UK Vaping Trend Analysis Shows Reduced Growth, Big Tobacco Companies Weigh In With Explanation

Data from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), a public health charity headquartered in Washington, D.C., shows slowed e-cigarette growth in the U.K. and two of the biggest players in the industry recently weighed in with explanations that may explain why the growth has slowed. According to British American Tobacco (BAT), which owns the popular …

JTI Acquires Ploom While Pax Vaporizer Maker Changes Name To Pax Labs

The San Francisco startup Ploom, the company behind the popular line of Pax vaporizers, has changed its name. Well, not technically, but close enough. We’ll explain. Ploom still exists, but the Ploom trademark and intellectual property pertaining to its modelTwo and its corresponding “pods” have been acquired by JTI. The Pax vaporizers on the other …