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Vaping industry gets heated as Spain proposes restrictions on e-cig sales
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 16th May 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
A Spanish government bill limiting consumer sales of e-cigarettes to tobacco stores only is causing turmoil within the country’s vaping industry ...
Reynolds sees further PMTA success with six new product authorisations
Written by Freddie Dawson || 13th May 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
RJ Reynolds has received a second round of authorisations for devices and cartridges from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Vuse vaping brand ...
Pennsylvania medical cannabis vape recall linked to added flavours?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th May 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
A widespread recall of medical cannabis vaping products in the US state of Pennsylvania has given rise to questions about the role flavour additives play in product safety and has left patients with more questions than answers ...
BAT takes Danish government to court, claiming e-cig restrictions are illegal
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th May 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
British American Tobacco (BAT) and its subsidiaries Nicoventures and House of Prince have sued the Danish government over legislation which came into force in 2021 ...
China bans synthetic nicotine, while new e-cig standard could affect global market
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd May 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Synthetic nicotine, and nicotine-free e-liquids, will be banned in China from 1st October, when the country’s standard for e-cigarettes takes effect, potentially have a major impact on worldwide supplies ...
First of US FDA’s court-ordered status reports on pending PMTAs expected
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th April 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The first report on the status of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) is expected today, 29th April, following an order from a federal judge ...
It’s a yes from the FDA: Njoy granted PMTA for nicotine salts pod system
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 27th April 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
A modern pod system using nicotine salts from a non–Big Tobacco company has been authorised by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) pathway ...
Health agency consultants recommend preserving Brazilian e-cigarette ban
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th April 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
A long-anticipated report on possible future e-cigarette regulation will not make pleasant reading for Brazil’s vaping industry and its supporters ...
BAT fine demonstrates French tobacco advertising law does apply to vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th April 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Anti-tobacco campaigners are happy with the €100,000 fine levied against British American Tobacco (BAT) for illegally advertising its Vype vaping products (now called Vuse) in France ...
South Africa takes ‘precautionary’ steps towards a flat rate tax on all e-liquids
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th April 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
South Africa is looking to introduce taxes on vaping products as part of tobacco control measures in line with World Health Organization (WHO) guidance ...
FDA’s marketing denials for Myblu ‘very ominous news’ for US vaping industry
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th April 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The company that makes the Myblu vaping pod has a 30-day window to challenge the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s denial of premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) for the device and flavoured refills ...
Canada announces new federal excise duty and coordinated vaping tax regime
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th April 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The Canadian government has announced a new federal excise duty on vaping products and is inviting provincial governments to participate in a new, coordinated, vaping taxation regime ...
Canadian government under fire from both sides on ‘too narrow’ law review
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th April 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Critics say Canada’s long-awaited review of vaping law focuses too much on youth use of e-cigarettes, and those on both sides of the debate say it should go further on issues such as smoking...
Idaho denies local governments the right to be tougher than the state on vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th April 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Local governments in the US state of Idaho will not be able to impose heavier e-cigarette regulation than the state already requires, following the governor’s signing of Senate Bill 1285 ...
Italian retailers wait for April ruling on selling e-liquid without a tax stamp
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st April 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Italian vape retailers must wait for a second ruling in mid-April to see if they are permitted to sell e-liquids without a tax stamp, though they have at least been buoyed by an initial ruling that they do...
Departments of health and education join call for veto of Philippine vaping bill
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st April 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The Department of Health (DOH) and medical groups in the Philippines have found an ally in the Department of Education (DepEd) after the latter backed the DOH’s appeal to president Rodrigo Duterte to veto the country’s vaping regulation...
FDA’s decision on Logic gives way to concerns over pending PMTAs
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 30th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The recent decision by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Logic’s products has raised some concerns among experts on how the federal agency will address the pending premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) ...
UK Department of Health publishes its long-awaited review of tobacco law
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 29th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published its post-implementation review of the country’s tobacco legislation, concluding that the existing rules work and should be retained ...
China’s upcoming ban on e-cigarette flavours could hurt domestic producers
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Beijing has recently announced a set of regulations that will tighten control on the vaping industry, and experts say China’s new and tightened scrutiny on e-cigarettes will likely hurt domestic producers ...
Canada’s Tobacco and Vaping Products Act undergoes public consultation
Written by Marija Obradovic || 25th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Health Canada has launched a consultation on the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA) asking citizens, experts, vapers and other industry members to share their perspectives about e-cigarettes ...FDA authorises some tobacco-flavoured Logic vape products, but denies others
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 25th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The FDA has authorised the marketing of several tobacco-flavoured e-cigarette products from Logic Technology Development, under the brands Logic Power and Logic Pro, but the agency also issued marketing denial orders for other products from the same company, owned by...
Mital likely to step up from No 2 role when Zeller retires as CTP director
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 25th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Michele Mital, deputy director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) since 2018, looks the most likely candidate to take the CTP reins from retiring director Mitch Zeller ...
Milestones ahead as the US FDA takes charge of synthetic nicotine regulation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
ECigIntelligence has put together a timeline outlining the major points to look out for over the summer as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) brings synthetic nicotine into the PMTA process ...
Analysis: The PATH study may have lost its way on quitting smoking with e-cigs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
A study that recently drew attention for concluding that vaping was a less successful cessation method than nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or even going cold turkey may be undermined by potential flaws ...
Vape advocates say Brexit provides UK with an opportunity it hasn’t yet taken
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 18th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Industry insiders have suggested the UK government should raise the nicotine limit for e-cigarettes, promote vaping, and legalise snus as part of the country’s post-Brexit regulatory reforms ...
One judge of three seems receptive to Triton’s argument against FDA decision
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
E-liquid provider Triton Distribution may have made some progress in its attempt to convince a court that the US FDA was “arbitrary and capricious” in denying its flavoured vaping products application ...
Denmark aims to lead Europe towards its own ‘nicotine-free generation 2010+’
Written by Marija Obradovic || 16th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Denmark could become the first country in Europe to impose a generational limit on access to tobacco and nicotine products ...
China to ban e-cig flavours – and RELX is perfectly relaxed about the new rules
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 15th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
All e-liquid flavours other than tobacco will be banned in China from 1st May, according to the country’s Tobacco Monopoly Administration, which has confirmed administrative measures for e-cigarettes proposed in December ...
US Congress passes omnibus bill, putting synthetic nicotine under FDA jurisdiction
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Synthetic nicotine vaping products will likely require the same authorisations as those made with tobacco-derived nicotine – leading to a massive shake-up of the US vaping market – after Congress passed its omnibus spending bill ...
UK urged by associations and public health officials to cut vaping VAT
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 11th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged the UK government to cut value-added tax (VAT) on vaping products as part of a plan to help smokers quit ...
Letters to lawmakers urge action on PMTAs, flavours and synthetic nicotine
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Multiple letters from lobbying associations have urged US officials to act on vaping regulation in general and synthetic nicotine in particular ...
Is the upcoming Swiss vaping taxation helpful or hurtful to public health?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Swiss stakeholders have less than a month left to comment on a proposal by the Federal Council to tax electronic cigarettes at a rate that is 77% less than the levy on regular cigarettes – in line with the...
Teen vaping increased in New Zealand amid public health experts’ concerns
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 9th March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The percentage of teen vapers in New Zealand rose significantly in 2021, accompanied by a decline in smoking rates among 13- and 14-year-olds ...
Iceland to regulate e-cigs, focusing on flavours that may attract children
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 2nd March 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
A delayed bill to restrict the marketing of flavoured e-cigarettes “that may appeal to children” in Iceland will be introduced to the country’s parliament in March ...
What goes up must come down – Italy restores e-liquid tax to previous level
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 24th February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Tax on vaping products in Italy will return to 2021 levels from 1st April after the Senate passed a bill containing a measure to lower the excise duties on e-liquids ...
Australian authorised vaping prescribers skyrocket, but so do black markets
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 24th February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The number of authorised prescribers for nicotine vaping products in Australia has skyrocketed since regulations changed. However, critics say this has also led to a booming black market ...
Scottish government opens consultation on possible further restrictions to vaping
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 23rd February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The Scottish government has opened a public consultation on the potential tightening of its rules for advertising and promoting vaping products ...
Malaysia planning birthdate ban on e-cig sales – with vaping industry support
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Malaysia’s new law to ban tobacco and nicotine sales to those born after 2005 will include vaping products, according to industry sources – some of whom back the plan ...
‘Beating Cancer’ report becomes official EU policy with huge Parliament backing
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 21st February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The European Parliament has adopted the BECA report – the first time a European institution has formally acknowledged reduced risk products could play a role in smoking cessation – with some caveats ... ...
New FDA commissioner Califf urged to tackle vaping and synthetic nicotine
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Senate has confirmed Robert Califf to be the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on a tight vote ...
US menthol cigarette ban is imminent – so what does that mean for e-cigs?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Flavours for other tobacco products will almost certainly become the major topic once a US ban on menthol cigarettes and flavoured cigars goes through ...
Norway’s new rules should allow nicotine e-liquids – but it won’t be plain sailing
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Changes to Norway’s Tobacco Act should allow the sale of nicotine-containing e-liquids and devices but strict permit rules could effectively prohibit the 70 or so domestic retailers from taking advantage ...
Ban on e-cigarette flavours ‘plays into the hands of Big Tobacco’, says Lithuanian MP
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
A Lithuanian lawmaker has criticised the country’s parliament for voting to enact a wide-ranging flavour ban rather than a more targeted, nuanced alternative ...
European Parliament prepares for first vote on anti-cancer recommendations
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 8th February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The European Parliament’s first debate on the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA)’s report into how to strengthen Europe’s fight against cancer will take place on 15th February ...
Survey finds growing number of English authorities offer e-cigarettes to smokers
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 7th February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of local authorities in England offering e-cigarettes to smokers in a bid to help them quit smoking, according to a new survey ...
Philippine physicians lobby president Duterte to veto consolidated vaping bill
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The Philippine College of Physicians is lobbying against a bill to regulate vaping and novel tobacco products. They object to a lower age limit and the removal of flavour restrictions ...
Israel applies its first tax on e-cigarettes with duty rates approved retroactively
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 3rd February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Israel’s parliamentary finance committee has finally and retroactively approved the duty rates on vaping products in its first ever e-cigarette tax, that was initially passed in November ...
French public health council reverses its endorsement of vaping to quit smoking
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
France’s High Council for Public Health has revised its 2016 opinion on e-cigarettes, now saying there is not sufficient evidence to recommend vaping for smoking cessation ...
Export expert outlines post-Brexit tips for moving goods into the UK or Europe
Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 2nd February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Andy Hooper, CEO of Global E-Commerce Experts, provides tips for companies wishing to export into Europe. He'll expand on this in a talk at White Label World Expo in London on 2nd and 3rd March ...
Taiwanese majority backs e-cigarette ban that would leave HnB untouched
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 1st February 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The majority of people in Taiwan support proposals that will likely strengthen bans on vaping but continue to allow heated tobacco products in the country ...
Spanish medical associations come out against e-cigs in response to tax talks
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th January 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Medical societies in Spain have confirmed their strong stance against e-cigarettes as the government consults on potential restrictions and taxes on vapour products ...
ECigIntelligence’s 2021 predictions reviewed: did our crystal ball work?
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 27th January 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
We look back at predictions ECigIntelligence published at the start of 2021. Real events and developments confirmed ECigIntelligence’s analysis in many cases, though Covid delayed things ...
Canadian e-cig industry ready to fight ‘existential threat’ of federal flavour ban
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th January 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Leaders of Canada’s vaping industry are preparing to challenge a federal government proposal to restrict flavoured e-cigarette products which they fear would devastate the industry in the country ...
Colorado to consider flavour ban to reduce youth e-cig consumption
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st January 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Lawmakers in Colorado will soon be considering a new bill that would ban the sale of all flavoured tobacco products. The aim of the new law would be to curb the consumption of e-cigarettes by youth ...
Robert Califf’s FDA nomination is approved at committee stage
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th January 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Califf’s bid to be the first permanent FDA leader under president Joe Biden comes amid ongoing calls by politicians for more regulation of tobacco and the cigarette industry ...
Italian vape trade fears the possible consequences as tax on e-liquids goes up
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 11th January 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Tax on vaping products in Italy went up at the start of the year after the Chamber of Deputies passed the 2022 Budget on 30th December ...
Wales remains vague on vaping as it plans a route to a smoke-free future
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 10th January 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
The Welsh government has launched a public consultation over its long-term tobacco control strategy ...
End of the ban? Brazil nearing a decision at last on regulation of e-cigarettes
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd January 2022 || Regulatory briefing |
Brazil seems close to clarifying a future legal path for tobacco alternatives in a regulatory process expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022 ...
Public health professor brands Taipei’s
e-cigarette ban ‘unfair’ and ‘senseless’
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th December 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A new blanket ban in Taiwan’s capital on the sale and import of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products is heavy-handed and nonsensical, a public health expert at the city's medical university says ...
Spain set to tax e-cigarettes and impose tobacco advertising and usage rules
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st December 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Spanish government is working on a regulation to impose further restrictions on e-cigarettes and place an excise duty on them to come into force by 2023 ...
Amendment to the Italian budget aims to soften tax increase on e-cigs from 2022
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 17th December 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Lega party, part of the ruling coalition in Italy, has tabled an amendment to the Budget Bill 2022 aiming to increase the e-liquid excise duty each year until 2023 but with lower rates than those established by...
US senators scrub federal tax scheme for e-cigarettes from Biden’s spending bill
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th December 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Senate Finance Committee has made “targeted improvements” to president Joe Biden’s $2tn social spending package – including removing the proposal of a federal tax on tobacco alternatives ...
New Zealand hatches fresh plan after admitting it won’t hit smoke-free target
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 13th December 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
New Zealand’s government has released a new plan setting out a series of policies to reach its “bold” ambition of lowering the smoking rate to 5%, including making traditional tobacco “less available” than vaping products ...
MEPs give green light to cancer report amid uncertainty over future of flavours
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 10th December 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer gave the green light on 9th December to a cancer report that urges the Commission to assess a ban on selected flavours in upcoming regulations ...
UK’s public health establishment mostly welcomes NICE guidance on e-cigs
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 9th December 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The British public health sector has broadly welcomed the updated guidance from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence...
MEPs to soften demands on EU blanket flavour ban to just those targeting minors
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd December 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The final report of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) is expected to suggest a ban on selected flavours ...
NICE advice says smokers should ‘stop completely’ – and then quit e-cigs too
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 30th November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published new recommendations on how to help promote quitting smoking, and how to introduce tools such as e-cigarettes into conversations with smokers ...
China brings e-cigarettes under the national Tobacco Monopoly Law
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Li Keqiang, premier of the State Council of China, has approved with immediate effect an addition to the Tobacco Monopoly Law, clarifying what has been a grey area surrounding the regulation of e-cigarettes ...
Company goes to Supreme Court after judge rejects stay of US FDA denial order
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 26th November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Breeze Smoke is asking the US Supreme Court to stay a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing denial order (MDO) after the Court of Appeals rejected such motion ...
Anti-smoking groups welcome appeal court ruling on Quebec’s Tobacco Act
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Canadian anti-smoking groups have applauded the decision by Quebec’s Court of Appeal to overturn a lower court judgement that struck down parts of a provincial law putting vaping products under tobacco regulations ...
US House passes new federal vaping tax – now Biden’s big bill heads to the Senate
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 22nd November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The US House of Representatives has passed president Joe Biden's $1.75tn social spending bill, including a new federal tax on nicotine vaping products ...
North Carolina launches a lawsuit against the founders of Juul Labs
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 19th November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Less than six months after striking a $40m settlement with Juul Labs, the state of North Carolina is suing its founders amid ongoing concerns on “kid-friendly flavors, youth marketing, and poor age verification” ...
MPs urge UK government to combat ‘misinformation’ and support vaping
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 18th November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
MPs have called on the UK government to take the forthcoming Tobacco Control Plan as an opportunity to tackle misinformation around tobacco alternatives and encourage switching to less harmful products ...
US Congress prepares to vote on tax to make vaping as expensive as smoking
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A revised draft of US president Joe Biden’s $1.75tn Build Back Better Bill, which includes a new federal tax on e-cigarettes, is expected to be voted on by the House of Representatives this week ...
Flavour ban advocate Califf picked by Biden to take charge of US FDA again
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A 70-year-old cardiologist who has backed a flavour ban on vaping products has been nominated by president Joe Biden to return to the role of commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
COP9 ends with calls to put tobacco-alternatives at centre of 2023 session
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The all-online COP9 finished without any major decision, but with calls for serious attention to be given to novel and emerging tobacco products at COP10 in 2023 ...
Appeals court grants another company a stay of US FDA’s marketing denial order
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A US court has granted another stay request to a company that sued the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after the agency issued a marketing denial order (MDO) for its flavoured vaping products ...As COP9 begins, scientists urge WHO to abandon its ‘irrational’ approach
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 8th November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Experts have urged the parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) to embrace a “more assertive” stance on smoke-free alternatives ...
Swiss parliament adopts youth sales ban, advertising and packaging restrictions
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Swiss Federal Assembly has adopted a longstanding bill equating e-cigarettes with traditional tobacco, despite divisions between political parties over the right approach to tobacco alternatives ...
Manufacturer sues FDA for ‘irreparable harm’ despite PMTA reconsideration
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Florida-based e-cigarette manufacturer Bidi Vapor has taken the US FDA to court claiming “continued irreparable harm” from being given a marketing denial order (MDO) for its vaping products ...
UK health authorities pave the way for prescription-only stronger e-cigs
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 2nd November 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is backing the idea of e-cigarettes as a licensed therapy, available on prescription for smokers who want to quit ...
Delaying COP9 talks on novel products ‘may damage tobacco control’, warns EU
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 29th October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
European countries have publicly expressed disagreement with the World Health Organization (WHO)’s decision to postpone discussions of novel tobacco products, keeping them out of the upcoming COP9 ...
Mixed reactions as Northern Ireland prepares to ban vaping in cars with kids
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Northern Ireland’s Department of Health has presented plans to implement a smoking and vaping ban in private cars when children are present and to ban the sale of nicotine e-liquids to...
Hong Kong council approves ‘milestone’ ban on e-cigarette imports and sales
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Hong Kong’s lawmakers have passed a bill banning the import and sale of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products ...
Mexico’s Supreme Court rules against unconstitutional decree banning e-cigs
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 22nd October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The federal high court in Mexico ruled this week against the 2020 presidential decree banning vaping products after concluding that such prohibition violates the “freedom of trade” ...FDA technical review throws light on agency’s priorities for e-cigarettes
Written by Barnaby Page || 20th October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
While some of the biggest players in the US vapour market wait for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to decide whether their products can remain on sale, the agency has provided some insight into its processes and...
PMTAs: after the Reynolds approvals, which way will the FDA go next?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
“The importance of the FDA authorising a vaping product as ‘appropriate for the protection of public health’ should not be understated,” said Greg Conley, president of the American Vaping Association ...
Kyrgyzstan bans vaping in public places and prepares new e-cig restrictions
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The use of e-cigarettes and tobacco in public places became illegal this week in Kyrgyzstan – where there is also a proposal to ban both disposable and open-system e-cigs ...
First PMTA success for Reynolds’s Vuse products – but tobacco flavours only
Written by Barnaby Page || 13th October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its first marketing authorisations for e-cigarette products, following the rejection of millions of others. The authorisations cover RJ Reynolds’s Vuse Solo device and two 4.8% nicotine tobacco-flavoured pods ...
Turning Point withdraws legal action after FDA back-tracks on PMTA refusal
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rescinded its marketing denial order (MDO) affecting 14 Turning Point Brands products, saying “relevant information that was not adequately assessed” ...
Turning Point Brands seeks emergency court ruling against FDA denial order
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Turning Point Brands (TPB) is challenging in court the Marketing Denial Order (MDO) issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to its premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) as it considers the decision “arbitrary” ...
A hammer to crack a nut: what the PMTA process reveals about US FDA approach
Written by Barnaby Page || 7th October 2021 || Blog , Regulatory briefing |
Some light is now dawning on some truths long since suspected about the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s evaluation of e-cigarettes ...
MEPs propose changes in approach to vaping in European cancer report
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
MEPs have tabled a set of proposals to amend a draft report by the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA), calling on the European Commission to implement a flavour ban on all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes ...
US FDA questioned about pending PMTAs and enforcement for non-compliance
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 1st October 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
US senators have urged the FDA to implement a timeline to decide on the pending PMTAs and to reveal how it will ensure that there are no non-compliant products on the market ...
Australian GPs expect surge in patients as prescription scheme comes into force
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Australian doctors anticipate an increase in appointments with patients wanting prescriptions for nicotine e-cigarettes after new regulations come into force ...
European Commission survey gives thumbs-up to tax harmony across EU
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 28th September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
New figures from the European Commission reveal broad support for harmonised tax rules for tobacco-alternative products ...
Harm reduction still on the agenda as UK’s new public health minister steps in
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 24th September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The appointment of Maggie Throup as UK junior health minister comes at a key time for tobacco alternatives, with the vaping industry hoping she will continue the harm reduction approach of her predecessor ...
Why are WHO talks on novel tobacco products postponed from COP9 to 2023?
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 21st September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to postpone a discussion on novel tobacco products to a face-to-face event in 2023 – a decision experts are linking to a lack of consensus ...
Canada’s approach to vaping regulation and flavours lies in the election balance
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
One of the first tasks facing Canada’s incoming health minister will be the implementation of a new set of federal regulations for vaping products – which may or may not include a planned ban on flavours ...
BAT urges Middle Eastern governments to adopt tobacco harm reduction
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 17th September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
British American Tobacco (BAT) is engaging with national authorities in the Middle East to encourage adoption of tobacco harm reduction (THR) policies ...
‘Significant progress’ – but the US FDA’s biggest decisions are still to come
Written by Aidan Semmens || 15th September 2021 || Blog , Regulatory briefing |
The dog didn’t eat all the FDA’s homework – just 7% of it. But there will be those who argue that the missing 7% was the crucial bit all along ...
MEPs table amendments to include harm reduction in European cancer report
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 14th September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Three Italian members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are hoping to introduce the concept of harm reduction into a strategy report by the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) ...
FDA’s PMTA denials get a warm political welcome – but not the delay over Juul
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 13th September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s denial of premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) has been welcomed by politicians and public health bodies – with severe reservations about the delay over Juul and others ...
US FDA rejects 5.5m PMTAs; Juul’s application still under review
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 9th September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected most of the 6m premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) it received for vaping products, but Juul’s intently-watched application remains under review ...
Into the great unknown as US FDA’s deadline to decide on PMTAs arrives
Written by Barnaby Page || 9th September 2021 || Blog , Regulatory briefing |
As the US Food and Drug Administration's deadline to pass or reject e-cigarette premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) arrives, where does it leave the market and the as-yet undetermined applications? ...
Argentina’s ruling party puts forward ‘fundamental’ proposal to ban e-cigs
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 8th September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A bill to prohibit the manufacturing, distribution, sale and use of e-cigarettes in Argentina has been presented in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the National Congress ...
Californian proposal for 12.5% e-cig tax on its way to under-fire governor
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 6th September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A new 12.5% sales tax on e-cigarettes has been approved by the California State Legislature and now requires only the signature of governor Gavin Newsom – who is facing a recall election next week ...
US FDA denies more PMTAs a week before the final deadline – ‘more will follow’
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 2nd September 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a number of “additional” marketing denial orders (MDOs) for flavoured e-cigarettes, denying their premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) ...
US Congress looks set to cut Biden’s proposed budget for the FDA by half
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 31st August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Both the House and the Senate are intent on increasing the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) budget for next year, but the figure is likely to be well short of the $6.5bn proposed by president Joe Biden...
German state of Hesse prepares updated rule to clamp down on passive vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The German state of Hesse is aiming to strengthen protection against passive smoking by targeting e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in a new legislative initiative to update the current regulations ...
US FDA denies marketing authorisation for 55,000 flavoured vapour products
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 27th August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ruled out premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) for 55,000 flavoured vapour products after concluding that on balance they pose a threat to public health ...
State AGs join in calling on FDA to deny PMTAs for flavoured vaping products
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 24th August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A group of 31 US attorneys general has joined together in urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to deny premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) for vaping products ...
Italian proposal calls for prison officials to allow inmates to use e-cigs
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 23rd August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Italian Department of Prison Administration (DAP) has been urged to implement a 2016 circular that authorised the use of e-cigarettes by inmates ...
Taiwanese regions and cities follow same trend in tightening e-cig public usage
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The most populous city in Taiwan has recently joined eight regions in implementing new legislation restricting the use and sale of e-cigs and heated tobacco ...
US lawmakers look to establish a $100m e-cigarette user fee scheme for 2022
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A bipartisan group of federal senators have reintroduced a bill in Congress that would force e-cigarette manufacturers to pay user fees to the FDA in a bid to fund the federal agency ...
How will the US FDA resolve the 1.5m pending PMTAs?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
After the recent announcement that FDA rejected 4.5m of the total 6m PMTAs filed, experts believe that this decision is a clear path for enforcement ...
US FDA rejects 4.5m PMTA applications from one single manufacturer
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 10th August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A small manufacturer from Texas must remove millions of vaping products from the US market after the FDA issued a Refuse to File (RTF) letter rejecting most of its PMTAs ...
Behind the scenes of the 6m PMTA submissions – the ‘top five’
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 6th August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Five US companies are top of the list with the most PMTAs submitted, and represent five out of the 6m total applications by the September 2020 deadline ...
E-cig industry association sues Spanish government over anti-vaping campaign
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd August 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Spain’s e-cigarette industry has launched legal action against the central government, claiming a long-running anti-vaping campaign is against the law on several counts ...
WHO urges governments to impose tough e-cigarette regulation and tax
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 29th July 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning about “addictive” e-cigarettes and said they should be strictly regulated and taxed by governments to protect public health ...
WHO anti-tobacco report takes new aim at e-cigarettes and ‘emerging products’
Written by Aidan Semmens || 27th July 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its eighth report on “the global tobacco epidemic”, for the first time presenting facts, figures – and opinion – on new and emerging products such as e-cigarettes ...
MPs demand new plan for e-cigs to help achieve ‘smoke-free’ target for England
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 27th July 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
MPs have called on the UK government to present “ambitious plans” for vaping products if they want a chance of hitting the target of a smoke-free country by 2030 – a target public health experts consider unreachable ...
With TPD revision on the horizon, what are the next steps for EU regulation?
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 22nd July 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
An intense period of negotiations on a revision of EU regulation of tobacco alternatives is coming, following the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) implementation report represented by the European Commission ...
Italian Senate to have the last word on plan for temporary e-liquid tax relief
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 19th July 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Italian Senate is close to considering temporary tax relief for e-cigarettes in the country – a move financial experts do not expect to cause any significant drop in the overall volume of tax collected ...
Costa Rican government reluctant to put forward 40% e-cigarette tax proposal
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 15th July 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The government of Costa Rica does not believe this is the time to debate a proposal to impose a new tax on e-cigarettes – a proposal that has been described by the country’s attorney general as “abusive”...
Italian parliament considers temporary reduction in tax on e-liquids from August
Written by Antonia di Lorenzo || 13th July 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Italian Chamber of Deputies is considering an amendment that would temporarily lower the excise duties on vaping products ...
Estonia may expand the legal range of flavours and restore online sales
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th July 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Opposition members of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) have tabled a bill aiming to ease some of the regulations on vaping products ...
South Africa’s long wait for vaping regulations may be nearing an end
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th July 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The South African Health Department is finishing its work on long-standing legislation that is set to introduce new regulations for vaping products in the country ...
Dutch Parliament set to over-rule opposition to new ad restrictions
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th July 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Some Dutch lawmakers have expressed concern about the possible consequences of an amendment to the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act and the introduction of new advertising restrictions on tobacco-alternative products ...
Could Juul Labs’ $40m North Carolina settlement affect other legal challenges?
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 1st July 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The $40m agreement between Juul Labs and the US state of North Carolina marks an unexpected milestone for the manufacturer – one which could set a precedent for other outstanding claims ...
Wisconsin Republicans ready to scrap Democrat budget plan for e-cigarettes
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A few months after Wisconsin’s Democratic governor Tony Evers presented a budget introducing changes to the way vapour products are taxed, the US state’s Republican-controlled legislature looks ready to scrap it ...
North Carolina announces deal requiring Juul to pay $40m and ‘mend its ways’
Written by Aidan Semmens || 28th June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The US state of North Carolina has reached an out-of-court agreement with Juul Labs that will require the company to pay $40m over six years and make “drastic changes to the way it conducts business” ...
China confirms its suspicious attitude towards ‘unsafe’ and ‘harmful’ e-cigs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) have concluded that e-cigarettes are both “unsafe” and “harmful” in a report that assesses the health risk of vaping products ...
The cap goes on – Canada introduces strict limit on nicotine concentration
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Canadian government is imposing a nicotine cap on vaping products, bringing the country in line with the 20 mg/ml maximum that applies in Europe ...
Think tank accuses WHO of ‘ideological’ opposition to vaping ahead of COP9
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK-based Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is to host a webinar arguing that the anti-vaping policies of the World Health Organization (WHO) are driven by ideology not science, and damaging to public health ...Experts still see hope for future legal challenges to US FDA authority
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s authority to regulate e-cigarettes could face further legal scrutiny after the recent refusal by the Supreme Court to hear a challenge initiated by a vape shop ...
Canada prepares to ban sweet and ‘highly pleasant’ flavours, aromas – and names
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Canadian government has taken another step towards limiting flavoured vaping products across the country and placing restrictions on the names and descriptions that can be used on e-liquid packaging ...
Russia takes another step in its plans to tighten vaping regulations
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Russian government is planning to prepare a report with proposals to further regulate tobacco products in the country, suggesting that it could tighten the regulations for e-cigarettes and introduce a flavour ban ...
Both sides in UK agree government plan should do more to promote vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The British government must step up efforts to promote vaping products if it is to achieve its goal of a smoke-free society by 2030, a cross-party parliamentary committee in Westminster agreed ...
Germany gives green light to new vaping tax scheme based on ml from 2022
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Germany will implement a new per ml tax scheme for e-liquids from next year after adjustments to the German Tobacco Law were passed by the Bundestag ...
US Supreme Court refuses challenge to FDA authority over vaping products
Written by Aidan Semmens || 8th June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s authority to regulate e-cigarettes, refusing to review a case that relied on a constitutional doctrine last applied in 1935 ...
Bosnia and Herzegovina takes a big step towards TPD-like e-cigarette regulation
Written by Marija Obradovic || 8th June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s lower house has passed a bill that will harmonise the country’s tobacco regulation with the standards of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...
German lawmakers close to reaching an agreement to change e-liquid tax scheme
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Political parties in Germany are negotiating a change in the tax scheme for nicotine e-liquids, moving away from the government’s proposal and the way the due sum is calculated ...
New UK health body is not expected to change direction set by PHE on vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The recent shake-up of the UK’s health sector with the replacement of Public Health England (PHE) is not expected to substantially change the country’s support of vaping – and may even take it further ...
‘Betrayal’ – Philippines health advocates condemn lowering of e-cig purchase age
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st June 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Health advocacy groups in the Philippines have raised concerns about a recently approved bill lowering the minimum age to buy and use e-cigarettes from 21 to 18 ...
UK physicians urge raising the smoking age to 21 and cutting tax on e-cigs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st May 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Royal College of Physicians has called on the UK government to reduce the tax burden on e-cigarettes while raising the legal minimum age for purchasing combustible tobacco products ...
Review of UK tobacco rules will need to wait a few more months
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 28th May 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK government’s post-implementation review of the 2016 Tobacco and Related Products Regulations (TRPR) won’t be ready before the end of the year ...
New Brunswick prepares to license vape stores in bid to curb youth e-cig use
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th May 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A new licensing system for vape shops has been proposed in the Canadian province of New Brunswick in a stated bid to reduce youth vaping ...
Blokhuis gets his way as Netherlands heads for ban on vaping flavours
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 25th May 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Most flavours other than tobacco are to be banned in e-cigarettes in the Netherlands after the Council of Ministers approved the recommendation of health minister Paul Blokhuis ...
Stricter EU rules on e-cigs are needed in upcoming TPD revision, says Commission
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th May 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The European Commission believes there is a need for strong action to toughen up the current Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) in the upcoming revision of the EU-wide regulations ...
Planned hike in e-cig tax divides German Bundestag, health and industry experts
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th May 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Talks have revealed continuing division between members of Germany's Bundestag on proposed tax changes, with a debate on whether taxation of tobacco alternatives should be based on health promotion or revenue ...
Florida brings in vape store permits while denying right to local regulation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th May 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
About 1,200 vape stores in Florida will have to apply every year for a business permit after governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that also preempts local governments from applying stricter rules to nicotine sales ...
Brazilian MPs consider e-cig prohibition ahead of possible new legal path
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th May 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A new proposal to reinforce a nationwide ban on e-cigarettes in Brazil is being considered in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the National Congress ...
EU TPD implementation report: the countdown has started
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th May 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The EU Commission will soon reveal the outcome of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) implementation report, a long-awaited document that will assess the strengths and weaknesses of the legislation ...
Philadelphia appeals against court ruling striking down city’s ban on flavours
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th May 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The US city of Philadelphia has appealed for the second time a court ruling halting a 2019 municipal ordinance that restricted the sale of flavoured vaping products to adult-only establishments ...
Future of first US federal vaping tax proposal remains unclear in Congress
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th May 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Representatives in both US chambers have recently reintroduced an old piece of legislation that would establish the first ever federal tax on vapour products, but whether it will have enough political support to be adopted anytime soon remains...
Jordan’s Tobacco Unit enables businesses to bring e-cigs into the legalised market
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th May 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Jordan’s Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) has licensed at least 184 establishments to display, sell, trade, and store e-cigarette devices, e-liquids and heated tobacco since such products were legalised in 2019 ...
Taiwan’s capital faces a blanket ban on tobacco alternatives as council decides
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd May 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The city council of Taiwan’s capital Taipei is this week considering a local ordinance for a blanket ban on the manufacture, import, sale, supply, display and advertising of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products ...
Scotland’s Conservatives call for e-cigs to be restricted like smoking products
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
As next week’s Scottish Parliament elections approach, the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party has said e-cigarettes should be subject to the same restrictions as combustible tobacco products ...
Saskatchewan’s 20% tax ‘won’t stop kids vaping’; limit on flavours also lies ahead
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Businesses in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan are preparing for a new 20% tax on vaping products, while the government has also announced plans to further restrict sales of flavoured e-cigs ...
Juul executives face trial after US judge rules racketeering claims ‘plausible’
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A major lawsuit in California against Juul Labs and Altria over youth marketing tactics is moving forward after a judge endorsed a new racketeering theory as “plausible” ...
EU tax harmony needed ‘urgently’ – but no decision is expected before next year
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Tax officials in Brussels are agreed that the harmonising of excise duties on tobacco alternatives is urgent after calls from EU member states and the sector to put an end to the different national tax regimes in Europe...
Germany’s government parties split on vaping tax plan ahead of Bundestag talks
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The plan for a new e-liquid tax is creating tensions in Germany’s governing coalition, with some members of chancellor Angela Merkel’s party opposing the scheme ahead of the start of the legislative process in the Bundestag ...
Canada plans new federal e-liquid tax from 2022 ‘to cut harmful vaping’
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Canadian government aims to implement a new federal excise duty on vaping products from 2022 “to help curtail harmful consumption” of e-cigarettes ...
Legal uncertainties are cramping the vaping industry worldwide, says Relx
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Changes and uncertainty over regulatory approach in some big vaping markets, and the rise in compatible products, are major current challenges for big players in the e-cigarette industry, such as Relx International ...
Spain eyes total vaping ban on outdoor terraces to help combat Covid-19 spread
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Spanish Ministry of Health is looking at imposing a blanket ban on the use of tobacco products – including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco – on outdoor bar and cafe terraces ...
Industry and anti-tobacco opposed to vaping tax proposal in Texas legislature
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A Texas House of Representatives committee hearing on Monday showcased a coincidence between the vapour industry and anti-tobacco groups: both camps are opposed to a bill, but for different reasons ...
MPs suggest Britain should cut WHO funding if COP9 sticks by e-cig stance
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A group of UK members of parliament have suggested the government should think twice about its contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) if it remains hostile towards vaping products ...
Regulatory pathways for e-cigarette products in Eurasia and the Middle East
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
How are e-cigarettes regulated in the former Soviet countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Middle-Eastern states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – and what are the similarities and differences between the two? Those questions,...
Vape companies ask US Supreme Court to rule FDA deeming regulations invalid
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 8th April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A group of eight vaping companies are escalating their legal fight against the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s oversight of e-cigarette products, and in particular the premarket approval (PMTA) process ...
UK consultation on post-Brexit review of regulations elicits broad mix of messages
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Interested parties on all sides have asked the UK government for an inclusive and open-minded review of the 2016 Tobacco and Related Products Regulations (TRPR) that govern vaping products in the country ...
Government-appointed commission urges Sweden to ban e-cigarette flavours
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 2nd April 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A new report commissioned by the Swedish government suggests stricter regulation of tobacco-alternative products, including a blanket ban on all flavoured e-cigarettes and tighter rules on marketing and advertising ...
Philippine e-cig industry calls for ‘more realistic’ cost calculations by tax officials
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st March 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Philippine E-Cigarette Industry Association (PECIA) has called for “more realistic” excise duties on e-cigarettes during a consultation by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ...
US representatives urge FDA to ban flavoured e-cigs and deny Juul PMTA
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th March 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A group of 40 House Democrats have written to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pressing it to remove from the market all flavoured e-cigarettes “fueling youth tobacco epidemic” and to make an example of Juul ...
The more EU politicians know about vaping, the less risky they think it is
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th March 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
How much politicians know about e-cigarettes and other novel tobacco products has a major effect on their perceptions of safety and risk, new ECigIntelligence research suggests ...
Wales lets local councils decide whether to ban public vaping along with smoking
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th March 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Officials in Cardiff are not insisting on vaping be included in the clampdown on smoking that came into force in Wales at the beginning of the month ...
Bid to limit vaping on Manitoba reserves ‘intrudes on First Nations’ rights’
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th March 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Canadian province of Manitoba has been accused of trampling on First Nations’ rights by trying to apply provincial restrictions on smoking and vaping to aboriginal reserves ...
World Vapers’ Alliance urges rethink as health ministers discuss EU cancer plan
Written by Barnaby Page || 16th March 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
One of the most influential vapers’ organisations has pleaded for a rethink of the approach towards alternative nicotine products in the EU’s wide-ranging new Beating Cancer Plan ...
Canada considers a national flavour ban to protect youth and close the ‘gateway’
Written by Marija Obradovic || 16th March 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A flavour ban is on the agenda again in Canada as the government’s commitment to reducing the appeal of vaping products to young people comes to a peak ...
Flavour ban and tax increases on the agenda for Minnesota legislators
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th March 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Legislation moving through the legislature in the US state of Minnesota seeks to ban the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes and could increase both wholesale and retail taxes on vapour devices ...
Colombian Ministry of Health backs bill to introduce e-cigarette regulation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th March 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Colombia’s Parliament is considering a bill to update the country’s existing anti-tobacco law with fresh regulations on the use and sale of vaping products ...
Swiss referendum backs age limit and tighter vaping regulation in Bern canton
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th March 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s is set to be banned in the Swiss canton of Bern after a referendum revealed a very clear majority in favour ...
City of Chicago takes legal action as well as inspections to enforce flavour ban
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th March 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Six months after implementing a ban on flavoured e-cigarettes, the city of Chicago has cited several businesses for breaking the rules and announced a lawsuit against a business accused of selling non-compliant vaping products ...
PHE report suggests medicine before or after vaping as best way to quit smoking
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 25th February 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Public Health England (PHE) is calling on local authorities to continue supporting e-cigarettes after new research confirmed they are more effective than nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) in smoking cessation ...
German higher court rules that online adverts CAN say e-cigarettes save lives
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th February 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A high court in Germany has ruled that it is legal to promote e-cigarettes as a less harmful alternative to cigarettes, overturning a previous decision by a lower regional court ...
New York legislature aims to increase the state’s vaping tax 140%
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th February 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Lawmakers in New York state recently introduced bills that would more than double the excise duties for vaping products with the aim of financially disincentivising citizens from using nicotine products ...
Germany proposes new €0.02 per mg tax on nicotine e-liquids from 2022
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th February 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The German government is proposing a new tax scheme for nicotine-containing vaping products to come into force in summer 2022 as “a response to current market developments” ...
COP9 ‘will be UK’s chance to put the case for more progressive vaping regulation’
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th February 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Britain will have an “incredible opportunity” later this year to spread the message that appropriate vaping regulation saves lives, members of the Westminster parliament have been told ...
Uncertainty over leaked government plan for new e-cigarette tax in Germany
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th February 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Rumours of a German government proposal to introduce a tax scheme for e-cigarettes from 2022 have been greeted with both surprise and doubt among the industry and federal policymakers ...
‘Incomprehensible and deadly’: store owners’ verdict on Dutch flavour ban
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th February 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Members of the vaping industry in the Netherlands have voiced concern at the legislative bid to ban non-tobacco flavours in e-cigarettes from 2022, accusing the Dutch government of proposing dangerous regulations ...
European strategy on beating cancer comes under MEPs’ legislative scrutiny
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 8th February 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Intense debate has begun in the European Parliament on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, presented by the European Commission last week, including suggested measures to tighten regulation of tobacco alternatives ...
Indiana lawmakers adopt last-minute change in bill to increase vaping tax
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th February 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Indiana House of Representatives has proposed a change to the taxation scheme for e-liquids presented in a bill after lawmakers raised concerns about exactly how the money collected would be used for public health purposes ...
European Commission commits to taking ‘stricter’ approach to tobacco alternatives
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd February 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The European Commission has committed itself to a more restrictive legislative approach to tobacco-related products, to protect the public “from picking up lasting habits that are damaging to health” ...
Canadian court turns down application to suspend Nova Scotia’s vaping rules
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st February 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A Canadian judge has refused to grant an injunction to suspend application of Nova Scotia’s vaping laws until a challenge to its constitutionality is decided ...
US Postal Service unsure about federal e-cigarette delivery ban implementation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th January 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A month after the US Congress passed a federal ban on delivering e-cigarettes by mail, the US Postal Service (USPS) is still unsure how to implement and enforce the new regulations ...
E-liquid tax among tobacco reform plans put forward by Mexico’s ruling party
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th January 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Members of the ruling party in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies aim to establish a new tax for e-cigarette products, while officials are working to tighten advertising restrictions and enforce the ban on vaping imports ...
Bavarian High Court rules vape stores can open during coronavirus lockdown
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th January 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The High Administrative Court of Bavaria has ruled that vape stores provide essential goods and services and can remain open during the Covid-related lockdown in Germany’s largest state ...
Beijing kicks off China’s second round of inspections of vaping businesses
Written by Tao Hong || 21st January 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
The Chinese government is increasing the regulatory pressure on the vaping industry and expects to strengthen the supervision of the e-cigarette market in the country this year ...
US judge dismisses investors’ ‘meritless’ case against major Juul distributor
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 19th January 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
A class-action lawsuit against one of Juul’s largest distributors has been dismissed by a US judge who described it as “meritless” and “a hammer in search of a nail” ...
Senators’ letter to FDA on PMTAs hints at tougher US policies on vapour products
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th January 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Twelve US senators, including 11 leading Democrats, have called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enforce tougher reviews of premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) ...
US agents seize 33,000 fake Puff e-cigarettes flown in from China
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th January 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
More than $700,000 worth of counterfeit e-cigarettes arriving from China have been seized in the US as part of a joint-agency operation to crack down on fraudulent vaping products ...
Royal Navy bans vaping at sea as UK armed forces aim to cut it out
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th January 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Vaping is no longer allowed on UK Royal Navy vessels under a Ministry of Defence strategy to achieve a smoke-free – and vape-free – generation among all the armed forces ...
What lies over the horizon for the worldwide e-cigarette industry in 2021?
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 7th January 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
2021 is sure to be another significant year for the vaping industry across the globe, with a bunch of new regulations on the horizon – and hopefully a light at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel ...
Italy’s budget brings in new taxes on
e-liquids, with and without nicotine
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th January 2021 || Regulatory briefing |
Italy has entered 2021 with new excise duties on e-liquids after the Senate passed the 2021 Budget law (Legge di bilancio) ...
WHO study group recommends wide-ranging bans on e-cigarette products
Written by Barnaby Page || 31st December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Open systems and high-nicotine e-cigarette products would be banned under the latest set of proposals from a World Health Organization (WHO) committee ...
Philippine memorandum lays down rules on labelling of tobacco alternatives
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A joint memorandum issued by a number of government agencies laying down rules for vapour products in the Philippines establishes new restrictions on flavours and changes to labelling requirements ...
UK healthcare products agency ready to take over e-cigarette notifications
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is on course to take charge of new e-cigarette product notifications in England, Scotland and Wales from 1st January, when Britain will officially no longer be a member of...
Australia requires prescription to import e-cigs; Senate calls for friendlier regs
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Anyone wanting to import nicotine e-cigarettes into Australia from 1st October 2021 will require a doctor’s prescription, despite a Senate committee’s call for e-cigs to be more generally available ...
Canada moves to lower federal nicotine concentration cap, may restrict flavours
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Canada’s Department of Health is proposing to lower the maximum nicotine concentration in vaping products to “contribute to reducing the appeal” to youth, while new flavour restrictions are also under consideration ...
Western Australia MP aims for 50,000 signatures on petition to legalise vaping
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 17th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A member of the Parliament of Western Australia has launched a petition to effectively legalise vaping by allowing the sale of nicotine e-liquid in the state ...
Quebec unveils plan to ban flavours and limit nicotine concentration in e-liquids
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Canada’s second-largest province has become the latest to announce an intention to restrict flavours and limit nicotine levels in vaping products ...
Experts call for tighter regulation of e-cigs in revised UK tobacco legislation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Experts on smoking say the post-Brexit UK revision of the 2016 Tobacco and Related Products Regulations (TRPR) should include tougher rules on the advertising and labelling of tobacco-alternative products ...
Swiss lower house starts discussion of long-awaited law on e-cigarettes
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The lower house of the Swiss Federal Assembly, the National Council, is debating the country’s draft Federal Tobacco Act, but a final vote on the bill is unlikely before mid-2021 ...
Biden picks California attorney general for key role of US health secretary
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 7th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
US president-elect Joe Biden has named California attorney general Xavier Becerra – an opponent of both smoking and vaping – as his choice for the vital role of health and human services secretary ...
Texas legislature to consider new e-cigarette tax for storage and use
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
New bills in both the Texas House and the Senate would impose a tax on vapour products, which lawmakers might find appealing given the budget crunch on the heels of the coronavirus pandemic ...
San Francisco heads for ban on smoking or vaping in private apartments
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd December 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
San Francisco is a step closer to becoming one of the largest cities in the US to prohibit smoking and vaping in private apartments after a proposal received broad support in the city’s legislative body ...
Who will Biden pick for the top health jobs crucial to US e-cig regulation?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
US president-elect Joe Biden has yet to name his candidates to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), roles that will be crucial to e-cigarette regulation ...
Indonesia heading towards a standard for vaping products ‘to aid the market’
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Indonesian Ministry of Industry is planning to hold discussions by the end of the year as it works on a new national standard for e-cigarettes ...
Taiwan government to consider e-cig ban in amendment to Tobacco Hazards Act
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Taiwan’s Executive Yuan is expected to meet shortly to discuss the draft proposal to amend the country’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act submitted late last month by the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) ...
Vape sales in Dutch supermarkets to end in 2024 in planned phase-out of tobacco
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
From 2024, supermarkets in the Netherlands will no longer be allowed to sell tobacco products, including e-cigarettes ...
Spanish ministry aims to equate ‘unsafe’ e-cigs with tobacco in new regulation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Spanish Ministry of Health has prepared a draft amendment to the current Tobacco Act, including some provisions concerning e-cigarettes, which the ministry considers hazardous ...
Poland to allow non-adhesive excise tax stamps due to glue shortage
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Polish Ministry of Finance is to allow the use of non-adhesive stamps instead of self-adhesive ones, a month after the new excise tax rate on e-liquids and novel tobacco products came into force ...
MEPs give green light to new seven-year EU health programme
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 13th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The European Parliament approved by an overwhelming majority the EU health policy programme for the period 2021-2027 aimed at tackling some of the main health issues in Europe, including tobacco policy ...
Australian Senate committee begins hearings on harm reduction this week
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 11th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
An Australian Senate committee to inquire into tobacco harm reduction strategies will meet for the first time in Canberra on Friday, and again week later in Sydney ...
Norway working on plan to tax nicotine e-cigarettes – once they are legalised
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Norwegian government is working on a new proposal to create a tax scheme for vaping products as part of its plans to legalise nicotine-containing e-cigarettes by 2021 ...
Months after slashing e-liquid taxes, Hungary is set to increase them again
Written by Marija Obradovic || 6th November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Seven months after more than halving the tax on e-liquids, Hungary’s government has changed its mind and is proposing an increase to comply with EU demands ...
Health body calls for e-cig regulation in Argentina in place of ‘outdated’ ban
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd November 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Public health and vaping organisations in Argentina are working on a proposal to regulate e-cigarettes, arguing that the current legislation, which dates from 2011, is no longer fit for purpose ...
How will the US elections shape the future of the vaping industry?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Just a few days ahead of US elections, there is a lot of uncertainty about the approach that the next White House leader will have towards the tobacco-alternatives industry ...
Court to decide whether it halts Nova Scotia’s flavour ban and tax
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Nova Scotia’s Supreme Court will rule by the end of next month as to whether it strikes down key parts of the province's recent vaping laws after a company took the Canadian state to court amid violation of...
Michigan revives attempt at state flavour ban
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The US state of Michigan is working to implement a new regulation that would ban the sale of flavoured vaping products and limit the advertising of such products, one year after a court blocked a previous effort by...
Australia postpones e-cigarette import ban for the second time
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Australian Ministry of Health decided to defer until further notice the implementation of the import ban on nicotine e-cigarettes that was to come into force in January 2021, after already being postponed by half a year ...
EU ‘roadmap’ to show route to taxation of tobacco alternatives by autumn 2021
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 21st October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The tax authorities in Brussels are to give a final decision on introducing a new harmonised tax scheme for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products in a year’s time ...
Poland ready to get tough on compliance with newly imposed tax on e-liquids
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Polish tax authorities are to intensify their enforcement actions to ensure industry complies with the new excise tax rate on e-liquids and novel tobacco products that came into force on 1st October ...
EU plans ‘tax’ on non-recycled plastic packaging waste – but who will pay?
Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 20th October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
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 ...
US representative asks the FDA to work with small vape firms on PMTAs
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 19th October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A US congressman has called on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Stephen Hahn to work with small vaping businesses that submit premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) “in good faith” ...
Ukrainian parliament to consider new e-cig restrictions by the end of the year
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, is seeking to pass legislation equating tobacco-alternative products to conventional cigarettes and other restrictions in line with the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...
Heart charity urges Irish government to budget for a tax on vaping products
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A day ahead of the presentation of the Irish 2021 budget, the government in Dublin is being urged to put forward a new tax scheme for vaping products ...
Slovak finance ministry rejects call for a tax on nicotine vapour products
Written by Lenka Hajnovicova || 6th October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Slovakian Ministry of Finance has rejected a suggestion by education officials that it should set up a tax scheme for nicotine-containing e-cigarettes ...
Brussels suggests changing the wording of Denmark’s plan to ban e-cig flavours
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 2nd October 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Brussels has given a negative opinion on the plan put forward by the Danish Ministry of Health to ban all flavoured e-liquids, water pipes and chewing tobacco except tobacco and menthol flavour from 2022 ...
Chinese officials inspect and remove e-cig vending machines – but is it legal?
Written by Marija Obradovic || 30th September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Chinese officials have inspected more than 1,000 e-cigarette vending machines in the last two months – but there is some confusion within the industry about the legality of their actions ...
Korean government aiming to double e-liquid ‘health promotion tax’ from 2021
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 28th September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
South Korea has announced that it intends to double the National Health Promotion fee applied to e-liquids marketed in the country ...
Australia opens the door to e-cig sales by pharmacies; state MPs call for regulation
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 24th September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has relaxed its position on e-cigarettes, deciding they can be available legally from pharmacies if prescribed by a doctor “to support smoking cessation” ...
Germany finally gets its long-discussed outdoor and cinema advertising ban
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
After years of discussions within the governing coalition and campaigning by health bodies, Germany is to impose further restrictions on the advertising of tobacco and vaping products ...
Indonesian government under fire for ‘reluctance’ to update regulation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Tobacco control advocates in Indonesia have questioned the government’s lack of progress on revising the regulation on the safety of addictive ingredients in tobacco products and urged it to get the ball rolling ...
COVID-19 restrictions delay EU scientific evidence on e-cigs and TPD revision
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 17th September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The scientific committee of the European Commission is to delay delivery of its conclusions on vaping, which will inform the impact assessment on the revision of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...
Florida’s governor bucks the US trend by vetoing state ban on vape flavours
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has bucked a US national trend by vetoing regulations that would have banned flavoured vaping products in the state ...
Netherlands on course to impose plain packaging for e-cigarettes from 2022
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Dutch government is running a consultation on a proposed amendment to current tobacco regulations that will create a legal basis to impose plain packaging for e-cigarettes ...
German court rules that online retailers can’t say e-cigarettes save lives
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
German online vaping retailers may no longer be allowed to promote e-cigarettes as a tool to quit smoking after a regional court ruled that the practice violates the federal Tobacco Act ...
Wednesday 4pm: final countdown to the PMTA deadline
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 7th September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The final deadline for premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) for e-cig products in the US is now imminent, with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially setting it at 4pm on 9th September ...
Oregon governor urged to impose a ban on flavours and e-cig tax
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A working group set by the governor in Oregon to address “the epidemic of vaping-related illness and youth vaping” has recommended policymakers to ban flavoured e-cigarettes in the state and increase the tax on these products ...
PHE: seven-year report on the UK’s soon-to-be-disbanded authority on vaping
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The recent news that the British government is to scrap Public Health England and replace it with a new institute makes this an appropriate moment to look back at some of PHE’s achievements in creating policies and evidence...
‘Lifestyle control’ as Australia’s second city clears the streets of vapour
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Melbourne City Council in Australia has voted unanimously in favour of ban on vaping in 11 defined smoke-free areas in the city’s central business district ...
California bans flavoured e-cigs from January on unanimous Senate vote
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st September 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The sale of flavoured e-cigarettes will be illegal in California from January 2021 after the US state’s governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to ban them from the market ...
Russia and its Eurasian economic allies eye harmonised vaping rules by 2022
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A joint regulation of e-cigarettes that will apply across Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan is expected to be adopted by 2022 – but there is some scepticism about the timescale ...
Australia bans tobacco alternatives while leaving e-cigarettes on prescription
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 27th August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a final decision that leaves the sale of all tobacco-alternative products banned in the country, while still allowing e-cigarettes on prescription only ...
US vape industry seeks PMTA deadline extension to 2021 for small businesses
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 25th August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A group of manufacturers and vaping associations in the US have asked the FDA for a six-month extension to the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) deadline for small companies ...
Doubts remain as Taiwan considers the detail of law to ban e-cigarettes
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Taiwan appears to be heading for a blanket ban on e-cigarettes, while leaving the door ajar for the possible approval of heated tobacco products ...
US state’s U-turn: Montana backs down from proposed flavours ban
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Officials in the US state of Montana have reversed course and will drop plans to ban sales of flavoured vaping products after opposition from state lawmakers ...
California heading for full flavours ban, with final Assembly vote just days away
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
California is edging closing to banning flavoured vapour and tobacco products after legislation advanced through committee and is now awaiting a final full Assembly vote in the next few days ...
Future of UK e-cigarette policy unclear as government scraps vape-friendly PHE
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK government is to create a new body replacing Public Health England (PHE) with a single command structure focused on tackling COVID-19 and “protecting the nation’s health” ...
Spain bans public vaping where social distancing cannot be guaranteed
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A spike in new cases of COVID-19 in Spain has prompted the national government to prohibit smoking and vaping in all public spaces where it is not possible to ensure a 2m social distance ...
Mexico’s No 1 state plans to restrict public vaping; federal legislators look kindlier
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The State of Mexico – the most populous of the country’s 32 states – wants to ban the use of e-cigarettes in spaces such as bars, restaurants and workplaces ...
Greece repeals short-lived and barely enforced ban on shake and vape sales
Written by Elsa Carrasco || 13th August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
New regulation has been adopted in Greece which finally allows retailers to sell shake and vape products legally ...
China takes next step towards its first national legislation on e-cigarettes
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
China is currently debating a bill that would create vape-friendly areas and restrict the public use of vaping products ...
E-liquid excise tax in doubt after court overturns US state governor’s veto
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
An excise tax on e-liquids is in limbo after the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned a partial veto by the US state’s governor, saying he overstepped his authority ...
New Zealand lawmakers unanimously pass new vaping bill
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
New Zealand's Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill was adopted by lawmakers with broad cross-party support on 4th August ...
Philippines proposes new restrictions on online retailers, and a ban on advertising
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd August 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Food and Drug Administration in the Philippines proposed new restrictions for vaping and heated tobacco products in the revised draft guidelines regulating their manufacture, importation, sale, packaging, advertising, and distribution ...
Juul submits 125,000-page PMTA application to the US FDA
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 31st July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Juul has submitted a 125,000-page premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to continue selling its tobacco and menthol pods in the country ...
Tobacco control association proposes e-cig public use ban in Beijing
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A Beijing-based tobacco association intends to submit a proposal to the legislators at the city’s people’s congress, prohibiting vaping in public areas in the near future amid lack of vaping “provisions” in the current local law ...
Russia adopts first ever federal e-cigarette regulation
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 24th July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Russia has passed the first e-cigarette regulation in the country, which imposes tighter regulations for e-cigs and extending anti-tobacco legislation to e-liquids ...
Jordan extends smoking restrictions to vaping – but will they be enforced?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Jordan has brought e-cigarettes under tobacco regulations, including banning their use in indoor public spaces – but the e-cig industry does not expect the new regulations to be fully enforced ...
China Tobacco kicks off intensive compliance checks on e-cig sales
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Chinese authorities have decided to take further steps to toughen enforcement of e-cigarette regulations, increasing compliance checks in both online and offline channels ...
FDA issues warning to Puff Bar days after company drops all US sales
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warnings to Puff Bar and nine other companies demanding they withdraw unapproved vapour products from the market ...
WHO sees room for improvement in tobacco control across Europe
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The World Health Organization (WHO) says progress in the adoption of tobacco control and taxation policies is uneven across Europe amid an increase in e-cigarette use among young people ...
Germany set for new restrictions on nicotine-free e-cigs and liquids
Written by Lenka Hajnovicova || 16th July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The German Bundesrat, the legislative body that represents the country’s 16 Länder (states) at federal level, will vote in September on a law that will introduce further restrictions on nicotine-free e-liquids ...
NHS Scotland suggests a review of support for e-cigs as cessation tool
Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 15th July 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Around half Scotland's health community would allow vaping in hospital grounds, a survey found. But there was a call for a review of the advice supporting e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool ...
EU Council to ‘promote’ revision of tobacco excise directive
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 13th July 2020 || 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 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 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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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’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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 ...
How global pandemic trumped vaping epidemic and left researchers reeling
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st April 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
“It’s like everything dear and precious to us has just been blown away.” Vaping is no longer the worst thing in the world – and for some public health experts that’s the worst thing of all ...
US FDA requests extension of PMTA deadline due to coronavirus problems
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 31st March 2020 || 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 ...
Estonia may climb down from its position as Europe’s toughest on e-cigs
Written by Lorenzo Guaragna || 18th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
One of the toughest regulatory regimes for e-cigarettes in Europe could be significantly relaxed if the Estonian parliament passes a bill allowing menthol flavoured e-liquids and introducing new tax rates ...
Will it be Democrats vs Vapers in the coming battle for the White House?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
How dramatic would the change be for the e-cig industry if voters deny Donald Trump another four-year term in the White House and choose either Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders as the next US president? ...
Netherlands moves towards extending smoking restrictions to e-cigarettes
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Dutch lower chamber has passed a bill presented by health secretary Paul Blokhuis to amend the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act and extend prohibitions on smoking to tobacco-alternative products ...
Duterte issues further regulation of e-cigarettes in the Philippines
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Following his order that extended the ban on smoking in public spaces to include vaping, president Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has now issued a further raft of restrictions on e-cigarettes ...
South Africa plans to bring in new e-cigarette tax scheme from 2021
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The South African government has announced that its finance authorities are working on a new tax scheme for vaping products to come into force in 2021 ...
Hawaii proposal includes flavour ban and confiscation of e-cigs at school
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Lawmakers in Hawaii have proposed a ban on the sale of all flavoured tobacco and e-cigarettes across the state and new powers for teachers to take away vaping devices from under-21s ...
Geneva faces referendum on e-cig ads ban and public vaping restrictions
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Romandy Association of Vape Professionals (Association Romande des Professionnels de la Vape, ARPV) has officially requested a referendum in the Geneva canton challenging a new law on tobacco and related products, including e-cigs ...
PHE reiterates endorsement of vaping despite US lung illness outbreak
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Public Health England (PHE) continues to support vaping as a less harmful alternative to smoking, saying products sold in England are still considered safe for consumers despite the spate of lung illnesses in the US ...
New Zealand MPs to consider range of proposed new vaping regulations
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A new amendment put before the New Zealand Parliament aims to tighten current regulations on vaping and heated tobacco – but the country's attorney general has distanced himself from the proposals ...
Canadian provinces get tough, with 20% vape tax and sale restrictions
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Two more Canadian provinces are slapping a 20% tax on vaping products to reduce youth vaping, while authorities in Ontario have announced new sale restrictions and called for a national vape tax ...
US House invites presidential veto by voting to ban all vape flavours
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Defying a threat of a presidential veto, the US House of Representatives has approved sweeping legislation to ban all flavours, including the popular menthol, in e-cigarettes and tobacco products ...
Turkey confirms import ban on all e-cigarette devices and e-liquids
Written by Angela Jarosz || 26th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signed an order banning the import of e-cigarettes and e-liquids into Turkey ...
Greek vaping industry questions legality of regulation amendments
Written by Elsa Carrasco || 19th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
While expectations of new regulation of do-it yourself (DIY) products in Greece remain, the local industry have made their own efforts to ensure that the new anti-smoking law approved in October is not...
Taxing e-cigarettes could be bad for our health, economists report
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A new study by a research team of academic economists argues that e-cigarette taxes could backfire, potentially sending vape consumers to use cheaper and more harmful products ...
US judge throws out vape stores’ case against FDA deeming rule
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The US District Court in Washington DC has rejected the arguments of vape shop owners in five states that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s deeming rule was unconstitutional ...
Maryland first US state to ban disposable flavoured e-cigs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
In a regulatory decision not yet seen in other states, Maryland is to become the first state to ban the sale of disposable flavoured e-cigarette devices ...
Islamic fatwa is issued, telling 50m Indonesians they must not use e-cigs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The second largest Islamic organisation in Indonesia, with around 50m members, has issued a formal ruling banning e-cigarettes ...
Trump plans to take e-cigarette and tobacco regulation out of FDA hands
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to lose its power to regulate tobacco and e-cigarette products if Congress passes president Donald Trump’s porposed budget for fiscal year 2021 ...
Health impact of vaping becomes part of German school curriculum
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Pupils in the southwestern German state of Rhineland-Palatinate are to be taught about the possible health impacts of e-cigarettes as part of the school curriculum ...
EU states give a big thumbs up to tax harmony on e-cigs and heated tobacco
Written by Barnaby Page || 12th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The European Union’s member states overwhelmingly want harmonised tax policies across the EU for both e-cigarettes and heated tobacco ...
Rising ‘sin tax’ delivers fresh blow to struggling Philippines e-cig trade
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign to increase annually the “sin” taxes on e-cigarettes, vapour products, and alcoholic drinks in the Philippines goes on. The Republic Act 11467, signed by Duterte on 22nd January, combines House Bill 1026 and Senate...
WHO appoints new tobacco control leader to take charge of COP9
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 11th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Word Health Organization (WHO) has appointed a new head of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Secretariat in time to take charge of the ninth Conference of the Parties (COP9) in the Netherlands ...
Delayed Malaysian regulation now expected to be put forward in June
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Malaysia is now expected to table its first e-cigarette regulation in June, but officials in Kuala Lumpur are still assessing how restrictive the new rules should be ...
Oregon trail leads to another attempt to impose a blanket ban on flavours
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A leading Oregon senator and vocal opponent of vaping has introduced a bill to ban flavoured nicotine vaping products in the state, with the support of the state attorney general ...
Report highlights Health Canada action against regulatory violations
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Dozens of Canadian companies have been forced to stop sales or recall vaping products following hundreds of consumer product inspections by Canada’s federal government ...
Congress hearing pits e-cig industry leaders against US representatives
Written by Jim Myers || 6th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Leaders of the top five US e-cigarette companies have defended in the US Congress their action to fight against youth vaping, while representatives blamed them for their tobacco-alternative products ...
US state legislatures sign up to join the assault on non-tobacco flavours
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
State legislatures across the US have begun new sessions, with e-cigarettes high on the agenda and a number of proposed bills to prohibit the sale of most flavoured vaping products ...
South Korea plans further restrictions on promotion of tobacco alternatives
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare wants to ban practices such as the offering of discounts for e-cigarette or heated tobacco products and to make events with free giveaways of such products illegal ...
U-turn in Croatia as government ditches plan to impose e-liquid tax
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Croatian government has scrapped a plan to levy a tax on e-liquids just days after putting the proposal out for public comment ...
Greece rejects a ban and opts instead to regulate shake and vape products
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
In a move that will please the Greek Electronic Cigarette Businesses Association, the country’s government has decided after all to regulate do-it-yourself (DIY) vaping products in Greece ...
So this is Brexit – but what does it mean for vaping, now or later?
Written by Barnaby Page || 3rd February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
As the UK exits Europe and enters its 11-month period of transition, what does Brexit actually mean for cross-Channel relationships, and for the e-cigarette industry? ...
Massachusetts court halts in-state sales of several online vaping retailers
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Massachusetts court grants a preliminary injunction to ban several US companies from selling their vaping products to state residents ...
Australian doctors shift their position, endorsing e-cigarettes for cessation
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 30th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has reviewed its position on smoking cessation and is now considering vaping as a possible tool to quit smoking ...
Croatia invites comments on plan to bring in tax on e-liquids
Written by Marija Obradovic || 28th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Croatia could be about to join the growing number of EU member states which have opted for a special tax on vaping products ...
Surgeon general urges research and balance on e-cigs as cessation aids
Written by Barnaby Page || 27th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
More research is needed before e-cigarettes can be relied on as an aid for smoking cessation, the US surgeon general suggests in a new report which also urges adult benefit be weighed against risk of youth uptake ...
WHO’s anti-vaping stance needs to change says harm reduction report
Written by Barnaby Page || 24th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A change of mind on vaping by the World Health Organization (WHO) is essential if the potential of tobacco harm reduction is to be fully achieved, according to a new report from British advocacy group Knowledge•Action•Change ...
New Jersey legislature passes ban on sales of flavoured e-cigarettes
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The New Jersey Senate and State Assembly have both approved proposals to ban the sale of flavoured vapour products across the state and stiffen penalties for sales to minors ...
Wisconsin governor Evers announces multi-point plan to cut youth vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Wisconsin governor Tony Evers has announced that his administration will work to curb youth vaping in the state through various actions including bills to ban sales to minors and an e-cig ban in schools ...
Judge rules Cuomo overstepped the mark in trying to ban flavours
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A New York State Supreme Court judge has blocked the emergency regulation banning the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes announced last September by governor Andrew Cuomo ...
Indonesian policy group suggests tax incentive for tobacco alternatives
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
A plan by the Indonesian government to equate vaping products with combustible cigarettes has been criticised by a Jakarta-based policy think-tank ...
California proposes bill to ban all flavoured e-cigs, including menthol
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
Californian lawmakers have introduced a bill in the state legislature that would ban the sale of all flavoured tobacco products, including those containing menthol ...
UK advertising watchdog orders Vype to tone down its online promotion
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK’s advertising watchdog has found that BAT failed to follow national regulations on its website and through YouTube commercials for its Vype e-cigarette brand ...
Back to Plan A: French budget drops notification fee for vaping products
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 8th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
In a late change, the French budget law for 2020 (Loi de finances) removes the existing notification fee for new vaping products marketed in the country ...
Should doctors be asking more questions about vaping habits?
Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 8th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
With vaping becoming part of the lifestyle of more people, is it time healthcare professionals routinely asked questions about it, as they might about smoking, alcohol or diet? ...
FDA’s new clampdown on flavoured cartridges fails to satisfy either side
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 6th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA’s new policy of removing most e-cigarette cartridge flavours from the market has been greeted by scepticism and criticism from both the vaping industry and anti-tobacco groups ...
FDA will remove most cartridge flavours from US market
Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |
E-liquid cartridges with flavours other than tobacco or menthol are to be excluded from the US market at the end of this month, the FDA says, while advertising and marketing will come under scrutiny...
New twist in Finnish debate over legality of ‘baking’ flavours
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A leading Finnish retailer of vaping products is asking customers who buy flavouring liquids to sign a form stating that they are not buying them for use with e-cigarettes ...
New York State renews emergency flavour ban it can’t legally enforce
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
New York State health officials have voted to renew governor Andrew Cuomo’s temporary ban on flavoured e-cigarette products for another 90 days – but the law won’t allow them to enforce it ...
FDA and DEA shut down 44 websites selling illicit THC vaping products
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have seized 44 websites they said were selling illicit vapour cartridges containing THC ...
Canada puts forward new advertising and packaging restrictions
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Canadian government has announced plans to tighten the rules governing e-cigarettes and vaping products in a bid to curb the growth of youth vaping ...US Senate raises legal tobacco and vaping purchase age from 18 to 21
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Senate has passed an act which raises the minimum sale or purchase age for tobacco products from 18 to 21...
French MP proposes bill to further regulate nicotine-free e-liquids
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A French MP has presented a new bill to establish the same rules for nicotine and nicotine-free e-liquids, aiming to create tools to promote vaping as a cessation tool for smokers ...
Calls for new regulation after ‘vape-related’ death of Belgian teenager
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Regulation in Belgium and possibly across Europe may change as a result of the link being made between vaping and a teenager’s death – though that link has not been verified ...
Denmark plans flavour ban and plain packaging scheme for e-cigarettes
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 18th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Danish Ministry of Health has put forward a plan for a flavour ban as well as sale, advertising and packaging restrictions to tackle the use of tobacco and e-cigarettes by minors ...
Heated exchanges as Texas senators call for more restrictions on vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Lawmakers in Texas are proposing further restrictions on e-cigarettes despite a recently implemented a statewide policy restricting vaping to those aged 21 and above ...
Senate confirms Stephen Hahn as new FDA commissioner
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 13th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Senate has confirmed cancer specialist Stephen Hahn as the new US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner ...
EU Commission delays e-cig and HnB tax scheme decision to 2020
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 13th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The European Commission is delaying evaluating tobacco tax rates and the possible introduction of a new harmonised tax scheme for e-cigs and heated tobacco ...
German coalition conservatives agree outdoor ad ban
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th December 2019 || Marketing & retailing , Regulatory briefing |
The German conservative parties have come out in support of a comprehensive ban on outdoor advertising for tobacco products – including vaping and heated tobacco products ...
Toronto city health board calls for flavour ban and sales restrictions
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Tough new rules on vaping could be coming to Canada’s largest city after the Toronto Board of Health voted to recommend new sales and advertising restrictions and taxes on e-cig products ...
Palo Alto, California considers ‘urgent’ law banning e-cigarettes
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 9th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Palo Alto, in the San Francisco Bay Area, could be the next Californian city to adopt a ban on vaping products ...
LA city approves next steps toward vaping sale restrictions
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 6th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The city of Los Angeles will now start the process of drafting new regulations to restrict the sale of flavoured tobacco products – including e-cigarettes ...
ECigIntelligence international regulatory live alerts service
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
ECigIntelligence is launching a new International Alerts round-up for Platinum + and Platinum Pro subscribers to enable them to stay on track with regulatory developments in international markets ...
New York State pushes for e-cigarette cessation support services
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd December 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The New York State health commissioner continues to change policy on vaping, with the state Department of Health planning to offer e-cigarette users specialised cessation support programmes ...
Philippines police arrest vapers after President Duterte orders crackdown
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Police in the Philippines have arrested more than 200 vapers after president Rodrigo Duterte issued a verbal order to enforce bans on the importation of e-cigarettes and their use in public ...
New York City council votes to ban the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The largest city in the US is set to join the hundreds of smaller municipalities across the nation that have passed restrictions on the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes ...
EU Commission and Parliament kick off TPD revision assessment procedure
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 27th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Brussels has officially started the formal process to review the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) by 2021, with a focus on e-cigarettes and new tobacco products ...
Massachusetts flavour ban to become a permanent fixture in state law
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Massachusetts is set to become very soon the first state in the US to ban flavoured e-cigarettes by law after both chambers adopted a new bill that also sets an excise tax on e-cigs ...
Indonesia embarks on the legislative road to banning e-cigs from 2020
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A revision of Indonesia’s main tobacco control regulation is under way, with the aim of banning all e-cigarette products, flavours and additives in the near future ...
Trump warns of black market if flavour ban is adopted; backs minimum age of 21
Written by Jim Myers || 23rd November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
President Trump has softened his position on a possible US flavour ban, and also endorsed a national minimum vaping age of 21 ...
German court orders e-cig company to drop ‘no regrets’ slogan
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
In a case that may help set a legal precedent in Germany, a court has ruled that an e-cig manufacturer can no longer advertise its products under the slogan “pleasure without regret” ...
FDA inspects 800 vape stores in two years, seeks tobacco experts for panel
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) carried out 800 inspections in vape stores between 2016 and 2018, with thousands of warning letters have been issued to retailers for violations ...
Poland proposes a 10% tax rate increase on heated tobacco from 2020
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A draft bill has been submitted to the national Parliament (Sejm) by the current prime minister, with the aim of raising the excise tax rate on novelty tobacco products by 10% next year ...
British Columbia to implement 20% vaping tax; considering flavour ban
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Canadian province British Columbia has announced a ten-point plan that introduces some of the toughest regulations in the country on e-cigarettes, including a tax increase and ad restrictions ...
Philippines Congress puts a block on ‘unnecessary’ plan to ban e-cigarettes
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A proposal by the Philippines Department of Health (DOH) to ban e-cigarettes in the country has been turned down by lawmakers because it contradicted a previously approved bill on their taxation ...
Industry is kept waiting for Trump’s ‘very important decision’ on flavours
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US vaping industry is biting its nails awaiting the Trump administration’s next steps after a delay in publication of the new guidance on flavoured e-cigarettes ...
States act on vitamin E acetate after CDC names it as culprit in lung disease
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Some US states are preparing action after vitamin E acetate was named by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the chief culprit behind the outbreak of vape-related lung illness ...
Among bills in US Congress, House backs ban on online sales to minors
Written by Jim Myers || 11th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A total of 16 vaping-related bills have been introduced in the current US Congress, which convened in January – and some of them are moving through the legislative process quite fast ...
Slovakia proposes increased HnB excise duty amid coalition opposition
Written by Lenka Hajnovicova || 8th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Slovak Republic is currently debating a proposal from the Ministry of Finance that would increase excise duties for tobacco products, including heated tobacco, from February 2020 ...
Trump chooses lung cancer specialist to be the new FDA commissioner
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 6th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
US president Donald Trump has nominated lung cancer specialist Stephen Hahn to be the new full-time US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner ...
San Francisco votes 4/1 in favour of citywide e-cigarette ban
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Voters in San Francisco have opted overwhelmingly to confirm the ban on the sale, distribution or manufacture of e-cigarette products in the city, which will now come into effect on 1st January ...
China demands an end to e-cigarette sales online and to young people
Written by Marija Obradovic || 4th November 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
China’s tobacco and market regulators have announced a major crackdown on e-cigarette sales and advertising, reiterating the ban on sales to minors and demanding the closing-down of e-cig websites ...
Chinese tobacco monopoly says it is working to ‘step up’ e-cig regulation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
China's state tobacco monopoly is studying plans to tighten regulations on the sale and use of e-cigarettes, after a government adviser publicly declared support for an outright ban on vaping products ...
Court halts Utah flavour ban, while Michigan governor files appeal
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The wave of executive actions against vaping across US states continues to be followed by a wave of judicial actions to stop it, with Michigan, Rhode Island and Utah the latest states embroiled in litigation ...
White House reviewing new FDA guidance on flavoured e-cigs
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 29th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The White House has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s final version of its guideline on flavoured e-cigarettes currently on sale without premarket authorisation ...
Ontario bans e-cig promotion in c-stores, Alberta plans tax
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Promotion of vaping products in convenience stores and gas stations is to be banned in Ontario from 1st January, while Alberta could become the first province in Canada to tax e-cigarettes ...
Turkey preparing to get even tougher on e-cig imports and public vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Turkish Ministry of Health is drafting a new proposal to clamp down on public vaping and the importing of vapour devices, officials have confirmed to ECigIntelligence ...
Ireland takes another step towards banning e-cigarette sales to under-18s
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Irish government has approved a proposal put forward by health minister Simon Harris to ban sales of vaping products to under-18s ...
India puts e-cigarette and heated tobacco ban out to public consultation
Written by Marija Obradovic || 26th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Following the ordinance banning e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, the Indian government is moving forward by drafting a bill which must be approved by parliament reaffirming its effects ...
US Congress committee rushes through bill to tax nicotine
Written by Jim Myers || 25th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A Democrat-controlled US House committee has comfortably approved a bill to tax nicotine in vaping products to discourage their use ...
South Korea tightens e-cig rules in wake of first death linked to vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
South Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare has announced a set of measures to restrict imports, sales and use of e-cigarettes and recommended users to stop vaping to avoid “lung damage and death” ...
Could Colorado marijuana additives rules give a vital lead on lung illness?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Rules proposed by the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division could provide a national US model on product safety in the light of the on-going vape-related lung illness outbreak ...
Los Angeles city council to consider e-cig ban ‘until FDA approval’
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A motion from a Los Angeles councilmember is requesting the city attorney to prohibit the sale of all e-cigarettes and vaping devices in LA until they are approved by the US FDA ...
FDA approves its first modified risk tobacco order for eight snus products
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA has grated its first ever modified risk orders to eight snus products from Swedish Match, which can now be advertised as less harmful than traditional cigarettes ...
French National Assembly rejects Macron’s bid to scrap notification fee
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The French National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) has rejected a government proposal to remove the notification fee for new vaping products, set out in the draft budget for next year ...
Judge halts Montana ban on flavoured e-cigs, Massachusetts told to try again
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 22nd October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A judge in Montana has temporarily halted the state’s emergency ban on flavoured e-cigarettes – while in Massachusetts the state has been ordered to rewrite the terms of its prohibition order ...
Now Oregon flavours ban is put on hold by court as lung cases hit 1479
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 21st October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Oregon Court of Appeals has temporarily barred governor Kate Brown and the Oregon Health Authority from enforcing a prohibition on flavoured nicotine vapour products ...
Israel may be hit with all-out e-cig ban until parliament decides on new law
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Israel’s Ministry of Health is considering issuing an emergency regulation that would ban e-cigarettes in the country until parliament, the Knesset, discusses new legislation ...
German talks prepare for outdoor ad ban – but will it include e-cigs?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A number of MPs from Germany’s ruling coalition have emphasised their willingness to reach agreement quickly on a federal ban on outdoor advertising of tobacco products ...
Parliamentary committee discusses TPD-like regulation in Ukraine
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A new bill that would regulate nicotine-containing products in Ukraine in line with the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) has been registered in the country’s parliament ...
Governor to appeal after court halts Michigan’s ban on flavoured e-cigs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The ban on flavoured nicotine e-cigarettes in Michigan has been put on hold after a judge issued an injunction barring governor Gretchen Whitmer from enforcing the prohibition until further notice ...
Greek parliament gives green light to tighter rules on smoking and vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A new anti-smoking law that adds to the list of public places where smoking and vaping are banned has been passed by the Greek parliament ...
Arizona governor opposes flavour bans, backs campaign against kids’ use
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Arizona governor Doug Ducey is holding out against the national trend towards banning flavoured vaping products, but backing a hard-hitting anti-vape campaign aimed at children ...
Canada takes measured approach to lung illness, with federal/provincial task group
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Faced with its first case of a vaping-related illness, Canada’s public health agency is calling on provincial authorities to report cases that could be linked to vaping and has set up a joint federal/provincial task group ...
Montana bans flavoured e-liquids as lung injury cases approach 1300
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Flavoured vaping products, including those containing CBD and THC, are to be banned in Montana under a 120-day emergency rule from 22nd October ...
German court confirms marketing ban on Juul over missing waste symbol
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The district court in the western German city of Düsseldorf has upheld a ruling temporarily banning Juul Labs from marketing its flavoured pods in the country ...
Colombia moves towards legislation equating vapes with combustibles
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Legislation to restrict the use of e-cigarettes in Colombia is picking up momentum, with a final vote in Congress expected by the end of the year ...
Court grants breathing-space to e-cig firms challenging India’s ban
Written by Marija Obradovic || 9th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
An Indian judge has granted interim relief, allowing two vaping companies to keep their e-cig stocks pending the adoption of a ban on the production, distribution, import and sales of e-cigarettes nationwide ...
Greece may allow another six months for the sale of DIY e-liquids
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Vape store owners in Greece could be given another six months to sell do-it-yourself (DIY) products, under a proposed new law drafted and published by the Ministry of Health ...
Oregon includes nicotine and THC in emergency ban on e-cig flavours
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Oregon governor Kate Brown has issued an executive order prohibiting the sale of all flavoured vaping products in the state, “including those containing nicotine or THC” ...
Ireland prepares to ban vape sales to under-18s or via vending machines
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Ireland is considering a ban on sales of vaping products to under-18s amid rising concerns about e-cigarette use by young people ...
New York state e-cig ban on hold until 18th October, court rules
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 4th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court has put on hold the emergency regulation banning the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes that governor Andrew Cuomo adopted on 18th...
E-liquid producer challenges Canada’s restriction on e-cigarette promotion
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A Canadian manufacturer is challenging the prohibition against promoting vaping as a healthier alternative included in the national Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA) ...
Swiss upper house backs ban on e-cig sales to minors and ad restrictions
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The upper house of the Swiss Federal Assembly, the Council of States, has approved a ban on the sale of all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to under-18s and on advertising them in magazines or online ...
Philippines e-cig makers in race to comply with new licensing law
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Vaping companies in the Philippines are entering the final stretch before the government starts monitoring their activities and enforcing new regulations ...
New York expands flavours ban to menthol; Washington to follow
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Governor Andrew Cuomo has accepted the recommendation of New York State’s health authorities to extend the recently announced ban on e-cigarette flavours to menthol ...
Greek clampdown in the name of ‘public health and human rights’
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The new chairman of the Greek Committee of Experts on Tobacco Control has backed the government’s commitment to enforcing and strengthening the existing smoking and vaping restrictions ...
Russia approves progressive tax increase for vaping products and HnB
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Russian Duma has adopted a new bill that amends the tax code for 2020, increasing excise tax applied to electronic cigarettes ...
Sharpless: ‘PMTA policy doesn’t mean flavoured e-cigs can never be sold’
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Acting US FDA commissioner Ned Sharpless told a House hearing there would be no blanket e-cigarette flavour ban in response to the country’s outbreak of lung illness ...
Two more US state governors issue e-liquid prohibitions by decree
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 26th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Massachusetts and Rhode Island have joined the list of US states that have banned sales of e-liquids since the lung illness outbreak that was declared at the end of August ...
South Korea cracks down on public smoking, vaping and HnB use
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Local authorities across South Korea are carrying out patrols to enforce regulations against smoking, vaping and use of heat-not-burn (HnB) products in a wide range of public places ...
Study urges caution on legalising e-cigarettes to cut smoking rates
Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 24th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Legalising e-cigarettes in countries where they are currently banned may not be the best available approach to reducing smoking, a recent study suggests ...
ASH report: half as many vapers as smokers in UK; dual users down
Written by Jon Bruford || 24th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
New data has been published by UK anti-smoking charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) to show that there are now half as many vapers in the UK as smokers, with 3.6million people vaping compared to 7.2m smokers...
Tasmania holds back a decision on raising purchasing age to 21
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The parliament of the Australian island state of Tasmania has delayed a bill to ban the sale of tobacco products and e-cigarettes to under-21s ...
FDA outlines what PMTAs must include: youth protection, comparative risk are key
Written by Barnaby Page || 21st September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The FDA’s draft guidelines for PMTAs acknowledge a continuum of risk in tobacco products, while also placing much emphasis on youth...
India: the axe falls, with nationwide e-cig ban taking immediate effect
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Indian government has imposed a nationwide ban on e-cigarettes. All production, manufacture, storage, import, export, sale, transport, distribution and advertising of e-cigs is prohibited immediately ...
New York joins the prohibition on flavours by order of the governor
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
New York state has adopted an emergency regulation banning the the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes immediately, following governor Andrew Cuomo’s request ...
How ‘health emergency’ rules allowed state governor to ban e-cig flavours
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
How can Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer justify her “emergency rules” action against flavoured e-cigarettes? ECigIntelligence has obtained a copy of the regulations that explain it ...
Political voices in the Netherlands raised against promotion of e-cigs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Dutch politicians are concerned at how online retailers promote e-cigs. The Socialist Party has warned that regulations are routinely breached, with misleading advertising and sales to minors ...
From info to melodrama – how states communicate about lung disease
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Public health authorities across the 50 US states are using language that ranges from moderate to dramatic in the advice they offer about the recent outbreak of lung illness ...
Trump declares flavours ‘off the market’ until approved by FDA
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
US president Donald Trump has announced that his administration is preparing new market restrictions on flavoured e-cigarettes ...
Philippines vapour industry faces hike in taxes before they even come in
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Barely a month after Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte signed a law setting taxes on heated tobacco and vaping products, the House of Representatives has opted to change the entire tax structure ...
Michigan flavour ban stokes mixed feelings
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Since Michigan Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer used her executive authority as governor to ban flavoured e-cigarettes, the public health community has applauded her...
Scientific e-cig review eagerly awaited by German government
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
German scientists are reviewing the current state of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco devices for a forthcoming report expected to help the federal government shape future legislative approaches ...
Little progress in lung disease probes; NY finds illegal additive in e-liquid samples
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Across the US, hundreds of cases of respiratory complications linked to vaping are causing alarm; the public wants...
Brazil to launch public consultation on approach to e-cigarette regulation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, ANVISA, is to launch a public consultation as a step towards deciding whether to amend the national ban e-cigs and heated tobacco ...
Michigan becomes first US state to ban sales of flavoured e-cigs
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 4th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Michigan state governor Gretchen Whitmer has announced a “unilateral decision” to prohibit the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes, making it the first US state to implement such a ban ...
Denmark paves the way towards tougher childproofing rules for e-cigs
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 4th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Danish Safety Technology Authority and Health Authority have circulated within the vapour industry a working document that would re-interpret the requirements for childproofing of e-cigarettes ...
Albania regulates vaping for the first time with TPD-like legislation
Written by Marija Obradovic || 4th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Albania is among the first countries in the Western Balkans to adapt their domestic tobacco legislation to match the EU requirements outlined in the TPD ...Vaping bills on the table as US Congress gets back to business
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Congress resumes activity this week after the summer break with at least 12 active vaping bills ...
Vaping and HnB tax revenues rocketing in crisis-hit Italy
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Tax revenues from e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn (HnB) products raised €172.6m in Italy in 2018, a big increase over previous years. Meanwhile, there are fresh doubts over the political future ...
Juul-backed group sues San Francisco over ballot wording on city e-cig ban
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Juul-backed Coalition for Reasonable Vaping Regulation has filed a lawsuit against the city and county of San Francisco over the wording of a ballot proposition against the city-wide e-cig ban ...
Order to change window display reveals vagaries of Norwegian enforcement
Written by Marija Obradovic || 29th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A vape store chain in Norway is under scrutiny from local authorities who claim it is violating advertising regulations with a big picture in the window showing the company’s CEO with an e-cigarette ...
FDA’s proposed additions to harmful constituents list spread confusion
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The possible addition of another 19 toxins to the US list of harmful and potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) is generating uncertainty among vaping companies ...
India faces tough nationwide ban within days on all e-cigs and HnB
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Indian government is to introduce a fully-fledged ban on e-cigarettes across the country through an executive order that could come into force within days ...
French government leaves e-cigs out of new round of anti-tobacco funding
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The vaping industry has been excluded from the list of beneficiaries of a €120m French government fund for projects fighting addiction – to the disappointment of some ...
Death in Illinois triggers public wave of concern and official anxiety
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The death of an Illinois vaper, announced on Friday by the state’s Department of Public Health, has prompted a considerable response by public health leaders and tobacco control groups ...
First death from mysterious lung condition affecting US vapers
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 24th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A person who had “recently vaped” has died in Illinois after being hospitalised for severe respiratory illness. The death escalates to a new level the sudden emergence of unexplained lung conditions among vapers, most of them young, across...
Myblu takes over Germany’s busiest station, with new ad limits ahead
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd August 2019 || Marketing & retailing , Regulatory briefing |
Huge ads for Myblu are turning heads at Hamburg central railway station – before a pending update of German advertising law that could spell an end to such campaigns ...
Swiss national committee proposes age limit and ad restrictions
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Minors would no longer be able to buy tobacco or e-cigarettes in Switzerland under a new proposal by the Council of States’ social security and public health committee ...
New legal action aims to overturn FDA’s latest PMTA deadline
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 16th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Vaping advocates are seeking a legal injunction against the US FDA’s May 2020 deadline for submission of premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) for e-cigarettes ...
Australian public dazed and confused by regulatory complexity
Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 16th August 2019 || 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 ...
Brazil opens debate about possible legalisation of e-cigarettes
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Brazil has held its first hearing on the possible legalisation of e-cigs, with an intense debate about changing the 2009 resolution that forbids their advertising, import, and sale ...
Young people ‘aren’t prompted to smoke just by seeing vapour’
Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 13th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A group of US academics and scientists joined forces to explore how anti-vaping public service announcements (PSAs) impacted 21-to-30-year-olds who were either smokers or dual users of both e-cigarettes and...
Indian court rules against Maharashtra e-cig seizure
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Indian tobacco and e-cig manufacturer Godfrey Phillips India Limited (GPI) won a reprieve after an Indian court prevented the Maharashtra state government from taking action against the company ...
New Greek government to tighten enforcement of anti-tobacco rules, including e-cigs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The new centre-right Greek government has committed to enforcing existing anti-smoking regulations, and including e-cigarettes as part of its new national health strategy ...
FDA demands removal of ‘illegally marketed’ e-liquids, calls for e-cig seizure reports
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Amid the agency’s push to further enforce e-cigarette regulations, the US FDA continues to issue enforcement notifications to companies it deems non-compliant ...
Minnesota implements Clean Indoor Air restrictions to ‘protect humans’
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act (MCIAA) and a series of amendments that include e-cigarettes became effective from 1st August with the aim to “protect humans” from second-hand cigarette smoke from combustibles and aerosol from e-cigarettes, vaporisers, and...
Philippines puts tax on e-cigs and heated tobacco, bans public space use
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Philippines is bent on clamping down on public vaping and imposing a new excise tax on heated tobacco and vapour products ...
FDA proposes increasing list of harmful toxins in e-cigarettes
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 2nd August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to add up to 19 new chemicals to its list of harmful and potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) ...
China hints at stricter regulations to curb e-cig rise
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
China’s health agency has hinted that it will set up new laws to regulate the use of e-cigarettes as part of the country’s masterplan to curb the rise of vaping and safeguard public health ...
WHO: ‘undoubtedly harmful’ e-cigarettes should be regulated against reduced-risk claims
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 29th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A new report by the World Health Organization seriously questions the role of tobacco-alternative products as a successful cessation smoking...
US Congress hearing told to consider ‘the truth’ against Juul, not evidence
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A US Congress hearing on Juul’s role in the rise of youth vaping has heard that “we don’t need more studies” because a pressure group of outraged parents have “the truth” on their side ...
Austria reinstates ban on smoking or vaping in restaurants and bars
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 24th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Vaping and smoking will be banned in bars and restaurants in Austria from 1st November, after the Federal Council approved the reinstatement of a measure that was overturned last year ...
UK government sets 2030 smoke-free target with help from e-cigarettes
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK government has set a target of England becoming smoke-free by 2030, looking to the potential of e-cigarettes as a tool to help in eradicating smoking entirely ...
FDA’s new TV campaign aims to turn teens off vaping by magic
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd July 2019 || Marketing & retailing , Regulatory briefing |
“Some people think that vaping is not a big deal, but that is just an illusion.” That’s the start of a new TV ad, one of a series featuring street magician Julius Dein launched on teen-focused networks by...
Shenzhen, world’s No 1 e-cig supplier, tightens rules on public vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Chinese city of Shenzhen, the world’s biggest centre for e-cig manufacturing, has issued new regulations restricting public vaping ...
Cuomo signs Tobacco 21 legislation in NY, new policy enforced in Delaware
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Tobacco 21 legislation is once again a top political discussion in various US states. A new law that raises the legal age for purchasing tobacco products will come into effect in four months in New York state, and...
Sharpless: court’s deadline ruling sets ‘a rapid pace’ for PMTA reviews
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 16th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA has welcomed the ruling by a federal court that it must bring forward the deadline for submission of premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) for e-cigarettes to 11th May 2020 ...
Health Canada moves to plug gaps in packaging and labelling
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Canadian government has set the stage for new rules that would require e-cigarettes to state nicotine concentration, put a toxicity warning on the label, and be sold in child-resistant containers ...
Judge moves PMTA deadline to May 2020; praises FDA, criticises industry
Written by Barnaby Page || 13th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
11th May 2020 is the new deadline for US e-cigarette makers to submit their products to the FDA, following a federal court ruling ...
Atlanta implements public place ban, follows other US cities
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Atlanta, Georgia is the latest major city to adopt a vaping ban legislation following the trend of some local governments across the US ...Acting FDA chief Sharpless says the case for e-cigs is still unproven
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 11th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Acting US FDA commissioner Ned Sharpless has expressed his commitment to giving fair consideration to alternatives to smoking – but he still has doubts about vaping ...
UK retailers seek cut in VAT to reflect e-cigs’ role in smoking cessation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A group of UK e-cig firms are seeking a sharp cut in value added tax (VAT) on e-cigarettes on the grounds that they help in the battle against smoking ...
Hungary heading for lower tax and fewer licensed retailers
Written by Marija Obradovic || 9th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Hungarian parliament is considering reducing tax on nicotine-containing e-liquids, while bringing in taxation and other restrictions on those without nicotine ...
Juul-backed petition calls for radical rethink on San Francisco’s e-cig ban
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A campaign backed by Juul Labs has submitted a petition calling for a vote to overturn San Francisco’s vaping ban on the 5th November public ballot ...
Chile’s lawmakers set on equating e-cigarettes with combustibles
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Moves are afoot in Chile to regulate electronic cigarettes by making them equivalent to conventional cigarettes in the eyes of the law ...
Three more US states join the vogue for taxing e-cigs as tobacco products
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Illinois, Vermont and Maine are the latest US states to overhaul their tax codes to treat e-cigarettes like tobacco products ...
Kyrgyzstan follows Russian example by setting tax on nicotine e-liquids
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Kyrgyzstan has agreed an excise tax amendment that will tax nicotine e-liquids and heated tobacco from 1st July ...
From Juul to small store owners, San Franciscans greet ban with dismay
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
San Francisco businesses large and small are braced for a severe impact from the blanket ban on the sale, manufacture, and distribution of e-cigarettes within the city limits ...
San Francisco confirms city-wide ban on selling or manufacturing e-cigs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
San Francisco has become officially the first major city in the US to ban the sale, distribution or manufacture of e-cigarettes ...
Ohio’s double whammy – Tobacco 21 and ‘devastating’ e-liquid tax
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Ohio looks set be the next US state to raise the minimum purchasing age for e-cigarettes, from 18 to 21. It comes along with a budget proposal that would levy a hefty tax on vaping products ...
India moves towards clamping down on e-cigarettes under drugs law
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
An Indian government body has taken a crucial step towards curbing the sale, import and distribution of e-cigarettes by classifying them as drugs ...
GARD shows great potential for allergy testing in e-liquids
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A recently-developed testing method called Genomic Allergen Rapid Detection (GARD) could prove a valuable tool for the e-cig industry, claims a new study sponsored by the makers of Blu ...
Health Canada warns of inspections, Quebec appeals to reinstate ad ban
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Health Canada has written to thousands of vaping retailers warning them that inspectors will be visiting them "to verify compliance with the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act" ...
New York State lawmakers consider nicotine and advertising restrictions
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Lawmakers in New York State have proposed a new round of restrictions on e-cigarettes and nicotine products ...
FDA offers retailers digital calendars to help with age verification
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 19th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA has created a new digital age verification calendar to help retailers to avoid selling e-cigs and other tobacco products to under-age customers ...
Russia may extend tax to reusable e-cigarettes and HnB devices
Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Reusable e-cigarettes and heated tobacco devices could soon be taxed in Russia for the first time as part of a review of the country’s taxation system ...
US FDA proposes bringing PMTA deadline significantly forward
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 14th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA has suggested that the deadline for the submission of premarket tobacco product (PMTA) applications could be significantly advanced ...
The waiting’s over as FDA produces its guidance on PMTA submissions
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA has published its long awaited guidance for premarket tobacco products applications (PMTAs) for e-cigarettes, including a number of non-binding recommendations for vaping manufacturers ...
Hong Kong debates blanket e-cig ban and its possible repercussions
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Industry and unions in Hong Kong have warned that a proposed ban on e-cigarettes could undermine the city’s status as a major hub for their import and export ...
San Francisco moves towards e-cig sales prohibition ‘until FDA acts’
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 10th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Legislators in San Francisco have advanced a bill to ban the sale of e-cigs in the city until the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed the products ...
Michigan criminalises youth possession of vaping products
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Young people in the US state of Michigan will risk criminal charges for possession of an e-cigarette after governor Gretchen Whitmer signed two new bills into law ...
A new round of vaping taxes swings around for US states
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Various US jurisdictions have adopted new tax regimes or amended existing ones that treat e-cigs like tobacco products in order to fight youth uptake ...
UK NHS trusts show progress with PHE vaping guidelines
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Public Health England (PHE) found that there is a “steady progress” in National Health Service Trusts becoming smoke-free environments, and the organisation has welcomed the policies that some hospitals are implementing on creating designated vaping...
Anti-tobacco policies light up on World No Tobacco Day
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 31st May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Health authorities around the world presented their policies against e-cigarettes and novel tobacco products World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) ...
Middle Eastern states move to legalise e-cigarettes, but at a high price
Written by Marija Obradovic || 29th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Jordan have decided to allow the sale of e-cigarettes, as Middle Eastern attitudes toward vaping...
Beverly Hills cops it, the first US city to ban tobacco and e-cig sales
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, home to countless stars of the entertainment business, is heading for the most stringent tobacco sales ban in the US ...
Indian court holds off national ban, but states press on with prohibition
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Several states in India are pressing ahead with e-cig bans, despite a court judgement preventing the national government insisting on total prohibition of vaping products ...
Seeking enlightenment, FDA plans to visit vape factories
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 24th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to visit vapour manufacturers in an effort to better understand the development, manufacturing, and testing of electronic delivery nicotine systems, as it pushes forward in its regulation of the...
Belgium raises legal purchase age, bans vaping in cars with kids
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Belgium is to raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, and ban vaping in private vehicles when minors are present ...
The Lone Star State is not alone as Tobacco 21 wave spreads across US
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Texas is set to become the next in a wave of states raising the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco and nicotine products from 18 to 21 ...
What will European elections mean for the future of e-cigarette regulation?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The rising popularity of tobacco alternatives as well as new regulations on the way will make the e-cigarette issue hard to ignore after this week's European elections ...
Federal judge tells FDA to hurry up, while North Carolina sues Juul
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 16th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A federal judge has ordered the US FDA to accelerate its reviewing of e-cigarettes currently on the market. Meanwhile, North Carolina’s attorney general is taking Juul to court ...
Sharpless keeps the FDA on its chosen path against youth vaping ‘epidemic’
Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
In the words of acting commissioner Ned Sharpless, the US FDA remains set on fighting the “epidemic of e-cigarette use by kids” and on “strategies to help those who are already addicted” ...
State governor asked to think again as Washington follows the tax trend
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Vape shop owners and manufacturers in Washington State remain on edge as a controversial vaping tax has yet to be signed into law ...
Quebec may appeal after court strikes down its e-cig promotion bans
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The government of Quebec must decide by early June whether to appeal against a Quebec Superior Court judgement that struck down several restrictions on promoting vaping ...
Health minister Blokhuis tells Dutch House why he won’t support vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Dutch health secretary Paul Blokhuis has further defended his position that electronic cigarettes are not a successful tool for giving up smoking and provided details on upcoming regulations ...
California bill could ban disposable e-cigs, apply new manufacturing standards
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The California state legislature is considering a proposed law that would have an important impact in the local e-cigarette industry. Senate bill 424 would ban disposable and other single-use nicotine products to any person “of any age” in...
Activists wary of industry-backed Arizona bill to raise legal sales age
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
An Arizona bill that has the support of the e-cigarette and tobacco industries would raise the state's minimum legal age for purchasing nicotine and tobacco products from 18 to 21, but tobacco control activists are wary ...
China issues new industry standards for e-cigarettes and e-liquids
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
China is set to enforce new industry standards for electronic cigarettes, laid out in detail in a recent submission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) ...
Florida turns indoor vaping ban into law, other measures discussed
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Lawmakers in Florida are at the end of the state’s annual legislative session. During this year’s session, members of both chambers and political parties supported several measures that would restrict the sale and use of e-cigarettes across the...
New Zealand raises vaping awareness for smoking cessation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
New Zealand has set in stone its objective of becoming a smoke-free country, and the latest measure to achieve this by 2025 is a plan to raise public awareness of vaping as a way to stop smoking ...
BAT faces complaint that social media promotion of Vype targets kids
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is investigating a complaint that a social media campaign for Vype e-cigarettes targets children and young people ...
Public opinion in Texas favours sin tax on tobacco to fund education
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 1st May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
More than two-thirds of voters in Texas reportedly favour the idea of using “sin” taxes on tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to help fund schools ...
Poland plans 3% tobacco tax increase along with end of 0% e-liquid rate
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Polish Ministry of Finance has announced it will raise the excise tax on novel tobacco products by 3% next year as part of its plans to adjust the rates on alcohol and tobacco products in accordance with...
Bill in US Congress to ban flavours and online sales, raise age limit to 21
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A bill has been proposed in the US Congress that would raise the minimum purchasing age for vapour products to 21 throughout the country, prohibit online e-cig sales, and ban flavours, including menthol ...
World Bank recommends taxing e-cigs to raise revenue and cut youth use
Written by Aidan Semmens || 23rd April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The World Bank has published a paper on e-cigarette use and taxation that could prove influential in many countries, possibly leading towards moves for greater taxing of vapour products ...
Swedish agencies cooperate on general advice for e-cig marketing
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Swedish Consumer Agency is preparing general advice on the marketing of e-cigarettes and refill containers to be published once the new amendment of the Tobacco Act comes into force on 1st July ...
British Columbia considers banning flavours, restricting e-cig sales
Written by Marija Obradovic || 17th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Canadian province of British Columbia is considering a ban on e-liquid flavours, and restricting e-cig sales to adult-only tobacco stores, vape stores and approved pharmacies ...
FDA orders 12 major store chains to stop selling tobacco products to kids
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 17th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA has written to 12 well-known convenience store chains – including Walmart, Kroger, and Family Dollar – accusing them of selling tobacco products to minors and ordering them to stop ...
European Commission sets aside major funds for planned revision of TPD
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 15th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The European Commission has allocated a significant part of its health budget for the year to gathering data for the coming revision of the the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...
Wisconsin budget proposes to apply 71% tobacco tax to e-cig products
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The $83.4bn, two-year Wisconsin state budget proposal for 2020-2021 proposes a tax of 71% on e-cigs products, by placing them under the existing state tobacco tax ...
India’s trade ministry says there’s ‘no legal basis’ to ban e-cig imports – yet
Written by Marija Obradovic || 11th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Indian trade ministry has said there is no legal basis for prohibiting e-cig imports, and is reported to have asked the health ministry to prepare legislation that will have that effect ...
Texas introduces bills to tax vaping products, ban enticing containers
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 10th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A bill in the Texas House of Representatives would ban the sale of vaping product containers with features that might entice young people, while others would impose e-liquid taxes ...
New York state budget stings vape trade with 20% sales tax on e-liquid
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The New York vapour industry has condemned the state’s new budget for 2020 as a devastating backward step – particularly the introduction from 2020 of a 20% sales tax on all e-liquids ...
Florida on Tobacco 21 road, moves ahead with workplace vaping ban
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 3rd April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Florida appears to be on the road towards joining the Tobacco 21 movement, while another bill also moving through the state legislature would ban indoor vaping at work ...FDA budgets for $100m in user fees for CTP to keep up pressure on vaping
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 2nd April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) budget for financial year 2020 has been set at $747m, a significant increase on this year’s figure of $611m ...
White House names sucrose expert, former marketing guru to replace Gottlieb
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Public-health experts and the e-cigarette industry alike today expressed shock at the announcement of the likely successor to outgoing FDA commissioner Scott...
Gottlieb reaches out to vape industry with new rule on SE requirements
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 28th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA has issued a proposed rule to establish requirements for the content and format of substantial equivalence (SE) reports for tobacco products ...
Russian Duma considers its options for forthcoming e-cigarette regulation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Russian State Duma could put forward this year a few bills that aim to regulate the production, promotion and use of vaping products ...
UK government loses a pro-vaping minister as Brine exits over Brexit
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 26th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
As the UK’s government and parliament continue to tie themselves in knots over the impending departure from the EU, the minister most closely associated with vaping policy has quit his post ...
FDA offers vape stores guidance on what counts as ‘modification’
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 26th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA has issued guidance to help vape shops that sell newly deemed products navigate the agency's enforcement of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) and its specific requirements ...
FDA and the US vapour industry watching each other’s moves closely
Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
With an interim commissioner set to take over, the US FDA remains highly focused on the e-cigarette industry – while the industry itself is no doubt watching developments at the FDA just as closely ...
Not everyone’s happy as Greece moves to regulate nicotine-free e-cigs
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 21st March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
After being for some time the only EU member state to allow only nicotine-containing e-cigarettes on the market, Greece has taken a step forward by regulating the sale of nicotine-free vapour products ...EU science committee to report on vaping risks for revision of TPD
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Europe’s health authorities have commissioned a science committee to gather evidence on the health risks of e-cigarettes for the coming revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...
San Francisco considers e-cig ban, FDA looks at stopping the sale of pods
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 20th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Pressure on the US vapour industry has increased yet again. Local legislators in San Francisco are attempting to ban e-cig sales entirely, while the FDA commissioner is pondering more action against pods ...
High Court judge puts off Indian e-cig ban pending further hearing in May
Written by Marija Obradovic || 19th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to e-cigarette vendors in India, delaying until 17th May the effects of a government circular calling for a nationwide ban on vaping products ...
English hospitals slow to catch up with PHE advice on allowing vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Most public hospitals in England ban vaping on their premises despite health advice from Public Health England (PHE) to allow it, according to a survey conducted by pro-smoking group Forest ...
E-cigs and HnB could get some relief from a new Estonian government
Written by Marija Obradovic || 14th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
With talks still ongoing to form a government following Estonia’s parliamentary elections, there is hope for a policy change on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in one of the most restrictive vapour markets ...FDA demands early PMTAs for flavoured e-cigs, sets limits on retail
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 13th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA has spelled out details of its planned crackdown on flavoured e-cigarettes, including retail restrictions and an earlier PMTA deadline for most flavoured...
Ferrari drops Mission Winnow team name and logo for Australian GP
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
PMI and Ferrari have been forced to cancel their partnership for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, the opening race of the Formula 1 season. The Mission Winnow branding will, however, reappear for the rest of the season ...
Cancer Institute head Sharpless to follow Gottlieb as acting FDA chief
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The next head of the US FDA has been named. Norman "Ned" Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, will take over when Scott Gottlieb steps down next month – but only as acting commissioner ...
Juul and vape association on opposite sides over New York’s tobacco 21 bill
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A bill in support of “tobacco 21” regulations passed the New York state Assembly and was delivered to the Senate, with opposition from industry associations – and support from Juul ...
FDA’s $6.1bn funding request includes $100m in user fees for e-cig regulation
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Outgoing US FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s $6.1bn funding request for fiscal year 2020 includes for the first time an element aimed specifically at the development of e-cigarette regulation ...
Ireland’s health service denies backing e-cigs for smoking cessation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Ireland’s Health Services Executive (HSE) has confirmed that it does not endorse e-cigarettes as an aid to help smokers give up, despite adding information on e-cigs to the government website on quitting smoking ...
‘Trump did right hiring Gottlieb to lead FDA,’ say Washington watchers
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
For once, Democrats and Republicans are in agreement: President Donald Trump was right to hire Scott Gottlieb to lead the US FDA. Politicians and policymakers reacted to Gottlieb’s resignation announcement on 5th March ...
Mixed responses to Gottlieb’s departure from the FDA hot-seat
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 7th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The news that Scott Gottlieb would be stepping down as FDA commissioner has elicited a predictably mixed response from those involved in US public health, tobacco control and the vaping industry ...
Japan sets aside designated HnB and vaping areas in bars and diners
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Japan’s health authorities have issued new ordinances related to smoking areas, including the first designated signs to apply to dedicated areas for the use of heated tobacco products ...
Exit Gottlieb, the ‘friend of vaping’ who became its outspoken foe
Written by Aidan Semmens || 6th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Almost all news coverage of Scott Gottlieb’s shock resignation as FDA commissioner depicts him as the enemy of e-cigs and speaks of his “unfinished fight against vaping” – but it wasn’t always that way ...
Scott Gottlieb, frequent critic of vaping, resigns from FDA
Written by Barnaby Page || 6th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and vocal critic of e-cigarettes, has resigned and will leave office in about a month; no successor has been named ...
Spanish public backs restrictions on vaping to match limits on smoking
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A new survey reveals that more than half of Spaniards would restrict the use of vaping and novel tobacco products in public places in the same way as smoking ...
Gottlieb names chains accused of flouting rules on sales to youth
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb has announced new action against retailers selling tobacco products to minors and e-cig manufacturers who fail to comply with labelling and advertising regulations ...
Under grilling, Gottlieb tells House subcommittee e-cigs are a top priority
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb was peppered with questions about vaping during a House appropriations subcommittee hearing on the status of operations at the FDA ...
German court issues injunctions against Amazon over e-cig sales
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 28th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main in Germany has awarded two injunctions against the sale and advertising of e-cigarettes through online retailer Amazon, the law magazine LHR reports ...
Broadcast and internet regulator calls for clampdown on e-cig advertising
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 25th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A top official at the US agency that regulates interstate broadcast and electronic communication has described e-cigs as the “modern equivalent” of traditional cigarettes and called for a clampdown on advertising them ...
EU tank, bottle and nicotine limits are far too low, say Swiss health experts
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Allowing e-cigarette tanks to be five times bigger than allowed in the EU would cut tobacco use and foster innovation to develop less harmful alternatives to smoking, a group of leading Swiss health experts claim ...Citizens’ Initiative calls for European VPD (Vaping Products Directive)
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The European Commission has officially registered a European Citizens’ Initiative which calls for Article 20 of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) to be replaced by “bespoke legislation” for vaping products ...
United Arab Emirates prepares to legalise e-cigarettes from April
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 19th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The existing ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be lifted from mid-April, the Emirates Authority for Standardisation (ESMA) has confirmed ...
Decree brings regulation of e-cigs and HnB to Belarus for the first time
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 18th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A new decree in Belarus regulates electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco for the first time in the country, introducing a number of restrictions after years of no regulation ...
Party puts German notification question on the political agenda
Written by Berta Camps Bisbal || 14th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A controversy over the way the six-month delay between notification and placing an e-cigarette product on the market is enforced in Germany has been brought into the political arena by a parliamentary question ...
Gottlieb hints at harsh action ahead in the battle against youth vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US vaping industry is waiting for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to offer guidance on how it plans to tackle e-cigarette usage by children. It may not like it when it comes ...
Nicotine, the US surgeon general, and the true science of addiction
Written by Barnaby Page || 11th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Is nicotine really as addictive as heroin, as the US surgeon general claims? And what does that really mean, anyway? ECigIntelligence pits the scientific evidence against the easy soundbite ...
US FDA committee approves snuff reduced-risk claim
Written by Barnaby Page || 8th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
A science committee at the FDA has approved a reduced-risk claim for snuff, a decision which may raise hopes that the agency is willing to accept some tobacco products as safer than others ...
FDA seeks ‘no sale of tobacco’ orders against Walgreens and Circle K
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 8th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking no tobacco sale orders (NTSO) against Walgreens and Circle K for selling combustibles and cigars to...
Illinois tries again as Tobacco 21 gains ground across several states
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 7th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Several US states have recently introduced initiatives aimed at fighting what health regulators have termed the “youth vaping epidemic” by increasing the purchasing age for tobacco and vaping products to 21 ...
Canada plans clampdown on advertising to cut youth vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Less than a year after Canada adopted its first legislation regulating vaping products, the government has served notice of plans to tighten restrictions on advertising, in a bid to tackle youth vaping ...
EU commissioner speaks out against rise of vaping by young people
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The European Union’s commissioner for health and food safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, has expressed concern about the use of electronic cigarettes and new tobacco products by young people ...
US states place e-cigarette taxes among budget proposals
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 4th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
State budget proposals for the 2020 fiscal year that would apply new taxes to e-cigarette products are under consideration in a number of US states, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Montana ...
Poland establishes excise stamp fees; vape industry takes the hit
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Polish Ministry of Finance has extended its 0% excise tax on e-liquids and novel tobacco products until the end of June...
Nicotine or non-nicotine – Estonia refuses to recognise a difference
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 30th January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Estonian health officials have justified to ECigIntelligence their interpretation of the country’s law as imposing exactly the same rules on vaping products both with and without nicotine ...
Connecticut Democrat fires first shot in 2019 Congress war on vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
What is expected to be an assault on the e-cigarette industry in the 116th US Congress began when a congresswoman introduced a bill to protect school-age children from dangers associated with vaping ...
New UK guidance on notification procedure and requirements
Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued new guidance to companies on how to comply with national notification regulations ...
Sweden equates e-cigs with smoking in new law restricting public use
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Sweden is to ban vaping on public transport, at playgrounds, sports arenas and other outdoor spaces under a new law equating the use of e-cigarettes with smoking combustible tobacco ...
Swedish Chemicals Agency swings in line with TPD
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 25th January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The Swedish Chemicals Agency has changed its interpretation regarding e-liquids with nicotine concentration over 17 mg/ml. As ECigIntelligence reported a few months ago, authorities required both producers and consumers to obtain a permit for the sale and use of...
Governor Cuomo announces plans to curb vaping in New York State
Written by Berta Camps Bisbal || 24th January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has recently announced part of a comprehensive plan to reduce the use of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes. As a statement of intent, Governor Cuomo then presented his $152.3 billion state budget for...
EU science committee: e-cigs are ‘emerging public health issue’
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 22nd January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The European Commission Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks has identified e-cigs as one of the main emerging health-related issues in Europe ...
Austria beefs up regulatory stance with Non-Smoking Act
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 21st January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Austria has recently tightened up its regulatory stance with the Non Smoking Act (Nichtraucherschutzgesetz) restricting the purchasing age for e-cigs and similar tobacco products to 18 years old, from 1st January 2019. Previously, the minimum age for buying...
Experts, smokers and vapers to clarify UK research priorities
Written by Barnaby Page || 18th January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
British smokers and vapers, as well as medical experts, are being asked to help define priorities for scientific research on e-cigarettes. The E-cigarettes Priority Setting Partnership project is beginning its open consultation with an online survey consisting of just...
Youth vaping ‘an existential threat’ to US e-cig industry, warns Gottlieb
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 16th January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
The entire US e-cigarette industry could be wrecked by the country’s youth vaping “epidemic”, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Scott Gottlieb has warned ...
French advisory council recommends e-cigs as aids to quitting smoking
Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
E-cigarettes should be used in France to help smokers quit the habit, says an official consultative assembly that reports to the prime minister, National Assembly and Senate ...
Israel adopts plain packaging and ad restrictions, prepares flavour ban
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 8th January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has passed a law requiring plain packaging for e-cigarettes. It will also bring in new restrictions on the advertising and marketing, equating e-cigs with combustible tobacco ...
Thailand, the ‘world’s most anti-vaping country’, looks at legalisation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Thailand – ranked by delegates at the Global Forum on Nicotine as the worst country in the world in which to be an e-cigarette user – is considering legalising vaping and taxing e-cig imports ...
Vape shop sues state authority over ‘censorship’ of e-liquid labels
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 2nd January 2019 || Regulatory briefing |
Oregon’s restrictions on packaging have gone too far, amounting to unconstitutional censorship, according to representatives who filed a lawsuit against the state health authority ...
2018, a year of attempts to bring clarity to e-cig and HnB regulation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Regulation, regulation, regulation was the theme of 2018. ECigIntelligence brings you its round-up of the developments that marked the old year and may shape the direction of those to come in the world of vaping and HnB ...
India aims to ramp up Information Technology Act to block e-cig promotion
Written by Marija Obradovic || 27th December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
New changes to the Information Technology Act aim to block any information on the internet promoting e-cigarettes to residents of India. This week, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) proposed an amendment to the Draft of the...
Industry and stakeholders react to US Surgeon General’s advisory
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 21st December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Tuesday’s advisory on e-cigarettes from US Surgeon General Jerome Adams sparked a response from relevant actors for the industry that fell along the usual lines; industry members indicated displeasure with the advisory, while some tobacco control groups and...
Tobacco advisory group steers Finland towards plain packaging for e-cigs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Finland could become the first country in the world to insist on plain packaging for e-cigarettes if the recommendations of a working group appointed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health are implemented ...
Colombian bid to regulate vaping as smoking tied up in political numbers
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
A new bill proposed in Colombia’s Senate is paving the way for the country to begin regulating e-cigarettes on a par with tobacco – though the plan is tied up in the country’s complex political arithmetic ...
‘We must protect our children’ from ‘historic epidemic’ – US surgeon general
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 18th December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
US Surgeon General Jerome Adams picked up the now familiar language of FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb when he declared youth vaping “officially an epidemic” in an advisory on e-cigs ...
Latest survey figures fill in some of the gaps on US teen vaping
Written by Barnaby Page || 18th December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Fresh data on teen vaping in the US broadly supports the numbers on which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has based recent policy, but also casts doubt on some of the details ...
Italy reduces e-cigarette and heat-not-burn tax burden by up to 80%
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 14th December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Italy has passed the much anticipated law reducing tax on e-liquids and halving duties on heated tobacco. The decree cuts the duty on nicotine-containing liquids from 50% to 10% of the tax on conventional cigarettes ...
UK government agrees to take a fresh look at vaping rules after Brexit
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK government will review the TPD in the light of the country’s coming departure from the EU, having accepted all the recommendations in the Science and Technology Committee’s report on e-cigs ...
Californian senators aim to get ahead of the FDA with flavours ban
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
California legislators are aiming to ban flavoured e-liquids and tobacco, singling out “fruit, chocolate, vanilla, honey, candy, cocoa, dessert, alcoholic beverage, menthol, mint, wintergreen, herb or spice” flavours ...
Good science supports e-cig flavours, claims industry association
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 11th December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it is committed to science-based regulation, one industry association is using the existing science on flavours to fight against the agency’s policy plans ...
New Zealand minister puts forward plan for e-cigarette regulation
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The minister charged with drawing up proposed regulation of e-cigarettes in New Zealand has done so, based on the stated belief that vaping and smokeless tobacco are “highly likely to be much less harmful than smoking” ...
Italian decree, Dutch agreement, and other European news
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Details of legal changes, proposals and notices in 19 countries and at EU level were among 73 stories published last month by ECigIntelligence to subscribers through our daily European Live Alerts ...
California ready to get tougher, Illinois veto stands, and other news
Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd December 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Details of legal changes and proposals in 15 states and at federal level were among 69 stories published last month by ECigIntelligence to subscribers through our daily US Live Alerts ...
Another bill put forward as Ukraine continues to ponder e-cig regulation
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 29th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, is considering a number of legal amendments that could bring major changes to the regulation of vaping products, including taxation ...
Tragedy? Or FDA comedy? The given statistics don’t show enough to tell
Written by Barnaby Page || 28th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA and its commissioner Scott Gottlieb have been using figures drawn from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) to justify clamping down more strongly on youth vaping. But is the data all it seems? ...
Health Canada issues legal warning over ‘lifestyle’ ads for Vype
Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Health Canada has begun cracking down on e-cigarette advertising campaigns that it believes contravene the country’s new legislation prohibiting lifestyle advertising ...
Now Indian government tells customs to seize all e-cig and HnB imports
Written by Marija Obradovic || 27th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Two weeks after the Delhi High Court decided that an advisory banning e-cigarettes was not binding on India’s states, the national government has issued a new notice calling on customs officers to seize imports ...
Plain packaging and usage restrictions among Dutch plans for e-cigs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The Dutch government is proposing to insist on plain packaging for e-cigarette products from 2022. That is one of the startling measures proposed in the long-awaited National Prevention Agreement ...
Court of Justice rejects Swedish Match bid to overturn European snus ban
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 22nd November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld the ban on the sale of snus which has applied since 1992 in the whole EU except Sweden, which was granted an exemption under the 2014 TPD ...
South Australia to ban online sales, bring other regulation in line with tobacco
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Online sales of vape products will be banned in South Australia from the first quarter of 2019 after the state’s parliament passed a law on 15th November, with the support of the state’s two majority parties ...
Poland gives extra time to prepare for taxation by setting 0% starting rate
Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The Polish government is to delay imposing excise tax on e-liquids and novel tobacco products – due to commence on 1st January 2019 – by setting a 0% rate until the end of June 2020 ...
Stop sending vapers outside with the smokers, say British MPs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK should relax restrictions on vaping further, according to a group of concerned members of parliament, who say people should be told second-hand vapour is no threat to health ...
What will Brexit really mean for the UK e-cigarette industry?
Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The British government last week presented the 585-page draft withdrawal agreement which lays out how it intends the UK to leave the European Union. So what does it all mean for the e-cigarette industry ...
Big Tobacco welcomes FDA youth restrictions – but not proposed menthol ban
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 16th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The tobacco industry has reacted positively to the US FDA plan for limiting most flavour sales to adults-only premises, part of the federal agency’s efforts to tackle high rates of e-cig use among minors ...
CDC: high school vaping up by 78% in a year, flavours used more widely
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 16th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released long-anticipated new figures from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), showing a sharp year-on-year increase in the number of high school and middle school students who vape...
Gottlieb proposes limiting flavour sales to adults-only premises
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 15th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be revisiting its compliance policy around the deeming for flavours other than menthol, mint, and tobacco ...
UK advertising authority opens the door to health claims for e-cigs
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The body in charge of regulating advertising in the UK will now allow ads for e-cigarettes to promote the products’ health benefits. The ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) came into effect immediately ...
EU tells Belgium it can’t make up all its own rules on HnB
Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Attempts by Belgium to impose new strict regulations on heated-tobacco products may run into problems with the European Union ...
Euro politicians get round the table in Brussels to discuss e-cig regulation
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The future of vaping regulation in Europe is generating interest in Brussels, where various groups have been debating the right way ahead ...
FDA set to ban fruit and candy flavours in convenience stores and fuel stations
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 9th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA is to ban the sale of fruit and candy e-cig flavours. It is reported the ban will affect convenience stores and fuel stations, but not vape stores ...
Dutch health minister Blokhuis plans crackdown on e-cigs and HnB
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Dutch health secretary Paul Blokhuis is to reveal this month a proposed new set of regulations on heated tobacco and e-cigarettes, part of the National Prevention Agreement on smoking, obesity and alcohol ...
Florida passes the bundle, Montana and South Dakota reject taxes
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 7th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Florida’s amendment which controversially bundled an offshore drilling ban with an indoor vaping ban was passed by voters on midterm election day with around 68% approval. But in Montana and South Dakota tax plans were rejected ...
Strict regulation can aid development, says harm reduction expert
Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Tight regulation doesn’t necessarily hamper product development, and stricter requirements could even help, according to the technical director of British tobacco harm reduction specialist Kind Consumer ...
Belgium moves to add HnB devices to the ban on online sales
Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Internet sales of heated-tobacco devices will shortly be banned in Belgium, where selling e-cigarettes online has been illegal since 2016 ...
Government survey finds one in five young Germans has tried vaping
Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The number of people vaping in Germany is rising, with those aged between 16 and 29 particularly drawn to e-cigarettes, according to the federal government’s latest drug and addiction report ...
Swiss vape trade opts for a self-imposed ban on sales to kids
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd November 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Fifty Swiss e-cigarette manufacturers and sellers have signed up to a code of conduct voluntarily banning sales of vaping products to under-18s and advertising aimed at minors ...
Strong language: Gottlieb upgrades youth use from ‘epidemic’ to ‘tragedy’
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 31st October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The language used by US FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb to describe youth vaping is getting stronger. What he formerly called an “epidemic” has become a “tragedy” in latest statement on the issue ...
Czech Republic HnB tax is likely to be applied early next year
Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The Czech parliament is considering a bill to introduce an excise tax next year on heated tobacco products. Under the plan, the tax rate would be set at CZK2.236 (€0.09) per gram of tobacco ...
UK budget includes new tax on heated tobacco at higher than expected rate
Written by Barnaby Page || 30th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK will next year introduce one of Europe’s highest taxes for heated tobacco (heat-not-burn) products, following an announcement in the Chancellor’s budget ...
New York conference spotlights opposing views in youth usage debate
Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The fierce debate on issues of youth usage and the effectiveness of regulation took centre stage at a conference on e-cigarettes held at New York University ...
San Fran ban inspires California trend against flavoured e-liquids
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 29th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
After passing a public vote this summer, the San Francisco ban on e-liquid flavours has had a wildfire-like effect in California. The various bans affect all flavours except tobacco-flavoured e-liquids ...
Relief for Italy’s vapour industry as 95% of its tax debt is cancelled
Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 25th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
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 ...
US mid-term elections appear to hold little promise for vapour industry
Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
As the US mid-term elections approach, the vaping industry feels under siege by both the Trump administration and Democrats in Congress, interviews conducted by ECigIntelligence suggest ...
FDA could ban c-stores from selling flavoured e-cigs, says Gottlieb
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 23rd October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA has indicated it could restrict e-cigarette sales in convenience stores, and possibly limit the sale of flavoured e-cigs to vape shops only ...
E-cig regulation issues are ‘not black and white’, says FDA’s Zeller
Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Mitch Zeller, director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products, gave a keynote address at an e-cigarette conference at New York University’s School of Law on Friday. The long-time tobacco hawk struck a surprisingly...
PMI sues Korean government over claim HnB is as harmful as smoking
Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The South Korean government has declared e-cigarettes and heated tobacco to be no safer than smoking – a statement that has led to legal action by Philip Morris International (PMI) ...
FDA fires warning shot over Viagra drug in ‘unapproved’ e-liquid
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to an e-cig company for selling e-liquids which the agency has determined are unapproved new drugs ...
As time ticks down, UK vape trade is asked to consider a ‘no deal’ Brexit
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The UK Department of Health is consulting on the changes that will affect the e-cig industry if the UK leaves the EU with no deal with Brussels, especially those affecting product notifications and labelling ...
Manufacturers rooting around for way to stem South Korean nicotine tax
Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
E-liquid manufacturers are trying to get around South Korean tax laws by claiming the nicotine they use is derived from the stems and roots of tobacco plants rather than exclusively the leaves ...
COP8 fails to bring parties together on the crucial risk/benefit question
Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
COP8 closed its doors in Geneva with governments struggling to regulate e-cigarettes due to the lack of scientific proof on potential risks or benefits ...
Cannabis fear may make Hong Kong’s vaping rules even tougher
Written by Barnaby Page || 8th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The spectre of vaped cannabinoids is being used in Hong Kong by campaigners seeking to tighten the Chinese territory’s already stringent regime on e-cigarettes ...
Australian health minister softens on vaping, calling for inquiry
Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
After a long period of opposition to vaping, Australia’s health minister has moved to set up an independent inquiry into the health impact of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes ...
COP8 looks set to ignore experts’ calls for harm reduction policy
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The World Health Organization (WHO) looks sure to maintain its hard line on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco at the conclusion of this week’s eighth Conference of the Parties (COP8) on tobacco control in Geneva ...
No softening likely in WHO’s antagonism to e-cigs and HnB
Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The rhetoric coming out of the eighth Conference of the Parties (COP8) in Geneva suggests the World Health Organization is unlikely to give vaping products or HnB a role in its anti-tobacco policies any time soon ...
EU urges WHO to focus on heated tobacco, suggests advertising bans
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The EU is calling on the World Health Organization to become more involved in regulating heated tobacco – and is urging tight advertising restrictions on the category, ECigIntelligence has learned ...
FDA seizes documents from Juul offices in ‘unannounced inspection’
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 3rd October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) removed more than a thousand pages of documents from the offices of e-cig company Juul Labs in an “unannounced on-site inspection” ...Chain stores warned over e-cigarette sales to minors
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
All the stories from September’s US regulatory Live Alerts from ECigIntelligence can now be found on one page, ordered alphabetically by state ...
Lung specialists reopen gateway argument, and other Euro news
Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
All the stories from September’s European regulatory Live Alerts from ECigIntelligence can now be found on one page, ordered alphabetically by country ...
To bundle or not to bundle – Florida’s vaping ban row goes higher
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 1st October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
A legal row over how to interpret the US Constitution and its First Amendment has deepened in the on-going wrangle over attempts to ban workplace vaping in Florida ...
COP8 tackles ‘growing challenge’ of vaping and ‘industry interference’
Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
E-cigarettes and other tobacco alternatives are making it tougher for regulators and those who administer tobacco laws to do their jobs, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) says in a new report....
DC vapour tax rise set to be followed by others across the US
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 1st October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The US is set for a series of tax rises on vapour products, starting with a considerable increase in DC today. Proposals for further increases are in the pipeline in Chicago, Montana and New Jersey ...
ENDS and means up for debate at WHO’s COP8 gathering
Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th September 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The role of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco will again be discussed next week at the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP8) to the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ...
Canada considers letting e-cigs be promoted as healthier alternative
Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th September 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Health Canada has been quietly consulting vaping stakeholders, seeking their opinions on seven possible health statements that could be allowed under new regulations now being drafted ...
FDA chief Gottlieb warns online e-cig sales ban is ‘on the table’
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 25th September 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Scott Gottlieb indicated today that he is contemplating an online sales ban for e-cigarettes ...
European Commission told: we don’t want an EU e-cig tax
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 25th September 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Most respondents to the European Commission’s consultation on tobacco excise duties do not want a European tax on e-cigarettes. Almost 70% said the best level of tax on e-cigarettes would be no more than the VAT in each...
THR regulations: a global perspective
Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th September 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Earlier this month ECigIntelligence managing director Tim Phillips spoke at the Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum, looking at Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) regulations and whether legislation was advancing or holding back THR ...
‘Not on my watch’: Gottlieb escalates FDA war on youth vaping
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 19th September 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The US FDA has stepped up its campaign against the youth vaping “epidemic” with the launch of a large-scale education programme, threats to tighten compliance requirements, and a reiteration of its concern over flavours ...
Court makes Europe-wide ruling that e-liquid infringed lollipop trademark
Written by David Palacios Rubio || 19th September 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
A German court has ruled that a French e-liquid manufacturer infringed a famous trademark in a judgement that prevents the sale of the offending brand design anywhere in the European Union ...FDA gets tough with big five: ‘Show us a plan to reverse youth uptake or else’
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th September 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration is threatening five major players in the US industry – Juul, Vuse, MarkTen XL, Blu and Logic – in an effort to get them to offer concrete plans to reverse the trend...
Labelling guidelines – first step on the road to Malaysian regulation?
Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th September 2018 || 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 ...
Friends and foes in high places – how vaping plays on Capitol Hill
Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th September 2018 || Regulatory briefing |
Scorekeepers in Washington could say 2018 has been an unproductive year for the vaping industry in the US Congress, though attempts have been made both to free e-cigarettes from regulation and to impose more ...