China: Market and regulatory data analysis of the vaping sector

China: e-cigarette regulation, July 2024

Written by Michelle Yau | 11th July 2024

This report offers a detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place in China for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas from taxation and notification to advertising and import/export ...

An analysis of the import and seizures of illegal e-cigarettes at US ports of entry

Written by Kristina Iashina | 23rd February 2024

This report examines the seizures of illegal e-cigarettes at US ports of entry, analysing the ports that receive the biggest volume of e-cigarette shipments and the customs values of those shipments ...

An analysis of US FDA import alerts on e-cigarettes

Written by Kristina Iashina | 13th December 2023

In May 2023, the US FDA issued import alerts on multiple vape products and said any that do not have marketing authorisation will be detained at the border. This report looks at the process, implications...

China: e-cigarette regulation, November 2022

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th November 2022

In 2022, China finalised regulating e-cigarettes and imposed strict control over the vaping industry. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current framework in place for such products, covering all policy areas ...

Global policy on novel nicotine products: analysis from our new Policy Radar

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla | 2nd September 2022

Analysis of Tamarind Intelligence’s newly launched Policy Radar product captures in detail the current regulatory framework for leading markets globally and enables us to forecast the evolution of regulation over the next five years ...

China: e-cigarette regulation, May 2022

Written by ECigIntelligence | 6th May 2022

In November 2021, vapour products intended for the internal market were regulated as tobacco products in China. This report outlines the current regulatory regime ...

Regulatory report: Q&A – China's proposed tobacco law amendment

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla | 7th April 2021

A draft amendment to the Chinese Tobacco Monopoly Law was released at the end of March. Pablo Cano Trilla, ECigIntelligence’s head of legal analysis, considers how e-cigarette regulation in China is likely to be affected...

Regulatory report: Macau, April 2021

Written by Tao Hong | 1st April 2021

This report provides an overview of the current regulatory framework for vaping products in Macau, a special administrative region of China ...

Regulatory report: China, February 2021

Written by Tao Hong | 26th February 2021

This report on Chinese regulation of e-cigarettes includes an overview of the current rules plus possible future regulations and forthcoming changes ...

Regulatory report: provincial legislation in China

Written by ECigIntelligence | 13th May 2020

This itemised report details the regulatory requirements and restrictions on e-cigarette products in the six Chinese provinces – Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shenzhen ...

Global tobacco harm reduction policies: selected country overview

Written by ECigIntelligence | 11th November 2019

This report provides an overview of harm-reduction policies with regards to tobacco use from 18 selected countries from around the world ...

Monopoly rule: China heated tobacco regulatory report

Written by ECigIntelligence | 12th August 2019

Heated tobacco products are considered part of the tobacco monopoly in China; it is illegal to sell them unless approved by the tobacco monopoly administration ...

China regulatory report, including Hong Kong and Macau

Written by ECigIntelligence | 11th June 2019

This report on Chinese regulation includes updates on the proposed national e-cigarette standard and reviews what will change once it is integrated into the regulatory framework ...

TV investigation could have big impact on Chinese e-cigarette regulation

Written by Aidan Semmens | 28th March 2019

A popular Chinese TV show, exposing shortcomings in the country’s e-cigarette industry, has already had an impact on the stock market, and may have major repercussions for future regulation ...

China takes on the HnB smugglers, ponders e-cig industry regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th February 2019

China Tobacco is battling a flourishing smuggling trade in heated tobacco products, while also proposing regulation of e-cigarettes that could threaten the livelihoods of a large number of small operators ...

Will Hong Kong e-cig clampdown block exports from China?

Written by ECigIntelligence | 20th December 2018

Proposed regulation in Hong Kong would ban the import, manufacture, sale, distribution and advertising of e-cigarettes. But will this affect the current trade in vapour products exported from China via Hong Kong?...

State likely to control heated tobacco: China regulatory report

Written by ECigIntelligence | 23rd October 2018

In our latest look at Chinese regulations, we find no foreign company has been permitted to sell heated tobacco devices and state-owned companies could, in theory, engage in the production of such products ...

PMI and Juul launch legal action against Chinese copyists

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th October 2018

The two leading brands in the vaping and heated tobacco sectors, Juul and Philip Morris International (PMI), are both engaged in active fights with Chinese companies over their intellectual property rights ...

China regulatory report: new national standard coming soon

Written by ECigIntelligence | 19th July 2018

Our report on Chinese e-cigarette regulation reviews the current regulatory landscape in the country, the forthcoming national standards, and the possible impact of tobacco-style regulation on vapour products ...

China takes on another great project – e-cig regulation by October 2019

Written by ECigIntelligence | 20th June 2018

China has for the first time published advanced notice of its forthcoming legal standards for e-cigarettes – in US or European terms, regulation – due for release by October 2019 ...

China: the shape of possible e-cig regulation to come

Written by Aidan Semmens | 13th July 2017

With no specific regulation in place, e-cigarettes in China only come under general consumer product rules – but that could change. Our special report investigates current Chinese law and where it might be...

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