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New Zealand raises vaping awareness for smoking cessation

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

Australasia

New Zealand

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

New Zealand has set in stone its objective of becoming a smoke-free country, and the latest measure to achieve this by 2025 is a plan to raise public awareness of vaping as a way to stop smoking ...

BAT faces complaint that social media promotion of Vype targets kids

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

United Kingdom

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is investigating a complaint that a social media campaign for Vype e-cigarettes targets children and young people ...

Public opinion in Texas favours sin tax on tobacco to fund education

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 1st May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

Texas

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

More than two-thirds of voters in Texas reportedly favour the idea of using “sin” taxes on tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to help fund schools ...

Poland plans 3% tobacco tax increase along with end of 0% e-liquid rate

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

Europe

Poland

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Polish Ministry of Finance has announced it will raise the excise tax on novel tobacco products by 3% next year as part of its plans to adjust the rates on alcohol and tobacco products in accordance with...

Bill in US Congress to ban flavours and online sales, raise age limit to 21

Written by ECigIntelligence || 24th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A bill has been proposed in the US Congress that would raise the minimum purchasing age for vapour products to 21 throughout the country, prohibit online e-cig sales, and ban flavours, including menthol ...

World Bank recommends taxing e-cigs to raise revenue and cut youth use

Written by Aidan Semmens || 23rd April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Africa

Asia

Central America

Europe

North America

South America

United States

World

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The World Bank has published a paper on e-cigarette use and taxation that could prove influential in many countries, possibly leading towards moves for greater taxing of vapour products ...

Swedish agencies cooperate on general advice for e-cig marketing

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

Europe

Sweden

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Swedish Consumer Agency is preparing general advice on the marketing of e-cigarettes and refill containers to be published once the new amendment of the Tobacco Act comes into force on 1st July ...

British Columbia considers banning flavours, restricting e-cig sales

Written by Marija Obradovic || 17th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Canada

North America

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Canadian province of British Columbia is considering a ban on e-liquid flavours, and restricting e-cig sales to adult-only tobacco stores, vape stores and approved pharmacies ...

FDA orders 12 major store chains to stop selling tobacco products to kids

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 17th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US FDA has written to 12 well-known convenience store chains – including Walmart, Kroger, and Family Dollar – accusing them of selling tobacco products to minors and ordering them to stop ...

European Commission sets aside major funds for planned revision of TPD

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 15th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The European Commission has allocated a significant part of its health budget for the year to gathering data for the coming revision of the the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...

Wisconsin budget proposes to apply 71% tobacco tax to e-cig products

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

Pennsylvania

United States

Wisconsin

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The $83.4bn, two-year Wisconsin state budget proposal for 2020-2021 proposes a tax of 71% on e-cigs products, by placing them under the existing state tobacco tax ...

India’s trade ministry says there’s ‘no legal basis’ to ban e-cig imports – yet

Written by Marija Obradovic || 11th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

India

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Indian trade ministry has said there is no legal basis for prohibiting e-cig imports, and is reported to have asked the health ministry to prepare legislation that will have that effect ...

Texas introduces bills to tax vaping products, ban enticing containers

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 10th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

Texas

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A bill in the Texas House of Representatives would ban the sale of vaping product containers with features that might entice young people, while others would impose e-liquid taxes ...

New York state budget stings vape trade with 20% sales tax on e-liquid

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

New York

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The New York vapour industry has condemned the state’s new budget for 2020 as a devastating backward step – particularly the introduction from 2020 of a 20% sales tax on all e-liquids ...

Florida on Tobacco 21 road, moves ahead with workplace vaping ban

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 3rd April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

California

Florida

Hawaii

Illinois

Maine

Massachusetts

New Jersey

North America

Ohio

Oregon

United States

Utah

Virginia

Washington

Washington D.C.

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Florida appears to be on the road towards joining the Tobacco 21 movement, while another bill also moving through the state legislature would ban indoor vaping at work ...

FDA budgets for $100m in user fees for CTP to keep up pressure on vaping

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 2nd April 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) budget for financial year 2020 has been set at $747m, a significant increase on this year’s figure of $611m ...

White House names sucrose expert, former marketing guru to replace Gottlieb

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

United States

Regulatory briefing

Public-health experts and the e-cigarette industry alike today expressed shock at the announcement of the likely successor to outgoing FDA commissioner Scott...

Gottlieb reaches out to vape industry with new rule on SE requirements

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 28th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US FDA has issued a proposed rule to establish requirements for the content and format of substantial equivalence (SE) reports for tobacco products ...

Russian Duma considers its options for forthcoming e-cigarette regulation

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

Russia

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

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

UK government loses a pro-vaping minister as Brine exits over Brexit

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

Europe

United Kingdom

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

As the UK’s government and parliament continue to tie themselves in knots over the impending departure from the EU, the minister most closely associated with vaping policy has quit his post ...

FDA offers vape stores guidance on what counts as ‘modification’

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 26th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US FDA has issued guidance to help vape shops that sell newly deemed products navigate the agency's enforcement of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) and its specific requirements ...

FDA and the US vapour industry watching each other’s moves closely

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

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

With an interim commissioner set to take over, the US FDA remains highly focused on the e-cigarette industry – while the industry itself is no doubt watching developments at the FDA just as closely ...

Not everyone’s happy as Greece moves to regulate nicotine-free e-cigs

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 21st March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Greece

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

After being for some time the only EU member state to allow only nicotine-containing e-cigarettes on the market, Greece has taken a step forward by regulating the sale of nicotine-free vapour products ...

EU science committee to report on vaping risks for revision of TPD

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Europe’s health authorities have commissioned a science committee to gather evidence on the health risks of e-cigarettes for the coming revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...

San Francisco considers e-cig ban, FDA looks at stopping the sale of pods

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 20th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Pressure on the US vapour industry has increased yet again. Local legislators in San Francisco are attempting to ban e-cig sales entirely, while the FDA commissioner is pondering more action against pods ...

High Court judge puts off Indian e-cig ban pending further hearing in May

Written by Marija Obradovic || 19th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

India

Heated tobacco

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to e-cigarette vendors in India, delaying until 17th May the effects of a government circular calling for a nationwide ban on vaping products ...

English hospitals slow to catch up with PHE advice on allowing vaping

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

Europe

United Kingdom

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Most public hospitals in England ban vaping on their premises despite health advice from Public Health England (PHE) to allow it, according to a survey conducted by pro-smoking group Forest ...

E-cigs and HnB could get some relief from a new Estonian government

Written by Marija Obradovic || 14th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Estonia

Europe

Heated tobacco

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

With talks still ongoing to form a government following Estonia’s parliamentary elections, there is hope for a policy change on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in one of the most restrictive vapour markets ...

FDA demands early PMTAs for flavoured e-cigs, sets limits on retail

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 13th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US FDA has spelled out details of its planned crackdown on flavoured e-cigarettes, including retail restrictions and an earlier PMTA deadline for most flavoured...

Ferrari drops Mission Winnow team name and logo for Australian GP

Written by ECigIntelligence || 13th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

Australia

Companies

Heated tobacco

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

PMI and Ferrari have been forced to cancel their partnership for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, the opening race of the Formula 1 season. The Mission Winnow branding will, however, reappear for the rest of the season ...

Cancer Institute head Sharpless to follow Gottlieb as acting FDA chief

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The next head of the US FDA has been named. Norman "Ned" Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, will take over when Scott Gottlieb steps down next month – but only as acting commissioner ...

Juul and vape association on opposite sides over New York’s tobacco 21 bill

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

New York

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A bill in support of “tobacco 21” regulations passed the New York state Assembly and was delivered to the Senate, with opposition from industry associations – and support from Juul ...

FDA’s $6.1bn funding request includes $100m in user fees for e-cig regulation

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 12th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Outgoing US FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s $6.1bn funding request for fiscal year 2020 includes for the first time an element aimed specifically at the development of e-cigarette regulation ...

Ireland’s health service denies backing e-cigs for smoking cessation

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

Europe

Ireland

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Ireland’s Health Services Executive (HSE) has confirmed that it does not endorse e-cigarettes as an aid to help smokers give up, despite adding information on e-cigs to the government website on quitting smoking ...

‘Trump did right hiring Gottlieb to lead FDA,’ say Washington watchers

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

North America

United States

Washington D.C.

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

For once, Democrats and Republicans are in agreement: President Donald Trump was right to hire Scott Gottlieb to lead the US FDA. Politicians and policymakers reacted to Gottlieb’s resignation announcement on 5th March ...

Mixed responses to Gottlieb’s departure from the FDA hot-seat

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 7th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The news that Scott Gottlieb would be stepping down as FDA commissioner has elicited a predictably mixed response from those involved in US public health, tobacco control and the vaping industry ...

Japan sets aside designated HnB and vaping areas in bars and diners

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

Asia

Japan

Heated tobacco

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Japan’s health authorities have issued new ordinances related to smoking areas, including the first designated signs to apply to dedicated areas for the use of heated tobacco products ...

Exit Gottlieb, the ‘friend of vaping’ who became its outspoken foe

Written by Aidan Semmens || 6th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Almost all news coverage of Scott Gottlieb’s shock resignation as FDA commissioner depicts him as the enemy of e-cigs and speaks of his “unfinished fight against vaping” – but it wasn’t always that way ...

Scott Gottlieb, frequent critic of vaping, resigns from FDA

Written by Barnaby Page || 6th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and vocal critic of e-cigarettes, has resigned and will leave office in about a month; no successor has been named ...

Spanish public backs restrictions on vaping to match limits on smoking

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Spain

Heated tobacco

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A new survey reveals that more than half of Spaniards would restrict the use of vaping and novel tobacco products in public places in the same way as smoking ...

Gottlieb names chains accused of flouting rules on sales to youth

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 5th March 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb has announced new action against retailers selling tobacco products to minors and e-cig manufacturers who fail to comply with labelling and advertising regulations ...

Under grilling, Gottlieb tells House subcommittee e-cigs are a top priority

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

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb was peppered with questions about vaping during a House appropriations subcommittee hearing on the status of operations at the FDA ...

German court issues injunctions against Amazon over e-cig sales

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 28th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Germany

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main in Germany has awarded two injunctions against the sale and advertising of e-cigarettes through online retailer Amazon, the law magazine LHR reports ...

Broadcast and internet regulator calls for clampdown on e-cig advertising

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 25th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A top official at the US agency that regulates interstate broadcast and electronic communication has described e-cigs as the “modern equivalent” of traditional cigarettes and called for a clampdown on advertising them ...

EU tank, bottle and nicotine limits are far too low, say Swiss health experts

Written by ECigIntelligence || 21st February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Switzerland

Policy and Politics

Public Health and Medicine

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Allowing e-cigarette tanks to be five times bigger than allowed in the EU would cut tobacco use and foster innovation to develop less harmful alternatives to smoking, a group of leading Swiss health experts claim ...

Citizens’ Initiative calls for European VPD (Vaping Products Directive)

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 20th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Germany

Italy

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The European Commission has officially registered a European Citizens’ Initiative which calls for Article 20 of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) to be replaced by “bespoke legislation” for vaping products ...

United Arab Emirates prepares to legalise e-cigarettes from April

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 19th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Bahrain

Kuwait

Middle East

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The existing ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be lifted from mid-April, the Emirates Authority for Standardisation (ESMA) has confirmed ...

Decree brings regulation of e-cigs and HnB to Belarus for the first time

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 18th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Belarus

Europe

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A new decree in Belarus regulates electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco for the first time in the country, introducing a number of restrictions after years of no regulation ...

Party puts German notification question on the political agenda

Written by Berta Camps Bisbal || 14th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Germany

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A controversy over the way the six-month delay between notification and placing an e-cigarette product on the market is enforced in Germany has been brought into the political arena by a parliamentary question ...

Gottlieb hints at harsh action ahead in the battle against youth vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence || 12th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US vaping industry is waiting for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to offer guidance on how it plans to tackle e-cigarette usage by children. It may not like it when it comes ...

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