Defeat for Gripum as US appeal court backs FDA’s marketing denial order

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th September 2022 || News analysis |

The early legal success of the vaping company Gripum against the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its marketing denial order (MDO) has given way to a major defeat ...

A ‘groundbreaking’ ruling as appeal court orders US FDA to reconsider PMTA denial

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th September 2022 || News analysis |

In a big win for the vaping industry, a federal appellate court has ordered the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reconsider its denial of premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) for six companies ...

Alaska looks set to implement further e-cig taxes, though no flavour ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd September 2022 || News analysis |

Alaska will face an additional excise tax on vaping products but will not face a flavour ban after the state’s legislature finalised the passage of Senate Bill 45 (SB45) and transmitted it to the governor’s office ...

Early election could scupper Malaysian plan for a birthdate e-cigarette ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th August 2022 || News analysis |

Malaysia’s latest attempt to put an end to nicotine use among the younger generation is likely to be delayed, or even derailed, with an early election expected to stall the new bill ...

Why did Hawaii’s Democratic governor veto a bill to ban e-cigarette flavours?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd August 2022 || News analysis |

The Democratic governor of Hawaii appeared to take a step out of line with the US party’s common position when he vetoed a bill that would have introduced a ban on flavoured tobacco and vaping products ...

Belgian Health Council recommends e-cigs to quit smoking and reduce risks

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th August 2022 || News analysis |

Belgian authorities have embraced harm reduction, with the country’s Superior Health Council advocating for the use of e-cigarettes as both a safer alternative to smoking tobacco and an aid for quitting ...

Russia turns to disposables, with sales more than trebling since start of 2022

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th August 2022 || News analysis |

Sales of disposable e-cigarettes have soared in Russia over the past year, producing a corresponding boom in revenue ...

Egypt sets a standard, cracks down on tax evasion, opens up e-cig market potential

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th August 2022 || News analysis |

In the wake of a recent U-turn on legality, a new technical standard in Egypt is meant to ensure products on the market meet minimum standards, but so far no products have completed the necessary registration ...

How Triton’s PMTA hopes were dashed as appeal court sided 2-1 with US FDA

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th August 2022 || News analysis |

A potentially key but temporary legal win for a vaping company challenging the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s PMTA review process has been transformed into a resounding loss ...

Romania raises tax on nicotine e-liquid in hope of boosting national coffers

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd August 2022 || News analysis |

Romania has increased taxes on vaping products – along with conventional cigarettes and heated tobacco – from yesterday, 1st August, as the government bids to secure additional tax revenue ...

US FDA up against the ropes in fallout from PMTA denials and legal challenges

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st August 2022 || News analysis |

Uncertainty is mounting over the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s premarket tobacco application (PMTA) process after the agency shifted its position on Juul Labs' application, leading to searching questions ...

Accusations fly, challenge planned after Philippines vaping bill lapses into law

Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th July 2022 || News analysis |

Calls for the president to veto the Philippines Vape Regulation Bill – and a change of government – failed to derail the bill as a lack of presidential action by the due date meant it lapsed into law...

Supreme Court condemns South Africa’s lockdown e-cigarette and tobacco ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st July 2022 || News analysis |

A rule banning tobacco and vaping products during the Covid lockdown in South Africa was strongly criticised by the country’s Supreme Court of Appeal, which deemed it to be unconstitutional ...

US appeal court denies plea for Myblu to remain on sale during MDO challenge

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th July 2022 || News analysis |

Myblu vaping products will not be allowed to be sold in the US market while a court reviews a marketing denial order (MDO) ...

Do Pop and Bidi Vapor cases indicate how judges are likely to view MDO appeals?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th July 2022 || News analysis |

Arguments in a US appeal court could demonstrate how judges are likely to perceive arguments from vaping companies contesting US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decisions on pre-market tobacco applications (PMTAs) ...

Brazil’s health chiefs decide e-cigarette ban should stay – and be made tougher

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th July 2022 || News analysis |

E-cigarettes will almost certainly remain banned in Brazil following a unanimous vote by the board of Anvisa, the country’s health agency ...

Egypt: e-cigarette regulation, July 2022

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th July 2022 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Although vapour products have been regulated since 2018 in Egypt, legal uncertainty persevered until the end of 2021. This report offers an overview of the current regulatory framework for e-cigs and related products in Egypt ...

Standstill on vaping taxes follows in wake of Bulgarian government’s chaotic fall

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th July 2022 || News analysis |

Tax rates on vaping products in Bulgaria will not change following the resignation of prime minister Kiril Petkov and his cabinet after they lost a vote of confidence ...

US FDA appeals against court ruling that Myblu can remain on sale pending review

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th June 2022 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has hit back at a court-issued stay allowing Fontem’s Myblu vaping products to continue to be legally sold in the US ...

Reynolds to appeal after being told to pay PMI $11m in latest round of patents battle

Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th June 2022 || News analysis |

RJ Reynolds says it will appeal after a US federal jury awarded Philip Morris International (PMI) nearly $11m having concluded that Reynolds Vapor’s Vuse e-cigarettes infringed two PMI patents ...

Canada’s vape industry facing demand to reveal product and sales information

Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th June 2022 || News analysis |

Canadian manufacturers of vaping products could soon have to reveal to the federal government key information such as the ingredients in their products, sales figures and their promotional activities ...

Court grants Juul temporary halt to ‘extraordinary and unlawful’ ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th June 2022 || News analysis |

Juul Labs has been granted a temporary administrative stay while it asks a federal appeal court to halt the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s order requiring the removal of all Juul products from the US market ...

Russia backs away from e-cig ban and towards tax to bolster falling revenues

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th June 2022 || News analysis |

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed government priorities and rather than looking to completely ban the sale of vaping products, the Russian authorities are now considering increased e-cigarette taxes instead ...

Sweden scraps plans for a flavour ban as government proposal is overturned

Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd June 2022 || News analysis |

Sweden’s parliament, the Riksdag, has rejected a government proposal to ban flavoured e-liquids and nicotine products, citing a lack of evidence of potential harm from such additives ...

Decree imposing swift retroactive fees could hit Italian vape business hard

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th June 2022 || News analysis |

New fees on liquid products could hit Italy’s entire vaping supply chain – and a retroactive application of the fees, coupled with a short due date for payment, could cripple companies if no resolution is found ...

Mexican president accused of ‘witch hunt’ after decree banning e-cig sales

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th June 2022 || News analysis |

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has signed a decree to prohibit “the circulation and sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems, electronic cigarettes and vapes” ...

Hong Kong’s effective e-cig prohibition ‘puts smoking reduction target at risk’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th June 2022 || News analysis |

New regulations that came into force at the end of April will make it hard for Hong Kong to achieve its 2025 smoking reduction targets, one concerned harm reduction association claims ...

Dutch health and environment body wants ban on flavours, including tobacco

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th June 2022 || News analysis |

In a first, Dutch health authorities are looking to ban tobacco flavourings on top of those more usually prohibited, such as sweet and fruit flavours ...

Czech Republic looks to include harm reduction in public health strategy

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th June 2022 || News analysis |

The Czech Republic is set to become the main EU proponent of tobacco harm-reduction policy following a change in philosophy among leaders ...

Cooling flavours show potential warning flag, though more research is needed

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th May 2022 || News analysis |

New research has found that substances added to a wide variety of vaping flavours to create a cooling sensation may be harmful but researchers suggest more work must be done to formally confirm the theory ...

US FDA under fire after it forecasts work until June 2023 on final PMTA reviews

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th May 2022 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s first court-ordered update on the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) progress has not gone down well with health lobbyists or a group of senior US senators ...

Podcast: Disposables – Regional trends in key areas, grey markets and growth explained

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th May 2022 || Podcasts |

ECigIntelligence market analyst Lucas Tremlett talks to podcast host Jon Bruford about the evergreen disposable e-cig, why it's seeing growth in many key regions, grey markets, device evolution and more ...

EU environmental rules for batteries could spell the end of disposable e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd May 2022 || News analysis |

Vaping hardware could be in for a big shake-up in the EU over the next few years, with the environmental impact of batteries squarely in the firing line ...

Pennsylvania medical cannabis vape recall linked to added flavours?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th May 2022 || News analysis |

A widespread recall of medical cannabis vaping products in the US state of Pennsylvania has given rise to questions about the role flavour additives play in product safety and has left patients with more questions than answers ...

New research suggests a link between vape heating mechanisms and EVALI

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th May 2022 || News analysis |

The heating mechanisms of vaping devices may have played a part in the vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) crisis, new research suggests. Initial theories on the August 2019 outbreak of EVALI in the US quickly linked the condition to...

China: e-cigarette regulation, May 2022

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th May 2022 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

In November 2021, vapour products intended for the internal market were regulated as tobacco products in China. This report outlines the current regulatory regime ...

BAT takes Danish government to court, claiming e-cig restrictions are illegal

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th May 2022 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) and its subsidiaries Nicoventures and House of Prince have sued the Danish government over legislation which came into force in 2021 ...

China bans synthetic nicotine, while new e-cig standard could affect global market

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd May 2022 || News analysis |

Synthetic nicotine, and nicotine-free e-liquids, will be banned in China from 1st October, when the country’s standard for e-cigarettes takes effect, potentially have a major impact on worldwide supplies ...

First of US FDA’s court-ordered status reports on pending PMTAs expected

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th April 2022 || News analysis |

The first report on the status of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) is expected today, 29th April, following an order from a federal judge ...

Health agency consultants recommend preserving Brazilian e-cigarette ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th April 2022 || News analysis |

A long-anticipated report on possible future e-cigarette regulation will not make pleasant reading for Brazil’s vaping industry and its supporters ...

Smoore puts faith in new testing lab to meet Chinese and export standards

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th April 2022 || News analysis |

Chinese e-cigarette company Smoore has opened what it is calling the vaping industry’s first laboratory to test for extractable and leachable (E&L) substances ...

BAT fine demonstrates French tobacco advertising law does apply to vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th April 2022 || News analysis |

Anti-tobacco campaigners are happy with the €100,000 fine levied against British American Tobacco (BAT) for illegally advertising its Vype vaping products (now called Vuse) in France ...

South Africa takes ‘precautionary’ steps towards a flat rate tax on all e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th April 2022 || News analysis |

South Africa is looking to introduce taxes on vaping products as part of tobacco control measures in line with World Health Organization (WHO) guidance ...

FDA’s marketing denials for Myblu ‘very ominous news’ for US vaping industry

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th April 2022 || News analysis |

The company that makes the Myblu vaping pod has a 30-day window to challenge the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s denial of premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) for the device and flavoured refills ...

Canada announces new federal excise duty and coordinated vaping tax regime

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th April 2022 || News analysis |

The Canadian government has announced a new federal excise duty on vaping products and is inviting provincial governments to participate in a new, coordinated, vaping taxation regime ...

Podcast: What can we expect from the coming TPD revision?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th April 2022 || Podcasts |

ECigIntelligence director of legal analysis Pablo Cano Trilla discusses the coming revision of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), and how the changes it brings in will affect the vaping industry across Europe ...

Canadian government under fire from both sides on ‘too narrow’ law review

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th April 2022 || News analysis |

Critics say Canada’s long-awaited review of vaping law focuses too much on youth use of e-cigarettes, and those on both sides of the debate say it should go further on issues such as smoking...

Idaho denies local governments the right to be tougher than the state on vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th April 2022 || News analysis |

Local governments in the US state of Idaho will not be able to impose heavier e-cigarette regulation than the state already requires, following the governor’s signing of Senate Bill 1285 ...

Italian retailers wait for April ruling on selling e-liquid without a tax stamp

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st April 2022 || News analysis |

Italian vape retailers must wait for a second ruling in mid-April to see if they are permitted to sell e-liquids without a tax stamp, though they have at least been buoyed by an initial ruling that they do...

Departments of health and education join call for veto of Philippine vaping bill

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st April 2022 || News analysis |

The Department of Health (DOH) and medical groups in the Philippines have found an ally in the Department of Education (DepEd) after the latter backed the DOH’s appeal to president Rodrigo Duterte to veto the country’s vaping regulation...