Written by Elba Manzanilla Zapata | 5th September 2018
In this far-reaching report, ECigIntelligence looks at the varied legal approaches to e-cigs and vaping across Latin America, focussing on Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Panama, Colombia, Chile and...
In our latest look at Denmark, we find that the country has the second highest notification fee in the EU, which amounts to about €4950 ($5771). The Danish Health Authority dismisses scientific evidence that e-cigarettes...
Central government in India, the world’s second largest country by population, does not regulate e-cigarettes specifically – but has advised its constituent states to ban vaping products ...
Swedish regulation is asking producers and consumers to obtain a permit for the sale and use of e-liquid with high concentrations of nicotine, which constitutes a de facto ban as the process of obtaining such...
ECigIntelligence provides up-to-date details of e-cigarette regulations in Malta, where the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) was tranposed into domestic law in 2016 ...
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 ...
Written by Elba Manzanilla Zapata | 12th July 2018
Nicotine-containing e-liquids became subject to a new tax in Sweden in July 2018, a year after the country’s regulations on e-cigarettes came into force with the transposition into national law of the EU Tobacco Products...
The New Zealand government is working on creating a regulatory framework for nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, expected to be more flexible than the regime in place in Europe ...
Heated tobacco products generally benefit from a more benign tax regime in Europe than vapour products. Our report examines tax laws in EU countries where HnB products have been launched ...
New ordinances in New York City place a cap on the number of e-cigarette retailers in each district of the city – and licences will only be granted to those who were already in business...
Written by Elba Manzanilla Zapata | 26th June 2018
Our updated report on e-cig regulation in South Korea details the tough new warnings with graphic images which will be required on packets of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products ...
New York, formerly one of the less restrictive states for e-cigs, now has a widespread ban on indoor vaping, no e-cigs allowed in schools, and a number of other measures in the offing ...
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 ...
In our latest look at the Dutch regulations, we find that The Netherlands recently decided to go beyond the TPD, regulating nicotine-free e-cigs fully in the same way as nicotine containing ones ...
Written by Elba Manzanilla Zapata | 13th June 2018
The use of cannabidiol (CBD) in e-liquids is not specifically regulated in France, and in a grey area as no law or competent authority has officially confirmed the legality of its use in an e-cigarette...
In our latest look at the regulatory picture in Slovakia we see that e-cigarettes are not covered by any excise tax, e-cigs with and without nicotine have mild retail restrictions and notification is free of...
E-cigarette companies in Kazakhstan – where e-cigs and heated tobacco products are currently zero-rated for tax – can expect to have to pay tax by 2020, according to the country’s health ministry ...
In our latest look at Bulgaria, we find that distance sales are banned, notification is free-of-charge, non-nicotine products are regulated as a consumer products and there is no taxation of e-cigarettes ...
In our latest look at California's regulations, we find that the wholesale tax is set to be adjusted in July and vaping is treated as tobacco in regards to public usage ...
A legal controversy between two of Germany’s major e-cig importers and retailers over the notification requirements of the German version of the TPD could help to clear up a partly unresolved question about the regulation...
In our latest look at Poland we find that a tax on all e-liquids will apply as of January 2019, distance sales are prohibited and new, slightly higher, notification fees now apply ...
While no German or EU law currently regulates CBD-infused e-liquids directly, and CBD is not in itself illegal, companies wishing to market CBD for vaping have plenty of legal issues to consider ...
Spain transposed the EU TPD into national law in 2017. Law 28/2005 in its consolidated version now regulates all aspects of the use, sale and promotion of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes ...
ECigIntelligence guides you through the sometimes uncertain legal framework that applies in the UK to cannabidiol (CBD) in general, and CBD-containing e-liquids in particular ...
In our latest look at the regulations in Austria, we see that Austrian legislation regulates both nicotine-free and nicotine-containing products, going further than the TPD ...
What laws regulate the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in e-liquids across the European Union – and what regulatory regime is likely to apply in the future? Our report finds the clear lines in a legal...
Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of many cannabinoids that can be found in cannabis. While the cannabis plant itself, and many drugs that are extracted from it, are illegal in most parts of the world, CBD,...
In this latest report on American regulations, ECigIntelligence highlights the fact that all electronic vaping devices will have to comply with FDA label requirements from August 2018 ...
There could be some relief for manufacturers of “tobacco related” products for the US market who have been restricted by the complicated legal process of obtaining authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
The regulation of vaping products in Hungary is substantially derived from the European TPD, but remains the most severe in the EU – although enforcement of many of the rules does appear to be slackening...
Regulators in South Korea have enacted new taxes on heat-not-burn (HnB) tobacco products, apparently building on previous government moves to bring prices closer in line with those of conventional cigarettes ...
State regulation of vaping products in New Jersey is explained, including the recently raised age limit of 21 and proposals to ban flavours, to establish licensing for the sale of e-cigarettes, and to extend limits...
E-cigarettes and heated tobacco are currently subject to very little regulation in Russia – but that could be about to change, with proposals coming from both the federal trade ministry and the Moscow City Duma...
Written by Elba Manzanilla Zapata | 21st March 2018
The MHRA, Britain’s pharmaceutical regulator, is currently encouraging and supporting companies to submit medicines authorisation applications for e-cigarette products. Here we explain what that process entails ...
Written by Elba Manzanilla Zapata | 16th March 2018
As shake and vape products increase in popularity in Europe in response to the restrictions imposed by the EU’s TPD, we take a close look at country-by-country regulation ...
Ukraine's current regulatory setup is lenient on e-cigs but with politicians keen to foster stronger links with the EU, and with acts now in force to strengthen existing relations, it's only a matter of time...
Eight US states currently tax e-cigarettes: five apply a volume tax, at a rate per ml of consumable product; three apply a wholesale tax, based on price sold at wholesale in the state – and...
BAT has chosen to seek market authorisation in the US for its heat-not-burn product Glo on the basis of its “substantial equivalence” to a previous product, Eclipse – but what are the pitfalls and the...
Visitors to Vietnam speculate about whether or not they can bring vaping products into a countrywhere the legislative status of e-cigs is unclear and the trade exists in a legal grey area ...
There are more than 320 tribal territories (Indian reservations) in the US, administered by federally recognised tribes – subject to federal, but not state laws. This affects the tobacco trade in various ways and may...
Estonia is one of the most severe environments for the vaping industry in Europe. Cross-border distance sales are prohibited, while domestic online sales will be banned as of 1 July, 2019 ...
Norway is likely to end its ban on e-cigarettes in mid-2018. However, vapour products are subject to detailed regulations and the Norwegian authorities have extended the EU’s TPD to cover nicotine-free products ...
Written by Elba Manzanilla Zapata | 2nd February 2018
Our updated report on the current state of e-cigarette regulation in Greece includes interpretation from the customs authority on what is covered by the cross-border distance sales ban and news of a legal challenge to...
Given the complexity of all the possibilities, how can you forecast the long-term effect of e-cigs on smoking-related harms? That was the challenge taken on by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)...
Written by Elba Manzanilla Zapata | 25th January 2018
In our latest look at the Italian market, we see that distance sales, including domestic and cross-border, are now banned under the latest amendment (known as the “Vicari amendment”) approved in the Italian parliament ...
North Carolina's current regulatory status is explained by the ECigIntelligence team of analysts: decisions are made at state level for state-wide uniformity; vapour products are included in the definition of tobacco products; and the taxable...
Citral, a plant-derived chemical fragrance sometimes used in e-cigarette flavours, may be reclassified at European level, requiring a new warning label on products that use it ...