Vape shops are springing up across Japan, attracting a mix of those wanting to quit smoking and gadget-loving hobbyists, despite a ban on nicotine e-liquid and the most developed heat-not-burn (HnB) sector in the world...

One of the UK’s largest vape store chains is teaming up with Scotland’s second biggest football club to launch a range of e-liquid flavours ...

A vaping versus pharma fight over advertising has emerged in evidence being given to the UK government, with Johnson & Johnson for Big Pharma taking on the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) ...

Ethics, health and humour are three of the most popular ways e-cigarette companies are trying to market their brands in New Zealand, as the promise of legalisation brings with it the threat of regulation to...

In another media coup for British American Tobacco (BAT) and its subsidiary VIP, a light-hearted survey of vaper flavour wish lists has been making the news rounds. And it turns out Brits just love their...

Promotional activity of various kinds, some of it highly creative, has helped PMI expand the global market share for IQOS – but not without a share of controversy ...

Across the e-liquid industry, brands are finding enterprising ways to swap the standard glass bottle and cardboard box for something that makes them stand out while also sometimes adding to their brand story ...

How does one brand of e-liquid stand out from the crowd? ECigIntelligence talks to the owners and creators of some of the more successful brands to learn some of their marketing secrets ...

With almost half of all e-cigarette sales in the UK coming from high street vape stores, it’s clear that the country has one of the most well-developed over-the-counter markets in the world ...

E-cigarette importers and retailers across the Middle East appear to be doing thriving business, despite various prohibitions that have been imposed in countries across the region ...

A study at a top US university claims to have found “significant amounts of toxic metals, including lead” leaking from some e-cig heating coils and present in the inhaled vapour. But the research may be...

PMI and the Ferrari Formula 1 team have confirmed their partnership for the 2018 Grand Prix season, but the IQOS logo has not yet appeared on the Italian team’s new car ...

A US advocacy and consulting group believes it has come up with a product that enables consumers to sample e-liquid and still conform to the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) sampling restrictions. The Cating...

French tobacconists are looking to e-cigarettes to save businesses suffering from a contracting market in traditional tobacco ...

A new study has found that found that a closer relationship with health professionals could lead to an increase in business – despite both staff and customers not considering smoking cessation as the main role...

In a move welcomed by both public health officials and vape stores, New Zealand’s second-largest supermarket group has begun trialling the sale of non-nicotine e-cigarettes in a bid to make up for falling tobacco sales...

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 ...

Authorities in the Catalonia region of Spain are investigating whether PMI broke Spanish law with a series of online banner advertisements for its IQOS heated tobacco system ...

Our latest analysis of the online product range and pricing of the top five German websites a high prevalence of brands from the US and UK ...

Several US companies have adopted a similar promotional gimmick, hoping to cash in on New Year’s resolutions to suggest quitting cigarettes by reaching for e-cigarettes ...

While other electrical items quickly throw up a clear brand leader (whether they’re a better product or not), no “Apple of e-cigs” – rapidly picked up on by tastemakers for its must-have designer appeal –...

ECigIntelligence meets some of the small manufacturers and traders characteristic of the fragmented and colourful Filipino e-cigarette market ...

ECigIntelligence has launched a new long-term project to track the online pricing of e-liquid products and hardware categories on the US’s most visited online vape stores ...

A new website aiming to break into the British e-cigarette market with express deliveries has reached the halfway point in its crowd-funding round with under a month to go. Clouder – a UK-based third-party online...

An e-cig company could be selling the best item available in a category but if it is selling it through the wrong retail channel, it is likely to lose out, according to industry experts ...

Isodiol International, a Canadian-based pharmaceutical producer, is to enter the vaping industry through the acquisition of US e-liquid firm Bradley’s Bioscience ...

A new market report from ECigIntelligence reveals the growth in global internet traffic to heated tobacco websites since the launch of heat-not-burn products by some Big Tobacco companies ...

A German TV station has deleted an episode of a popular series from its website because it inadvertently used the name of a real e-liquid company in a storyline involving the vaping of drugs ...

A new advertising campaign for Blu e-cigarettes invites potential customers to “Be bold” – while an FDA programme aimed at retailers bids to keep youth and e-cigs apart ...

Online sales of e-liquid in the US have seen a clear move over the past year towards larger bottle sizes and lower prices, an ECigIntelligence report reveals ...

The UK’s largest online e-cigarette retailers offer more advanced open system kits than basic kits, according to an ECigIntelligence market report ...

The British government will not review permitted formats for e-cigarette advertising any time soon – but it will review the potential toxicity of Heat-not-Burn (HnB) tobacco products, a junior minister told concerned MPs ...

New York City has set out to halve the number of e-cig retailers in the Big Apple with a licensing scheme and a cap on the number of renewals that will be allowed in each...

A ruling by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority calls into question the line between fact and promotion when it comes to the fonts used on websites ...

A major UK distributor of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, is to be kept afloat through loans from JTI and Imperial as it seeks to finalise its own acquisition ...

After a slump in 2014, the Italian e-cigarette market is on the up again with a large and growing number of vape stores operating around the country, dominated by three highly successful chains ...

A case brought in a US court, alleging that an e-liquid manufacturer infringed a number of well-known trademarks, may set a future limit on the use of childhood nostalgia in marketing vapour products to adults...

Relaxation of the FDA regulations may have eased one headache, but setting up a vape store in the US is still not a decision to take lightly, according to some of the biggest in the...

Logic has eaten E-Lites as parent company JT creates one unified global brand; but is it the right decision to put all your e-cig eggs in one branding basket? ...

The FDA has launched a smartphone app intended to help retailers verify a customer’s age – but is it actually any use? ...

French e-liquids make up around 85% of the total French market, according to our recent vape store survey, which gathered responses from 165 store managers throughout April and May 2017. The remaining 15% of the...

The UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has ruled against a number of promotions on the Vype website, arguing that the claims and images went beyond offering factual...

A ruling by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority against one vape store’s ad may be good news for others – because it clarifies what is acceptable in local...

A new study shows that e-cigarette advertising is more successful at creating brand awareness among young Americans than other tobacco-related advertising, and appears to suggest that light regulation could make e-cig ads a route towards...

The launch of PMI’s heated tobacco device iQOS in South Africa has had a positive reaction even from potential competitors, who hope it will increase general awareness of alternatives to combustible cigarettes....

An Australian Federal Court decision against three e-cigarette retailers has added a note of caution but little clarity to what companies can say or do on their...

Companies looking to use health claims in South African e-cigarette advertising must present robust scientific data for every device, according to a new ruling....

Vape shops are thought to be the biggest contributors to maintaining business on UK high streets in 2016....

A look at some of the vape stores in Italy that are considered to be particularly well organised or have a 'tidy'...

Vape store chains like Ovale or Puff use more of a “clean” design for their shop...