Vape Weekly: UK Health Department Officially Announces 8 Facts About Vaping

This article is reproduced on Xianwei.com, with the original title: "Qianweijing E-Cigarette Industry Global Weekly Issue No. 43: British Ministry of Health officials announce the eight truths about e-cigarettes"
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British Ministry of Health officials announce eight truths about e-cigarettes: There is no doubt that nicotine does not cause cancer and reduces harm

The British Department of Health released an article on the eight truths about e-cigarettes on March 5, which was reprinted on the British government's official website. It can be seen as a powerful refutation of the most widely spread rumors and prejudices in the e-cigarette industry by official government agencies. This article comprehensively analyzes people's most common prejudices against e-cigarettes, lists basic facts, and advocates scientific understanding. The article was published on the British Government website (GOV.UK).

British steam e-cigarette stores will remain open

According to information from the Press Association (uk), in the UK, regulators are concerned that Covid-19 may pose health risks to smokers who continue to buy traditional tobacco products, so they allow vapor-based e-cigarette chains to continue to operate to meet consumer demand for such new products. The British Steam Tobacco Association also said that if smokers end up buying and consuming ordinary tobacco products because they are unable to purchase new tobacco products, they may face a more serious risk of Covid-19 complications.

Alberta and Newfoundland, Canada allow professional e-cigarette stores to continue operating

According to Global News, the Canadian Electronic Cigarette Association (CVA), on behalf of thousands of e-cigarette users in Newfoundland, thanked the Newfoundland and Labrador government for allowing professional e-cigarette stores to continue operating under strict quarantine measures. Allowing e-cigarette stores to operate using only contactless protocols would prevent thousands of Newfoundland e-cigarette users from being forced to re-smoke combustible tobacco.

2. Domestic developments

Orient Securities: Penghui Energy's e-cigarette battery orders are sufficient to cover downstream high-quality customers

March 31 news, Recently, Orient Securities released an analysis report on the e-cigarette battery business of Penghui Energy, an e-cigarette upstream supply chain company. The report stated that the company has abundant e-cigarette battery products and sufficient orders, covering high-quality downstream customers. Since 2020, the company has sufficient orders for e-cigarette batteries, and its production line is fully operational. At the same time, it is also continuing to expand production capacity. The company's downstream customers include domestic mainstream e-cigarette manufacturers such as Heyuan Technology, while the latter two end customers include internationally renowned brands such as JUUL.

E-cigarette wholesaler ElegoMall teamed up with e-cigarette companies to give free masks to fight the new coronavirus

According to ElegoMall, an e-cigarette retailer and wholesale supplier in China, users can receive free masks on its official website starting from March 27 to help the public protect themselves from the coronavirus. Given the lack of masks in many countries, including Italy and Japan, resulting in unreasonable prices, ElegoMall decided to launch a free mask program on its website to help people who need them.

Jinjia Co., Ltd.: Subsidiary Jinjia Technology obtained some orders for e-cigarettes exported to the United States from traders

April 1 news, a few days ago, Jinjia revealed on the interactive platform that its subsidiary Jinjia Technology had obtained some orders for e-cigarettes exported to the United States from traders. When answering investors 'questions, Jinjia said thank you for your attention. Jinjia Technology, a subsidiary of the company, has obtained some orders for e-cigarettes exported to the United States from traders. Subsequently, the company will develop new tobacco and related supporting R & D business based on the actual needs of customers under the premise of compliance, and provide customers with professional new tobacco ODM/OEM services. Thank you.

Industrial and commercial changes occurred in Ono e-cigarettes: new mask production and sales business

On April 2, it was reported that Shenzhen Ono Technology Co., Ltd., the main company of the e-cigarette brand Ono, in which Luo Yonghao was deeply involved, underwent industrial and commercial changes on March 30, adding new licensed business projects: sales of e-cigarettes and cigarette liquids; production of daily necessities and masks; Medical masks and sales. At the same time, the company's registration authority was also changed from Shenzhen Market Supervision and Administration Bureau to Nanshan Bureau.

Ji 'an City supervises retail outlets of tobacco products (including e-cigarettes) around primary and secondary schools

Recently, the Ji 'an City Procuratorate, in conjunction with the Ji' an City Market Supervision and Administration Bureau and the Ji 'an City Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, launched special clean-up and rectification activities on retail outlets of tobacco products (including e-cigarettes) around primary and secondary schools. The special clean-up and rectification team conducted surprise inspections of merchants around the experimental primary school. The inspection focuses on whether there are retail outlets for tobacco products around the school that do not meet the regulations, whether there are unlicensed tobacco products, sales of tobacco products (including e-cigarettes) to minors in violation of regulations, and failure to place prohibited tobacco products in prominent positions in the store. Children sell cigarettes warning signs, failure to publish supervision and reporting telephone numbers, etc.# p#pagination title #e#

3. International developments

Cancer Research UK: Scotland's smoke-free target may be postponed for 16 years

On April 5, after Scotland investigated that the number of smokers in the country increased for the first time in seven years, the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) warned that the 2034 smoke-free deadline set by local governments could be extended by 16 years. A recent CRUK analysis showed that if smoking rates continue to decline at current rates, 12% of adults will still smoke by 2034. At the same time, the analysis shows that by 2050, 10% of people in poorer communities will still smoke, while 2018 data shows that 19% of adults will still smoke, with smoking rates in Scotland's poorest areas reaching as high as 32%.

Philip Morris International applies for a method patent for providing an aerosol generation device

According to reports from the website of the State Intellectual Property Office, the patent filed by Philip Morris Tobacco International is used for a method for providing aerosol-generating devices, aerosol-generating devices, and flat aerosol-generating articles used in such devices (Application No.: CN201780031393.4), introducing a method for providing aerosol-generating devices, aerosol-generating devices, and flat aerosol-generating articles used in such devices.

Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, FDA seeks to extend PMTA deadline to September 9

On March 31, according to foreign reports, due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the FDA is seeking to extend the PMTA deadline. The FDA filed a letter with the Maryland District Court today, asking the judge to change the original May 12, 2020, deadline for final PMTA submissions to September 9, 2020, due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. The judge still needs to decide whether to grant the request. The American Steam Technology Association submitted an application seeking a minimum 180-day extension.

FDA Rep.: Recommend banning all e-cigarette products during PMTA delay

Democratic House Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn on April 1 asking him to use the agency's enforcement powers to remove all e-cigarette products from the market. Krishnamoorthi wants the FDA to use its regulatory agency to ban the sale of e-cigarettes during the four-month extension (which has not yet been approved). He is not only demanding restrictions on flavored e-cigarette products that he previously advocated banning, but restrictions on all products.

House Oversight Committee urges FDA to ban e-cigarettes to mitigate coronavirus risk

April 2, according to foreign reports, the U.S. House Oversight Committee urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a letter on Wednesday to clean up the e-cigarette market, which they believe makes smokers more vulnerable to coronavirus infection. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has warned Americans that because it affects the lungs, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 may be particularly serious for people who smoke e-cigarettes or smoke, who may find themselves at an increased risk of developing COVID-19 and its more serious complications. rdquo;

US customs seized a batch of counterfeit disposable e-cigarettes worth more than US$1.1 million

According to foreign reports, recently, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials seized a batch of 72500 counterfeit disposable e-cigarette devices in Cincinnati (an important industrial city and river port in southwestern Ohio). According to a CBP press release, shipments shipped from Hong Kong to Georgia included 153 boxes of counterfeit popular blue RAZ packages that, if they were real, would be worth more than $1.1 million.

Denver, Colorado sues e-cigarette company for marketing to young people

April 3, according to foreign reports, the city and counties of Denver, Colorado, filed a 207-page lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday, accusing product manufacturers such as Juul of actively promoting products to young people. They accused this is the reason for the increase in smoking among young people in Colorado. According to a press release from the Denver City Attorney's Office, the lawsuit will be merged with another lawsuit against the San Francisco defendant.

Florida e-cigarette supporters rally online against seasoning ban

On April 2, according to foreign reports, the outbreak of the new coronavirus in the United States made it difficult to hold offline protests, but e-cigarette supporters in Florida held an online rally to oppose the ban on flavored e-cigarettes passed by the Legislature. Reported that e-cigarette supporters organized themselves in front of webcams using homemade placards, most of which were made of home printer paper. Some people put on masks that read veto the e-cigarette SB 810 bill.# p#pagination title #e#

FTC says documents show Juul forced Altria to withdraw from the e-cigarette market

According to Bloomberg, according to U.S. antitrust officials, Altria Group Inc. It exited the e-cigarette market in the fall of 2018 because of a secret deal with rival Juul Labs Inc., not because the company publicly raised public health concerns at the time. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint sued last Wednesday to block the deal and ordered Altria and Juul to cancel the investment.

Altria responds to U.S. FTC's request to withdraw investment Juul: Defending investment does not harm competition

On April 3, Reuters reported that in response to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit requesting the cancellation of Altria's US$12.8 billion investment in the e-cigarette company Juul, Altria's executive vice president and general counsel Murray Ganick responded that Altria's investment in Juul would not harm competition, and the FTC misunderstood the facts.· Altria is Juul's largest investor, and forced divestment will raise major questions about the future of the e-cigarette manufacturer.

New Zealand expands vapor recycling program

According to news from Scoop, New Zealand, as sales of new tobacco products such as vaporous e-cigarette products continue to grow in New Zealand, the government has also expanded its recycling program for such devices to reduce the impact of such products on the environment as much as possible. As early as early as the beginning of 2020, a recycling company called Terra Cycle had cooperated with Vapo Company and a number of domestic stores such as Alt and other chain stores in New Zealand to launch a waste recycling program specifically to recycle waste vaporous e-cigarette products.

E-cigarette advocates send letters to governors to add e-cigarette stores to their list of essential businesses”

On April 4, it was reported that other types of retailers closed during the COVID-19 epidemic, but pro-e-cigarette organizations are launching a tough campaign to persuade federal and state authorities to keep e-cigarette stores open. Advocates say e-cigarette stores are essential businesses that can help Americans avoid buying traditional cigarettes. Greg Conley, president of the American Electronic Cigarette Association, said he fully understood the need to flatten the curve, but that this should not come at the expense of former adult smokers returning to deadly combustible cigarettes.

4. Industry data

Competition pattern of new tobacco market in China

——Shenzhen is the home base of my country's e-cigarette market, but the company is small in scale

my country's new tobacco product market is currently mainly composed of e-cigarettes, mouth-cigarettes and other tobacco products. Among them, closed vapor e-cigarettes and open vapor e-cigarettes are the main types, and mouth-cigarettes and other new tobacco products account for a small proportion. Since the sales of domestic heated and non-combustible products are prohibited, the competition in my country's new tobacco market is dominated by e-cigarette product manufacturers and sales companies.

At present, there are nearly 4000 e-cigarette companies in China. There are more than 500 local companies in Shenzhen alone, accounting for about 13% of the number of companies in the country. They are mostly distributed in Shajing, Fuyong, Xixiang, Gongming, Longhua and other places, but about 80% of them are companies with less than 50 employees and are very small.

Important associations and chambers of commerce in China's e-cigarette industry are located in Shenzhen. In December 2015, the Shenzhen Electronic Cigarette Association and Shenzhen Electronic Cigarette Industry Association merged into China Electronic Cigarette Association. In January 2017, the Electronic Cigarette Industry Committee of China Electronics Chamber of Commerce CECC was established in Shenzhen. In August 2017, the Shenzhen Electronic Cigarette Chamber of Commerce was officially established in Shenzhen.
 
——Fierce price competition forms three echelons of enterprises

The domestic e-cigarette market is in a state of complete competition. Not only is the number of companies very large, but the price competition is also very fierce. Early entrants have obvious advantages in strength. They have better visibility and early development in the industry, and can obtain more high-quality orders. Later entrants, including many small and medium-sized enterprises and traders, are currently unable to compete with advantageous enterprises due to their relatively low scale and strength.

Overall, a first echelon composed of early entrants such as Huizhou Geirui, Shenzhen Jieshibo, Shenzhen Smoak, and Shenzhen Heyuan Technology has been formed, a second echelon dominated by many medium-sized enterprises and large traders, and a third echelon dominated by many small enterprises and traders.
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According to the 2018 Top Ten Brands List of China's e-cigarette industry organized and evaluated by the e-cigarette Industry Professional Committee, in the past 2018, the top ten brands selected in the national e-cigarette industry included Avipos (SMOK), Ouaike Electronic Cigarette (iLuck), Oufan Electronic Cigarette, Kangcheng Yipin, Xinyikang, Hengxin, Yixing Electronic Cigarette, Aizhuo Electronic Cigarette, Jirui Electronic Cigarette, and Sigraire Electronic Cigarette.