Market & legal data for the vapour sector in Switzerland

Governments get stricter on disposables amid health and environmental concerns

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 18th September 2024

Governments around the world are rushing to clamp down on disposable vapes, responding to mounting concerns over their devastating environmental impact, health risks and surging popularity among young people ...

Results of 30-year Swiss survey show smoking rate down since onset of vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson | 18th July 2024

Swiss authorities have released results of a 30-year study on smoking and tobacco use in the country, tracking answers to a health survey conducted from 1992 to 2022 ...

Haypp Group happy with UK vaping pilot and looking to expand sales in Europe

Written by Freddie Dawson | 14th December 2023

Haypp Group, an online retailer of reduced-risk products, will look to expand into new categories and European markets following the success of a vaping pilot in the UK ...

E-cig use highest among young Swiss as government tries to lower smoking rates

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 14th November 2023

E-cigarettes are increasingly popular in Switzerland according to the country’s latest healthcare survey, which shows 3% of the population used them in 2022 ...

Switzerland may ease proposed ban and allow advertising of tobacco alternatives

Written by ECigIntelligence | 20th October 2023

Some advertising of tobacco alternatives will likely be allowed to continue in Swiss print media, after legislators voted against a proposed complete ban and approved an SGK-S suggestion to amend proposed restrictions ...

New Swiss laws to increase e-cig taxes, with disposables higher than reusables

Written by ECigIntelligence | 23rd December 2022

The Swiss Federal Council is currently preparing a preliminary draft to amend the Tobacco Products Act which is expected to be submitted to Parliament in the first half of 2023 ...

Switzerland takes another step on long march towards stricter advertising ban

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 27th September 2022

The Swiss Federal Council has opened the consultation process with Switzerland’s cantons on a bill to tighten restrictions on the advertising of tobacco and vaping products ...

Is the upcoming Swiss vaping taxation helpful or hurtful to public health?

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th March 2022

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...

Swiss parliament adopts youth sales ban, advertising and packaging restrictions

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th November 2021

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 ...

Swiss referendum backs age limit and tighter vaping regulation in Bern canton

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th March 2021

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 ...

Swiss lower house starts discussion of long-awaited law on e-cigarettes

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th December 2020

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Geneva faces referendum on e-cig ads ban and public vaping restrictions

Written by ECigIntelligence | 6th March 2020

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 ...

Reinsurers hand out warnings over life and health insurance for vapers

Written by ECigIntelligence | 22nd January 2020

Lack of reliable scientific data on the long-term effects of vaping is leading life and health insurers to take a cautious approach to insuring e-cigarette users ...

Swiss Tobacco Prevention Fund should aid vaping, harm reduction groups say

Written by ECigIntelligence | 10th December 2019

Switzerland’s Tobacco Prevention Fund should finance e-cigarette initiatives, harm reduction organisations have told the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health ...

Swiss upper house backs ban on e-cig sales to minors and ad restrictions

Written by ECigIntelligence | 2nd October 2019

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...

Swiss national committee proposes age limit and ad restrictions

Written by ECigIntelligence | 19th August 2019

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 ...

Swiss vape trade opts for a self-imposed ban on sales to kids

Written by ECigIntelligence | 2nd November 2018

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 ...

COP8 fails to bring parties together on the crucial risk/benefit question

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th October 2018

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 ...

Juul goes on attack against copycats it says attract under-age users

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 8th October 2018

Juul Labs has lodged a complaint with the US International Trade Commission against products it says infringe Juul’s patents by copying its “technological innovations” and “elegant designs” ...

COP8 looks set to ignore experts’ calls for harm reduction policy

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th October 2018

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

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...

ENDS and means up for debate at WHO’s COP8 gathering

Written by ECigIntelligence | 27th September 2018

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) ...

Study finds e-vapour evaporates in seconds, while smoke hangs around

Written by ECigIntelligence | 1st August 2018

E-cigarette vapour does not stay in the air for more than a few seconds after it has been exhaled, researchers in Switzerland and Lithuania have found ...

Court lifts Switzerland’s ban on sales of e-cigs with nicotine

Written by Elba Manzanilla Zapata | 30th April 2018

The Swiss Federal Administrative Court has reportedly lifted the sales ban on nicotine-containing e-cigarettes issued in 2015 by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (BLV) ...

Switzerland tries again with fresh proposal to regulate e-cigs and HnB

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 14th December 2017

The Swiss Federal Council has put forward a second draft of its proposed Tobacco Act, which aims specifically to regulate e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn (HnB) devices ...

Switzerland set for another step on the slow road to legal nicotine e-cigs

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 6th December 2017

Switzerland is about to take another step on the road towards legalising nicotine e-cigs – but it’s a long, slow road that could lead to tough regulation ...

High or low? Survey gives a picture of e-cig use in Switzerland

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 5th October 2017

Switzerland’s vaping industry is not entirely convinced by statistics for e-cig use published by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and the foundation Addiction Suisse ...

E-cig researchers beset by accusations of conflict

Written by Marc Beishon | 31st March 2016

Conflicts of interest in research can blow up when the tobacco industry is seen to be involved in any area of research on smoking – or, now,...

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...

Wider rollouts for iQOS; PMI, Altria to develop e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th July 2015

Philip Morris International (PMI) is deepening its commitment to alternative nicotine technologies with new rollouts for its iQOS heat-not-burn device, as well as cautious health-related claims for the...

Switzerland planning to allow e-cigarettes with nicotine

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th June 2015

Switzerland is preparing to legalise nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, which are currently...

Not just e-cigs: PMI looks ahead to a reduced-risk tobacco future

Written by Barnaby Page | 17th September 2014

Things are changing at Philip Morris International (PMI), with new plans for tackling the reduced risk tobacco products...

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