Brazil: The Federal Highway Police (PRF) confiscated 623,437 vape products on federal highways nationwide in 2024. This marks a 150% rise from the previous year,
12th December 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Department of Consumer Protection and Defence (Procon) of the state of Goiás has asked the social media company Facebook to provide information about illegal
14th November 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Yesterday, 13th November, the Industry, Commerce and Services Committee of the Chamber of Deputies discussed with stakeholders the consequences of illegal e-cigarette
14th November 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Department of Consumer Protection and Defence (Procon) of the state of Sao Paulo has issued a warning to Meta to stop
11th November 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Following last month’s announcement by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about the suspension of the National Registry of Legal Entities (CNPJ) ID
18th October 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will suspend the National Registry of Legal Entities (CNPJ) ID of the establishments that sell, display, store or
23rd September 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Following some press releases about a meeting between the National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on
4th September 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Senate Economic Affairs Committee's vote on the bill to regulate e-cigarettes with and without nicotine and heated tobacco products didn't make
21st August 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Senate Committee on Economic Affairs removed bill 5008/2023 from yesterday’s vote schedule. The bill would legalise e-cigarettes with and without nicotine, heated tobacco products
20th August 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Today, the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs will vote on bill 5008/2023. The bill would legalise e-cigarettes with and without nicotine, heated
2nd August 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Senate Committee on Economic Affairs is scheduled to vote on the bill to regulate the production, import, export and marketing of e-cigarettes and
22nd July 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: A congresswomen from the Democratic Labour Party (which is part of the government coalition) has introduced a bill to criminalise the manufacture,
Brazil: Following last Friday’s (20th April) decision by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to maintain the ban on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, the
22nd April 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Last Friday (20th April), the board of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) unanimously decided to maintain the ban on e-cigarettes and
17th April 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa)’s board meeting – which was scheduled for today – to discuss, among other topics, the regulation
12th April 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Following a public consultation that ended in February, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has scheduled a meeting for next Wednesday (17th April) to
11th April 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Senate Committee on Transparency, Supervision and Control approved a request to hold a joint public hearing with two other committees on the bill that aims
12th March 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Senate's Economic Affairs Committee presented a favourable opinion on the bill to legalise heated tobacco and e-cigarettes. The bill includes product and retail restrictions, as
9th February 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Today is the last day to participate in the public consultation to review the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa)'s resolution 46/2009, which bans heated tobacco
7th December 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The public consultation to review the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa)'s resolution 46/2009, which bans heated tobacco and e-cigarettes, will be open from 12th
4th December 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: At a meeting held on Friday (1st December) the Collegiate Board of Directors unanimously approved opening a public consultation proposal to review resolution 46/2009, which bans heated
27th November 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has said that people can submit their oral statements in advance of the meeting scheduled for 1st December
23rd November 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The director of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has scheduled a public meeting of the Anvisa Collegiate Board of Directors on
9th November 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: A bill presented by the opposition party Podemos to legalise e-cigarettes and heated tobacco has been opened for public consultation. The consultation will remain open
27th October 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The director of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), AntĂ´nio Barra Torres, said in an interview that an open consultation on e-cigarettes
18th October 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Senator Soraya Thronicke of the opposition party Podemos has submitted a bill to the Senate to legalise e-cigarettes, regardless of nicotine content. The products
16th October 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Senator Soraya Thronicke, from the opposition party Podemos, will present a bill to regulate e-cigarettes in the coming days, press reports. “The
2nd October 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: At the Senate Social Affairs Committee hearing about electronic cigarettes, senators from the opposition parties Podemos, Progressistas and Partido Liberal have defended e-cigarette regulation.
26th September 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Senate Committee on Social Affairs will hold a public hearing on 28th September to discuss the regulation of electronic cigarettes and the risks
27th June 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Following the July 2022 decision by the collegiate board of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to maintain the existing ban on
16th June 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: After a news piece said that tax authorities have established e-cigarette taxation, the Federal Revenue Service clarified that it has not issued
29th March 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The director of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), Antonio Barra Torres, has told media that a resolution of the legal status of e-cigarettes and
31st October 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The candidate from the left-wing Workers' Party (PT), Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, won the presidential elections with 50.9% of the votes.
28th October 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The director of the National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), Antonio Barra Torres, told local media that the discussion about the legal
3rd October 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: None of the presidential candidates achieved the majority needed to win the election in the first round yesterday (2nd October). The second round,
5th September 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Stefania Piras, general manager of tobacco products inspection for the National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), has defended the national ban on e-cigarettes
1st September 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Ministry of Justice has ordered 31 companies to stop selling e-cigarettes within 48 hours or face a daily fine of BRL5,000 ($960). Although the National
7th July 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The board of the National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) decided unanimously at an extraordinary meeting yesterday, 6th July, to maintain the existing
6th July 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) was to discuss the regulation of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in an extraordinary meeting today, 6th
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) will discuss the regulation of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco at its next meeting, on 22nd June,
10th June 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Today (10th June) is the deadline for sending technical and scientific information about e-cigarettes and heated tobacco to the National Public Health Surveillance
9th May 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: In response to industry member requests, the National Public Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has extended the deadline for receiving technical and scientific contributions
26th April 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: National Public Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) director Cristiane Jourdan has told media there is not yet enough evidence for the efficacy and safety of e-cigarettes