North America
United States
COVID-19
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
With president Donald Trump announcing social distancing and other measures being extended until the end of April it seems unlikely many US state legislatures will choose to end their adjournments soon ...
Europe
Scotland
United Kingdom
Companies
Health
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
Four companies have been chosen to provide the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) with e-cigarettes and e-liquids in closed pods. Prisoners will be offered free vaping starter kits from late September ...
Asia
Malaysia
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Malaysian manufacturers of e-liquids are now required to adhere to new labelling guidelines. At present, the rules apply only to non-nicotine liquids – but there are hopes they may be the first step towards wider regulation ...
North America
United States
Companies
Technology and Innovation
Business briefing
In a patent appeal case that could have wide implications for the e-cig industry, Fontem Ventures has scored a significant victory in one of its ongoing intellectual property disputes with RJ Reynolds ...
Europe
United Kingdom
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The UK treasury has confirmed that it has “no current plans” to introduce a tax on vaping products, despite reports in some media that taxation was being prepared to help prop up the ailing NHS ...
Asia
Philippines
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Philippines could be set to take a liberal stance on e-cigarettes after the House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution urging the Philippine Department of Health to focus on e-cigarettes to aid smoking cessation ...
EU
Europe
United Kingdom
Heated tobacco
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Conclusions and recommendations from the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee investigation into e-cigarettes have confirmed yet again the UK’s status as the most vape-friendly major market ...
Africa
Asia
India
South Africa
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Members of the e-cigarette industry in South Africa and India, or looking to do business in those countries, have been urged to submit comments to the various bodies preparing legislation there ...
Europe
United Kingdom
Heated tobacco
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Heated-tobacco products are to receive their own taxation category and rate in the UK. A rate and commencement date for the duty on tobacco consumables for heat-not-burn (HnB) products will be announced in the autumn budget ...
Asia
Indonesia
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The full implementation of a 57% tax on e-liquid in Indonesia has been delayed until 1st October 2018. The tax was originally scheduled to come into force on 1st July ...
Asia
Japan
Heated tobacco
Marketing and Retailing
Technology and Innovation
Business briefing
A new heated-tobacco device which uses PMI’s tobacco consumables Heets will be officially launched on the Japanese market later this month by Jouz, a new independent company ...
Europe
Scotland
United Kingdom
Health
Heated tobacco
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Scottish government will consult on a range of new regulations for reduced-risk products, including further restrictions on e-cig advertising, banning some flavours in Hnb products, and banning their public use ...
Europe
Iceland
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Iceland passed a new law to specifically regulate and potentially tax e-cigarettes for the first time at a legislative session held last...
Asia
Hong Kong
Heated tobacco
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Hong Kong plans to regulate HnB products in the same way as conventional cigarettes, lifting a rarely-enforced ban. But the current heavy restrictions on nicotine-containing e-cigarettes will remain ...
EU
Europe
Ireland
United Kingdom
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
The Independent British Vape Trade Association (IBVTA) says its members are losing business to companies selling illegal products – while in Ireland official inspections found a low level of compliance with regulations ...
Australasia
New Zealand
Heated tobacco
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
E-cigarettes and heated tobacco can continue to be sold in New Zealand under current regulations, the country’s government has formally announced ...
Europe
United Kingdom
Companies
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
British e-cig maker Njoy Innovations is ready to produce a medically licensed e-cigarette, according to evidence supplied to a group of UK members of parliament...
Europe
Ireland
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
A number of Irish senators have started to take notice of e-cigarettes – with very mixed reactions. While some have called for vaping to be encouraged as an aid to smoking cessation, others want it banned in public...
EU
Europe
United Kingdom
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
So-called “short-fill” products have not affected the number of nicotine-containing e-liquids being notified in the UK, according to an expert from the agency in charge ...
Australasia
New Zealand
Heated tobacco
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Philip Morris International (PMI) has won the right to sell and market heat-not-burn Heets sticks in New Zealand in a surprise legal ruling against the Ministry of Health ...
Europe
United Kingdom
Health
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Public health experts sought to reassure UK lawmakers that e-cigarettes did not pose a threat to the health of young people when they revealed the results of a survey showing just 4% of youngsters had taken up vaping,...
North America
United States
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Language changing the “grandfathering date” for vaping products has been dropped from the US Appropriations Bill as the government hurries again to avoid another shutdown ...
Asia
Japan
Companies
Heated tobacco
Marketing and Retailing
Technology and Innovation
Business briefing
Reduced-risk products have severely impacted sales of conventional cigarettes in Japan, according to Japan Tobacco. The firm says the total value of cigarette sales fell by 12.5% in 2017 ...
EU
Europe
United Kingdom
Marketing and Retailing
Policy and Politics
Technology and Innovation
Business briefing
The increasingly popular practice of “shake and vape” poses a threat to the e-cigarette industry, according to speakers and delegates at a recent conference ...
Europe
United Kingdom
Marketing and Retailing
Technology and Innovation
Business briefing
Complex desserts in a shake and vape format will come to the fore next year according to experts at the Next Generation Nicotine Delivery Conference in London ...