Technology and Innovation

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    European Industrial Pharmacists Group (EIPG)

    Written by ECigIntelligence | 1st April 2014 | Resources

    The EIPG is a European association representing the national, professional organisations of pharmacists employed in the pharmaceutical or allied industries of the member states of the European Union, the European Economic Area, or European countries...
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    Association of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP)

    Written by ECigIntelligence | 1st April 2014 | Resources

    Also known as the Association Européenne des Spécialités Pharmaceutiques Grand Public/Europäischer Verband der Arzneimittel-Hersteller. AESGP, the Association of the European Self-Medication Industry, is the official representation of manufacturers of non-prescription medicines, food supplements and self-care medical...
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    The European Smokeless Tobacco Council (ESTOC)

    Written by ECigIntelligence | 1st April 2014 | Resources

    ESTOC represents the interests of smokeless tobacco manufacturers and distributors as well as tobacco trade associations. It monitors all issues related to smokeless tobacco, including the latest scientific developments at a European and global level. ESTOC’s...
  • EU to establish standard testing regime for nicotine dosage
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    EU to establish standard testing regime for nicotine dosage

    Written by Barnaby Page | 1st April 2014 | News analysis

    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...
  • Imperial Tobacco’s patent suit: killer blow, or vain hope?
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    Imperial Tobacco’s patent suit: killer blow, or vain hope?

    Written by Freddie Dawson | 13th March 2014 | News analysis

    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...
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    For the vaper who has everything: a Bluetooth-enabled e-cig

    Written by Barnaby Page | 21st February 2014 | News analysis

    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...
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    Vype TV ads put the spotlight on e-cig promotion

    Written by Barnaby Page | 17th February 2014 | News analysis

    The debut today of TV commercials for the Vype e-cigarette from British American Tobacco/Nicoventures is likely to focus attention on the regulation of e-cig advertising....
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    Next stop Britain for Lorillard’s Blu

    Written by Barnaby Page | 15th February 2014 | News analysis

    U.S. tobacco giant Lorillard is to launch its Blu e-cigarette brand in the UK following the acquisition last autumn of British e-cig firm...
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    Consumers care about products, not laws, study finds

    Written by Barnaby Page | 6th February 2014 | News analysis

    Consumers are more interested in the benefits of e-cigarettes than the politics surrounding them, but the overall e-cigarette concept may have caught imaginations more strongly than individual brands, a new social media study...