Ecuador: The Agency for Health Regulation, Control and Surveillance (Arcsa) has conducted a monitoring operation in 214 venues to combat the illegal sale of tobacco
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23rd October 2024 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: Philip Morris International (PMI) is hoping that the Argentinian government, led by president Javier Milei after the elections in October 2023, reverses
18th October 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil:Â The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will suspend the National Registry of Legal Entities (CNPJ) ID of the establishments that sell, display, store or
14th October 2024 - Peru, South America |
Americas: The Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) – the specialised international health agency for the region of the Americas within
23rd September 2024 - Peru, South America |
Peru:Â A bill regulating vape and other nicotine products has been passed in Parliament on its first vote. The bill regulates the sale, advertising
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 - Paraguay, South America |
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
3rd September 2024 - Paraguay, South America |
Paraguay: Tomorrow (4th September), the Senate will debate a bill, introduced by a single member of the parliament from the ruling party, that would
23rd August 2024 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia:Â Carolina Giraldo of the Green Alliance, one of the ruling parties, has introduced a bill to subject vaping products to an excise duty.
21st August 2024 - Brazil, South America |
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
12th August 2024 - Paraguay, South America |
Paraguay: Four members of the Chamber of Deputies from the ruling National Republican Association-Colorado Party (ARN-PC) have introduced a bill to ban the
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
30th July 2024 - South America, Venezuela |
Venezuela: Presidential elections took place on Sunday (28th July), allegedly resulting in the re-election of president Nicolás Maduro by 51% of the votes
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,
20th June 2024 - Paraguay, South America |
Paraguay: Earlier this week the parliament debated an initiative proposed by a deputy from the main opposition party, the Authentic Radical Liberal Party, that
20th June 2024 - Paraguay, South America |
Paraguay: The Chamber of Deputies has rejected an initiative proposed by two deputies from the main opposition party, the Authentic Radical Liberal Party, that would
10th June 2024 - Paraguay, South America |
Paraguay: The Ministry of Health has issued a warning about the harmful effects of vaping. It intends to raise awareness on the dangers of
Americas: The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is preparing actions in aid of World No Tobacco Day 2024, which will take place this
22nd May 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, and the Senate Committee on Transparency, Supervision and Control held
17th May 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, the Senate Committee on Social Affairs and the Senate Committee on Transparency, Supervision and Control will
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
25th April 2024 - Brazil, South America |
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:Â Following a public consultation that ended in February, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa)Â has scheduled a meeting for next Wednesday (17th April) to
11th April 2024 - Brazil, South America |
21st March 2024 - Chile, South America |
Chile: Yesterday, 20th March, the Ministry of Health presented the National Adult Action Plan against Cancer 2022-2027. The plan sets an objective to develop
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
7th March 2024 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: The Vaping Products Bill was passed yesterday, 6th March, at its last vote in the Chamber of Representatives (Colombia’s lower chamber). The bill aims to restrict
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
11th January 2024 - Chile, South America |
Chile: Member of parliament (MP) Andrés Celis from the opposition coalition has submitted a request to minister of health Ximena Aguilera to urge her
8th January 2024 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: In December 2023, the government submitted an omnibus bill to the parliament for discussion. The bill introduces a tax on e-cigarettes that
8th January 2024 - Chile, South America |
Chile: Law 21,642 amending the Tobacco Law to equate all vaping products, regardless of their nicotine content, to tobacco products was published in the Official Gazette on 4th
12th December 2023 - Chile, South America |
Chile: The National Consumer Service (Sernac) has released a report on the Chilean e-cigarette market, which will be forwarded to the Ministry of Health and
12th December 2023 - Chile, South America |
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 |
24th November 2023 - Paraguay, South America |
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
20th November 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: The far-right Freedom Advances political party candidate Javier Milei won yesterday's (19th November) presidential elections with 55.9% of the votes, and will
20th November 2023 - Peru, South America |
Peru: The National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases (INEN), under the Ministry of Health (Minsa), has warned about the effects of e-cigarettes on health,
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), Antônio Barra Torres, said in an interview that an open consultation on e-cigarettes
23rd October 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: The candidate for the left-wing coalition Union for the Homeland (previously known as Everyone’s Front Party), Sergio Massa, won the first round
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