Australasia
Australia
Canada
North America
United States
Health
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
While nicotine vaping has been largely acquitted of involvement in the US outbreak of vape-related lung disease, will the torrent of misinformation that followed have a long-term impact on the e-cig sector? ...
North America
United States
Consumers
Flavours
Health
Regulation and Legislation
Business briefing
In the midst of US president Donald Trump’s declared crackdown on flavoured e-cigarettes, new research finds flavours have a strong appeal to vapers and play a part in initiating e-cig use ...
Australasia
Australia
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory briefing
Public confusion about regulation has led Australians to inadvertently break the law on vaping products, according to a recent study which also blamed inconsistent information being disseminated in the media ...
World
Health
Regulation and Legislation
Technology and Innovation
Business briefing
Industry must continue investigating the science of vaping to satisfy regulators’ concerns and build trust, according to a senior scientist at British American Tobacco (BAT) ...
EU
Europe
Poland
Marketing and Retailing
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory reports
Recent legislation transposes the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive into Polish law and regulates e-cigarettes in the same way as tobacco.
This means advertising and vaping are banned in public places are banned, in line with the restrictions on...
Croatia
Europe
Health
Marketing and Retailing
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory reports
E-cigarette products are in the process of being regulated in Croatia, by transposing the Tobacco Product Directive (TPD), once the government is established. We expect the Draft Act on Restriction of the Use of Tobacco Products to be...
Europe
Malta
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory reports
Malta has imposed the TPD’s restrictions on advertising, product labelling and packaging. The authorities’ move to ban vaping in the same premises as smoking has been challenged in court so no legal nationwide restriction currently...
EU
Europe
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory reports
The Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) has important implications for the products that are allowed on the e-cig market, because it prescribes their characteristics, such as the permitted concentration of nicotine or the size of...
EU
Europe
United Kingdom
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory reports
Article 20 of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) imposes information requirements and restrictions on the labelling of e-cigarette products. These new rules affect bottles, packaging and...
Russia
Health
Marketing and Retailing
Regulation and Legislation
Regulatory reports
There may be more recent ECigIntelligence reports on this territory. Please visit the home page for Russia or the advanced search page. Executive summary • E-cigarette products are mainly unregulated in Russia, aside from general consumer...
