Brazil: The Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, the Senate Committee on Social Affairs and the Senate Committee on Transparency, Supervision and Control will
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Malaysia: The health minister said yesterday (16th May) that the regulations implementing the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 will be
Finland: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) have jointly issued recommendations to support the
16th May 2024 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: President Gustavo Petro has signed the Vaping Products Bill, press reports. The bill restricts under-age users’ access to vaping products and limits advertising and promotion of
16th May 2024 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: When discussing a bill to change the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act that seeks to ban nicotine pouches, a number of members of
15th May 2024 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: The Supreme Court has declared law 315 – which prohibits the use, importation and sale of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco – unconstitutional. The
15th May 2024 - Asia, South Korea |
South Korea: The government is planning to amend the tobacco law to regulate synthetic nicotine, press reports. This would end the legal loophole
15th May 2024 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: The Ministry of Health has presented the regulations of law 10.066, which establishes a legal framework for the use and sale of
US - Federal: The White House has released a statement on what it refers to as “China’s unfair trade practices concerning technology transfer, intellectual property,
Thailand: At a forum on “Protecting Children and Youth from E-Cigarettes” held yesterday (13th May), the National Health Commission Office, government stakeholders and other
14th May 2024 - Canada, North America |
Canada: The government published the Excise Duties on Vaping Products Regulations under the Excise Act to formalise and give legal effect to the
14th May 2024 - United States |
US - Federal: The next director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) Office of Compliance and
Vietnam: Prime minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed Official Dispatch 47/CD-TTg requesting several ministries to strengthen the control of electronic cigarettes and heated
10th May 2024 - Europe, Luxembourg |
Luxembourg: The Council of Ministers agreed yesterday (9th May) to approve a bill that would make nicotine-free e-liquids subject to some of the product restrictions
US - Iowa: House File (HF) 2677, which is awaiting the governor’s signature, would create a public directory where vapour products would have
Croatia: The Ministry of Health has updated the publicly available list of notified e-cigarettes and refill containers.
9th May 2024 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. called on the Bureau of Customs (BoC) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to expand and strengthen their efforts
9th May 2024 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: Launched at the end of 2022, the citizens’ initiative to achieve a nicotine-free generation and aiming to prohibit the sale of all
Lithuania: The government has approved the 2024-2026 Plan for the Implementation of the National Agenda on Drugs, Tobacco and Alcohol Control, Consumption Prevention
8th May 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: US Senate majority whip Dick Durbin, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has called on Brian King – director of
China: Today is the last day to comment on the amendment of the E-cigarette Transaction Management Detailed Rules, which would establish a national unified management
8th May 2024 - Europe |
EU: The minutes of the 18th April meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety have been published today. The Committee's members
Sweden: The Public Health Agency has updated the publicly available list of notified e-cigarettes and refill containers.
France: The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (Anses) has published an updated list of notified e-cigarettes. The total number of vapour
Italy: The Council of State, which is the highest administrative court, has overturned a previous ruling by the Regional Administrative Tribunal (TAR). This
Morocco: During a parliamentary question session, Hayat Oumenjouj (National Rally of Independents) asked the minister of health and social protection, Khalid Aït Taleb,
7th May 2024 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has updated the publicly available list of notified herbal products for smoking, e-cigarettes and substitute refills.
6th May 2024 - Asia, United Arab Emirates |
United Arab Emirates: The Federal Tax Authority reported that in 2023 its control efforts resulted in the seizure and confiscation of nearly 21.29m units
Vietnam: In a meeting organised by the Social Committee of the National Assembly, the Ministry of Industry and Trade insisted on the creation of
Germany: The Federal Ministry of Environment and Consumer Protection opened for consultation an amendment to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act that would make it obligatory for
Greece: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products. The list now contains 56,870 vapour products, including devices, disposables and refill
Serbia: From Wednesday (1st May), the excise duty on e-liquids has been adjusted to align with 2023 inflation and now amounts to RSD10.46
3rd May 2024 - Azerbaijan, Europe |
Azerbaijan: During a meeting of the parliamentary Agrarian Policy Committee, Emin Hajiyev, a member of parliament (MP) from the governing New Azerbaijan Party,
2nd May 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the issuance of warning letters to 14 online retailers for selling unauthorised
Kuwait: Abeer Al-Bahwa, director of the Health Promotion Department at the Ministry of Health, highlighted the ministry’s concern over the spread of e-cigarette
2nd May 2024 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: House of Representatives member Ray Reyes, of the minority Anakalusugan Party List, urged legislators to review the Vape Law to transfer the
US - California: Attorney general Rob Bonta has announced that the California Department of Justice is now accepting proposals for the 2024-2025 Tobacco
US - Federal: The US Marshals Service seized more than 45,000 unauthorised e-cigarette products valued at more than $700,000 in California. The seized products
US - Florida: House Bill (HB) 1007 has been enacted. HB 1007 authorises the attorney general to establish a directory listing nicotine-dispensing devices considered
30th April 2024 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: The decision to sell e-cigarettes only in specialist shops starting in 2025 has been postponed to begin in 2026, media reports. Maarten
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 370,221 vapour products. Only products
Bahrain: The minister of industry and commerce has issued decision 34/2024, authorising the Ministry of Health to monitor the implementation of the Electronic Nicotine
Russia: Bill 610727-8 has been introduced in the State Duma (lower chamber of parliament) that would amend the existing federal law provisions on advertising.
29th April 2024 - Europe, Luxembourg |
Luxembourg: The regulation introducing a tax for e-liquids (which are currently not taxed), regardless of their nicotine content, was published in the Official
Iran: During a meeting organised by the Ministry of Health, Behzad Valizadeh, head of the National Tobacco Control Secretariat of the Ministry of
Slovenia: Last Friday (26th April), the parliament approved in a second reading, with no votes against, the bill amending the Excise Duty Act to significantly increase
Denmark: The Ministry of Health has notified a bill to the European Commission’s TRIS database to amend the Executive Order on Quality, Labelling and Age Control Systems,
26th April 2024 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: The Department of Health (DOH) has urged manufacturers, importers, distributors and sellers of nicotine-containing and nicotine-free e-cigarettes to comply with the upcoming
26th April 2024 - Europe |
EU: On Tuesday (23rd April), the European Parliament adopted a proposal for a regulation on ecodesign for sustainable products. With the proposal, we