(ISO: Geneva) -- Vape and vapor products represent a technical and economic novelty. The electronic cigarette devices and their consumables, called e-liquids, are recognized as a genuinely disruptive innovation, having reached mass markets in many countries in just a few years. The use of electronic cigarettes has rapidly become popular around the world, especially in North America and Europe.

The vaping industry is at the heart of a new economic sector that spans the manufacturing, production, and retailing of both devices and e-liquids. A new field of technical activity dedicated to vape and vapor products aims to address the emerging standardization needs in that sector. To this end, a new ISO subcommittee, ISO/TC 126, “Tobacco and tobacco products,” SC 3, “Vape and vapor products,” has been created and will hold its first meeting in the week of Oct. 24, 2016, in Osaka, Japan.

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