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China’s long-awaited measures to regulate e-cigarettes are now official.

With the popularity of heated tobacco (aka heat-not-burn, or HNB) devices increasing globally, it is inevitable that the amount of waste in the form of used HNB sticks and cartridges also rises sharply.

Shenzhen-based e-cigarette maker Aspire Global filed a withdrawal request with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pulling out of its proposed listing filed last June as China’s new e-cigarette regulations make expansion, distribution...

China’s State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) published a rule explaining how e-cigarette companies can obtain the manufacturer license required by the new e-cigarette regulations.

In recent years, the Chinese tobacco industry vigorously integrated scientific and technological innovation into smart manufacturing of cigarettes to accelerate digital transformation.

On June 15, Zinwi Bio-Tech became one of the first vape-industry companies to secure a production license for electronic cigarettes (e-liquid category) issued under new measures introduced by the Chinese government...

SMOORE, one of the world’s largest vape manufacturers, launched the world’s first real-time monitoring research project on nicotine addiction.

When vaping grew more popular around the world only about a decade ago, regulators in Southeast Asia’s nations were quite unsure how to handle this completely new product segment.

Despite the nation's rigorous pandemic border restrictions, foreign-brand cigarettes can still be bought in the capital of North Korea, according to images recently received by NK News.

Many well-known cigar leaf producing countries were deeply affected by Covid-19 for the past two years, and some of them failed to properly manage production and transportation of cigar leaves due to lockdown measures.

In the first half of this year, China’s cigarette market showed the following characteristics: key brands maintained a faster development, with nearly two-thirds of the brands achieving growth in sales volume...

RLX Technology, known for its RELX-branded e-cigarette products, released its annual corporate social responsibility report Envisaging a Better Future recently, highlighting its efforts in market responsibility, r&d investment...

Starting November 1, e-cigarettes will be subject to taxation on an ad valorem basis under China’s new regulations, authorized by the Ministry of Finance, General Administration of Customs, and the State Taxation Administration.

The Chinese tobacco industry continuously explores how to better use “Internet+” technology (which means to integrate internet with traditional industries).

China’s State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) announced more e-cigarette regulations, now stipulating that the capacity of e-cigarette products, aerosol, and nicotine used in e-cigarettes carried by each person...

A 50-year-old Chinese runner who goes by the name “Uncle Chen” finished the Jiande Marathon in China in 3 hours and 28 minutes, chain-smoking cigarettes the entire time and finishing a respectable 574th out of nearly 1,500 runners.

Researchers from China’s Kunming Institute of Botany have uncovered the last major steps of the biosynthetic process to make cocaine.

He Zehua, a former deputy chairman of China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA), is under investigation for alleged serious infractions of Party discipline and legislation, reports Xinhua.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of e-cigarettes, two decades of continuous research and development since the first e-cigarette was patented by Han Li.

The Chinese e-cigarette industry, after 20 years of incubation and market globalization, now stands at the crossroad of industry globalization. After a deep study of the Indonesian market, 2FIRSTS presents the newest dynamics...

Bloomberg Philanthropies announced an additional commitment of US$420 million over four years to the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use.

As the E-cigarette Control Measures were officially implemented on October 1, 2022, tobacco flavor has become the only choice for domestic e-cigarettes in China.

The China Tobacco Essentra Filters (CTEF) is thrilled to announce the opening of the China Development Centre (CDC) in Xiamen, Fujian Province.

Our guest is Jason Tian, the international representative of 2Firsts which is the most subscribed professional news media reporting on China's e-cigarette industry.

“Light” cigarettes are increasingly falling out of favor these days. But, micro perforating tipping papers is still a very common practice in the industry for “mild” brands, the microscopic holes providing ventilation to help diffuse inhaled smoke.

Their consumption ability and new concepts have provided many opportunities and markets for the rise of brands.

E-smoking – or rather, vaping, as it is preferably called nowadays – was originally hailed as the perfect reduced-risk solution to reduce tobacco consumption rates...

Simply put, ‘new farmers’ is an organic integration of the Internet and the issues related to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers.

The US Food and Drug Administration, in collaboration with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), announced the seizure of approximately 1.4 million units of unauthorized e-cigarette...

Following the emergence of the first vape devices a little over 2 decades ago, they were almost universally feted by stakeholders as “the world’s best opportunity for forever banishing the big demon, tobacco”...

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