E-Cigarettes

In an ongoing effort to better protect minors from risks posed by combustible inhalant products, the FDA announced Wednesday that it is looking to end the compliance policies that currently apply to flavored e-cigarettes and cigars. Why It’s Important The FDA said it's advancing a vision...

Marlboro producer Altria Group Inc (NYSE: MO) is in talks to buy a large minority stake in leading e-cigarette start-up Juul Labs, according to a Wednesday Wall Street Journal report. Why It’s Important Experts lauded Altria’s diversification effort given the increasingly fragmented...

The Food and Drug Administration is set on introducing restrictions on the sale of electronic cigarettes, including prohibiting most flavored products in convenience stores and gas stations, The Washington Post reported Nov. 8. The Wall Street Journal followed up with its own report Friday that...

The Food and Drug Administration aims to extend Obama-era policies restricting e-cigarette sales to teen consumers. As early as next week, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb will deliver a plan to: Tighten age verification for online sales; Advance a ban on menthol flavoring in combustible cigarettes...

The Food and Drug Administration is eyeing the creation of a regulatory framework for e-cigarettes, a product that government data shows is increasingly popular with teenagers — and tobacco stocks are reacting to the downside.  The FDA started the largest-ever tobacco compliance...

The $49 billion purchase by British American Tobacco PLC (ADR) (NYSE: BTI) of the remaining stake available in Reynolds American, Inc. (NYSE: RAI) comes in a tobacco market that’s a lot less hazy than before, with leading manufacturers investing in alternatives to the traditional cigarette....

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made it clear to retailers and sellers of e-cigarette products that it is illegal to sell these types of products to anyone under the age of 18. The FDA said on Thursday it will now take action against sellers of e-cigarette, e-liquids, cigars, hookah...

According to the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) in the United Kingdom, smokers can see benefits from switching to less harmful e-cigarettes. According to the RCP, the growth of electronic cigarettes, or e-cigs, serves as evidence that smokers want to reduce their nicotine intake. However, e-...

The popularity of vaporizer pens, or e-cigarettes, has soared over the past few years, as smoking bans have been enacted and public preferences have shifted toward more health-conscious choices. The devices vaporize liquid nicotine, which is then inhaled by the user. These instruments are presumed...

In February of this year, CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) made headlines –- and acclaim from anti-smoking activists –- when it announced the company would phase out the sale of cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco in more than 7,600 drugstores by October 2014. Investors worried the...

Effective Friday, May 30, 2014 Vapor Corp (OTC: VPCO) will be moving to the NASDAQ exchange. Florida-based Vapor Corp is a leading supplier of e-cigarettes and vaporizer pens. Vapor Corp. will join GW Pharma (NASDAQ: GWPH) as the second ‘Marijuana-Stock’ listed on a major exchange. 420...

U.S. stocks were little moved with the news-flow light, as would be expected prior to a long-weekend. In fact, Thursday's trading session proved to be the second lowest volume day of 2014. The S&P 500 closed above 1,900 and came within striking distance of matching its intraday all time...

U.S. stocks inched higher as Apple's strong earnings reported on Wednesday proved to be not enough to ease fears over an escalating tension between Russia and Ukraine. Reports surfaced of escalated troop movements in Ukraine while Russia began military drills near the Ukraine border. After...