Market & regulatory data for the vapour sector in Greece

Smoke-free products on way towards making up the majority of PMI’s sales

Written by Freddie Dawson | 23rd October 2024

Philip Morris International (PMI) highlighted the performance of its smoke-free products during its third-quarter results presentation, with the category growing to reach 38% of the company’s total net revenue ...

BAT records ‘resilient’ H1 performance, remains confident about Vuse Alto PMTA

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 28th July 2023

British American Tobacco’s vapour brand Vuse was the key driver of the company’s positive performance in the first half of the year, and it remains confident in its Vuse Alto pre-market tobacco product application submission...

Tobacco industry dismisses public consultation on TPD as mere formality

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th May 2023

The EU has launched a public consultation on how it can update its tobacco control framework by revising the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and the Tobacco Advertising Directive (TAD) ...

PMI supports Iqos Veev, commits to smoke-free products in Q2 results

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 22nd July 2022

Philip Morris International (PMI) will continue to support the sales and promotion of its Iqos Veev vapour product as part of its commitment to expanding its smoke-free product portfolio ...

Independent study confirms previous findings over smoke and vapour toxicity

Written by ECigIntelligence | 14th January 2022

A new paper successfully replicates three key studies comparing the toxicity of cigarette smoke and e-cigarette vapour on lung tissues ...

European surveys back up smoking cessation aim in e-cigarette users

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 13th November 2020

A new survey reveals that 80% of Europeans who switched to e-cigarettes to quit their habit have succeeded ...

Repeal of shake and vape ban brings relief to Greek vaping industry

Written by ECigIntelligence | 29th September 2020

The Greek e-cigarette industry is largely “satisfied” with the government’s decision to repeal the law banning shake and vape products – but doubts and difficulties remain ...

Greece repeals short-lived and barely enforced ban on shake and vape sales

Written by Elsa Carrasco | 13th August 2020

New regulation has been adopted in Greece which finally allows retailers to sell shake and vape products legally ...

World No Tobacco Day 2020: the debate about harm reduction

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 31st May 2020

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 ...

Greek vaping industry questions legality of regulation amendments

Written by Elsa Carrasco | 19th February 2020

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...

Greece rejects a ban and opts instead to regulate shake and vape products

Written by ECigIntelligence | 3rd February 2020

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 ...

Greek parliament gives green light to tighter rules on smoking and vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence | 16th October 2019

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 ...

Greece may allow another six months for the sale of DIY e-liquids

Written by ECigIntelligence | 8th October 2019

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 ...

Greek clampdown in the name of ‘public health and human rights’

Written by ECigIntelligence | 30th September 2019

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 ...

New Greek government to tighten enforcement of anti-tobacco rules, including e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence | 12th August 2019

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 ...

Not everyone’s happy as Greece moves to regulate nicotine-free e-cigs

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 21st March 2019

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 ...

Greece makes it clear – no CBD or shake and vape allowed

Written by ECigIntelligence | 8th June 2018

The Greek Ministry of Health has issued two circulars on e-cig regulation, clearing up a legal grey area by insisting that both CBD and shake-and-vape products are banned in the country ...

E-cigarettes without nicotine ‘not legal’ in Greece

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 27th April 2018

The Greek Ministry of Health recently published a statement on its website that electronic cigarettes without nicotine are not legal in the country “in accordance with national and European...

Greece takes protective stance, letting cross-border sales out but not in

Written by ECigIntelligence | 20th March 2018

Selling vaping products cross-border from Greece to other EU member states is allowed – provided that country does not prohibit such sales – but no legal trade can come the other way ...

Bulgaria responds to the freedom to vape where smoking’s banned

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 27th February 2017

Bulgarians have taken up vaping enthusiastically - and their chief reason for doing so is the freedom to vape indoors and in public places where smoking is...

Greece introduces new regulation while vaping market booms

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 15th February 2017

While Greece experiences a boom in its e-cigarette market, the transposition of the European TPD means a new set of regulations for the...

Hungary moves to ban flavoured e-liquids, but Greece denies plans

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 24th November 2016

With flavoured e-liquids continuing to be targeted by those campaigning against e-cigarettes, Hungary has moved to ban all flavouring additives in e-liquids as part of their implementation of the EU's Tobacco Products...

Farsalinos, Polosa among authors of new book on e-cig science

Written by Barnaby Page | 18th November 2016

Five of the best-known scholars studying e-cigarettes have collaborated to produce a book on the science and safety of...

Greece decides to tax e-liquids, opts for flat-rate model

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th May 2016

Greece is to become the fifth European country to tax e-liquids. A new levy of €0.10 per millilitre will go into effect on 1st January...

Greece vape shop image gallery

Written by Freddie Dawson | 19th July 2015

A selection of photos showing te different types of vape shops and e-cigarette displays in Greece....

Greek financial crisis seen as likely to lead to e-cig tax

Written by Freddie Dawson | 13th July 2015

Greece's ongoing financial troubles have implications for the e-cigarette sector, according to a new report from ECigIntelligence....

Risky formaldehyde levels “won’t occur in normal use”

Written by Barnaby Page | 23rd May 2015

E-cigarette users are unlikely to expose themselves to the dangerous amounts of formaldehyde that the devices can theoretically produce, because these are generated only at high levels of heat that bring about a repellent taste,...

Tobacco-flavour liquids “much lower in toxins than cigarettes”

Written by Barnaby Page | 28th March 2015

Tobacco-flavoured e-liquid contains significantly lower levels of harmful compounds than tobacco itself, even when the flavouring is produced from cured tobacco leaves, new research...

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