EU
Europe
COVID-19
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Brussels is continuing work on the revision of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), but admits some of the research work could be delayed by the coronavirus crisis ...
North America
United States
COVID-19
FDA
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested a 120-day extension to the deadline for premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) due to the challenges that the coronavirus outbreak is posing to companies ...
New York
North America
United States
COVID-19
Health
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The vaping industry has shown concern after doctors in New York State called for a temporary ban on e-cigarette sales out of concern that vaping could put people at greater risk from COVID-19 ...
Alaska
Florida
North America
United States
Wyoming
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Wyoming and Florida are the two latest US jurisdictions to adopt new e-cigarette regulations that will increase the legal age to purchase tobacco products – including e-cigarettes – while other states such Alaska are moving ahead with new...
North America
United States
Companies
COVID-19
FDA
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The US Food and Administration (FDA) has decided to issue “a partial stop work order” for the external companies that are carrying out product compliance checks and vape store inspections ...
Asia
Canada
Florida
Indonesia
Massachusetts
Michigan
North America
Texas
United States
Companies
Health
Major brands
Marketing and Retailing
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
Less than a year after launching in the country, Juul Labs is stopping selling all its products in Indonesia while it puts new measures in place to combat under-age purchases. Juul also faces further legal action in the...
Australasia
Australia
Health
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has reviewed its position on smoking cessation and is now considering vaping as a possible tool to quit smoking ...
EU
Europe
France
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
In a late change, the French budget law for 2020 (Loi de finances) removes the existing notification fee for new vaping products marketed in the country ...
North America
United States
FDA
Flavours
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The US FDA’s new policy of removing most e-cigarette cartridge flavours from the market has been greeted by scepticism and criticism from both the vaping industry and anti-tobacco groups ...
North America
United States
Marketing and Retailing
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The US Senate has passed an act which raises the minimum sale or purchase age for tobacco products from 18 to 21...
Denmark
Europe
Flavours
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Danish Ministry of Health has put forward a plan for a flavour ban as well as sale, advertising and packaging restrictions to tackle the use of tobacco and e-cigarettes by minors ...
EU
Europe
Heated tobacco
Regulation and Legislation
Tax
Regulatory briefing
The European Commission is delaying evaluating tobacco tax rates and the possible introduction of a new harmonised tax scheme for e-cigs and heated tobacco ...
California
North America
United States
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Palo Alto, in the San Francisco Bay Area, could be the next Californian city to adopt a ban on vaping products ...
California
North America
United States
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The city of Los Angeles will now start the process of drafting new regulations to restrict the sale of flavoured tobacco products – including e-cigarettes ...
EU
Europe
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Brussels has officially started the formal process to review the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) by 2021, with a focus on e-cigarettes and new tobacco products ...
North America
United States
FDA
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) carried out 800 inspections in vape stores between 2016 and 2018, with thousands of warning letters have been issued to retailers for violations ...
North America
United States
Flavours
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The US vaping industry is biting its nails awaiting the Trump administration’s next steps after a delay in publication of the new guidance on flavoured e-cigarettes ...
North America
United States
Companies
Flavours
Major brands
Marketing and Retailing
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
Marketing & retailing
E-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs is halting sales of its mint flavour after the publication of a survey by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that shows an increase in the use of e-cigarettes among high school...
North America
United States
FDA
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
US president Donald Trump has nominated lung cancer specialist Stephen Hahn to be the new full-time US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner ...
North America
United States
FDA
Flavours
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The White House has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s final version of its guideline on flavoured e-cigarettes currently on sale without premarket authorisation ...
North America
United States
Companies
FDA
Health
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The US FDA has grated its first ever modified risk orders to eight snus products from Swedish Match, which can now be advertised as less harmful than traditional cigarettes ...
Massachusetts
Montana
North America
United States
Flavours
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
A judge in Montana has temporarily halted the state’s emergency ban on flavoured e-cigarettes – while in Massachusetts the state has been ordered to rewrite the terms of its prohibition order ...
North America
Oregon
United States
Flavours
Health
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Oregon Court of Appeals has temporarily barred governor Kate Brown and the Oregon Health Authority from enforcing a prohibition on flavoured nicotine vapour products ...
New York
North America
United States
Marketing and Retailing
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court has put on hold the emergency regulation banning the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes that governor Andrew Cuomo adopted on 18th...
California
North America
United States
Companies
Major brands
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
After being the main financial backer of the campaign to overturn San Francisco’s vaping ban on November’s public ballot, Juul has changed its mind and decided to withdraw all support from the organising group ...
Canada
North America
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
A Canadian manufacturer is challenging the prohibition against promoting vaping as a healthier alternative included in the national Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA) ...
Massachusetts
North America
Rhode Island
United States
Flavours
Health
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Massachusetts and Rhode Island have joined the list of US states that have banned sales of e-liquids since the lung illness outbreak that was declared at the end of August ...
Canada
North America
United States
Health
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
Although in most of the cases THC or other illicit substances have almost certainly been involved, the US outbreak of vape-related lung illness is extremely damaging to the e-cig industry ...
North America
United States
FDA
Flavours
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
US president Donald Trump has announced that his administration is preparing new market restrictions on flavoured e-cigarettes ...
Michigan
North America
United States
Flavours
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Michigan state governor Gretchen Whitmer has announced a “unilateral decision” to prohibit the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes, making it the first US state to implement such a ban ...
Denmark
Europe
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Danish Safety Technology Authority and Health Authority have circulated within the vapour industry a working document that would re-interpret the requirements for childproofing of e-cigarettes ...
North America
United States
FDA
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Vaping advocates are seeking a legal injunction against the US FDA’s May 2020 deadline for submission of premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) for e-cigarettes ...
North America
United States
FDA
Health
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to add up to 19 new chemicals to its list of harmful and potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) ...
World
Health
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
A new report by the World Health Organization seriously questions the role of tobacco-alternative products as a successful cessation smoking...
Austria
Europe
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Vaping and smoking will be banned in bars and restaurants in Austria from 1st November, after the Federal Council approved the reinstatement of a measure that was overturned last year ...
North America
United States
FDA
Health
Regulation and Legislation
Marketing & retailing
Regulatory briefing
“Some people think that vaping is not a big deal, but that is just an illusion.” That’s the start of a new TV ad, one of a series featuring street magician Julius Dein launched on teen-focused networks by...
North America
United States
FDA
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The US FDA has welcomed the ruling by a federal court that it must bring forward the deadline for submission of premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) for e-cigarettes to 11th May 2020 ...