Decision to Ban E-Cigarettes in Public Places Sparks Controversy in France
French Health Minister, Marisol Touraine, announced on Friday that her country will apply the same bans to electronic cigarettes as it does to tobacco analogs. Although she made it clear the measure does not equal an outright ban on e-cigarettes, members of the vaping community and medical experts were quick to criticize her decision. "I have decided that the measures which apply to tobacco will also be extended to electronic cigarettes," Touraine said during a press...
Read More...Desperate Tobacco Industry Tries to Block Sale of Electronic Cigarettes in Italy
If you still had doubts about the growing popularity of electronic cigarettes affecting tobacco companies' sales, this piece of news should put your doubts to rest. Last week, the Italian union of tobacco operators appealed to a regional court in an attempt to stop the sale of e-cigarettes, claiming that the were "unfair competition". Around the world,
Read More...European Union Workshop on Electronic Cigarettes Leaves Everyone Confused
On May 7th, the European Parliment organized a workshop to present e-cigarette regulatory issues to MEPs (Members of the European Parliament). Although renowned professors who have actually conducted research on the effects of electronic cigarettes spoke in favor of them and representatives of e-cigarette user groups made some valid points, members of the World Health Organization and the EU Health Commission fought back with unsubstantiated claims, which ultimately left...
Read More...Woman Slaps Police Officer to Quit Smoking
In a desperate attempt to quit smoking, a woman from Sacramento, California, slapped a police officer in order to get sent to jail where she would have no access to cigarettes. It's one of the craziest news I've heard in a while, and even though it's not directly related to electronic cigarettes, I thought this story best describes how hard it actually is for some people to quit smoking. A lot of times you'll hear people who have never smoked a cigarette in their lives...
Read More...World’s Largest Cigarette Company Plans to Invest in E-Cigarettes after Profits Drop
Imperial Tobacco, the world's fourth-largest cigarette company by market share, has revealed plans to develop its own electronic cigarette or acquire one of the many existent e-cig brands, as profits from tobacco cigarette sales continue to drop. Like most other cigarette companies operating in Europe and the United States, the maker of popular analog brands like Davidoff or Gauloises is currently fighting a tough consumer climate, and looking for other ventures to...
Read More...Altria and British American Tobacco Announce Intention to Enter E-Cigarette Business.
The Altria Group, owner of the largest US cigarette maker, Phillip Morris USA, and British American Tobacco have both announced plans to enter the increasingly profitable electronic cigarette business. The two tobacco companies are playing catch-up with competitors Lorillard and Reynolds American, who have already established a foothold in the industry. People have been speculating about Altria's intention to join its Big Tobacco rivals in the fight for electronic...
Read More...X Factor Boss Simon Cowell Is trying to Quit Smoking with Electronic Cigarettes
Britain’s Got Talent judge and father of hit TV show X Factor, Simon Cowell has finally been able to quit smoking with the help of electronic cigarettes. The man who once stated he "loves smoking" has now been spotted vaping an e-cigarette on the red carpet. I don't usually care much for news about celebrities using electronic cigarettes. I know Leonardo DiCaprio is using them, as well as Katherine Heigl or Robert Pattinson, but it never seemed like that big of a deal....
Read More...Vapor4Life Finally Releases the Vapor Zeus
Practically everyone in the vaping community has been talking about it for months, and now Vapor4Life has officially released the Vapor Zeus - an easy to use, easy to fill cigar-shaped e-cigarette with a powerful 5-volt battery to boot. Vapor4Life already has a great reputation among season vapers, and their products are some of the most popular on the market, but owner Steve Milin had been wanting to create a special kind of electronic cigarette that would be simple to...
Read More...Growing E-Cigarette Sales Starting to Affect Tobacco Industry Profits
According to a recent survey conducted by American bank Wells Fargo the accelerated decline of tobacco cigarette sales in the first quarter of 2013 might have been caused by the exponential growth of the electronic cigarettes market, among other factors. Cigarette sales have been steadily declining for some time now, but Wells Fargo predicts the sales volume in the first quarter of 2013 might be down 4.5% compared to the same period of last year, historic average of...
Read More...Senators Urge the FDA to Restrict the Sale, Distribution and Marketing of Electronic Cigarettes
Suggesting e-cigarettes could be a gateway to traditional cigarettes and other tobacco products, five US Senators have recently sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration asking for "deeming regulations" and the restricted sale, distribution and marketing of e-cigarettes and other nicotine products to children and young adults. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jack Reed (D-RI), have put...
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