Vape sales in Dutch supermarkets to end in 2024 in planned phase-out of tobacco

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

Europe

Netherlands

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Retail

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 |

Europe

Spain

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

Poland

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

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 |

EU

Europe

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The European Parliament approved by an overwhelming majority the EU health policy programme for the period 2021-2017 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 |

Australasia

Australia

Health

Policy and Politics

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 |

Europe

Norway

Tax

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 |

EU

Europe

Hungary

Tax

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 |

Argentina

South America

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

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 |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

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 |

Canada

North America

Nova Scotia

Flavours

Tax

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 |

Michigan

North America

United States

Flavours

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Australasia

Australia

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

EU

Europe

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

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 |

Europe

Poland

COVID-19

Tax

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

Europe

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

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 |

North America

United States

FDA

Technology and Innovation

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 |

Europe

Ukraine

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

Ireland

Health

Tax

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 |

Europe

Slovakia

Policy and Politics

Tax

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 |

Denmark

Europe

Flavours

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 |

Asia

China

Regulation and Legislation

Retail

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 |

Asia

South Korea

Tax

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 |

Australasia

Australia

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

EU

Europe

Germany

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Asia

Indonesia

Health

Policy and Politics

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 |

EU

Europe

COVID-19

Policy and Politics

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

North America

United States

Flavours

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

Netherlands

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

Germany

Health

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

North America

United States

Companies

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

North America

Oregon

United States

Flavours

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

United Kingdom

Health

Policy and Politics

Science

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 |

Australasia

Australia

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

California

North America

United States

Flavours

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Armenia

Asia

Belarus

Europe

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Russia

World

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Australasia

Australia

Health

Heated tobacco

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

North America

United States

COVID-19

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Asia

Taiwan

Health

Heated tobacco

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Montana

North America

United States

COVID-19

Flavours

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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

North America

United States

Flavours

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Europe

United Kingdom

COVID-19

Health

Policy and Politics

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 |

Europe

Spain

COVID-19

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Mexico

North America

Health

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 |

Europe

Greece

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Asia

China

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

North America

United States

Wisconsin

Tax

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 |

Australasia

New Zealand

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Asia

Philippines

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

North America

United States

Companies

Regulation and Legislation

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 |

Asia

China

Regulation and Legislation

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 ...