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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”
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
Japan continues to be the leading test market for heated tobacco products, with two new devices recently launched – including the world’s first device which works with ordinary cigarettes.
SMV Japan, which lays claim to being the country’s first vape manufacturer, released its VP Style heat-not-burn (HnB) device on 27th April for JPY 7,980 ($72.80). The device comes in silver or black
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Jordan have decided to allow the sale of e-cigarettes, as Middle Eastern attitudes toward vaping shift
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Less than a year after Canada adopted its first legislation regulating vaping products, the government has served notice of plans to tighten restrictions on advertising, in a bid to tackle youth vaping
Japan Tobacco (JT) is launching two new heat-not-burn (HnB) devices in the Japanese market on 29th January as it tries to catch up with Philip Morris International (PMI)’s IQOS and British American Tobacco (BAT)’s Glo in its home territory.
The new devices will heat tobacco to higher temperatures than JT’s existing Ploom Tech, delivering stronger tastes, something consumers have called for, according to a company spokesperson.
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has passed a law requiring plain packaging for e-cigarettes. It will also bring in new restrictions on the advertising and marketing, equating e-cigs with combustible tobacco
Thailand – ranked by delegates at the Global Forum on Nicotine as the worst country in the world in which to be an e-cigarette user – is considering legalising vaping and taxing e-cig imports
New changes to the Information Technology Act aim to block any information on the internet promoting e-cigarettes to residents of India.
This week, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) proposed an amendment to the Draft of the Information Technology Intermediary Guidelines Rules, which obliges any intermediary or internet-based service provider to inform users not to “host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information that (…) threatens public health or safety; promotion of cigarettes or any other tobacco products or consumption of intoxicant including alcohol and Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS).”
A new bill proposed in Colombia’s Senate is paving the way for the country to begin regulating e-cigarettes on a par with tobacco – though the plan is tied up in the country’s complex political arithmetic
Two vaping companies have found a way to cut through Australian red tape, integrating the country’s tricky regulatory scheme into their business model
The minister charged with drawing up proposed regulation of e-cigarettes in New Zealand has done so, based on the stated belief that vaping and smokeless tobacco are “highly likely to be much less harmful than smoking”
Philip Morris International (PMI) is suing British American Tobacco (BAT) in Japan for infringement of the patent for IQOS, claiming the rival company has copied the technology for its own Glo device
Health Canada has begun cracking down on e-cigarette advertising campaigns that it believes contravene the country’s new legislation prohibiting lifestyle advertising
Two weeks after the Delhi High Court decided that an advisory banning e-cigarettes was not binding on India’s states, the national government has issued a new notice calling on customs officers to seize imports
Philip Morris International (PMI) is to open an IQOS flagship store in Johannesburg, South Africa next year – with a welcome from the local e-cig industry
Online sales of vape products will be banned in South Australia from the first quarter of 2019 after the state’s parliament passed a law on 15th November, with the support of the state’s two majority parties
China Tobacco is taking on Philip Morris International (PMI), British American Tobacco (BAT) and KT&G in South Korea with the launch of a new heated tobacco device, the Mok
PMI has announced the worldwide launch of two new IQOS devices during a series of events in Japan. The iQOS 3 and iQOS Multi feature quicker charging and longer battery life
The South Korean government has declared e-cigarettes and heated tobacco to be no safer than smoking – a statement that has led to legal action by Philip Morris International (PMI)
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