Pablo Cano Trilla, Author at ECigIntelligence

The most important upcoming elections – what do they mean for the industry?

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 19th July 2023 || Policy radar analysis reports , Regulatory reports |

This report provides analysis of some of the findings from our Policy Radar, examining four countries on the brink of elections and exploring how the outcome will affect the tobacco and nicotine sector ...

The top changes that matter in this month’s Policy Radar update, May 2023

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 3rd July 2023 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

This reports examines some of the most important changes implemented in the May update of our Policy Radar and provides some key insights into what they mean for the industry ...

Tamarind Intelligence Policy Radar trial

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 26th April 2023 || Resources , Trial versions |

Discover the Tamarind Intelligence policy radar, providing detailed analyses and comparisons of the current regulatory frameworks and five-year forecasts for a broad selection of leading vape and novel tobacco markets globally ...

An analysis of the possible legal risks for disposable vapes in the EU

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 29th March 2023 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

While disposable e-cigs are the fastest growing category in the industry, they are also the fastest growing source of concern for policymakers. This report discusses how and why these products could eventually be banned in the EU ...

Global policy on novel nicotine products: analysis from our new Policy Radar

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 2nd September 2022 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Analysis of Tamarind Intelligence’s newly launched Policy Radar product captures in detail the current regulatory framework for leading markets globally and enables us to forecast the evolution of regulation over the next five years ...

Regulatory report: the EU’s BECA plan and its proposed amendments

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 6th October 2021 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

MEPs recently submitted proposed amendments to the draft report on strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer. ECigIntelligence has read and summarised the most impactful amendments ...

Regulatory report: India, May 2021

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 5th May 2021 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This report explains the ambiguities and contradictions in e-cigarette regulation in India, where the sale, import and manufacture of vapour products have officially been banned since December 2019 ...

Regulatory report: Q&A – China’s proposed tobacco law amendment

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 7th April 2021 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

A draft amendment to the Chinese Tobacco Monopoly Law was released at the end of March. Pablo Cano Trilla, ECigIntelligence’s head of legal analysis, considers how e-cigarette regulation in China is likely to be affected ...

EU plans ‘tax’ on non-recycled plastic packaging waste – but who will pay?

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 20th October 2020 || News analysis |

EU member states will have to decide how to implement a planned European levy on non-recycled plastic packaging waste – to fund it from national budgets or make industry pay for the waste it produces ...

Regulatory report: an overview of EU, US and Russian tax policies and revenues

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 15th October 2020 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Neither the EU nor the US has a common excise tax for vapour propducts or a common framework that applies throughout all jurisdictions. This report examines how policies and revenues vary between states ...

Regulatory report: distance sales in the EU – a review of the rules

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 28th April 2020 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Member states’ implementations of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) have varied implications for online selling. This report focuses on sales restrictions, product and packaging restrictions and taxation ...

Regulatory report: Q&A – online advertising and marketing in the EU

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 28th April 2020 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Implementation of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), together with national laws, have resulted in varied rules on advertising between different member states. This report provides some clarity ...

Regulatory report: the EC view on products outside the TPD

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 18th February 2020 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

ECigIntelligence gained access to a series of documents disclosed by the EU after a freedom of information request that contained its recent conversations with the tobacco and vaping industries. This report summarises the main points ...

Vaping restrictions in and around Los Angeles and San Francisco metros

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 23rd December 2019 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

This report focuses on two of California's biggest cities – Los Angeles and San Francisco – and their vaping prohibitions and flavour bans. Local governments have decided to react to the “vaping crisis” and have adopted some of...

E-cigs regulated as tobacco products: Saudi Arabia regulatory report

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 1st November 2019 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Electronic cigarettes are now legal in Saudi Arabia and regulated in a similar way to Europe. This report outlines the regulations and restrictions in all areas, including advertising, tax, enforcement, packaging and labelling, and public usage ...

South Africa regulatory report: unclear regulations remain

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 1st October 2019 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

The South African government has publicly taken a radical stance against e-cigarettes, promising to restrict them in the same way as tobacco. This report covers regulatory areas including advertising and marketing, tax and enforcement ...

So IQOS has PMTA approval – but what does that mean in practice?

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 23rd May 2019 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

PMI’s heated tobacco device IQOS and its associated consumables have been granted market authorisation by the FDA – here are the details ...

Israel regulatory report: plain packaging among new restrictions

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 9th January 2019 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This report on Israel includes updates on near-future regulation involving age restrictions, product restrictions, labelling and packaging, obligation to notify, retail channels, public usage, advertising and marketing ...

A world of regulation: where the bans are on harm reduction products

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 17th December 2018 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

ECigIntelligence presents its comprehensive analysis of which countries have banned the three most popular harm reduction products: nicotine-containing vapour products; heated tobacco; and oral tobacco ...

Relief for Italy’s vapour industry as 95% of its tax debt is cancelled

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 25th October 2018 || News analysis |

The Italian Council of Ministers has cancelled 95% of the debt owed by the country’s vaping industry for unpaid taxes on nicotine-free e-liquids ...

Heated tobacco taxation in the EU: classification, rates and structures: 2018

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 4th July 2018 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Heated tobacco products generally benefit from a more benign tax regime in Europe than vapour products. Our report examines tax laws in EU countries where HnB products have been launched ...

Kazakhstan’s vapour industry braced for taxes to rise above zero

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 6th June 2018 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

E-cigarette companies in Kazakhstan – where e-cigs and heated tobacco products are currently zero-rated for tax – can expect to have to pay tax by 2020, according to the country’s health ministry ...

Sweden follows European e-cig tax trend

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 5th June 2018 || News analysis |

Sweden is the latest country to join a European trend of taxing electronic cigarettes and other reduced risk alternatives. A new tax has been approved and will come into force soon ...

CBD in the UK: regulatory framework for cannabidiol and related products

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 21st May 2018 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

ECigIntelligence guides you through the sometimes uncertain legal framework that applies in the UK to cannabidiol (CBD) in general, and CBD-containing e-liquids in particular ...

Italian enforcers issue stern ‘reminder’ – including CBD ban

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 18th May 2018 || News analysis |

The Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency (AAMS) has issued a bulletin informing the country’s e-cigarette industry of its interpretation of legal requirements arising from the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...

CBD as an ingredient in e-liquids: EU regulatory report

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 9th May 2018 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

What laws regulate the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in e-liquids across the European Union – and what regulatory regime is likely to apply in the future? Our report finds the clear lines in a legal grey area ...

Mostly legal: global conventions on CBD, the harmless cannabis extract

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 7th May 2018 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of many cannabinoids that can be found in cannabis. While the cannabis plant itself, and many drugs that are extracted from it, are illegal in most parts of the world, CBD, which is non-intoxicating,...

Mexico: a new bid to legalise e-cigs

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 5th January 2018 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

The PRI party’s Senator Marcela Guerra Castillo has presented a new bill to legalise e-cigarettes in Mexico, in response to their continuing popularity. It is a bid to control the quality of products on the market. The bill legalises...

New regulatory initiatives create uncertainty in Italian e-cigarette market

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 17th November 2017 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Uncertainty surrounds the Italian e-cigarette market, following a number of recent regulatory decisions and initiatives. These include a court decision on the long-running issue of whether to tax nicotine-free e-liquids; proposals to ban online sales and limit offline...

Going hybrid: a route to regulatory benefits for Europe’s e-cig manufacturers?

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 16th October 2017 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

EU legislation is unclear on how to categorise hybrid devices, which may give manufacturers some degree of choice. This report aims to help them make that choice wisely ...

Heated tobacco taxation in Europe – how it stands and what may emerge

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 6th September 2017 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

HnB products benefit from a more benign tax regime than traditional cigarettes, but with no broadly agreed classification, the picture across Europe remains for now inconsistent and...

Heated tobacco and advertising in the European Union

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 14th August 2017 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Heated tobacco products may have an advantage in the EU over both cigarettes and e-cigs as the devices are not classed as tobacco products. It remains to be seen how each country allows them to be promoted ...

Light-touch regulation aids HnB over e-cigs in Japan

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 7th August 2017 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

In our latest look at Japan, we find the country is a favoured market for heated tobacco products because regulation is much lighter on tobacco than it is on nicotine-containing e-cigs. In a country where 20% of the...

Colombia: a free market faces tobacco-style regulation

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 15th May 2017 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

By contrast with other South American countries, which have a de facto ban on vaping, e-cigarettes have until now been virtually unregulated in Colombia. That could soon change, however, with a proposal before Congress to bring e-cigs under...

Toxicity, packaging and labelling: a guide to European CLP regulation

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 23rd March 2017 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Manufacturers or suppliers of e-liquids in Europe must determine the toxicity of individual ingredients in their products and label and classify all products accordingly. Here we guide you through the detail of the CLP regulation on classification, labelling...

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