Canada takes measured approach to lung illness, with federal/provincial task group

Written by ECigIntelligence || 14th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Canada

North America

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Faced with its first case of a vaping-related illness, Canada’s public health agency is calling on provincial authorities to report cases that could be linked to vaping and has set up a joint federal/provincial task group ...

Montana bans flavoured e-liquids as lung injury cases approach 1300

Written by ECigIntelligence || 11th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Montana

North America

United States

Flavours

Health

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Flavoured vaping products, including those containing CBD and THC, are to be banned in Montana under a 120-day emergency rule from 22nd October ...

German court confirms marketing ban on Juul over missing waste symbol

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Germany

Companies

Major brands

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The district court in the western German city of Düsseldorf has upheld a ruling temporarily banning Juul Labs from marketing its flavoured pods in the country ...

Colombia moves towards legislation equating vapes with combustibles

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Colombia

South America

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Legislation to restrict the use of e-cigarettes in Colombia is picking up momentum, with a final vote in Congress expected by the end of the year ...

Court grants breathing-space to e-cig firms challenging India’s ban

Written by Marija Obradovic || 9th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

India

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

An Indian judge has granted interim relief, allowing two vaping companies to keep their e-cig stocks pending the adoption of a ban on the production, distribution, import and sales of e-cigarettes nationwide ...

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

Written by ECigIntelligence || 8th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Greece

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

Oregon includes nicotine and THC in emergency ban on e-cig flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

Oregon

United States

Flavours

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Oregon governor Kate Brown has issued an executive order prohibiting the sale of all flavoured vaping products in the state, “including those containing nicotine or THC” ...

Ireland prepares to ban vape sales to under-18s or via vending machines

Written by ECigIntelligence || 7th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Ireland

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Ireland is considering a ban on sales of vaping products to under-18s amid rising concerns about e-cigarette use by young people ...

New York state e-cig ban on hold until 18th October, court rules

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 4th October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

New York

North America

United States

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court has put on hold the emergency regulation banning the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes that governor Andrew Cuomo adopted on 18th...

E-liquid producer challenges Canada’s restriction on e-cigarette promotion

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 3rd October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Canada

North America

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A Canadian manufacturer is challenging the prohibition against promoting vaping as a healthier alternative included in the national Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA) ...

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

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Switzerland

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

Philippines e-cig makers in race to comply with new licensing law

Written by ECigIntelligence || 1st October 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Philippines

Companies

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Vaping companies in the Philippines are entering the final stretch before the government starts monitoring their activities and enforcing new regulations ...

New York expands flavours ban to menthol; Washington to follow

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

New York

North America

United States

Washington

Flavours

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Governor Andrew Cuomo has accepted the recommendation of New York State’s health authorities to extend the recently announced ban on e-cigarette flavours to menthol ...

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

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Greece

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

Russia approves progressive tax increase for vaping products and HnB

Written by ECigIntelligence || 28th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Russia

World

Heated tobacco

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

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

Sharpless: ‘PMTA policy doesn’t mean flavoured e-cigs can never be sold’

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Flavours

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Acting US FDA commissioner Ned Sharpless told a House hearing there would be no blanket e-cigarette flavour ban in response to the country’s outbreak of lung illness ...

Two more US state governors issue e-liquid prohibitions by decree

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 26th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Massachusetts

North America

Rhode Island

United States

Flavours

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Massachusetts and Rhode Island have joined the list of US states that have banned sales of e-liquids since the lung illness outbreak that was declared at the end of August ...

South Korea cracks down on public smoking, vaping and HnB use

Written by ECigIntelligence || 25th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

South Korea

Health

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Local authorities across South Korea are carrying out patrols to enforce regulations against smoking, vaping and use of heat-not-burn (HnB) products in a wide range of public places ...

Study urges caution on legalising e-cigarettes to cut smoking rates

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 24th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Europe

Singapore

United Kingdom

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

Legalising e-cigarettes in countries where they are currently banned may not be the best available approach to reducing smoking, a recent study suggests ...

ASH report: half as many vapers as smokers in UK; dual users down

Written by Jon Bruford || 24th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

England

Europe

Northern Ireland

Scotland

United Kingdom

Wales

Consumers

Health

Market Research

Regulatory briefing

New data has been published by UK anti-smoking charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) to show that there are now half as many vapers in the UK as smokers, with 3.6million people vaping compared to 7.2m smokers...

Tasmania holds back a decision on raising purchasing age to 21

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

Australia

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The parliament of the Australian island state of Tasmania has delayed a bill to ban the sale of tobacco products and e-cigarettes to under-21s ...

FDA outlines what PMTAs must include: youth protection, comparative risk are key

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Health

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The FDA’s draft guidelines for PMTAs acknowledge a continuum of risk in tobacco products, while also placing much emphasis on youth...

India: the axe falls, with nationwide e-cig ban taking immediate effect

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

India

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Indian government has imposed a nationwide ban on e-cigarettes. All production, manufacture, storage, import, export, sale, transport, distribution and advertising of e-cigs is prohibited immediately ...

New York joins the prohibition on flavours by order of the governor

Written by ECigIntelligence || 18th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

New York

North America

United States

Flavours

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

New York state has adopted an emergency regulation banning the the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes immediately, following governor Andrew Cuomo’s request ...

How ‘health emergency’ rules allowed state governor to ban e-cig flavours

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Michigan

North America

United States

Flavours

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

How can Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer justify her “emergency rules” action against flavoured e-cigarettes? ECigIntelligence has obtained a copy of the regulations that explain it ...

Political voices in the Netherlands raised against promotion of e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence || 17th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Netherlands

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Dutch politicians are concerned at how online retailers promote e-cigs. The Socialist Party has warned that regulations are routinely breached, with misleading advertising and sales to minors ...

From info to melodrama – how states communicate about lung disease

Written by ECigIntelligence || 16th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Health

Regulatory briefing

Public health authorities across the 50 US states are using language that ranges from moderate to dramatic in the advice they offer about the recent outbreak of lung illness ...

Trump declares flavours ‘off the market’ until approved by FDA

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 12th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Flavours

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

US president Donald Trump has announced that his administration is preparing new market restrictions on flavoured e-cigarettes ...

Philippines vapour industry faces hike in taxes before they even come in

Written by ECigIntelligence || 10th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Philippines

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

Barely a month after Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte signed a law setting taxes on heated tobacco and vaping products, the House of Representatives has opted to change the entire tax structure ...

Michigan flavour ban stokes mixed feelings

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Michigan

North America

United States

Companies

Flavours

Health

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Since Michigan Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer used her executive authority as governor to ban flavoured e-cigarettes, the public health community has applauded her...

Scientific e-cig review eagerly awaited by German government

Written by ECigIntelligence || 9th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Germany

Health

Policy and Politics

Technology and Innovation

Regulatory briefing

German scientists are reviewing the current state of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco devices for a forthcoming report expected to help the federal government shape future legislative approaches ...

Little progress in lung disease probes; NY finds illegal additive in e-liquid samples

Written by ECigIntelligence || 6th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Health

Regulatory briefing

Across the US, hundreds of cases of respiratory complications linked to vaping are causing alarm; the public wants...

Brazil to launch public consultation on approach to e-cigarette regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence || 5th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Brazil

South America

Health

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, ANVISA, is to launch a public consultation as a step towards deciding whether to amend the national ban e-cigs and heated tobacco ...

Michigan becomes first US state to ban sales of flavoured e-cigs

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 4th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Michigan

North America

United States

Flavours

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Michigan state governor Gretchen Whitmer has announced a “unilateral decision” to prohibit the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes, making it the first US state to implement such a ban ...

Denmark paves the way towards tougher childproofing rules for e-cigs

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 4th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Denmark

Europe

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Danish Safety Technology Authority and Health Authority have circulated within the vapour industry a working document that would re-interpret the requirements for childproofing of e-cigarettes ...

Albania regulates vaping for the first time with TPD-like legislation

Written by Marija Obradovic || 4th September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Albania

Europe

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Albania is among the first countries in the Western Balkans to adapt their domestic tobacco legislation to match the EU requirements outlined in the TPD ...

Vaping bills on the table as US Congress gets back to business

Written by ECigIntelligence || 3rd September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US Congress resumes activity this week after the summer break with at least 12 active vaping bills ...

Vaping and HnB tax revenues rocketing in crisis-hit Italy

Written by ECigIntelligence || 2nd September 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Italy

Heated tobacco

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

Tax revenues from e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn (HnB) products raised €172.6m in Italy in 2018, a big increase over previous years. Meanwhile, there are fresh doubts over the political future ...

Juul-backed group sues San Francisco over ballot wording on city e-cig ban

Written by ECigIntelligence || 30th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

California

North America

United States

Companies

Major brands

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Juul-backed Coalition for Reasonable Vaping Regulation has filed a lawsuit against the city and county of San Francisco over the wording of a ballot proposition against the city-wide e-cig ban ...

Order to change window display reveals vagaries of Norwegian enforcement

Written by Marija Obradovic || 29th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Norway

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A vape store chain in Norway is under scrutiny from local authorities who claim it is violating advertising regulations with a big picture in the window showing the company’s CEO with an e-cigarette ...

FDA’s proposed additions to harmful constituents list spread confusion

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Health

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The possible addition of another 19 toxins to the US list of harmful and potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) is generating uncertainty among vaping companies ...

India faces tough nationwide ban within days on all e-cigs and HnB

Written by ECigIntelligence || 27th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

India

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Indian government is to introduce a fully-fledged ban on e-cigarettes across the country through an executive order that could come into force within days ...

French government leaves e-cigs out of new round of anti-tobacco funding

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

France

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

The vaping industry has been excluded from the list of beneficiaries of a €120m French government fund for projects fighting addiction – to the disappointment of some ...

Death in Illinois triggers public wave of concern and official anxiety

Written by ECigIntelligence || 26th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Illinois

North America

United States

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

The death of an Illinois vaper, announced on Friday by the state’s Department of Public Health, has prompted a considerable response by public health leaders and tobacco control groups ...

First death from mysterious lung condition affecting US vapers

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 24th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Illinois

North America

United States

Health

Regulatory briefing

A person who had “recently vaped” has died in Illinois after being hospitalised for severe respiratory illness. The death escalates to a new level the sudden emergence of unexplained lung conditions among vapers, most of them young, across...

Myblu takes over Germany’s busiest station, with new ad limits ahead

Written by ECigIntelligence || 23rd August 2019 || Marketing & retailing , Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Germany

Companies

Major brands

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Marketing & retailing

Regulatory briefing

Huge ads for Myblu are turning heads at Hamburg central railway station – before a pending update of German advertising law that could spell an end to such campaigns ...

Swiss national committee proposes age limit and ad restrictions

Written by ECigIntelligence || 19th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Switzerland

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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 ...

New legal action aims to overturn FDA’s latest PMTA deadline

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 16th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Vaping advocates are seeking a legal injunction against the US FDA’s May 2020 deadline for submission of premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) for e-cigarettes ...

Australian public dazed and confused by regulatory complexity

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 16th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

Australia

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Public confusion about regulation has led Australians to inadvertently break the law on vaping products, according to a recent study which also blamed inconsistent information being disseminated in the media ...

Brazil opens debate about possible legalisation of e-cigarettes

Written by ECigIntelligence || 15th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Brazil

South America

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Brazil has held its first hearing on the possible legalisation of e-cigs, with an intense debate about changing the 2009 resolution that forbids their advertising, import, and sale ...