Brussels admits delays may occur in TPD revision; EU notifications hit 250k

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 16th April 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

US Federal Trade Commission sues Altria over Juul investment

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd April 2020 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Major brands

Business briefing

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking tobacco manufacturer Altria to court over its acquisition of a 35% stake in shares in Juul, alleging that the agreement between the two companies violated federal antitrust laws ...

US FDA requests extension of PMTA deadline due to coronavirus problems

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 31st March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

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 vape industry’s fear after doctors call for ban during pandemic

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 30th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

Tobacco 21 law signed in Wyoming and Florida; Alaska moves forward

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 27th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

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...

US FDA suspends all vape store inspections for at least a month

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

Juul suspends all sales in Indonesia, faces probe by coalition of US states

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 27th February 2020 || Business briefing |

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...

WHO appoints new tobacco control leader to take charge of COP9

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 11th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

World

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

The Word Health Organization (WHO) has appointed a new head of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Secretariat in time to take charge of the ninth Conference of the Parties (COP9) in the Netherlands ...

Altria investment value in Juul drops by 65% in a year

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 31st January 2020 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Virginia

Companies

Heated tobacco

Major brands

Business briefing

The investment value of Altria in e-cig company Juul fell by 65% in almost a year due to the recent developments in the US affecting the brand ...

Australian doctors shift their position, endorsing e-cigarettes for cessation

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 30th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

The good, the bad and the uncertain – what lies ahead for vaping in 2020?

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd January 2020 || Business briefing |

Argentina

Asia

Brazil

Canada

China

Denmark

EU

Europe

France

Germany

Indonesia

Japan

Malaysia

Mexico

North America

Slovakia

South America

South Korea

Spain

Switzerland

United Kingdom

United States

Business briefing

2019 was a heated year for the vaping industry worldwide, with a lot happening on both the regulatory and market fronts. So how is 2020 shaping up? ...

Juul removes flavours from Canadian market ‘to earn public trust’

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 16th January 2020 || Business briefing |

Canada

North America

Flavours

Major brands

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Business briefing

Juul Labs has halted production of most of its flavoured vaping pods in Canada in anticipation of imminent plans by federal authorities to enact stricter regulations on vaping products ...

Back to Plan A: French budget drops notification fee for vaping products

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 8th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

FDA’s new clampdown on flavoured cartridges fails to satisfy either side

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 6th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

US Senate raises legal tobacco and vaping purchase age from 18 to 21

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 plans flavour ban and plain packaging scheme for e-cigarettes

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 18th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

Senate confirms Stephen Hahn as new FDA commissioner

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 13th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

The US Senate has confirmed cancer specialist Stephen Hahn as the new US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner ...

EU Commission delays e-cig and HnB tax scheme decision to 2020

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 13th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

Palo Alto, California considers ‘urgent’ law banning e-cigarettes

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 9th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

LA city approves next steps toward vaping sale restrictions

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 6th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 Commission and Parliament kick off TPD revision assessment procedure

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 27th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

FDA inspects 800 vape stores in two years, seeks tobacco experts for panel

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

Industry is kept waiting for Trump’s ‘very important decision’ on flavours

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

Juul halts sale of mint pods ahead of new FDA guidance on flavours

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 8th November 2019 || Business briefing , Marketing & retailing |

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...

Trump chooses lung cancer specialist to be the new FDA commissioner

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 6th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

White House reviewing new FDA guidance on flavoured e-cigs

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 29th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

FDA approves its first modified risk tobacco order for eight snus products

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

French National Assembly rejects Macron’s bid to scrap notification fee

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

France

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

The French National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) has rejected a government proposal to remove the notification fee for new vaping products, set out in the draft budget for next year ...

Judge halts Montana ban on flavoured e-cigs, Massachusetts told to try again

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 22nd October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

Now Oregon flavours ban is put on hold by court as lung cases hit 1479

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 21st October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 state e-cig ban on hold until 18th October, court rules

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 4th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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...

Juul withdraws support from bid to overturn San Francisco e-cig ban

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd October 2019 || Business briefing |

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 ...

E-liquid producer challenges Canada’s restriction on e-cigarette promotion

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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) ...

Two more US state governors issue e-liquid prohibitions by decree

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 26th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

Kevin Burns quits as Juul CEO amid global criticism of the company

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 25th September 2019 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Major brands

Business briefing

Kevin Burns has resigned as CEO of Juul Labs, to be replaced immediately by K.C. Crosthwaite, senior vice president and chief strategy and growth officer of tobacco giant Altria, which owns a 35% stake in Juul ...

US lung illness outbreak a watershed for the public perception of vaping

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th September 2019 || Business briefing |

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 ...

Trump declares flavours ‘off the market’ until approved by FDA

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

Five deaths in US lung outbreak; 450 cases now identified, says CDC

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 7th September 2019 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Health

Business briefing

The outbreak of lung illness apparently related to vaping has now claimed five lives and affected 450 people across the US, says the...

Michigan becomes first US state to ban sales of flavoured e-cigs

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 4th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 paves the way towards tougher childproofing rules for e-cigs

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 4th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

First death from mysterious lung condition affecting US vapers

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 24th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Illinois

North America

United States

Health

Regulatory briefing

A person who had “recently vaped” has died in Illinois after being hospitalised for severe respiratory illness. The death escalates to a new level the sudden emergence of unexplained lung conditions among vapers, most of them young, across...

Vaping under suspicion, but no proof in US lung disease outbreak

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 21st August 2019 || Business briefing |

New York

North America

Texas

United States

Wisconsin

Health

Business briefing

Unproven but strongly suggested links between vaping and severe health problems in young people have been breaking out all over the US, raising conflicting fears and unanswered questions ...

New legal action aims to overturn FDA’s latest PMTA deadline

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 16th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

FDA proposes increasing list of harmful toxins in e-cigarettes

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 2nd August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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) ...

Altria revises US cigarette industry volume down; vapour drives revenues

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 31st July 2019 || Business briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Heated tobacco

Marketing and Retailing

Business briefing

US tobacco company Altria has revised its expectations for the US cigarette industry downwards, with a predicted decline up to 6% through...

WHO: ‘undoubtedly harmful’ e-cigarettes should be regulated against reduced-risk claims

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 29th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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...

Facebook places new limits on e-cig content, considers even tighter rules

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 24th July 2019 || Business briefing , Marketing & retailing |

Europe

North America

United States

World

Companies

Marketing and Retailing

Business briefing

Marketing & retailing

Facebook has unveiled a new policy that limits content related to alcohol and tobacco, including e-cigarettes, in users’ posts ...

Austria reinstates ban on smoking or vaping in restaurants and bars

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 24th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

FDA’s new TV campaign aims to turn teens off vaping by magic

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd July 2019 || Marketing & retailing , Regulatory briefing |

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...

Sharpless: court’s deadline ruling sets ‘a rapid pace’ for PMTA reviews

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 16th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...