A ban on disposable e-cigarettes in Geneva has been overturned by a Swiss federal court, which ruled the canton does not have authority to take such an action…

Altria released its financial results today for the first quarter of 2026. We take a look at the main trends in its e-vapour segment…

The UK has passed the long-awaited Tobacco and Vapes Bill. Once it receives royal assent (a given), it will make the UK the first major nation (in terms of population) to successfully put a generational ban on tobacco products in place, only being beaten to the punch by the much smaller island nation of the Maldives…

The European Commission has reassigned the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) dossier to its scientific advice unit, in a move that comes amid concerns over missing information and incomplete data in the TPD evaluation…

A new investigative report suggests US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary is the primary roadblock in the approval of flavoured vaping products and that there were divisions in the current administration’s approach to the products…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not appear to have taken much from the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) meetings with vaping companies…

Propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin (glycerol), fundamental ingredients in e-liquids, have been declared harmful or potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

The newest edition of ECigIntelligence’s enforcement tracker uses data to identify trends in enforcement action, looking at how priorities in product, location and type of offence change over time…

The latest text from the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union signals a significant effort to strike a compromise in negotiations to revise the EU Tobacco Taxation Directive (TTD)…

The European Commission has acknowledged significant data gaps in its tobacco regulation review, following pressure from members of the European Parliament over the evidence used to shape future EU smoking rules…

US consumers appear to be largely unaffected by tariffs on vaping products as supply chains absorb costs, according to the National Association of Tobacco Outlets…

This summary of the main events in the Tobacco Taxation Directive (TTD) and Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) review process will be updated as further developments occur…

Health experts are urging the Philippines to ban e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products to protect youth, but pro-tobacco lobbying and political disputes threaten to stall the proposed nationwide prohibition…

With the publication of the European Commission’s long-awaited evaluation of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), the report highlighted growing regulatory and public-health challenges linked to novel nicotine products – reinforcing the case for a new revision of the framework…

A European Commission evaluation of the existing version of the EU Tobacco Products Directive, released today, provides some insight into the possible shape of the next version…

Youth vaping has been permanently eliminated from the US while a nationwide youth vaping epidemic reaches unprecedented levels, the acting director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Centre for Tobacco Products said on 1st April…

As negotiations over the Tobacco Taxation Directive continue to face a period of prolonged institutional negotiation, a new question is emerging among legal observers: who controls the evidence underpinning the reform?…

Will the next EU Tobacco Taxation Directive tax alternative nicotine products at a similar level to conventional cigarettes? Opinion at the World Nicotine Congress was divided…

The EU risks fomenting populism in member states if it continues to alienate consumers over issues such as nicotine policy, according to speakers at the World Nicotine Congress last week…

The newest edition of ECigIntelligence’s enforcement tracker uses data to identify trends in enforcement action, looking at how priorities in product, location and type of offence change over time…

Canada’s vaping industry faces a 600% surge in maximum fines as the government toughens penalties for illegal manufacturing and advertising to protect public health…

Pakistan could move towards a strict regulatory framework for vaping products rather than imposing a blanket ban, as lawmakers debate new legislation covering electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)…

Conflict in the Arabian Gulf could affect supply chains, prices and future excise policy for e-cigarettes, but the full impact won’t be visible yet…

Frustration over decisions about the public-health impact of flavours is likely to continue in the US, despite new proposed guidance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that attempts to lay out how the FDA will treat the issue of flavours…

An illicit nicotine market with ties to organised crime is rapidly expanding in Canada, and authorities aren’t doing enough to fight it, according to a new study…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released results from the 2025 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), providing updated data on tobacco product use among US middle school and high school students…

A draft European Parliament resolution on the revision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive addresses the taxation of e-cigarettes, suggesting that all e-liquids should be taxed equally regardless of whether they contain nicotine to simplify administration and enforcement while reducing regulatory complexity for businesses operating in the vaping sector…

Predicting how the US Supreme Court will make decisions concerning the Donald Trump administration may not be so easy – and the complexity revealed by the court’s recent decision on tariffs is also likely to affect any future decisions on alternative nicotine products…

Following the striking down of tariffs, the Donald Trump administration has turned to the 1974 Trade Act, a piece of legislation developed specifically to give the president authority to take action to address international issues, including through the use of tariffs…

The US Supreme Court has confirmed that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorise the US president to unilaterally implement tariffs on goods coming into the US…

As European Council negotiations continue over the revision of the European Union’s Tobacco Taxation Directive (TTD), a clear trend is emerging: member states want more control over their own tax levels…

A comprehensive research paper has sparked a critical debate within the scientific community by exposing a new form of reporting distortion termed “reverse spin bias”…

The latest draft compromise from the Council of the European Union’s Cyprus Presidency signals a notable recalibration in the negotiations over the revision of the EU Tobacco Tax Directive (TTD), although the vapour product sector may not fare so well…

Altria is banking on the US Food and Drug Administration eventually accepting flavoured vaping products as being appropriate for the protection of public health…

Divisions among EU member states over the revision of the Tobacco Tax Directive may resurface ahead of next week’s meeting of the EU Council Working Party on Tax Questions, complicating efforts to achieve unanimity…

As Egypt’s new parliamentary term begins, we examine how the diverse makeup of parties and independents may impact tobacco and nicotine regulation through 2026…

Scientific justification is the overarching requirement for all aspects of the US premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) process, according to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials…

The European Commission (EC) is seeking Parliament’s backing to overhaul the EU’s tobacco legislative framework this year, despite facing scrutiny for withholding key fiscal models and draft impact assessments…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will not extend its fast-track pilot programme for pouches to vaping products any time soon, with officials saying the pilot is still a possibility in a range of solutions it is working on to address current issues facing the US vaping industry…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will not provide any sort of product standard for vaping products in the country, as doing so would be limiting the marketplace…

British American Tobacco (BAT) reported a slight decrease in its revenue for the second half of 2025, offset by a return to revenue growth in the vaping segment…

Philip Morris International (PMI) has highlighted the contributions its vaping products made to the overall success of its smoke-free alternative nicotine products category in 2025…

The EU Commission has yet to clarify how it assesses the legal risk of withholding data underpinning the revision of EU tobacco laws, a move legal experts warn may leave future legislation open to court challenges…

French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu’s 2026 budget is set for adoption after surviving no-confidence votes. In a win for the vape sector, the government has scrapped plans for e-liquid excise duties…

Altria does not expect to see its Njoy Ace pod vaping product, one of the few vaping devices with a marketing granted order (MGO) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), returning to the marketplace in 2026…

The European Commission is denying access to technical data related to the revision of the EU’s Tobacco Tax Directive and the Tobacco Products Directive, an ECigIntelligence investigation has found…

One of the biggest forces behind youth vaping around the world is social media marketing, according to public health researchers; even in countries with advertising restrictions, such as Australia, exposure to e-cigarette advertising is widespread…

The newest edition of ECigIntelligence’s enforcement tracker uses data to identify trends in enforcement action, looking at how priorities in product, location and type of offence change over time…

Vaping products made in China look set for a price hike of up to 15% as manufacturers struggle with rising labour, material and logistics costs throughout the Chinese supply chain…

Some nations across the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region are further tightening restrictions on vaping products, aligning with a broader trend across the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which took significant steps to regulate alternative nicotine products in 2025…