Market & regulatory data for the vapour sector in Russia

Proposals to ban e-cigs in Russia stall as fears of growth in black market persist

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 15th April 2025

Attempts to completely ban the sale of e-cigarettes in Russia have so far never met with government support, amid industry concerns a total ban will exacerbate the already large illegal market ...

BAT’s full-year earnings balanced by new categories, with Vuse still leading globally

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 13th February 2025

British American Tobacco (BAT) reported a decline in revenues for the year, offset by a positive performance in new categories across all three regions ...

Could 2025 be the year for e-cigarette regulation in Argentina and the EAEU?

Written by ECigIntelligence | 16th January 2025

ECigIntelligence analysts make two riskier predictions: Argentina will move to legalise and regulate nicotine alternatives, and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will take steps to regulate them in 2025 ...

BAT expects new launches to accelerate H2 performance, after revenue drop in H1

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 25th July 2024

British American Tobacco reported a drop in first-half revenue, offset by the continued growth of new categories. BAT expects new-category revenue to be weighted in the second half of 2024, driven by phased launches ...

New Russian tobacco and nicotine law: licence, registration and scepticism

Written by ECigIntelligence | 19th March 2024

New national regulatory standards are now being enforced across the Russian market for tobacco and nicotine-containing products, including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco ...

Russia starts implementing regulatory framework changes amid criticism

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th September 2023

Suppliers of novel nicotine products to the Russian market face new licensing requirements and tax increases over several years as the government overhauls its regulatory system ...

Russian associations try to stop health ministry from banning e-cig flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence | 18th August 2023

The Russian Union of Nicotine Industry Enterprises has called on the government to exclude food flavourings and nicotine salts from the list of active ingredients and additives that are expected to be banned ...

Russia tightens the rules on e-cig sales after teen deaths are blamed on vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence | 2nd May 2023

Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill tightening regulation of alternative tobacco products, intended particularly to curb under-age demand – even though sales to under-18s were already banned ...

Imperial shrugs off Myblu denial in US with next gen expansion elsewhere

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 19th April 2023

Expanding sales of Imperial Brands’ next generation products into new markets has more than compensated the company for the effect of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s marketing denial order (MDO) for Myblu ...

Russia to introduce single regulator to tighten up nicotine and tobacco sectors

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th March 2023

The Russian Ministry of Finance announced in February that it would submit a bill to the parliament this month to establish a single regulator for the alcohol, tobacco and nicotine industries ...

Tax sorted – now Russia’s legal vaping industry faces fresh existential threat

Written by ECigIntelligence | 24th January 2023

While a new tax regime, with duty no longer applying to devices, may be welcome, Russia’s vaping industry now faces a renewed threat of a total e-cigarette ban ...

Confusion bubbles up as Russian vaping product taxes remain in the melting pot

Written by ECigIntelligence | 21st December 2022

The Russian government is proposing to increase excise rates on nicotine-containing liquids and heated tobacco sticks, despite having all rates for the next couple of next years already set out in the Tax Code ...

Russia turns to disposables, with sales more than trebling since start of 2022

Written by ECigIntelligence | 16th August 2022

Sales of disposable e-cigarettes have soared in Russia over the past year, producing a corresponding boom in revenue ...

Russia backs away from e-cig ban and towards tax to bolster falling revenues

Written by ECigIntelligence | 24th June 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed government priorities and rather than looking to completely ban the sale of vaping products, the Russian authorities are now considering increased e-cigarette taxes instead ...

ECigIntelligence’s Hardware Tracker identifies important market trends

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 20th May 2022

A growth in battery power and tank size among disposables headlines three main trends that have impacted the technical features of vape hardware kits sold by online retailers over the past three years. More research...

Vive la Veev – PMI plans more e-cigarette roll-outs after good first quarter results

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 25th April 2022

Philip Morris International (PMI) is continuing to support sales and promotion of its Iqos Veev vaping product, with further market roll-outs planned this year ...

PMI sees bright future for Iqos Veev as it prepares to expand into more markets

Written by ECigIntelligence | 14th February 2022

Philip Morris International (PMI) has commited to continuing to support the sales and promotion of its Veev vaping product, with future expansion into more markets around the world ...

Where do we go from here? How new rules will affect world vape markets

Written by Freddie Dawson | 31st January 2022

Consumers will continue to increasingly spread usage out over different alternative nicotine products, partly driven by further, stricter vaping regulation across the globe throughout 2022, ECigIntelligence predicts ...

Russia takes another step in its plans to tighten vaping regulations

Written by ECigIntelligence | 18th June 2021

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 ...

Russia and its Eurasian economic allies eye harmonised vaping rules by 2022

Written by ECigIntelligence | 31st August 2020

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 ...

Russia adopts first ever federal e-cigarette regulation

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 24th July 2020

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 ...

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

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th June 2020

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 ...

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 ...

BAT posts big rise in next-generation revenues despite US crackdown

Written by ECigIntelligence | 27th February 2020

British American Tobacco (BAT) has reported a 36.9% increase in next-generation products revenue in 2019 despite the recent and ongoing crackdown on vaping in the US ...

Russia approves progressive tax increase for vaping products and HnB

Written by ECigIntelligence | 28th September 2019

The Russian Duma has adopted a new bill that amends the tax code for 2020, increasing excise tax applied to electronic cigarettes ...

Shop display stands for IQOS ‘don’t break Russian advertising law’

Written by ECigIntelligence | 8th August 2019

The Russian Federal Anti-monopoly Service has rejected a complaint by the International Confederation of Consumer Societies that IQOS display stands in stores violated federal advertising rules ...

New database offers in-depth research on the leading heated tobacco markets

Written by ECigIntelligence | 8th July 2019

ECigIntelligence’s new database on the global heated tobacco market is full of in-depth research about this lucrative market, which is gaining ground all over the world ...

Russia may extend tax to reusable e-cigarettes and HnB devices

Written by ECigIntelligence | 17th June 2019

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 ...

Russian Duma considers its options for forthcoming e-cigarette regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 27th March 2019

The Russian State Duma could put forward this year a few bills that aim to regulate the production, promotion and use of vaping products ...

ECigIntelligence benchmarks an ever more complex world for you

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th October 2018

Let ECigIntelligence keep you up-to-date on prices and other retail information on the rapidly expanding range of vaping products and brands sold by the leading online retailers around the world ...

Russian ministries disagree over planned e-cig legislation

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 8th June 2018

A draft bill to regulate the use of nicotine-containing e-cigarettesin Russia has received the approval of the Ministry of Economic Development – but the Ministry of Health considers the proposal “a conflict of laws” ...

Russia’s five-year plan to come down hard on tobacco and e-cigs

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 2nd November 2017

The Russian health ministry’s new five-year plan to reduce tobacco consumption includes a “continuous increase” of excise duties on tobacco-related products, including e-cigarettes ...

Glo ‘could transform’ tobacco consumption in Russia, says BAT

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 23rd October 2017

British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced the launch of its Glo heat-not-burn (HnB) device in Russia, where the device can be bought online and Neosticks consumables will be available in branded stores ...

Georgia legislates to ban smoking or vaping in public places

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 9th June 2017

The former Soviet republics of Georgia and its neighbour Armenia are to impose new regulations on...

Threatened vape stores play wait-and-see on Russia's new taxes

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 31st January 2017

Vape stores in Russia appear to be playing a waiting game on new e-cigarette taxes that officially came into force on 1st January – while the national consumer protection agency is calling for further regulation...

Russian State Duma close to passing new tax on e-cigarettes

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th November 2016

The Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told the country’s component states to deal with e-cigarettes as the federal administration remains undecided on how to handle the matter....

E-cig experimentation widespread among Russian students

Written by ECigIntelligence | 26th October 2016

Nearly a third of Russian high-school students have tried vaping, according to new...

Big Tobacco encouraged by research on heat-not-burn

Written by Barnaby Page | 7th December 2015

Are big tobacco companies starting to favour heat-not-burn technology over e-cigarettes? While none has shown any signs of overtly stepping away from e-cigs, and such a move is unlikely, much enthusiasm and investment within the...

Russia becomes fourth territory for iQOS heat-not-burn trials

Written by Barnaby Page | 5th November 2015

Philip Morris International (PMI) is testing its iQOS heat-not-burn product in Russia, ECigIntelligence has...

Are headline-hungry publicists to blame for e-cig health scares?

Written by Marc Beishon | 17th February 2015

A flurry of health scares about vaping in the mainstream media has seemed to gather force in recent months. But they do not always accurately represent the...

WHO expected to support tough stance on e-cig advertising

Written by Barnaby Page | 18th October 2014

This week’s World Health Organization (WHO) conference on tobacco control looks likely to recommend that nations ban e-cigarette...

Public health leaders debating e-cigs behind closed doors

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th October 2014

As the world’s nations sit down at the Moscow World Trade Centre this afternoon to debate e-cigarette regulation, relations between the public health community and vaping activists appear likely to grow even...

NGOs say WHO should prioritise further study, not regulation

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th October 2014

An international group of NGOs has tried to identify middle ground between the die-hard opponents and supporters of e-cigarettes in the run-up to next week’s World Health Organization (WHO) meeting on regulating...

Tobacco price rises and bans could push Russians to e-cigs

Written by Freddie Dawson | 13th June 2014

Efforts to cut tobacco use in Russia could lead to an increase in vaping for the country ranked the world’s second in tobacco...

WHO “considering treating
e-cigarettes as tobacco”

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th April 2014

The man who leads the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) wants to see e-cigarettes brought into the international agreement, according to a news report...

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