BAT Smokes Out E-Cigarette Rivals

[Ron]

news.sky.com/story/1095320/bat-smokes-out-e-cigarette-rivals

[lal]

That's one to avoid then

[mikeb]

Insiders said that Vype would be a renamed CN Creative product rather than an entirely new launch.

(from the article)

So that'll be the Inellicig then?

[djs]

Hmm. Interesting.

Let's see how low they stoop with the puff claims and nic content and how high they go with the price.

[ant]

Nicandro Durante (BAT chief executive) Endure nicotine?
I'm taking the P but....

[kibbster]

Jul 22, 2013 16:24:50 GMT lal said:

That's one to avoid then

I think that's a given.

They'll be as rubbish as any other generic lookalike no doubt.

[raid2506]

I personally think this is great news.

The more they are invested in the E-cig market the less likely any severe legislation is to come our way.

They will be fighting hard against all this crap about 4mg limits and pharmacy sales only.

I think they will want them as strong as possible and right there on the fag counter.

[giles]

Jul 27, 2013 1:02:50 GMT raid2506 said:

I personally think this is great news.

The more they are invested in the E-cig market the less likely any severe legislation is to come our way.

They will be fighting hard against all this crap about 4mg limits and pharmacy sales only.

I think they will want them as strong as possible and right there on the fag counter.

I hope you are right raid, but I suspect that this is small change to BAT compared to cigarette profits, and their plan is to turn it into a pharma product and keep it away from the fag counter.

Tescos locally stock them. They sell them (and others) off the pharma counter, not the fag counter. Maybe that is just where Tescos think they will sell best, but maybe it is lobbying/pressure from cigarette manufacturers.