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 ...

Young people ‘aren’t prompted to smoke just by seeing vapour’

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 13th August 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Consumers

Health

Regulatory briefing

A group of US academics and scientists joined forces to explore how anti-vaping public service announcements (PSAs) impacted 21-to-30-year-olds who were either smokers or dual users of both e-cigarettes and...

Indian court rules against Maharashtra e-cig seizure

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

Asia

India

Companies

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Indian tobacco and e-cig manufacturer Godfrey Phillips India Limited (GPI) won a reprieve after an Indian court prevented the Maharashtra state government from taking action against the company ...

New Greek government to tighten enforcement of anti-tobacco rules, including e-cigs

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

Europe

Greece

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The new centre-right Greek government has committed to enforcing existing anti-smoking regulations, and including e-cigarettes as part of its new national health strategy ...

FDA demands removal of ‘illegally marketed’ e-liquids, calls for e-cig seizure reports

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

North America

United States

Marketing and Retailing

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Amid the agency’s push to further enforce e-cigarette regulations, the US FDA continues to issue enforcement notifications to companies it deems non-compliant ...

Minnesota implements Clean Indoor Air restrictions to ‘protect humans’

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

Minnesota

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act (MCIAA) and a series of amendments that include e-cigarettes became effective from 1st August with the aim to “protect humans” from second-hand cigarette smoke from combustibles and aerosol from e-cigarettes, vaporisers, and...

Philippines puts tax on e-cigs and heated tobacco, bans public space use

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

Asia

Philippines

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

The Philippines is bent on clamping down on public vaping and imposing a new excise tax on heated tobacco and vapour products ...

FDA proposes increasing list of harmful toxins in e-cigarettes

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

North America

United States

FDA

Health

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to add up to 19 new chemicals to its list of harmful and potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) ...

China hints at stricter regulations to curb e-cig rise

Written by ECigIntelligence || 31st July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

China

Hong Kong

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

China’s health agency has hinted that it will set up new laws to regulate the use of e-cigarettes as part of the country’s masterplan to curb the rise of vaping and safeguard public health ...

WHO: ‘undoubtedly harmful’ e-cigarettes should be regulated against reduced-risk claims

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 29th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

World

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A new report by the World Health Organization seriously questions the role of tobacco-alternative products as a successful cessation smoking...

US Congress hearing told to consider ‘the truth’ against Juul, not evidence

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

North America

United States

Major brands

Regulatory briefing

A US Congress hearing on Juul’s role in the rise of youth vaping has heard that “we don’t need more studies” because a pressure group of outraged parents have “the truth” on their side ...

Austria reinstates ban on smoking or vaping in restaurants and bars

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

Austria

Europe

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Vaping and smoking will be banned in bars and restaurants in Austria from 1st November, after the Federal Council approved the reinstatement of a measure that was overturned last year ...

UK government sets 2030 smoke-free target with help from e-cigarettes

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

Europe

United Kingdom

Heated tobacco

Policy and Politics

Regulatory briefing

The UK government has set a target of England becoming smoke-free by 2030, looking to the potential of e-cigarettes as a tool to help in eradicating smoking entirely ...

FDA’s new TV campaign aims to turn teens off vaping by magic

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 23rd July 2019 || Marketing & retailing , Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Health

Regulation and Legislation

Marketing & retailing

Regulatory briefing

“Some people think that vaping is not a big deal, but that is just an illusion.” That’s the start of a new TV ad, one of a series featuring street magician Julius Dein launched on teen-focused networks by...

Shenzhen, world’s No 1 e-cig supplier, tightens rules on public vaping

Written by ECigIntelligence || 22nd July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

China

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Chinese city of Shenzhen, the world’s biggest centre for e-cig manufacturing, has issued new regulations restricting public vaping ...

Cuomo signs Tobacco 21 legislation in NY, new policy enforced in Delaware

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

Delaware

Kentucky

New York

North America

Ohio

United States

Companies

Health

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Tobacco 21 legislation is once again a top political discussion in various US states. A new law that raises the legal age for purchasing tobacco products will come into effect in four months in New York state, and...

Sharpless: court’s deadline ruling sets ‘a rapid pace’ for PMTA reviews

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

North America

United States

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US FDA has welcomed the ruling by a federal court that it must bring forward the deadline for submission of premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) for e-cigarettes to 11th May 2020 ...

Health Canada moves to plug gaps in packaging and labelling

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

Canada

North America

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The Canadian government has set the stage for new rules that would require e-cigarettes to state nicotine concentration, put a toxicity warning on the label, and be sold in child-resistant containers ...

Judge moves PMTA deadline to May 2020; praises FDA, criticises industry

Written by Barnaby Page || 13th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

11th May 2020 is the new deadline for US e-cigarette makers to submit their products to the FDA, following a federal court ruling ...

Atlanta implements public place ban, follows other US cities

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

Georgia

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Atlanta, Georgia is the latest major city to adopt a vaping ban legislation following the trend of some local governments across the US ...

Acting FDA chief Sharpless says the case for e-cigs is still unproven

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 11th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Acting US FDA commissioner Ned Sharpless has expressed his commitment to giving fair consideration to alternatives to smoking – but he still has doubts about vaping ...

UK retailers seek cut in VAT to reflect e-cigs’ role in smoking cessation

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

Europe

United Kingdom

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A group of UK e-cig firms are seeking a sharp cut in value added tax (VAT) on e-cigarettes on the grounds that they help in the battle against smoking ...

Hungary heading for lower tax and fewer licensed retailers

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

Europe

Hungary

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Retail

Tax

Regulatory briefing

The Hungarian parliament is considering reducing tax on nicotine-containing e-liquids, while bringing in taxation and other restrictions on those without nicotine ...

Juul-backed petition calls for radical rethink on San Francisco’s e-cig ban

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

California

North America

United States

Companies

Major brands

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A campaign backed by Juul Labs has submitted a petition calling for a vote to overturn San Francisco’s vaping ban on the 5th November public ballot ...

Chile’s lawmakers set on equating e-cigarettes with combustibles

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

Chile

South America

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Moves are afoot in Chile to regulate electronic cigarettes by making them equivalent to conventional cigarettes in the eyes of the law ...

Three more US states join the vogue for taxing e-cigs as tobacco products

Written by ECigIntelligence || 4th July 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

Illinois

Maine

North America

United States

Vermont

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

Illinois, Vermont and Maine are the latest US states to overhaul their tax codes to treat e-cigarettes like tobacco products ...

Kyrgyzstan follows Russian example by setting tax on nicotine e-liquids

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

Asia

Kyrgyzstan

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

Kyrgyzstan has agreed an excise tax amendment that will tax nicotine e-liquids and heated tobacco from 1st July ...

From Juul to small store owners, San Franciscans greet ban with dismay

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

California

North America

United States

Companies

Major brands

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Retail

Regulatory briefing

San Francisco businesses large and small are braced for a severe impact from the blanket ban on the sale, manufacture, and distribution of e-cigarettes within the city limits ...

San Francisco confirms city-wide ban on selling or manufacturing e-cigs

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

California

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

San Francisco has become officially the first major city in the US to ban the sale, distribution or manufacture of e-cigarettes ...

Ohio’s double whammy – Tobacco 21 and ‘devastating’ e-liquid tax

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

North America

Ohio

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

Ohio looks set be the next US state to raise the minimum purchasing age for e-cigarettes, from 18 to 21. It comes along with a budget proposal that would levy a hefty tax on vaping products ...

India moves towards clamping down on e-cigarettes under drugs law

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

Asia

India

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

An Indian government body has taken a crucial step towards curbing the sale, import and distribution of e-cigarettes by classifying them as drugs ...

GARD shows great potential for allergy testing in e-liquids

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

EU

Europe

North America

United States

Health

Technology and Innovation

Regulatory briefing

A recently-developed testing method called Genomic Allergen Rapid Detection (GARD) could prove a valuable tool for the e-cig industry, claims a new study sponsored by the makers of Blu ...

Health Canada warns of inspections, Quebec appeals to reinstate ad ban

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

Canada

North America

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Health Canada has written to thousands of vaping retailers warning them that inspectors will be visiting them "to verify compliance with the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act" ...

New York State lawmakers consider nicotine and advertising restrictions

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

New York

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Lawmakers in New York State have proposed a new round of restrictions on e-cigarettes and nicotine products ...

FDA offers retailers digital calendars to help with age verification

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

North America

United States

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US FDA has created a new digital age verification calendar to help retailers to avoid selling e-cigs and other tobacco products to under-age customers ...

Russia may extend tax to reusable e-cigarettes and HnB devices

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

Russia

Heated tobacco

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

Reusable e-cigarettes and heated tobacco devices could soon be taxed in Russia for the first time as part of a review of the country’s taxation system ...