PAX CEO Announces “Fundamentally Different” Electronic Cigarette
Even though electronic cigarettes are evolving at a fast pace, we are yet to see a vaporizer that can accurately replicate the smoking experience. That's all about to change according to James Monsees, CEO of PAX, who claims they are working on a new e-cigarette that is going to revolutionize the industry. Such bold claims are not exactly unheard of in the vaping business. Everyone, from the small independent brands to Big Tobacco talks about proprietary technology that...
Read More...French Health Barometer Reveals 400,000 People Have Quit Smoking Using E-Cigarettes
While health experts and legislators have yet to make up their mind about the efficacy of electronic cigarettes as smoking cessation aids, the public seems to have already decided. According to the France's 2014 INPES Health Barometer, around 400,000 people have managed to quit smoking with the help of electronic cigarettes. The National Institute of Prevention and Education for Health has recently released the results of the 2014 INPES Health Barometer. It focuses mainly...
Read More...English Couple Banned from Adopting Child Because One of Them Is Using E-Cigarettes
For a variety of reasons, many of which we've covered before, governments aren't very fond of electronic cigarettes, but you would never think that using them could prevent an otherwise perfectly eligible couple from adopting a child. As unfathomable as this idea may seem to most of us, it's actually a sad reality. A couple in Staffordshire County, England, was recently banned from adopting a child, after a social worker saw the husband using an electronic cigarette. She...
Read More...Electronic Cigarettes Far Less Hazardous Than Smoking, Tobacco Experts Claim
Contrary to what most e-cigarette opponents and the mainstream media would have you believe, electronic cigarettes are not as dangerous to your health as analogs. Two of the world's leading tobacco experts recently took to the internet to challenge these ridiculous claims with scientific evidence and relevant statistics. "E-cigarettes are currently unlicensed, but both the
Read More...European Commission Considers Taxing E-Cigarettes Like Tobacco Cigarettes
Tax policy makers from across the European Union met in Brussels, on Wednesday, to discuss whether excise duty should be applied to electronic cigarettes. The European Union demands all member states to impose a minimum of 57% excise duty - also known as a "sin tax" - on every pack of tobacco cigarettes purchased. Electronic cigarettes, on the other hand, are only subject to the value added tax (VAT), which is around 20% in all member countries. It makes sense, if you...
Read More...E-Cigarette Industry Plans to Make Critics Pay for Misleading Health Claims
In an effort to put an end to the scaremongering campaign carried out by e-cigarette opponents, be they public health authorities, scientists or politicians, an industry group called The Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association (SFATA) is raising money to fight misleading health concerns about the safety of vaping in court. At a fundraising event called " The Line in the Sand" held in California, on February 9th, SFATA managed to raise $110,000 in a matter of hours....
Read More...For the French, Electronic Cigarettes Pose Minimal Danger, New Survey Shows
According to a recent survey Commissioned by e-cigarette company Fontem Ventures and conducted by the Harris Interactive Institute, most Frenchmen consider electronic cigarettes considerably less dangerous than analogs. Vaping is not the same as smoking, and the French seem to understand this very well, if the results of this new survey are anything to go by. Between the 16th and 18th of December, 2014, analysts from the Harris Interactive Institute interviewed a sample...
Read More...States Eye E-Cigarette Taxes to Fill Budget Holes
Introducing new taxes on electronic cigarettes and e-liquid seems to be the preferred way to cover budget holes for many legislators around the US. In the first month of 2015 alone, 8 states have proposed bills to assess a tax on e-cigarettes and nicotine-containing e-liquid. Ever since the signing of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement in 1998, state governments have collected over $500 billion in taxes and compensation payments from tobacco companies. You see, the...
Read More...GSK Boss Admits Electronic Cigarettes Are Affecting Sales of Nicotine Patches and Gum
Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK), one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, has seen its profits from the sale of smoking cessation products drop following increased competition from electronic cigarettes. Andrew Witty, chief executive of GSK, recently told Reuters that the public enthusiasm for electronic cigarettes has been affecting his company's sales. “Of course, it’s definitely taken a bit of our market, no question at all – but there’s a lot of...
Read More...Blu E-Cigs Sales Plummet Due to Stiff Competition and Shift in Consumer Preference
While electronic cigarette sales in general continue to grow at a steady pace, Blu E-cigs, the number one e-cigarette brand in the United States, has seen steep decline in profits over the last two quarters. When tobacco giant Lorillard bought Blu in 2012, for a reported $135 million, the company had just 10% of the market and about $50 million in annual sales revenue. Taking advantage of Lorillard's well established supply chain and very deep pockets, it has since grown...
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