By Lydia Wheeler - The Hill - 05/31/15 07:00 AM EDT Washington is locked in a growing debate over what restrictions should be placed on the booming electronic cigarette industry.The Food and Drug Administration is pushing ahead with a proposed rule that would ban the sale of e-cigarettes to people under the age of 18 and prohibit sales in vending machines.But to the dismay of many health activists, the rule...
04/23/2015, Purplebox Vapours
This is a great infographic put together by our friends across the pond at Purplebox Vapours http://purplebox.ie/Â illustrating the market share of Big Tobacco in the e-cig and vapor business. (Click here for full size file download)
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TRIPP MICKLE, The Wall Street Journal, Updated March 26, 2015 12:16 a.m. ET  Paul Frohman smokes an electronic cigarette outside an office building in downtown Los Angeles in January. California health officials declared e-cigarettes a health threat that should be strictly regulated like tobacco products. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  The U.S. government for the first time is taking aim at electronic cigarettes in an advertising campaign, challenging their use as...
Posted by: Vranks on July 17, 2014 Under: E-Cig News Imperial Tobacco has gone from just getting its feet wet in the electronic cigarette market to owning the world’s most successful e-cigarettes brand, after it acquired Blu Electronic Cigarettes from the newly-newly formed R.J. Reynolds-Lorillard tobacco juggernaut.  Blu is currently the best-selling electronic cigarette brand in the United States, accounting for around 47% of the market. Established as an independent...