EU Council to ‘promote’ revision of tobacco excise directive

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 13th July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

The upcoming presidencies of the Council of the European Union have agreed to include the revision of the Directive 2011/64 on the structure and rates of excise duties applied to manufactured tobacco in their strategic agenda ...

New US federal bill aims to prohibit the mailing of e-cigarettes

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Health

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US Congress is getting closer to considering a prohibition on sending e-cigarettes via the mail after the Senate unanimously approved new legislation ...

US state of Georgia approves new stamp taxes on vaping products

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Georgia

North America

United States

Tax

Regulatory briefing

Lawmakers in the US state of Georgia have voted to impose a tax on e-cigarettes from 1st January 2021; after passing both chambers of the legislature the bill is now awaiting only the governor's signature ...

Poland delays collection of e-liquid tax until October to cut industry’s red tape

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Poland

COVID-19

Tax

Regulatory briefing

Poland’s Ministry of Finance has decided to delay tax on e-liquids by three months to reduce the red tape for businesses during the coronavirus pandemic ...

Enforcing Germany’s ban on outdoor advertising ‘will cost €2.2m a year’

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 2nd July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Germany

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Germany’s anticipated decision to ban outdoor advertising of tobacco, including vaping and heat-not-burn (HnB) products could cost the public finances an estimated €2.27m a year ...

South Korea tries again to prohibit all e-cigarette advertising and promotion

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

South Korea

Heated tobacco

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

South Korea’s health minister Park Neung-hoo has announced a fresh plan to ban advertising and promotional activities for e-cigarettes and other tobacco-alternative products ...

Colorado asks voters to decide on new vaping tax scheme in November ballot

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Colorado

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

Voters in the US state of Colorado will decide in November whether to enact a new tax on vapour products after the state legislature agreed to put a taxation scheme for nicotine products to the ballot ...

Ireland’s new government takes office with vaping regulations on the agenda

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Ireland

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

The newly elected taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland, Micheál Martin, has a more restrictive approach to tobacco-alternative products among his policy priorities, as laid out in the coalition government's five-year plan ...

Hong Kong will look again at banning e-cigs after September elections

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Hong Kong

Heated tobacco

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Hong Kong will reintroduce a bill to ban tobacco-alternative products after local elections in September. The Legislative Council halted discussions on the existing bill due to a lack of time ...

Montana officials push for permanent state ban on e-cigarette flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Montana

North America

United States

Flavours

Regulatory briefing

Officials in the US state of Montana want to implement a total ban on the sale, marketing, and advertising of flavoured vaping products, in a move they admit could seriously impact the local industry ...

Australia postpones its e-cigarette import ban until next year

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 26th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

Australia

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The ban on all e-cigarette imports into Australia that was due to come into force next week has now been delayed until January 2021 ...

Netherlands heads towards ruling out e-liquid flavours from early next year

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Netherlands

Flavours

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Dutch government is working on new legislation to ban all e-cigarette flavours early next year to reduce the appeal of vaping to young people while not discouraging smokers from using e-cigs to help them quit ...

Australia cracks down still harder, banning e-cig imports from 1st July

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

Australia

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Australian health minister Greg Hunt has announced that importing e-cigarettes will be banned from 1st July “to reduce the risk to public health through addiction to nicotine and nicotine poisoning” ...

Philippines on track for strict e-cig regulation, awaits public comments

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Philippines

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Philippines Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appears to be tightening its grip on the country’s e-cigarette industry with a detailed proposal to regulate vapour products ...

Accusations fly over proposal for a nationwide e-cigarette ban in China

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

China

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Proposals for the national regulation of e-cigarettes in China range from advertising restrictions to a controversial suggestion by the boss of a pharmaceutical company that they should be totally banned ...

Hot debate in New Zealand over fine detail of bill to regulate e-cigarettes

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 15th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

New Zealand

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

An intense debate is on-going in New Zealand between representatives and health officials over planned legislation to regulate vaping products in the country for the first time ...

Alberta tables new e-cig legislation setting under-age sales ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Alberta

Canada

North America

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Canada could soon have provincial vaping laws from coast to coast after Alberta, the one province without its own law, tabled legislation to crack down on where vaping products can be sold and who can purchase them ...

US representatives ask FDA to publish a list of vaping PMTA submissions

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Members of the US Congress have asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to produce “a public list” of vaping products for which premarket tobacco product applications (PMTA) have been submitted ...

Taiwan proposal would ban e-cigs but leave uncertainty over other products

Written by Marija Obradovic || 8th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Taiwan

Health

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare has released a draft proposal to ban e-cigarettes, while leaving open the possibility of market approval for some reduced-risk products ...

Russia’s e-cig bill remains on hold amid disagreement among lawmakers

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Russia

World

COVID-19

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A proposal to impose stricter regulations for e-cigarettes in Russia is being reviewed by the government while the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly, has put the process on hold ...

EU nations want ‘urgently’ to bring all novel tobacco products under tax rules

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

The Council of the European Union considers it “urgent and necessary” to harmonise the definitions and tax treatment of novel tobacco products such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products ...

German Bundestag debates upcoming outdoor and cinema advertising ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd June 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Germany

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Germany has moved a step closer to a comprehensive ban on outdoor advertising of tobacco – including vaping and heated tobacco products – with a first debate in the Bundestag ...

World No Tobacco Day 2020: the debate about harm reduction

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

EU

Europe

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

World No Tobacco Day provides an opportunity to consider the approach that public health authorities, policymakers, and advocates around the world have towards the role of tobacco-alternatives products ...

California governor proposes vape tax from 2021, supports state flavour ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th May 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

California

North America

United States

Flavours

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

California is putting forward a budget proposal that would increase taxes on vapour products in the next fiscal year and promises to work on a statewide flavour ban ...

States urge European Commission to include e-cigs in EU tax directive

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 28th May 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

EU nations are to recommend to the European Commission that e-cigarettes should be included in the forthcoming revision of the structure and rates of tax applied to manufactured tobacco products ...

Brazil puts back until 2021 a decision on whether to legalise e-cigarettes

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th May 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Brazil

South America

COVID-19

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Brazil has postponed until next year a decision on the possible legalisation of e-cigarettes amid a “reorientation” of health priorities to contain the expansion of the coronavirus pandemic ...

Oklahoma and Minnesota bring total number of Tobacco 21 states to 26

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th May 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Minnesota

North America

Oklahoma

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Minnesota and Oklahoma have adopted laws raising the legal age to purchase tobacco and vapour products to 21, bringing to 26 the number of US states to have taken similar measures ...

Canada’s Nova Scotia sets nicotine cap, British Columbia may follow suit

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st May 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

British Columbia

Canada

North America

Nova Scotia

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is to limit the nicotine concentration in e-cigs to 20 mg/ml. And with no federal regulation on the issue, some other provinces are considering a similar approach ...

Melbourne moves to ban vaping in the business district ‘to clear the air’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th May 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

Australia

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Australian city of Melbourne is working to implement new regulation that would prohibit the use of e-cigarettes in the city’s central business district ...

Maryland governor vetoes planned increases in vaping sales taxes

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th May 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Maryland

North America

United States

COVID-19

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

A planned increase in sales taxes on e-cigarettes has been halted in the US state of Maryland due to concern about the economic impact on the industry amid the coronavirus pandemic ...

Moves afoot in Belgian Parliament to ban a range of e-cigarette flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th May 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Belgium

Europe

Flavours

Regulatory briefing

A Belgian MP has submitted a proposal to Parliament that aims to ban certain e-cigarette flavours to make them less attractive to young people ...

A tough regime softens as Estonia moves to legalise menthol e-liquids

Written by Lorenzo Guaragna || 11th May 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Estonia

Europe

Flavours

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Estonia’s parliament, the Riigikogu, has approved a bill to relax one of the toughest regulatory regimes for e-cigarettes in Europe, legalising menthol e-liquids ...

New Jersey bill proposes 19,000% rise in vaping business licence

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th May 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

New Jersey

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A new bill introduced in the New Jersey Legislature is considering new regulations for vapour businesses and dramatically increasing the licence cost for opening new vape stores ...

Planned e-cig tax and restrictions to go before Danish Parliament

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

Denmark

Europe

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

The Danish government is to submit to Parliament a proposal to levy a tax on e-cigarettes and a national action plan on restricting e-cigarettes to cut tobacco uptake by young people ...

COP9 postponement buys time to consider evidence, say experts

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th April 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

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The postponement of the 2020 Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) to next year could be good news for the tobacco alternatives sector ...

Health advocates urge Indonesian president to act against vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th April 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Indonesia

Philippines

COVID-19

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

A large grouping of non-profit and health organisations has called on Indonesian president Joko Widodo to take a stricter stance against e-cigarettes and other tobacco products in the battle against COVID-19 ...

FDA angers US House subcommittee by refusing to stop all e-cigarette sales

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 21st April 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

COVID-19

FDA

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected a call to “clear the e-cigarette market” during the COVID-19 crisis – eliciting an angry response from a House subcommittee ...

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 ...

Costa Rica gearing up to ban public vaping and tax e-cig products

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th April 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Central America

Costa Rica

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica is heading towards passing new legislation before the end of April that would ban the use of e-cigarettes in public and impose taxes on all e-cigs and e-liquids ...

Kentucky lawmakers pass separate taxes for open and closed e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th April 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Kentucky

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

Lawmakers in the US state of Kentucky have approved separate tax rates for closed and open e-cigarette products with the aim of dissuading young people from vaping by financial means ...

Cautious relief after US court grants four-month PMTA deadline extension

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th April 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

COVID-19

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Vape businesses have generally welcomed a court’s decision to grant a four-month extension to the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) deadline – but there are reservations ...

New York passes 2021 state budget law including a ban on flavoured e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd April 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

New York

North America

United States

Flavours

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Lawmakers in New York State have agreed to a ban on the sale of flavoured e-cigarette products, delivering a victory to Democrat governor Andrew Cuomo who has made the issue a priority ...

US state-level regulation paused as lawmakers go into lockdown

Written by Freddie Dawson || 1st April 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

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 ...

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...

Korean court rejects complaint against health ministry advice to avoid e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

South Korea

Health

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A judge in Seoul has dismissed a petition by the South Korean Electronic Cigarette Association questioning whether reports issued by the Ministry of Health and Welfare recommending people not to vape were unconstitutional ...

US FDA may relax PMTA deadline for firms facing coronavirus problems

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

COVID-19

FDA

Health

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US FDA has hinted that it might push back the deadline for e-cigarette PMTA applications, or offer flexibility to companies struggling to meet the May target while coping with coronavirus ...

Spain plans new measures to tighten vaping and HnB regulations

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Spain

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Spanish government has announced plans to strengthen enforcement of existing tobacco regulations and to impose taxes on new products such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco ...

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 ...