Electronic Cigarettes News

Imperial Brands must invest in new, safer heating products to compete with tobacco giants on Mon, 12/12/2016 - 21:52 admin The tobacco giant's reluctance to develop reduced risk materials could impact on long term growth after rival firms have poured billions into developing safer cigarette technology. Read More	Health Activists Urge E-Cigarette Ban to Protect "Clean Air" on Sat, 01/21/2017 - 01:23 admin Health officials are recommending a ban on using electronic cigarettes in Louisville, Ky., arguing the devices pose a threat to the city’s “clean air standards.” Read More
Twelve myths about e-cigarettes that failed to impress the TGA on Tue, 02/14/2017 - 01:00 admin Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) last week rejected an application to liberalise the scheduling of nicotine (see from page 71). This prompted the predictable round of protests from proponents of e-cigarettes who have long touted them as the next public health wonder of the world, even as important as antibiotics. But unlike antibiotics, which are heavily regulated, require a prescription, and must demonstrate both safety and efficacy to regulatory bodies, e-cigarettes and the liquids used in them are virtually unregulated. Read More	Budget hits smokers as price of pack of 20 cigarettes increases 35p - putting average pack of 20 to £10.26 on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 20:50 admin Tobacco duty will increase at two per cent above inflation putting prices up Cost of 30g pack of rolling tobacco will also rise by 44 pence from 6pm tonight New 'minimum duty' means cigarettes can not be sold for less than £8.82 Part of series of 'sin taxes' which will hike price of wine, spirits and beer Read More
Will NC raise the smoking age to 21? The only doctor in the state House wants the change on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 19:54 admin A smoker lights up outside Woody's Sports Tavern & Grill in Cary. An NC House bill would make it illegal for people under 21 to buy or receive tobacco products, tobacco-derived products, vapor products and cigarette wrapping papers unless they’re active-duty military. 2010 News & Observer file photo Raising the age in North Carolina may prove harder than in states without deep connections to the golden-leafed crop, but bill sponsor Rep. Gregory Murphy, a Greenville Republican, said he has good support for the measure. Read More	E-cigarette industry gains allies in regulation fight on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 22:55 admin Keith Nelson of the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association said he “is greatly encouraged” by Trump’s moves to reduce regulations across the government and supports Gottlieb’s approach to vaping regulation. “We want this to be dominated by reason and sound science, not public-health hysteria,” he said. Read More
'Heat-not-burn' cigarettes still release cancer-causing chemicals on Wed, 06/07/2017 - 01:36 admin Reuters Health) - - A new type of "heat-not-burn" cigarette releases some of the same cancer-causing chemicals found in traditional cigarette smoke, a recent experiment suggests. Researchers analyzed the chemical compounds and nicotine in smoke from traditional cigarettes and from the new devices, which are designed to heat disposable tobacco sticks and give users the taste of tobacco without the smoke or ash. The smoke released by this "heat-not-burn" cigarette had 84 percent of the nicotine found in traditional cigarettes, researchers report in JAMA Internal Medicine. Read More	Vaporizer industry takes a page from Apple's book on Thu, 07/13/2017 - 01:35 admin Robyn Beck \| AFP \| Getty Images A man calling himself Henry Hemp inhales marijuana using a vaporizer pen at HempCon medical marijuana show. As more states legalize medical and recreational marijuana, the pot culture is spawning some big side industries. Read More
Toxic waste from U.S. pot farms alarms experts on Mon, 08/07/2017 - 00:28 admin Pollution from illegal marijuana far Read More	FDA tries again to find balance between corrective cigarette warnings statements and 1st Amendment on Thu, 09/21/2017 - 23:55 admin The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requesting public comment again on potential corrective warnings statements for traditional cigarettes, including providing 15 revised statements. The FDA issued the public-comment notification Tuesday on the Federal Register website. Read More
Imperial Brands Buying UK Nicotine Liquids Maker Nerudia on Thu, 11/02/2017 - 21:14 admin LONDON — Imperial Brands is buying Nerudia, a UK maker of nicotine liquids for e-cigarettes, as the British tobacco company seeks to expand its portfolio of cigarette alternatives. Read More	Indoor E-cigarette restrictions increase prenatal smoking (Journal of Health Economics) on Fri, 12/08/2017 - 01:34 admin Laws that prohibit the use of e-cigarettes in private workplaces, bars and restaurants may increase cigarette use by as much as 30 percent for pregnant women, according to research published in the Journal of Health Economics by Georgia State University economist Michael Pesko.
NZ: Most e-cigarette users turned to vaping to quit smoking on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 00:40 admin Most of the participants also said that in the morning they wait longer to vape then they did to smoke, and they tended to reduce nicotine levels over time The online survey was distributed to 218 vapers, and the research was led by Dr. Penny Truman from Massey University. Almost all participants were Read More	Long-simmering battle over e-cigarettes erupts as FDA clamps down on nicotine on Tue, 04/10/2018 - 23:44 admin The Food and Drug Administration is pressing ahead on regulating tobacco products, but a long-simmering battle has erupted over the future of e-cigarettes. Anti-tobacco groups say it's time for vaping companies to submit information about their products to the FDA, while e-cigarette manufacturers say such a demand is burdensome, unnecessary, and would create a black market of dangerous products. Meanwhile, tobacco companies are hoping to cash in by creating their own inhalant alternatives that would heat, rather than burn, nicotine. Read More
Why don’t more young women vape? EU regulations are partly to blame on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 08:18 admin The government’s current approach to nicotine and tobacco reminds me of the sex education scene in Mean Girls: ‘Don’t have sex. You’ll get pregnant and die.’ Abstinence may be best contraception in theory, but it doesn’t work in practice. Most of us recognise that abstinence Read More	Minneapolis council committee OKs tighter e-cigarette rules on Mon, 11/17/2014 - 10:30 admin Minneapolis moved one step closer Monday to becoming the latest city to keep e-cigarettes out of restaurants, offices and other public spaces. After listening to comments by two dozen people — about half of them in favor of more restrictions, and half opposed — a Minneapolis City Council committee voted 6-0 in favor of the new rules. The issue will now be forwarded to the full council for a final vote. Read More
FDA Deeming Reg/Ban on Thu, 12/04/2014 - 10:11 admin US House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Fred Upton urge DHHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell to change FDA proposed "deeming" regulation's grandfather date from 2007 to 2014 or when FDA issues a Final Rule.FDA's proposed "deeming" regulation would ban >99.9% of e-cigarettes on the market, while several thousand of these lifesaving products would remain legal if Congress amends the FSPTCA's 2007 grandfather date to 2014 or later for newly deemed products. Read More	E-cigarette use rare in non-smokers, NHS survey shows on Wed, 12/10/2014 - 10:30 admin Just 3% of adults are using e-cigarettes but almost all are current smokers or those who had given up, according to a new NHS survey of people’s health and lifestyles. The disclosure further allays fears voiced by some doctors and health campaigners that “vaping” could attract non-smokers who then get hooked on traditional cigarettes containing nicotine. Read More
Tobacco Smoking Among Teens, Down Nation Wide on Wed, 12/17/2014 - 02:43 admin Fewer teens in the United States are smoking regular cigarettes, according to the results of a federally funded survey released Tuesday, but the popularity of electronic cigarettes suggests that some teens may be choosing e-cigs over traditional smokes. Read More	States racing to regulate e-cigarettes on Tue, 02/10/2015 - 20:21 admin The American Cancer Society has found itself in a surprising position: opposing state proposals to make it illegal to sell e-cigarettes to minors. The cancer society doesn't want kids to use e-cigarettes, but it objects to what it calls "Trojan horse" legislation – bills that appear good for public health but that could addict more people to nicotine and roll back progress against clean air-- says Cathy Callaway of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network......... Read More
FDA to hold 3rd so-called public workshop on e-cigs and public health June 1st & 2nd on Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:14 admin FDA will hold its 3rd so-called public workshop on E-Cigarettes and how they relate to public health on June 1st, and 2nd, 2015. Read More	ObamaCare mandated and subsidized less-than-effective NRT and less-than-safe Chantix as most effective ways to quit smoking on Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:47 admin Acting Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller issued a consumer alert today to inform customers that tobacco cessation programs are free under the Affordable Care Act. This alert followed a PA Insurance Department reminder issued to all insurers offering health insurance policies through the ACA marketplaces that they are required to provide tobacco cessation at no cost to policy holders. A recent American Lung Association report indicated some insurers were not complying with the tobacco cessation coverage mandate of the ACA. Read More
Foreign firm taps unregulated e-cigarette market on Tue, 11/22/2016 - 00:04 admin Multinational firm British American Tobacco (BAT) will start selling this week a branded e-cigarette product that would allow the cigarette firm to tap a growing yet unregulated and fragmented market in the country. Roberto Eugenio, BAT Philippines corporate and regulatory affairs manager, told reporters last week that the Vape ePen, a “next-generation product” of the tobacco giant, would be made exclusively available in select outlets of the convenience store chain 7-Eleven nationwide starting Wednesday. Read More	Vaping Set to Grow Into a $10 Billion Industry on Mon, 12/12/2016 - 22:01 admin Read More
The people, the products, the progress and the trends that keep the vape business burning! on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 21:33 admin According to BDS Analytics, 2016 was a year of solid growth for the overall vape sector. In fact, judging by the company’s data for more than 600 dispensaries and more than 50 million transactions, Director of Operations Greg Shoenfeld said some vape sub-categories are exploding. For example, sales of vape cartridges in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington alone reached $146 million, a whopping 132-percent increase year-over-year. Read More	Read the TMA Executive Summary for the latest issues sorrounding tobacco on Tue, 02/14/2017 - 01:12 admin
Smoking numbers hit new low as Britons turn to vaping to help quit cigarettes on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 20:51 admin The number of smokers in Britain has reached its lowest point since records began in 1974, according to new data, while more than a million people say they are using e-cigarettes to help them quit smoking. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows that 17.2% of adults in the UK smoked in 2015, down from 20.1% in 2010. Read More	Nicotine e-cigarettes to be legalised in New Zealand on Thu, 03/30/2017 - 07:38 admin The sale of nicotine e-cigarettes and e-liquid will be made legal, in a process that will begin this year and is expected to come into force in late 2018. The Government will align the regulations around vaping with those for cigarettes, Associate Health Minister Nicky Wagner announced on Wednesday. Ms Wagner acknowledges that some retailers are already selling nicotine e-liquid, however no one has been charged for selling or buying the product. Read More
He Signed! Czech Republic Officially Adopts Smoking Ban on Fri, 04/28/2017 - 20:38 admin Czech President Miloš Zeman officially signed the anti-smoking law this afternoon, Tyden.cz is reporting. The president’s signature makes complete the ban on smoking in indoor areas of restaurants, theaters, cafes, and cinemas throughout the Czech Republic. The bill was approved by both houses of Parliament in January. It will take effect on May 31 which is World No Tobacco Day. Read More	E-cigarettes and other Next Generation Products on Wed, 06/07/2017 - 01:38 admin We are passionate about our tobacco business and pride ourselves on offering consumers a choice of high-quality products that meet their needs. But we are also devoting significant time, funds and resources to extending that choice to include alternative tobacco and nicotine products which provide consumers with potentially less risky alternatives to smoking regular cigarettes. We call them Next Generation Products (NGPs) and they include Vapour Products like e-cigarettes and Tobacco Heating Products. Read More
Wrigley going after e-cig company in trademark suit on Mon, 07/17/2017 - 20:10 admin Wrigley is trying to take a bite out of an e-cig company for pushing liquid smokes that look an awful lot like the iconic chewing gum brands, according to a federal lawsuit. Read More	Cancer Risk Low For Most, But Not All, E-Cigs in Modeling Study on Wed, 08/09/2017 - 21:33 admin Emissions from most, but not all, electronic cigarettes were more than 100 times less carcinogenic than emissions from traditional combustible cigarettes, according to a British study. Most of the e-cigarettes tested had cancer causing potencies falling within two orders of magnitude of a medicinal nicotine inhaler devices, but a "small minority" had much higher potencies, wrote William E. Stephens, PhD, of the University of St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland. Read More
Tobacco control threatens to implode over new initiative on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 21:44 admin he tobacco control industry spectacularly turned on itself this week, with the launch of a new foundation dedicated to end tobacco smoking. Far from being welcomed across the industry, the move has led to open hostility between harm reduction advocates and prohibitionists. The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, an independent non-profit organisation, is headed by former World Health Organisation tobacco control chief Derek Yach and supported by Read More	Reynolds pursues another restart with revamped heat-not-burn cigarette Eclipse on Thu, 11/02/2017 - 21:48 admin R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. is attempting another go with Eclipse. The heat-not-burn traditional cigarette technology was considered ahead of its time when developed in the 1990s, but has struggled to gain traction with smokers. Read More
Scientists describe problems in Philip Morris e-cigarette experiments on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 03:16 admin Reuters By Tom Lasseter, Paritosh Bansal, Thomas Wilson, Ami Miyazaki Duff Wilson and Aditya Kalra Read More	National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Report Recognizes that Vapor Products Are Significantly Less Harmful than Traditional Combustible Cigarettes on Wed, 02/14/2018 - 02:39 admin *Committee on the Review of the Health Effects of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Releases Report Documenting Massive Review of Existing Scientific Literature* On January 23, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the “National Academies”) Committee on the Review of the Health Effects of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) (hereinafter referred to as the “Committee”) released a report entitled, “Public Health Consequences Read More
R.J. Reynolds Recalls 2.6 Million E-Cig Power Units on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 22:13 admin WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A big cigarette name is recalling the power units used for about 2.6 million electronic cigarettes. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. has issued a nationwide safety recall of all Vuse Vibe power units after consumer reports that batteries malfunctioned and caused the units to overheat and create a fire risk. No injuries have been reported. Read More	FDA Tobacco Compliance Webinar on Tue, 07/10/2018 - 03:34 admin
ACS’s Smokeout not working too well. Let’s try something different: Vape-Out! on Wed, 11/19/2014 - 10:30 admin Tomorrow, Nov. 20th, is the 39th annual Great American Smokeout, sponsored by The American Cancer Society. Let’s have a look at how well that’s been working, in the most relevant terms: how many adults still smoke, and how many have successfully “smoked-out”, that is, quit? Read More	AVA: FDA overreach on E-vapor products spurs House leadership to act on Thu, 12/04/2014 - 10:16 admin Today, the American Vaping Association, a leading advocate for the benefits of vapor products such as electronic cigarettes, reacted to the release of a letter sent last week by members of leadership in the House of Representatives to HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell. In the letter, Rep. John Boehner (House Speaker), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (House Majority Leader), and Rep. Fred Upton (Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee) urge Secretary Burwell and the Food & Drug Administration to revise their proposed regulations on “e-vapor products” .... Read More
Answering questions about reports that children are increasingly coming into contact with e-cigarettes on Thu, 12/11/2014 - 21:02 admin Answers from State Secretary Van Rijn (VWS) on questions of the Rebel Mp (Labour Party) about reports that children are increasingly coming into contact with e-cigarettes. (Dutch) Read More	Teen E-Cigarette Use Steams Past Smoking, Survey Finds on Wed, 12/17/2014 - 03:01 admin Electronic cigarettes, touted as potentially game-changing harm-reduction devices by longtime nicotine addicts and some health experts, are surprisingly popular among American teenagers, according to new survey results. In fact, more students reported using an e-cigarette in the past month than admitted to past-month use of traditional cigarettes in the 2014 Monitoring the Future survey, which gathers information on eighth-, 10th- and 12th-grade students. Read More
Duitsland wil belasting op e-sigaretten on Tue, 02/10/2015 - 20:22 admin Elektronische sigaretten met nicotinevloeistoffen moeten net zoveel worden belast als gewone sigaretten. Dat heeft drugscommissaris Marlene Mortler van de Duitse regering gezegd in een interview met de krant Stuttgarter Nachrichten. Er is in Duitsland nog geen accijns voor de zogeheten e-sigaretten. ..... Read More	FDA rejects Bill Godshall’s request to present scientific and empirical evidence on vaping (at FDA’s public workshop on June 1st & 2nd) on Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:17 admin FDA rejects Bill Godshall’s request to present scientific and empirical evidence on vaping (at FDA’s so-called public workshop on June 1 & 2) on the following topics: Read More
GSK announces relaunch of Nicorette lozenges after recalling products more than a year ago on Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:50 admin GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH) today announced 2 mg and 4 mg Nicorette® mini Lozenge is now available at most retail shelves in the US following a supply shortage.	E-Cigs at Critical Juncture on Thu, 11/24/2016 - 00:02 admin The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s deeming regulations on vapor products could shift the $3 billion that e-cigarettes/vape are estimated to generate this year in brick-and-mortar stores to online vendors and black market players. Stakeholders have made the case that it’s important for the FDA to set a new predicate date in the final rule, and that Congress should update the predicate date for newly-deemed products. New FDA deeming regulations authorized earlier this year ban e-cigarette sales to Americans under age 18, among other stipulations. Read More
How the FDA Helped Philip Morris Crush the E-Cig Competition on Wed, 12/14/2016 - 02:35 admin Philip Morris International's (NYSE:PM) smoke-free future is coming to America. The global cigarette giant plans on marketing its next-generation electronic cigarette in the U.S. next year once it gains FDA approval, but its applications indicate just how much the regulatory agency is helping to protect the interests of the big tobacco companies by crushing the competition. The future of smoking Read More	The health hazards of vaping are overblown on Wed, 01/25/2017 - 22:51 admin It’s time to stop vilifying vaping. The scientific evidence is mounting that: E-cigarettes are not a gateway drug that entice young people to take up smoking; Vapour devices are at least as effective as other nicotine replacements products such as patches and gum in helping smokers quit; Vapour from e-cigarettes contains significantly fewer toxins than smoke from tobacco cigarettes; Second-hand exposure to vapour is far less harmful than exposure to second-hand smoke. Read More
E-Tobacco: What’s Next? on Fri, 02/17/2017 - 00:26 admin C-stores remain cautious with regards to what direction the e-cigarette and vaping industry is headed this year. By Anne Baye Ericksen Between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deeming regulations finally released last year and a bevy of new state taxes and regulations restricting who can sell or purchase tobacco and other-tobacco products, 2016 was a tumultuous year for e-cigarettes. Read More	Surgeon General Continues to Lie about Tobacco in E-Cigarettes on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 20:52 admin In an article published earlier this month in JAMA Pediatrics, the Surgeon General claimed that electronic cigarettes: "are now the most commonly used form of tobacco among youth in the United States, surpassing cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, and hookah." The article repeatedly refers to e-cigarettes as a form of tobacco. In fact, the article contains four statements indicating that e-cigarettes are a "form of tobacco" or that vaping is a "form of tobacco use." The Rest of the Story Read More
From Bad To Worse: Big Tobacco is On Its Way to Cornering the E-Cigarette Industry on Thu, 03/30/2017 - 07:40 admin One would think that Big Tobacco had learned its lesson after having its head handed to it almost twenty years ago. The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) ultimately cost the “Big Four” at least $206 billion – and that price tag could go higher. Read More	Lawmakers push to roll back Obama-era e-cigarette regulations on Fri, 04/28/2017 - 20:39 admin Rep. Duncan Hunter, a long-time vaping proponent, introduced a bill Thursday aimed at loosening regulations for e-cigarette products that were tightened under the Obama administration. The bill would reverse an Obama-era rule that categorized e-cigarettes as a tobacco product under the purview of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Hunter’s bill would exempt vaping devices from many of the rules placed on traditional tobacco products, including a two-year review process requiring FDA sign-off before new products hit the shelves. Read More
The war on e-cigs is now national on Wed, 06/07/2017 - 20:30 admin Hypocrisy has reached new heights, even by Washington’s standards. The same left-wing senators who support needle-exchange and methadone programs to reduce harm to drug addicts and demand condoms for high-schoolers are waging war against the most effective harm reducer of all — e-cigarettes. Read More	Big Tobacco has been waging a secret campaign to undermine a global anti-smoking pact on Mon, 07/17/2017 - 20:12 admin NEW DELHI/LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Philip Morris International Inc is waging a secret campaign to subvert the World Health Organization's anti-smoking treaty, which was designed to save lives by curbing tobacco use, a Reuters investigation published today reveals. In one of the largest-ever tobacco industry leaks, internal Philip Morris International documents seen by Reuters, combined with reporting in 14 countries, expose a clandestine lobbying operation that stretches from the Americas to Africa to Asia. Read More
Vaping low nicotine e-liquids may increase carbonyl exposure on Wed, 08/09/2017 - 21:35 admin The study titled Compensatory Puffing With Lower Nicotine Concentration E-liquids Increases Carbonyl Exposure in E-cigarette Aerosols, published on Nicotine and Tobacco Research, Oxford Academic, looked into whether this more intensive puffing leads to inhaling higher levels of carbonyl compounds, Read More	Stoptober: UK stop-smoking campaign says yes to vaping on Tue, 09/26/2017 - 21:42 admin For the first time, the annual quit-smoking campaign Stoptober is suggesting that smokers use e-cigarettes. Public Health England (PHE) launched Stoptober in 2012. Stoptober begins Oct. 1 and runs for 28 days. According to PHE, “Stoptober has driven over 1 million quit attempts to date and is the Read More
New study comes the closest yet to proving that e-cigarettes aren’t as dangerous as smoking on Thu, 11/02/2017 - 21:50 admin It’s just over a decade since e-cigarettes first hit the shelves. And since then there’s been an explosion in their popularity, with almost 3 million adults using them in Great Britain today. But this rapid popularity, and the potential these devices hold to help people stop smoking, has left some challenges. The biggest being that research looking at their safety has struggled to keep up. Read More	Thai government stands by hardline policies, as New Zealand progress comes under threat on Tue, 12/26/2017 - 23:13 admin Seemingly unfazed by last week’s protests over the brutal arrest of a vaper, Thailand’s government recently doubled down on its harsh opposition to safer nicotine products. In an astonishing announcement on Wednesday a senior health official repeated an array of long-discredited claims about the alleged “risks” of vaping, and rejected accusations that his ministry has deliberately inflated concerns. Read More
Positive results from an e-cigarette trial at the Isle of Man prison on Thu, 02/15/2018 - 23:44 admin In March last year, a six month pilot involving the use of e-cigarettes as alternatives to regular cigarettes, at the Isle of Man jail was announced. The aim of this trial was to reduce the dangers caused by inmates lighting up and smoking “illicit materials” such as tea bags and banana skins, to substitute cigarettes following the implementation of a smoking ban in 2008. Read More	Electronic Cigarettes and Future Marijuana Use: A Longitudinal Study on Mon, 04/23/2018 - 22:44 Anonymous (not verified) Abstract BACKGROUND: Cigarettes have been strongly associated with subsequent marijuana use among adolescents, but electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are now rapidly replacing traditional cigarettes among youth. This study examines associations between youth e-cigarette use and subsequent marijuana use in a national sample. Read More