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 ...

US FDA proposes bringing PMTA deadline significantly forward

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 14th June 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US FDA has suggested that the deadline for the submission of premarket tobacco product (PMTA) applications could be significantly advanced ...

The waiting’s over as FDA produces its guidance on PMTA submissions

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

North America

United States

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The US FDA has published its long awaited guidance for premarket tobacco products applications (PMTAs) for e-cigarettes, including a number of non-binding recommendations for vaping manufacturers ...

Hong Kong debates blanket e-cig ban and its possible repercussions

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

Asia

China

Hong Kong

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Industry and unions in Hong Kong have warned that a proposed ban on e-cigarettes could undermine the city’s status as a major hub for their import and export ...

San Francisco moves towards e-cig sales prohibition ‘until FDA acts’

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

California

North America

United States

FDA

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Legislators in San Francisco have advanced a bill to ban the sale of e-cigs in the city until the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed the products ...

Michigan criminalises youth possession of vaping products

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

Michigan

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Young people in the US state of Michigan will risk criminal charges for possession of an e-cigarette after governor Gretchen Whitmer signed two new bills into law ...

A new round of vaping taxes swings around for US states

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

Nevada

North America

United States

Vermont

Washington

Health

Marketing and Retailing

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

Various US jurisdictions have adopted new tax regimes or amended existing ones that treat e-cigs like tobacco products in order to fight youth uptake ...

UK NHS trusts show progress with PHE vaping guidelines

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

England

Europe

United Kingdom

Health

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Public Health England (PHE) found that there is a “steady progress” in National Health Service Trusts becoming smoke-free environments, and the organisation has welcomed the policies that some hospitals are implementing on creating designated vaping...

Anti-tobacco policies light up on World No Tobacco Day

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 31st May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

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West Virginia

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Wyoming

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Companies

Health

Heated tobacco

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Health authorities around the world presented their policies against e-cigarettes and novel tobacco products World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) ...

Middle Eastern states move to legalise e-cigarettes, but at a high price

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

Asia

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Jordan have decided to allow the sale of e-cigarettes, as Middle Eastern attitudes toward vaping...

Beverly Hills cops it, the first US city to ban tobacco and e-cig sales

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

California

North America

United States

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, home to countless stars of the entertainment business, is heading for the most stringent tobacco sales ban in the US ...

Indian court holds off national ban, but states press on with prohibition

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

Asia

India

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Several states in India are pressing ahead with e-cig bans, despite a court judgement preventing the national government insisting on total prohibition of vaping products ...

Seeking enlightenment, FDA plans to visit vape factories

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp || 24th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

Technology and Innovation

Regulatory briefing

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to visit vapour manufacturers in an effort to better understand the development, manufacturing, and testing of electronic delivery nicotine systems, as it pushes forward in its regulation of the...

Belgium raises legal purchase age, bans vaping in cars with kids

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

Belgium

Europe

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Belgium is to raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, and ban vaping in private vehicles when minors are present ...

The Lone Star State is not alone as Tobacco 21 wave spreads across US

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

Arizona

Louisiana

Maryland

North America

North Dakota

Ohio

South Carolina

Texas

United States

Vermont

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Texas is set to become the next in a wave of states raising the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco and nicotine products from 18 to 21 ...

What will European elections mean for the future of e-cigarette regulation?

Written by ECigIntelligence || 20th May 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The rising popularity of tobacco alternatives as well as new regulations on the way will make the e-cigarette issue hard to ignore after this week's European elections ...

Federal judge tells FDA to hurry up, while North Carolina sues Juul

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

North America

United States

Companies

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

A federal judge has ordered the US FDA to accelerate its reviewing of e-cigarettes currently on the market. Meanwhile, North Carolina’s attorney general is taking Juul to court ...

Sharpless keeps the FDA on its chosen path against youth vaping ‘epidemic’

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

North America

United States

FDA

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

In the words of acting commissioner Ned Sharpless, the US FDA remains set on fighting the “epidemic of e-cigarette use by kids” and on “strategies to help those who are already addicted” ...

State governor asked to think again as Washington follows the tax trend

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

North America

United States

Washington

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

Regulatory briefing

Vape shop owners and manufacturers in Washington State remain on edge as a controversial vaping tax has yet to be signed into law ...

Quebec may appeal after court strikes down its e-cig promotion bans

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

Canada

North America

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

The government of Quebec must decide by early June whether to appeal against a Quebec Superior Court judgement that struck down several restrictions on promoting vaping ...

Health minister Blokhuis tells Dutch House why he won’t support vaping

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

Europe

Netherlands

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Dutch health secretary Paul Blokhuis has further defended his position that electronic cigarettes are not a successful tool for giving up smoking and provided details on upcoming regulations ...

California bill could ban disposable e-cigs, apply new manufacturing standards

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

California

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Technology and Innovation

Regulatory briefing

The California state legislature is considering a proposed law that would have an important impact in the local e-cigarette industry. Senate bill 424 would ban disposable and other single-use nicotine products to any person “of any age” in...

Activists wary of industry-backed Arizona bill to raise legal sales age

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

Arizona

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

An Arizona bill that has the support of the e-cigarette and tobacco industries would raise the state's minimum legal age for purchasing nicotine and tobacco products from 18 to 21, but tobacco control activists are wary ...

China issues new industry standards for e-cigarettes and e-liquids

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

Asia

China

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

China is set to enforce new industry standards for electronic cigarettes, laid out in detail in a recent submission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) ...

Florida turns indoor vaping ban into law, other measures discussed

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

Florida

North America

United States

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Regulatory briefing

Lawmakers in Florida are at the end of the state’s annual legislative session. During this year’s session, members of both chambers and political parties supported several measures that would restrict the sale and use of e-cigarettes across the...

New Zealand raises vaping awareness for smoking cessation

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

Australasia

New Zealand

Health

Policy and Politics

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

Major brands

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

Tax

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

Tax

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

Flavours

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

Health

Policy and Politics

Regulation and Legislation

Tax

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

Flavours

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

FDA

Regulation and Legislation

Retail

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 |

EU

Europe

Health

Policy and Politics

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

Tax

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 ...