The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considered the overall probable impact of e-cigarettes on public health in formulating its new regulations released yesterday, according to the...

Key Democratic members of Congress on Thursday eagerly welcomed the long-delayed proposal by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to extend the agency’s regulatory authority over the e-cigarette industry and other tobacco products, while Republican...

One of the biggest, if least surprising, measures in today’s proposed U.S. regulations for e-cigarettes is the restriction of sale to...

The short history of e-cigarettes could mean they need a special system for assessing new products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suggests in its proposed regulations released...

The new e-cigarette regulations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will apply to cartridges as well as the e-cigs themselves, but some accessories may be...

The health warnings required on e-cigarette packaging by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be markedly less obtrusive than those mandated on packs of tobacco...

The new U.S. e-cigarette regulations proposed today by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leave much space for states to impose their own local rules, particularly in the areas of advertising, minimum purchase ages, and...

The e-cigarette regulations proposed today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will not prohibit flavourings – but the agency is leaving the door open for that to happen in the...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to today release a draft of the long-awaited regulations which will enable it to control the production and sale of...

Heavy investment in the Vuse e-cigarette brand by Reynolds American is affecting the tobacco manufacturer’s bottom line but starting to show results, the company’s leader said...

The European Union (EU) does not plan to issue detailed guidance on how e-cigarette regulations in the recent Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) should be interpreted, according to a source close to the EU’s Directorate General...

U.S. e-cig manufacturer Victory Electronic Cigarettes is further strengthening its position in the European market with the acquisition of British counterpart VIP, the second UK firm it has bought this...

More details are emerging of likely changes to the Italian tax regime on e-cigarettes, following a court challenge to rules which came into effect in the new...

The intentions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on e-cigarette regulation remain opaque today, after an industry association abandoned plans to publish the agency’s proposed rule on new smoking...

The European Parliament’s new rules on e-cigarettes in the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) have grabbed the attention of key members of the U.S. Senate, generating mixed reactions on whether it should influence the efforts of...

British e-cig vendor JAC Vapour is taking an unusual approach for its first advertising campaign, presenting its products in a manner more typically employed for personal technology...

Further pressure is being brought to bear on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week, with the release of a report from 11 members of Congress arguing that regulation of e-cigarette companies is...

The man who leads the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) wants to see e-cigarettes brought into the international agreement, according to a news report...

E-cigarettes made the headlines today in Britain, and they weren’t good ones. The Sun, the nation’s biggest-selling daily newspaper, ran a story headlined “E-Cig Gran Blown Up In Hospital” on its front...

The Italian government’s attempt to introduce a hefty tax on e-cigarettes has run into another...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the White House are coming under increasing pressure to act on...

It was fitting that the e-cigarette industry event Vapexpo took place in Bordeaux this year, as flavours dominated the...

The Spanish e-cigarette sector is now working under national-level regulation for the first time, after the introduction of a new law which anticipates the measures required by the European Tobacco Products...

Philadelphia yesterday became the latest in the cavalcade of major U.S. cities moving to ban e-cigarette use in public...

The increasing popularity of e-cigarettes is putting consumers at risk of fatal nicotine poisoning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has...

A smoker’s rights group has challenged the inclusion of e-cigarettes in the ban on smoking in public places throughout New York...

Legislation that could put a tax of 92% on the wholesale price of e-cigarettes in Vermont has passed one chamber of the state congress and is now up for a vote in the state...

The European e-cigarette market could be worth more than $2bn, according to a new report from...

The European Commission is expected to issue technical specifications on the measurement of nicotine intake from e-cigarettes, as member states’ law-makers and the industry prepare to comply with the testing requirements of the EU’s new...

The e-cigarette industry should expect further regulation on marketing and advertising in the near future, a U.S. law firm has warned....

British American Tobacco (BAT) plans to launch another e-cigarette in the UK next year after identifying the “non-tobacco nicotine market” as a...

A Member of the European Parliament involved in the drafting of the EU’s new Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) has criticised the finally adopted version, which the Parliament voted for in late February, as “hastily-drafted and...

Scottish doctors have called for a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public...

A British right-wing political party received £36,000 ($60,000) in donations from an e-cigarette manufacturer before its leader appeared in a YouTube video apparently designed to influence European policy-making on...

A new proposal clarifying that use of e-cigarettes should be allowed indoors, and explicitly distinguishing it from tobacco smoking, has been approved by a senate committee in the Wisconsin state...

The attorneys general of 28 U.S. states and territories have asked the country’s biggest pharmacy chains to stop selling tobacco products – but did not mention e-cigarettes in their...

A key Republican senator has criticised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for moving too slowly on tobacco regulation during a hearing on the agency’s...

Imperial Tobacco’s lawsuit in a California state court against alleged infringers of its patents on e-cigarette technology is a gamble without guaranteed success, but could still drag the sector into an intellectual-property war, according to...

One of Britain’s biggest pub chains is taking a positive stance on e-cigarettes that contrasts strongly with the policies adopted by most of its...

Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint concerning health claims made in advertising literature by e-cigarette maker Ten...

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to ban e-cigarettes in public spaces including bars and...

E-cigarettes appear to be gaining favour among British consumers at the expense of smoking cessation products, with users considering them just as...

E-cigs do not generally act as a gateway to smoking, according to British smokers and ex-smokers surveyed by Mintel for its new “Smoking Cessation and E-cigarettes”...

Experimentation with e-cigarettes and long-term use are the activities of very different groups, a new French study...

The UK’s two Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP and BCAP) today launched a consultation on e-cigarettes before shaping new rules on advertising the...

Washington law-makers are striving to bring the marketing of e-cigarettes to minors under control across the U.S., with one group audaciously suggesting they should be included in the landmark agreement on cigarette control forged by...

The European Parliament voted today in favour of revising the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), bringing e-cigarettes under its control for the first time and raising the prospect of further wrangling across Europe as member...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products last week issued its first ban on tobacco products, which were added to its remit by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of...

What e-cigarettes can and can’t do, compared to tobacco cigarettes, is a subject of fierce and continuing debate. One difference, however, is clear: no tobacco product can double as a microphone for a mobile phone...

Altria, the parent company of Marlboro maker Philip Morris, plans to take its MarkTen e-cigarette national in the U.S. this...