Europe
Poland
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
A proposed lower tax rate for e-liquids is not getting a positive reception among Poland's e-cig industry, with manufacturers continuing to claim that if the proposal is passed it will destroy the vaping...
EU
Europe
France
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
France is planning a steep rise in the minimum price of traditional cigarettes – but will that lead to an increased take-up of e-cigarettes as an alternative? It could certainly create an opportunity for the industry ...
EU
Europe
Sweden
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Sweden is set to bring in a new tax on e-cigarettes, following a proposal in the national budget for 2018. The exact nature and level of the tax will be determined after consultation with relevant bodies ...
EU
France
Health
Technology and Innovation
Business briefing
The French consumer affairs department has published a list of recommendations on the use of e-cigarette batteries following two recent reports of explosions in users’ pockets ...
EU
Europe
Netherlands
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Dutch health ministry is to bring in new regulation of vapour products, including a 10 ml limit on non-nicotine e-liquids and some vaguely worded restrictions on e-cigarette packaging ...
EU
Europe
Germany
Health
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
A study for the German government has concluded that “e-cigarettes are significantly less harmful than tobacco”, but adds a warning that the long-term effects remain unknown ...
Belgium
EU
Europe
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Facebook groups, vape stores with websites, and private vaping rooms have all been targeted as officials tell vapers: buy from specialist stores, where products are controlled and safe ...
EU
Europe
Slovenia
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Slovenia was among the last few countries in the EU to transpose the TPD into national law, and it is not yet fully clear how a tough regulatory regime will play out in practice ...
Croatia
EU
Europe
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Researchers in Croatia have found that more than half the e-liquids they tested exceeded the maximum nicotine concentration level laid down by the European TPD ...
Asia
EU
Europe
Germany
Greece
Japan
Romania
Russia
South Korea
Switzerland
Companies
Heated tobacco
Technology and Innovation
Business briefing
Increasing demand for smoke-free products is leading many tobacco companies to open new facilities for heat-not-burn manufacturing – in some cases, even replacing...
California
Czech Republic
Estonia
EU
Europe
France
Germany
Kansas
North America
Russia
Slovakia
Spain
United States
Companies
Heated tobacco
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
2017 has already been a significant year in the short history of e-cigarettes – and there is more to come in the remaining five months of a the year ...
North America
United States
Companies
Heated tobacco
Marketing and Retailing
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
A move by the US FDA to reduce the nicotine content in cigarettes to non-addictive levels could encourage Big Tobacco to put yet more effort into alternatives ...
Belgium
Denmark
EU
Europe
France
Luxemburg
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Little Luxembourg faces the highest TPD product notification fees in Europe - and the fear is it will kill off the country’s legal vape trade ...
Asia
South Korea
Companies
Heated tobacco
Marketing and Retailing
Technology and Innovation
Business briefing
South Korea’s largest tobacco manufacturer, KT&G, is to start selling a new heat-not-burn (HnB) product, in direct competition with PMI’s iQOS and BAT’s Glo...
Czech Republic
Denmark
EU
Europe
France
Germany
Ireland
Lithuania
Romania
Sweden
United Kingdom
Market Research
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
One in ten Europeans who have tried to give up smoking have used e-cigarettes or similar devices to help them, according to a wide-ranging public opinion survey for the European...
EU
Europe
Spain
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
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...
World
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Trade barriers against e-cigarettes, or the outright banning of vapour products, contravene world trading regulations, next week’s Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw will...
Armenia
Europe
Georgia
Russia
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The former Soviet republics of Georgia and its neighbour Armenia are to impose new regulations on...
EU
Europe
Germany
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory reports
Menthol flavouring for e-cigarettes is to be allowed in Germany after all following a decision by the Federal Council that it should be removed from the list of banned...
World
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been named as the next director general of the World Health Organization, a role with huge influence on governments around the world, and therefore on the potential future of e-cigarette...
EU
Europe
France
Health
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
France’s new health minister, Agnès Buzyn, may not be the biggest fan of e-cigarettes, but she may not be their biggest enemy...
EU
Europe
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The European Commission described the TPD a year ago as the tool that “aims to improve the functioning of the internal market for tobacco and related products, while ensuring a high level of health protection for European citizens”....
EU
Europe
United Kingdom
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory reports
How far has Europe’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) succeeded in its goal of harmonising the e-cig market across the EU? For many, the jury is still...
Europe
Hungary
Indiana
Kansas
North America
United States
West Virginia
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
An expected increase in e-liquid taxes in Hungary will not take...
EU
Europe
France
United Kingdom
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential election gives the e-cigarette industry some hope for the future of the sector in the...
EU
Europe
France
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
A new decree clarifies the details of the workplace vaping ban in...
Europe
France
Marketing and Retailing
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
A new customer service guide for French e-cig retailers sets out to professionalise the country’s vape stores and establish a nationwide code of...
EU
Europe
North America
Poland
United States
Health
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Sociologist Amelia Howard will tell the 2017 Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw that a lack of trust in the e-cigarette industry leads governments around the world to introduce harsh measures against a low-risk...
Austria
EU
Europe
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Austria’s Constitutional Court, the country’s highest judicial authority, has upheld the national ban on online sales of vaping...
Estonia
EU
Europe
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
A contested amendment to Estonia’s Tobacco Act proposes a ban on all e-liquid flavours except tobacco as well as a prohibition on domestic distance selling of vape...
Europe
Iceland
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Iceland is a step closer to passing a bill that will regulate vaping products, with EU-style legislation likely to come into force this...
England
Europe
Ireland
Isle of Man
Scotland
United Kingdom
Wales
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Ireland and the Isle of Man hope to cut down on prison violence – and the smoking of nicotine patches and tea-bags by inmates – by following the UK in allowing vaping in...
EU
Europe
Hungary
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Hungary has implemented the European TPD, finally opening up its market to nicotine e-cigarettes – but its regulatory regime remains the most severe in...
EU
Europe
Italy
Poland
United Kingdom
Heated tobacco
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Raising taxes on e-cigarette products would cause an increase in cross-border sales and lead to some users taking up smoking again, users told a European consultation on excise...
EU
France
Germany
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
A German court has ordered three French companies to stop selling e-cigarette products that do not conform with packaging...