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A Shenzhen subsidiary of Smoore, the world`s biggest contract maker of vaping devices, has obtained a special tobacco production licence from Chinese authorities, gaining a foothold in the mainland market. Vaporesso, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Smoore, has obtained a production licence from China`s State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA), the country`s top regula
GP: Why are we waging a war on e-cigarettes when they help smokers quit?
THE JOINT COMMITTEE on Health published its report this week on pre-legislative scrutiny of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019. A number of recommendations were made including a ban on all flavours added to electronic cigarettes (other than tobacco flavour). The rationale given was that flavours attract
Juul Quarterly Revenue Falls 23% Amid US Crackdown on E-Cigarettes
lost money in the first quarter after revenues dropped 23% from the prior year, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The company has been trying to regain public trust amid government crackdowns on teenage vaping and e-cigarettes. The e-cigarette maker booked $259 mi
FDA weighs oversight changes after formula, e-cigarette troubles
WASHINGTON - The head of the Food and Drug Administration has asked for a review of the agency`s food and tobacco programs following months of criticism over their handling of the baby formula shortage and e-cigarette reviews. Tuesday`s announcement comes as FDA Commissioner Robert Califf attempts to push past several controversies that have dominat
Flavored e-cigarette companies lose challenge to FDA marketing denials
A federal appeals court has concluded that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not act unreasonably in barring two makers of flavored liquid for e-cigarettes from marketing their products as the regulator combated a spike in youth vaping. A 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday on a 2-1 vote ruled tha
E-cigarette maker NJOY hires bankers for possible sale
E-cigarette maker NJOY Holdings Inc has hired bankers for a possible sale of the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The report added the privately held NJOY is likely to be valued at up to $5 billion, according to the sources who cautioned the process was still at an early stage
E-cigarette maker Juul to explore options including financing
Juul Labs Inc said on Friday it is in the early stages of exploring several options including financing alternatives, as the company deals with lawsuits and a probable ban on sales of its e-cigarettes by U.S. health regulators. Bloomberg News earlier reported, citing sources, that Juul's bankers at Centerview Partners are sounding out investors for a possible $400 million first-lien ter
F.D.A. Orders Juul to Stop Selling E-Cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered Juul to stop selling e-cigarettes on the U.S. market, a profoundly damaging blow to a once-popular company whose brand was blamed for the teenage vaping crisis. The order affects all of Juul`s products on the U.S. market, the overwhelming source of the company`s sales. Juul`s sleek va
Public perceptions of e-cigarettes vs. cigarettes harms influence population tobacco use patterns
A new study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows perceptions of electronic or e-cigarettes as being "more harmful" than cigarettes by adults in the United States more than doubled between 2019-2020 and perceptions of e-cigarettes as "less harmful" declined between 2018-2020. The study also found that increase in cigarette smoking prevalence (2019-2020) was restricted to those who perceived e-cigarettes as "more harmful" than cigarettes, while increases in prevalence of e-cigarette use was restricted to those who perceived e-cigarettes as "less
Popular disposable vapes falling short on compliance, analysis finds
Several of the most popular disposable vape devices on the UK market are falling short on compliance, a retailer`s ranking shared exclusively with The Grocer can reveal. The anonymous retailer analysed 13 of the most searched for disposable vapes on Google in the UK, scoring each against 19 items of compliance and best practice. The investigation – which was completed in February – found just two of the disposable vapes scrutinised were "fully compliant with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA
Mexico bans sales of 'harmful' e-cigarettes
Mexico on Tuesday banned sales of electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices because of concerns about their health effects, the government announced. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said it was a "lie" to claim that e-cigarettes are a safe alternative to inhaling tobacco smoke. "The vapors are also harmful for health," added Lopez Obrador, who signed a decree introducing the ban on World No Tobacco Day. He showed a pink vaping device to illustrate how the products are intended to app
Domestic E-cigarette industry, entrepreneurs object to cigarette-like regulation for vape
KUALA LUMPUR: Several associations representing some 3,000 domestic vape entrepreneurs, manufacturers, importers, and retailers have voiced their concern over the Ministry of Health's (MoH) move to equate vape with cigarettes following a recent announcement that vape will be regulated similarly to cigarettes. The joint statement from the Malaysia Retail Electronic Cigarette Association (MRECA), Malaysian Vape Industry Advocacy (MVIA), and Dewan Perniagaan Vape Malaysia (DPVM) come in the wake of health minister Khairy Jamaluddin's 'Generation Endgame' pro
New Vape Tax Shatters Projections for Tax Revenue
Buried in the small print of the quarterly revenue forecast state economists released last week is an eye-popping number: revenues from a new tax on e-cigarettes and vaping products that deliver nicotine. "Inhalant delivery [vaping] revenues, a new tax in 2021, continue to come in significantly above initial expectations," the economists wrote. "Over the first year of the tax, actual collections have been three times as large as expected." Vaping is still pretty new in Oregon. It`s so new that prior to 2020, the state didn
E-Cigarette use costs US $15 billion per year, reports UCSF in first study of its kind
Use of electronic cigarettes costs the United States $15 billion annually in health care expenditures - more than $2,000 per person a year - according to a study by researchers at the UC San Francisco School of Nursing. The study, published on May 23, 2022 in Tobacco Control, is the first to look at the health care costs of e-cigarette use among adults 18 and older. "Our finding indicates that health care expenditures for a person who uses e-cigarettes are $2,024 more per year than for a person who doesn`t use any tobacco
Big Rise in Marijuana Vaping Among U.S. Teens
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A growing number of U.S. teenagers are vaping marijuana -- a habit that in some ways may be more risky than old-fashioned pot smoking, a new study finds. Researchers found that between 2017 and 2019, the percentage of teens who reported any marijuana use in the past month ticked upward slightly -- from 13.9% to 15.4%. What really changed, the study found, was how kids were using the drug. There was a sharp increase in vaping, while traditional marijuana smoking declined.
Federal government's changing vape strategy shifts focus away from cigarettes, advocates fear
OTTAWA - In the eight years or so since he opened his first vape shop in Ottawa, Ron Couchman said a great sense of community has been lost. A former cigarette smoker himself, Couchman said he remembers when his store operated almost as a support group for people trying to find a healthier alternative to cigarette addiction. "We could teach other people how to vape when people were struggling to get off cigarettes, we'd play boa
HSE issues alert for certain Aroma King e-cigarettes advising public not to use them
The public is being asked by the HSE to stop using certain e-cigarettes from the Aroma King range of disposable electronic cigarettes which are non-compliant with EU tobacco legislation. They are also asking retailers to stop selling these products. The HSE`s National Tobacco Control Office have submitted RAPEX alert notifications to Safety Gate (the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products) after discovering that the products contain more than the permitted amount of nicotine (20mg/ml or 2pc).
Tobacco tax may be associated with higher e-cigarette use among young people
Globally, most adolescents who experiment with vaping don't develop an addiction, but the way tobacco products were taxed may be linked with higher e-cigarette use among young people, according to new University of Queensland research. Lead author Dr Gary Chan from UQ's National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research said the UQ study analyzed data from nearly 152,000 teens in 47 countries who participated in a World Health Organization (WHO) Tobacco Survey between 2015 and 2018.
NSW`s $55,000 vaping fine to curb `life threatening` trend
More than $1 million worth of illegal e-cigarettes and liquids containing nicotine have been seized in NSW this year. NSW Health has seized more than $3 million of the banned products since July 2020. Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said retailers were being put on notice, if they were selling the contraband. "We are cracking down on the illegal sale of nicotine e-cigarettes and liquids and taking a zero-tolerance approach to those who sell them," she said. "NSW Health regularly conduct
E-cigarettes are just as safe as nicotine patches for pregnant women and may help more women stop smoking, new research from Queen Mary University of London suggests. The study, published in Nature Medicine, is the first to examine the safety and efficacy of e-cigarettes among pregnant smokers. While many women stop smoking when they become pregnant, some find it difficult to stop, particularly those from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds. Two stop-smoking medications have been tested with pregnant smokers so far - nicotine replacement treatments such as nicoti
New Brunswick Court of Appeal maintains ban on sale of flavoured e-cigarettes
The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision not to suspend the province's ban on the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes. Last September, the province banned all e-cigarette flavours except for tobacco, but a vape store and five individuals wanted sales to resume pending a full court challenge of the legislation. They argued that vape stores were suffering financially because of the law, and that without flavoured e-cigarette options, people trying to quit smoking would go back to smoking to
Hong Kong police made their first arrests under a law banning the sale of electronic cigarettes after two men were allegedly caught with the items on Wednesday. The suspects, aged 28 and 31, remained in custody as of Thursday. They were being held on suspicion of selling and possessing a poison in Part 1 of the Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations, as well as selling alternative smoking products.
Aspire Global, a Shenzhen-based e-cigarette maker that recently branched out into cannabis vaping, has applied to US regulators to pull out of a proposed listing that would have raised US$135 million as tighter rules at home make fundraising more difficult. The company filed a withdrawal request to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, without providing a reason for the decision in its filing. It had originally planned to sell 15 million shares at US$7 to US$9 each, and had applied to trade on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker "ASPG". Aspire kicke
China Publishes Final GB Standard on E-Cigarettes: The Basis for Product Compliance
Since we reported in December 2021 on some significant developments in China`s regulation of e-cigarettes (including the draft national standard on e-cigarettes) as well as in March 2022 on the finalized Management Rules for E-Cigarettes, China`s State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA), also referred to as China National Tobacco Corporation (CNTC), has not only released the national Standard GB 41700-2022 on Elect
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