The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased the amount of mandatory information required to report a problem with an e-cigarette device in order to “identify new or concerning trends” ...
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...
Regulators need to consider the risks of the precautionary measures they implement, and not just the risks they are trying to avoid, according to researchers studying Australian e-cigarette regulation ...
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 study concludes that e-liquids marketed in Germany do not contain potential concerning chemicals and additives such as vitamin E acetate, but warned about high levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in some of them ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 21st October 2020
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 ...
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 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...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 19th October 2020
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” ...
The number of e-cigarette users in Great Britain declined by 400,000 between 2019 and 2020, according to new research by the public health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) ...
Nicotine e-cigarettes can be more effective than other more traditional methods in helping smokers to quit the habit for at least six months, the latest Cochrane review of the subject has concluded ...
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) ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 13th October 2020
Pharmacists across Australia are waiting for more details after the announcement by the country’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) that they would be exclusive distributors of prescribed e-cigarettes ...
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 ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 9th October 2020
Imperial Brands has revealed that the company’s net revenue from its next-generation portfolio is around 30% down on 2019, while overall company revenue remains flat ...
More than 100 school districts across the US have joined in suing Juul Labs, accusing the company of “intentional and fraudulent marketing to children” ...
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 ...
Switching from smoking to vaping is likely to reduce harm to health but could still have risks, while flavours represent an area of further uncertainty, an independent UK government science committee has concluded ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 2nd October 2020
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 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 ...
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 ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 25th September 2020
A leading EU scientific committee says evidence “for the support of electronic cigarettes' effectiveness in helping smokers to quit” is weak, and has warned about nicotine addiction in young people ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 24th September 2020
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” ...
Juul Labs chairman and CEO Kevin Crosthwaite has warned that regulatory efforts to curb e-cigarette use risk tipping the balance back in favour of more dangerous combustible cigarettes ...
Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 22nd September 2020
US vape stores are diversifying into CBD and oral nicotine, while others fear being blamed by customers for reduced choice as FDA premarket tobacco product regulations cause products to disappear from the shelves ...
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 ...
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 ...
Our managing director, Tim Phillips, recently discussed how COVID-19 influences the nicotine market at the Nicotine Cannabis Strategies Europe, which took place online on 10th September. Tim presents the COVID-19 and EVALI impact on the...
Many smokers believe vaping is at least as harmful as combustible cigarettes, despite e-cigarettes’ lower production of toxicants and carcinogens; researchers in England have been examining why ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 17th September 2020
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) ...
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 ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 10th September 2020
New official data shows that the number of young people in the US who are current e-cigarette users has fallen sharply, from 5.4m in 2019 to 3.6m this year ...
The European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) believes the use of e-cigarettes for adult smoking cessation could be a “sensible argument”, but argues that more scientific evidence is needed ...
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 ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 7th September 2020
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 ...
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...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 3rd September 2020
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
British Columbia's vaping industry is scrambling after the western Canadian province recently announced new regulations amid the prediction that the new rules could lead to shortages of some e-liquids ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 27th August 2020
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 ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 25th August 2020
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 ...
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 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 ...
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” ...
US e-liquid manufacturer Eonsmoke, which recently announced that it had ceased all operations, has been ordered to pay $22.5m to the state of Arizona for selling unapproved vapour products ...