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COVID-19: emergency regulations and affected legislative procedures

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

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Find all of ECigIntelligence’s coronavirus-related regulatory alerts here, updated as they appear ...

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

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

North America

United States

Companies

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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

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

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

New York

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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

US state-level regulation paused as lawmakers go into lockdown

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

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

With president Donald Trump announcing social distancing and other measures being extended until the end of April it seems unlikely many US state legislatures will choose to end their adjournments soon ...

How global pandemic trumped vaping epidemic and left researchers reeling

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

Public Health and Medicine

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 |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested a 120-day extension to the deadline for premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) due to the challenges that the coronavirus outbreak is posing to companies ...

New York vape industry’s fear after doctors call for ban during pandemic

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 30th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

New York

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

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The vaping industry has shown concern after doctors in New York State called for a temporary ban on e-cigarette sales out of concern that vaping could put people at greater risk from COVID-19 ...

Tobacco 21 law signed in Wyoming and Florida; Alaska moves forward

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 27th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Alaska

Florida

North America

United States

Wyoming

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Wyoming and Florida are the two latest US jurisdictions to adopt new e-cigarette regulations that will increase the legal age to purchase tobacco products – including e-cigarettes – while other states such Alaska are moving ahead with new...

US FDA may relax PMTA deadline for firms facing coronavirus problems

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

North America

United States

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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

Spain plans new measures to tighten vaping and HnB regulations

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

Europe

Spain

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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

US FDA suspends all vape store inspections for at least a month

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US Food and Administration (FDA) has decided to issue “a partial stop work order” for the external companies that are carrying out product compliance checks and vape store inspections ...

Estonia may climb down from its position as Europe’s toughest on e-cigs

Written by Lorenzo Guaragna || 18th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Estonia

Europe

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

Netherlands

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Asia

Philippines

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 ...

Hawaii proposal includes flavour ban and confiscation of e-cigs at school

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

Hawaii

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

Switzerland

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

United Kingdom

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Australasia

New Zealand

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Alberta

British Columbia

Canada

North America

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Policy and Politics

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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 |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Asia

Turkey

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

Greece

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

North America

United States

Public Health and Medicine

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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 |

North America

United States

Companies

Regulation and Legislation

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 state to ban disposable flavoured e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Maryland

North America

United States

Marketing and Retailing

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Asia

Indonesia

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

Germany

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Asia

Philippines

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

World

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

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 |

Asia

Malaysia

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

North America

Oregon

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Canada

North America

Companies

Marketing and Retailing

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

North America

United States

Companies

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Connecticut

Nebraska

North America

South Dakota

United States

Vermont

Washington

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Asia

South Korea

Heated tobacco

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Croatia

Europe

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

Greece

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

United Kingdom

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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

North America

United States

Companies

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Australasia

Australia

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

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

Europe

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

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 |

Europe

United Kingdom

Policy and Politics

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 |

New Jersey

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

North America

United States

Wisconsin

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

New York

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Asia

Indonesia

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 ...

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