAP) has been urged to implement a 2016 circular that authorised the use of e-cigarettes by inmates ...

RLX blames threat of tighter Chinese regulation for Q2 slowdown in growth

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 20th August 2021 || News analysis |

RLX Technology has reported a slowdown in its revenue growth for the second quarter of the year due to “external factors” ...

UK’s MHRA confirms new e-cig products can only be marketed if on official list

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 17th August 2021 || News analysis |

The UK’s MHRA has updated its industry guidance and clarified that vaping products can be legally placed on the market only when a compliant notification is published online ...

US FDA rejects 4.5m PMTA applications from one single manufacturer

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 10th August 2021 || News analysis |

A small manufacturer from Texas must remove millions of vaping products from the US market after the FDA issued a Refuse to File (RTF) letter rejecting most of its PMTAs ...

Behind the scenes of the 6m PMTA submissions – the ‘top five’

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 6th August 2021 || News analysis |

Five US companies are top of the list with the most PMTAs submitted, and represent five out of the 6m total applications by the September 2020 deadline ...

Vuse in full sail with BAT’s vapour volume up 70% year-on-year in first half of 2021

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 28th July 2021 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT)’s revenue from its new category portfolio rose by 40.4% year-on-year to £883m in the first half of 2021, driven by the post-pandemic recovery of its vapour segment ...

Back to the drawing-board for Nerudia as ‘more prudent’ Imperial ponders job cuts

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 26th July 2021 || News analysis |

A proposed restructuring of Nerudia, a UK e-liquid manufacturer owned by Imperial Brands, could lead to the loss of 77 jobs across its research and development and production departments in Liverpool ...

Italian Senate to have the last word on plan for temporary e-liquid tax relief

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 19th July 2021 || News analysis |

The Italian Senate is close to considering temporary tax relief for e-cigarettes in the country – a move financial experts do not expect to cause any significant drop in the overall volume of tax collected ...

Italian parliament considers temporary reduction in tax on e-liquids from August

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 13th July 2021 || News analysis |

The Italian Chamber of Deputies is considering an amendment that would temporarily lower the excise duties on vaping products ...