Market & regulatory data for the vapour sector in Spain

Will Spain be one of the next EU countries to prohibit flavours for vapour products?

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 29th April 2024

Spain’s vaping industry awaits the outcome of a law process that could end up banning flavours in nicotine products and imposing neutral packaging at least for tobacco products ...

It’s time to talk realistically about harm reduction, says German tobacco group

Written by ECigIntelligence | 19th March 2024

The German Association of the Tobacco Industry and New Products says we need more constructive non-political discourse about tobacco harm reduction to counter the impact of bad science on the current prohibitionist mindset ...

Tougher vaping restrictions from Spain’s anti-smoking plan expected this year

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 2nd February 2024

Health minister Mónica García announced that Spain will have a new smoking prevention plan in place this year, reforming the tobacco law – which is expected to bring about new restrictions for vaping ...

Spanish PM’s second mandate may mean bad news for the country’s vaping sector

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 5th December 2023

Spain’s newly formed government, led for the second time by socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez, may not be good news for the vaping sector ...

Political deadlock in Spain – what does it mean for the future of e-cig regulation?

Written by Laura Garay Gómez | 4th August 2023

Spain’s surprise inconclusive election result has left the future of vaping and alternative tobacco product regulation in the country up in the air, with everything depending on what government eventually emerges ...

BAT records 'resilient' H1 performance, remains confident about Vuse Alto PMTA

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 28th July 2023

British American Tobacco’s vapour brand Vuse was the key driver of the company’s positive performance in the first half of the year, and it remains confident in its Vuse Alto pre-market tobacco product application submission...

E-cig promoters urge Spanish voters to end Socialist rule for vaping’s sake

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 19th July 2023

Pro-vaping lobbyists have urged Spanish voters to back centre and right-leaning parties in the 23rd July elections, fearing damaging regulation if the current centre-left coalition remains in power ...

Tobacco industry dismisses public consultation on TPD as mere formality

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th May 2023

The EU has launched a public consultation on how it can update its tobacco control framework by revising the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and the Tobacco Advertising Directive (TAD) ...

Legislation feared by Spain's vaping industry may never reach parliament

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 11th August 2022

The fate of two laws feared by Spain’s tobacco and vaping industries is in doubt due to a tight political calendar and uncertainty over future regulation at EU level ...

Vaping industry gets heated as Spain proposes restrictions on e-cig sales

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 16th May 2022

A Spanish government bill limiting consumer sales of e-cigarettes to tobacco stores only is causing turmoil within the country’s vaping industry ...

Spanish medical associations come out against e-cigs in response to tax talks

Written by ECigIntelligence | 28th January 2022

Medical societies in Spain have confirmed their strong stance against e-cigarettes as the government consults on potential restrictions and taxes on vapour products ...

ECigIntelligence's 2021 predictions reviewed: did our crystal ball work?

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 27th January 2022

We look back at predictions ECigIntelligence published at the start of 2021. Real events and developments confirmed ECigIntelligence’s analysis in many cases, though Covid delayed things ...

Spain set to tax e-cigarettes and impose tobacco advertising and usage rules

Written by ECigIntelligence | 21st December 2021

The Spanish government is working on a regulation to impose further restrictions on e-cigarettes and place an excise duty on them to come into force by 2023 ...

Europe's e-cig markets are set to grow by 29% by 2025 as smoking declines faster

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 3rd December 2021

The decline in the use of traditional tobacco products across Europe is expected to accelerate in the next four years, while vape sales continue to grow in the five largest EU markets – France, Germany,...

E-cig industry association sues Spanish government over anti-vaping campaign

Written by ECigIntelligence | 3rd August 2021

Spain’s e-cigarette industry has launched legal action against the central government, claiming a long-running anti-vaping campaign is against the law on several counts ...

Spanish anti-smoking bodies press for tax on both e-liquid volume and nicotine

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 28th June 2021

Spanish anti-smoking organisations have urged the government to introduce a tax scheme for e-cigarettes as part of the new Tobacco Act that is expected to be approved by the end of 2021 ...

Spain eyes total vaping ban on outdoor terraces to help combat Covid-19 spread

Written by ECigIntelligence | 16th April 2021

The Spanish Ministry of Health is looking at imposing a blanket ban on the use of tobacco products – including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco – on outdoor bar and cafe terraces ...

Spanish ministry aims to equate 'unsafe' e-cigs with tobacco in new regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 19th November 2020

The Spanish Ministry of Health has prepared a draft amendment to the current Tobacco Act, including some provisions concerning e-cigarettes, which the ministry considers hazardous ...

European surveys back up smoking cessation aim in e-cigarette users

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 13th November 2020

A new survey reveals that 80% of Europeans who switched to e-cigarettes to quit their habit have succeeded ...

Spain bans public vaping where social distancing cannot be guaranteed

Written by ECigIntelligence | 17th August 2020

A spike in new cases of COVID-19 in Spain has prompted the national government to prohibit smoking and vaping in all public spaces where it is not possible to ensure a 2m social distance ...

Spanish industry rebels against government anti-vaping campaign

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 3rd August 2020

The Union of Vaping Promoters and Entrepreneurs (UPEV) has taken the anti-tobacco campaign from the Ministry of Health to the Spanish Ombudsman amid “hurting industry interests” ...

World No Tobacco Day 2020: the debate about harm reduction

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 31st May 2020

World No Tobacco Day provides an opportunity to consider the approach that public health authorities, policymakers, and advocates around the world have towards the role of tobacco-alternatives products ...

Juul hits hard times as it plans to exit EU markets, US sales drop 10%

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 6th May 2020

Juul is not having the best of times, with an increasing decline in sales leading the company to pull out of South Korea and some European countries – while its sales in the US are...

Spain plans new measures to tighten vaping and HnB regulations

Written by ECigIntelligence | 23rd March 2020

The Spanish government has announced plans to strengthen enforcement of existing tobacco regulations and to impose taxes on new products such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco ...

Impact on e-cigarette sales channels varies as countries face COVID-19

Written by Barnaby Page | 20th March 2020

As European and North American authorities ramp up their response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects on e-cigarette sales channels are mixed ...

Anti-tobacco campaign blamed for slump in Spanish e-cigarette sector

Written by ECigIntelligence | 3rd January 2020

Falling Spanish e-cigarette sales have led to job losses, with vape stores closing, according to the country’s Union of Vaping Promoters and Entrepreneurs ...

Most US smokers ‘favour lower nicotine levels in combustibles’

Written by ECigIntelligence | 25th October 2019

More than four out of five adult smokers in the US favour requiring tobacco companies to lower the levels of nicotine in cigarettes to make them less addictive, researchers have found ...

Spanish campaign attacks smoking and e-cigs in one powerful blast

Written by ECigIntelligence | 19th September 2019

A new anti-smoking campaign by the Spanish government takes on smoking, vaping, heated tobacco and hookahs under the motto “El tabaco ata y te mata” (“Tobacco ties and kills you”) ...

Closed systems increase presence in Spanish retailers

Written by ECigIntelligence | 12th July 2019

Although open systems still dominate the Spanish market, the recent launches of new closed system devices like Myblu and Juul are increasing the market share of these products ...

Motorsport expected to ignore WHO’s call to end tobacco sponsorship

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 8th May 2019

A call by the WHO for governments to enforce bans on all tobacco or e-cigarette advertising and sponsorship in sports events has had no formal response from the world of motor racing ...

Spanish public backs restrictions on vaping to match limits on smoking

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 5th March 2019

A new survey reveals that more than half of Spaniards would restrict the use of vaping and novel tobacco products in public places in the same way as smoking ...

Spain moves to ban cross-border sale of nicotine products and limit e-cig ads

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 20th November 2017

Spain has taken a crucial step towards banning cross-border sales of nicotine-containing products, including e-cigarettes, and imposing a number of other new marketing restrictions ...

Spain begins transposition of TPD into national law by royal decree

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 13th June 2017

Spain, one of the last few European Union countries to transpose the Tobacco Products Directive into national law, has now partly done so through a royal...

Health and cost draw French and Spanish vapers away from tobacco

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 30th May 2017

Two new surveys suggest that most French and Spanish vapers have used e-cigarettes to give up smoking, for both health and financial reasons – and that very few had continued to smoke after taking up...

Four to go as Sweden announces draft bill to transpose TPD

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 9th February 2017

Sweden, one of the last five countries to transpose Article 20 of the European Union's Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), has announced draft legislation to bring the country into line with the rest of the EU...

ISO to start work on international e-cigarette standard in October

Written by Freddie Dawson | 25th April 2016

The first meeting of an ISO standards committee covering e-cigarettes will take place on 24th October in Osaka,...

Researchers accused of emphasising e-cig risks, downplaying tobacco

Written by Barnaby Page | 25th October 2015

A team of tobacco control scholars has come under fire for omitting an important finding on e-cigarettes from the abstract of their latest scientific...

New analysis tool finds “only what’s advertised” in vapers’ blood

Written by Barnaby Page | 8th October 2015

The number and strength of chemicals absorbed in the blood of e-cigarette users is dramatically lower than in those who smoke tobacco, according to a new test of exhaled...

Spain to transpose TPD without full public vaping ban

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th August 2015

Spain appears to have abandoned plans to impose a blanket ban on indoor vaping, omitting the measure from its draft legislation to implement the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (EU TPD) in national...

Infographic: comparing e-cig and tobacco prices in Europe

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th April 2015

How do the costs of vaping and smoking compare around Europe? Our data shows the typical extra cost of a pack of cigarettes, compared with 10ml of e-liquid, in major European...

In Barcelona, the few surviving vape stores believe worst is over

Written by | 26th March 2015

The Spanish e-cigarette sector has hit bottom and is stabilising again, vape store owners believe, but they expect little or no improvement over the coming...

PMI rebranding Altria MarkTen as Solaris for European launch

Written by Barnaby Page | 19th February 2015

Philip Morris International (PMI) will next month launch Altria’s MarkTen cigalike in Spain, rebranded as...

A tale of two tank markets: success in U.S., woes in Spain

Written by Barnaby Page | 6th October 2014

The differing fortunes of e-cigarettes in two major markets are highlighted by new ECigIntelligence research, showing that while tank systems are taking off dramatically in the U.S. they have fallen...

Spain gets rules on age, ads,
and public use – but not retail

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th April 2014

The Spanish e-cigarette sector is now working under national-level regulation for the first time, after the introduction of a new law which anticipates the measures required by the European Tobacco Products...

Report: European e-cig market could be worth more than $2bn

Written by Barnaby Page | 1st April 2014

The European e-cigarette market could be worth more than $2bn, according to a new report from...

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