Canada’s first nationwide vaping regulation all set to take effect

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Canada

North America

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Canada’s first nationwide law regulating e-cigarettes and vaping products is expected to go into effect in coming days after Parliament voted to approve the new Tobacco and Vaping Products Act ...

Massachusetts joins the parade as Tobacco 21 laws sweep the States

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 22nd May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

California

Hawaii

Maine

New Jersey

New York

North America

Oregon

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Tobacco 21 movement, which aims to raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco products to 21, is sweeping through legislatures across the US – and with it come other fresh restrictions on e-cigarettes ...

Tell us more: FDA asks manufacturers to explain e-cigs’ appeal to youth

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 21st May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Following its recent request for information on Juul, the US FDA has requested further information from several other e-cig manufacturers in a bid to get a better understanding of the appeal of vaping to young people ...

Cole-Bishop passes House committee – without changing grandfather date

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 21st May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A new version of the much discussed Cole-Bishop amendment has passed through a key committee in the US Congress – but in a form that doesn’t do what so many in the e-cigarette industry have been hoping for...

Italian enforcers issue stern ‘reminder’ – including CBD ban

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 18th May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Italy

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency (AAMS) has issued a bulletin informing the country’s e-cigarette industry of its interpretation of legal requirements arising from the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...

New Zealand gives the all-clear to vaping and HnB – but ads are out

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

New Zealand

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

E-cigarettes and heated tobacco can continue to be sold in New Zealand under current regulations, the country’s government has formally announced ...

E-liquids that look like food ‘should be reported to UK Trading Standards’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

United Kingdom

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The UK health department is urging people to report companies to their local trading standards team if they manufacture, sell, or distribute e-liquids which may appeal to children through resemblance to food items ...

Gottlieb ready to establish product standards and ‘detain’ dodgy stock

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 14th May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking at setting product standards for e-cigarettes and increasing its enforcement powers, according to commissioner Scott Gottlieb ...

Poland continues to tighten its grip on e-cig regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Poland

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Poland continues to tighten its grip on the e-cigarette industry, as a new bill proposes that new products will have to be approved by a Polish government agency before being launched on the domestic...

Minnesota moves to ease slightly its heavy state tax burden

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 9th May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Minnesota

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Minnesota House of Representatives is considering a bill that would clean up the definition of “wholesale sales price” as it relates to e-cigarettes, affecting state taxes ...

‘Let’s have a policy’ – Irish senators adopt very different lines on vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson || 4th May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Ireland

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A number of Irish senators have started to take notice of e-cigarettes – with very mixed reactions. While some have called for vaping to be encouraged as an aid to smoking cessation, others want it banned in public...

Vape fair exhibitors urged to check their liquids and labels are legal

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Germany

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Exhibitors at Germany’s biggest vape fair, this weekend’s Hall of Vape event in Stuttgart, have been advised to check carefully that their e-liquids are labelled correctly in accordance with national and European law ...

Hawaii may ban online sales as states try to tighten tax noose

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 3rd May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Hawaii

Kentucky

New Jersey

North America

Rhode Island

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Among the most significant of a raft of e-cig legislation currently going through US state legislatures are a large number of tax proposals, and a Hawaiian bill that could ban online sales ...

FDA and FTC issue official warnings over labels ‘that attract kids’

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 2nd May 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Thirteen warning letters have been sent by the US FDA and the Federal Trade Commission to e-liquid and e-cigarette sellers identified by them as labelling or advertising their products in a way that attracts young people ...

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

Written by Elba Manzanilla Zapata || 30th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Switzerland

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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) ...

UK ministers consider advertising policy – both their own and PMI’s

Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

The UK government is keeping an eye on the advertising of heated tobacco products such as IQOS, while defending reduced budgets for its own smoking cessation advertising ...

Legal eagle Miller to lead Juul’s campaign against youth vaping

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 30th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Iowa

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Iowa attorney general Tom Miller will head Juul Labs’ bid to keep e-cigarettes from under-21s after the company announced $30m over three years to fund research and create an expert panel on the issue ...

Bid for e-cig law collapses as Mexico heads for change of government

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Mexico

North America

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Mexico’s parliament is running out of time to address the issue of e-cigarettes in this legislative session, after missing the scheduled date for discussion of a controversial new bill ...

Colombian health ministry calls for IQOS to be treated like combustibles

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Colombia

South America

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Colombia’s health and finance ministries have moved to force heated tobacco products such as IQOS to comply with the country’s tobacco law, arguing there is no evidence to suggest that they present any lower risk than cigarettes ...

E-cigarettes without nicotine ‘not legal’ in Greece

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 27th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Greece

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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...

Blitz on Juul retailers as FDA goes into battle against e-cig sales to youth

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 24th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

In an unannounced enforcement blitz, the US FDA has cited 40 retailers for selling Juul e-cigs to young people in what it calls the first steps in a new effort aimed at stopping youth use of e-cigarettes ...

Philip Morris set to appeal against Lithuanian ban on advertising IQOS

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Lithuania

Companies

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A Philip Morris subsidiary has been fined for breaking Lithuanian tobacco advertising laws with an IQOS campaign in a decision that may have implications for wider European heated-tobacco promotion ...

Will FDA reconsider cannabis vaping regulation in light of new research?

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 23rd April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US FDA may be considering future marijuana vaping regulation in the light of new academic research into opioids and the medical potential of cannabis ...

No short-fill shortfall – agency takes on added staff to handle notifications

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

United Kingdom

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

So-called “short-fill” products have not affected the number of nicotine-containing e-liquids being notified in the UK, according to an expert from the agency in charge ...

Man loses teeth, gains $2m in ‘pipe bomb’ battery case

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 18th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

In a case that could add to concerns over battery safety, a jury in Florida has awarded over $2m to a man who lost fourth teeth when an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth ...

FDA offers industry revised guidance on ingredients listing

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 18th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US FDA has issued updated guidance to manufacturers and importers on its ingredient listing submission requirements, suggesting they will be enforced for e-liquids but not for hardware such as coils, wicks and mouthpieces ...

Vaping up, smoking down, as Iceland prepares new rules on e-cigarettes

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 17th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Iceland

Market Research

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A national survey of alcohol and tobacco use found that cigarette smoking in Iceland is decreasing, while vaping increased by a third – from 6% to 8% of the adult population – between 2016 and 2017 ...

Aussie senator threatens to block new health laws until vaping is legalised

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

Australia

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Australian government is facing growing dissent on a number of fronts to its continuing ban on nicotine-containing e-cigarettes. And one federal senator has vowed to block all government health legislation until the ban is dropped ...

Mexican heart foundation says PMI should have been barred from forum

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Mexico

North America

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A prominent tobacco control group has accused Mexico’s health regulators of colluding with Philip Morris International (PMI) by allowing the tobacco giant to take part in a public forum on harm reduction ...

Mexican government accused of deliberately delaying legalising e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Mexico

North America

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Mexican government has been accused of deliberately delaying the legalisation of e-cigarettes after four bills designed to remove them from the current legal grey area were presented to a legislative committee ...

San Francisco flavour debate looks to June referendum

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 15th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

California

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

Even as the US federal government gears up to take on flavours, the debate over San Francisco’s plan for a city-wide flavour ban is growing increasingly...

New court-ordered ban highlights legal complexities in India

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

India

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A new court order reinforcing e-cigarette bans in the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab underlines the complexity of enforcement in a country where restrictions on vapour products have been slowly accumulating for...

FDA chief warns of ‘blunt instruments’ approach to youth appeal

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that the agency will soon take action against e-cigarette companies that are targeting youth and urged firms to address the issue before being hit by enforcement...

Kansas district court deems local Tobacco 21 move unconstitutional

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 11th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Kansas

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A court in Kansas has ruled against a local ordinance raising the age for buying tobacco products – which includes e-cigarettes – to 21, finding it...

Montenegro follows TPD as it prepares to regulate e-cigs for the first time

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Montenegro

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Montenegro’s health ministry has drafted a TPD-style proposal that will regulate nicotine vaping products in the country for the first time as it prepares to join the European Union in 2025 ...

Australia divided as committee dissenter pleads: ‘Just legalise vaping’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd April 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

Australia

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A long-awaited parliamentary report into the legalisation of e-cigarettes has delivered both an official blow and an accompanying glimmer of hope for vaping businesses in Australia ...

Legal victory means PMI can sell Heets in New Zealand after all

Written by Freddie Dawson || 29th March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

New Zealand

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Philip Morris International (PMI) has won the right to sell and market heat-not-burn Heets sticks in New Zealand in a surprise legal ruling against the Ministry of Health ...

Criticism of its funding won’t hamper controversial foundation, says Yach

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 29th March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The massive criticism directed at the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) has not kept it from working with the best scientists in the field, according to its founder and president Derek Yach ...

Norway heading towards legal nicotine vapes

Written by ECigIntelligence || 29th March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Norway

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

E-cigarettes with nicotine will become legal this year in Norway, where the sale of all nicotine-containing products other than traditional tobacco products has been banned since 1989 ...

Italian stores will have to show vaping turnover in order to get a licence

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 28th March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Italy

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Italian Customs and Monopoly Agency (AAMS) has issued a decree preventing anyone except licensed vape stores, pharmacies and parapharmacies from retailing e-liquids. It sets a new “prevalence criterion” to determine which shops qualify ...

Health charities sue FDA over extended deeming deadlines

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 28th March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Seven public health groups have brought a suit against the US Food and Drug Administration for extending deadlines for e-cigs and cigars on its controversial deeming regulations ...

E-cigs are no threat to young people, ASH tells UK science committee

Written by Freddie Dawson || 28th March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

United Kingdom

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Public health experts sought to reassure UK lawmakers that e-cigarettes did not pose a threat to the health of young people when they revealed the results of a survey showing just 4% of youngsters had taken up vaping,...

FDA announces ANPRM amid youth e-cig flavour concerns

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 23rd March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), concerned about flavours leading youth to start vaping, has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to explore options for regulation ...

Cole-Bishop amendment fails once again to ride in on US spending bill

Written by Freddie Dawson || 22nd March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Language changing the “grandfathering date” for vaping products has been dropped from the US Appropriations Bill as the government hurries again to avoid another shutdown ...

Nicotine ‘more dangerous than drink’ according to survey respondents

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 21st March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Australasia

Europe

India

New Zealand

North America

United Kingdom

United States

Public Health and Medicine

Regulatory briefing

More than half of US consumers wrongly believe that using nicotine every day is more dangerous than drinking every day, according to a new global survey from the Foundation for a Smoke-free World (FSFW) ...

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

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Greece

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

Belgium’s top judges reject bid to overturn online sales ban

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 19th March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Belgium

EU

Europe

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

In a ruling that will disappoint many in Belgium’s vaping industry, the country’s highest administrative court has refused a request to overturn a ban on online sales of e-cigarette products ...

FDA moves on nicotine levels in combustibles, while leaving e-cigs alone

Written by Barnaby Page || 15th March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US FDA has taken a step closer to regulating nicotine levels in combustible cigarettes, but excluded vapour products from its proposals, even predicting a low-nicotine regime might encourage smokers toward electronic alternatives ...

The good, the bad and the unsure: Europe divided over health benefits of e-cigs

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 15th March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

France

Netherlands

Spain

United Kingdom

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

While the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) provides a common regulatory framework for e-cigarettes across the European Union, the attitude of public health authorities still varies widely from one country to another ...

Fears for South African market if e-cigs are brought under tobacco regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th March 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Africa

South Africa

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

There is growing fear in the South African vaping industry that an impending change in the law, bringing e-cigarettes under tobacco regulation, will halt the switch from smoking by making it easier to smoke than to vape ...