LATEST ALERTS
Vietnam: On 1st November, the government issued decree 144/2024/ND-CP amending import duties. Tobacco substitutes, products for “smoking without burning” containing nicotine, e-liquids for
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Thailand: On 2nd November, the Thai government highlighted prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s focus on preventing and controlling the illegal movement of e-cigarettes and
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Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has updated the publicly available list of notified herbal products for smoking, e-cigarettes and substitute refills.
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US - Colorado: The Denver City Council is studying the introduction of a flavour ban on the sale of tobacco products; this ban would
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Australia: Yesterday (30th October), the state of South Australia passed the Tobacco and E‑Cigarette Products (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2024. The bill imposes the highest penalties
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Australia: From today, 31st October, vaping products can only be sold upon prescription in the state of Western Australia. At the federal level,
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Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 445,783 vapour
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Thailand: The Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth), operating independently in the country under the oversight of the prime minister’s office, recently held a
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UK: The government has proposed introducing a tax on e-liquids of £0.22 per ml starting 1st October 2026, alongside a stamp duty scheme to
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Finland: The EPT network , which unites over 60 national social and health organisations that want to prevent and reduce substance abuse, has announced a
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Poland: The minister of health, Izabela Leszczyna, has said in an interview with press that she aims to ban e-cigarettes with flavours. “They attract
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Poland: Yesterday (30th October), the Senate passed the amendment to the Excise Duty Act, increasing the excise rates on e-liquids from 2025. Last week, the
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US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent several new warning letters to e-cigarette distributors for distributing products without a
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France: During an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien, minister of health Geneviève Darrieussecq announced an upcoming ban on nicotine pouches and stricter surveillance
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Thailand: During a recent meeting with the National Health Commission, deputy prime minister Prasert Jantarawongthong and minister of public health Somsak Thepsuthin both
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China: Today, the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, the country’s first and largest and tobacco control organisation, reposted an article highlighting a rise
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France: On 21st October, the National Assembly began reviewing the revenue section of the 2025 Social Security Budget Bill. Initially set to conclude
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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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Spain: The government aims to subject e-liquids to an excise duty, press reports. It announced that, following the measures recorded in a white paper drafted
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China: As required by the Detailed Rules for the Administration of E-cigarette Import and Export Trade and Foreign Economic and Technical Cooperation, which obliges
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Netherlands: The Dutch government has reacted positively to the European Commission (EC)’s plan to extend the existing smoke-free areas and concludes that many of
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Australia: Police in the state of Victoria have seized 200,000 illegal vapes worth AUD8m ($5.2m) found in a warehouse in Melbourne, press reports.
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Germany: The Federal Statistical Office has told ECigIntelligence that tax revenues from nicotine and nicotine-free e-liquids and other mixed components for e-cigarettes amounted
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Belarus: The Ministry of Health has shared statistics saying that over the past 20 years, the number of teenagers smoking cigarettes has decreased
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India: A survey from Doctors Against Addiction (DAAD), conducted in partnership with Saizen Global Insights & Consulting, indicates an enhanced tolerance towards harm-reduction
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Indonesia: The head of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) of the Jakarta region, Diana Dewi, has urged the Ministry of
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Indonesia: The Ministry of Agriculture is concerned about the potential impact of the draft regulations setting out plain packaging provisions for tobacco and
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Kuwait: During a conference on Tobacco Control organised by the Kuwait Association against Smoking and Cancer in cooperation with the Ministry of Health,
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Germany: Following the UK's planned ban on disposable e-cigarettes, a spokesman for the German Environment Ministry told the press that an effective regulation of disposable
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Turkey: Researchers from the Economic Research Forum – a regional network based in Cairo and Dubai focused on advancing economic research for sustainable
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France: A group of independent deputies and representatives from the overseas territories has presented an amendment to the 2025 Budget Bill proposing the transfer
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UK - Wales: The Welsh government has announced it will follow the proposed legislation introduced by England yesterday (24th October) to ban single-use
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Russia: The Ministry of Health supports a bill that seeks to ban the sale of tobacco- and nicotine-containing products and devices for their consumption
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South Africa: Yesterday (24th October), the Portfolio Committee on Health met with the Department of Health to discuss the Tobacco Products and Electronic
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France: As Parliament debates the 2025 Finance and Social Security Financing bills, the Alliance Against Tobacco (ACT) has issued a call to action,
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US - Missouri: Yesterday (24th October), the Kansas City Council held off its docket an ordinance that would have banned the sale or
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Malaysia: Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has answered a parliamentary question on the tax revenue collected by the government from nicotine-containing and nicotine-free e-liquids
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Bangladesh: The interim government initiated the amendment of the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Act, introducing an ordinance that will tighten tobacco control
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Morocco: Member of parliament (MP) Idriss Al-Sentissi, head of the Popular Movement party, has submitted a written question to the Ministry of Health
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Taiwan: As of 30th September 2024, the Ministry of Health and Welfare reported over 500,000 inspections of physical and online sales of e-cigarettes
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Netherlands: The bill amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act to completely ban oral nicotine products (such as nicotine pouches), which was approved by
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Indonesia: The Ministry of Labour is concerned about the consequences on tobacco farmers’ employment from the draft regulations setting out plain packaging provisions for
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UK: The government has introduced legislation to ban the sale and supply of single-use disposable vapes in England. The ban, provided it is
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EU: The Spanish Association of Personal Vaporiser Users (ANESVAP) has written to the European Ombudsman urging it to compel the European Commission (EC) to
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EU: The commissioner-designate for health and animal welfare, Olivér Várhelyi, has answered the questions that the European Parliament will put forward during his confirmation hearing
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Portugal: The Tax and Customs Authority has told ECigIntelligence that €1.9m was raised in tax revenue from nicotine-containing e-liquids in 2021, €2.5m in
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Netherlands: During the Amsterdam Dance Event, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) discovered five street vendors selling illegal flavoured vapes. The NVWA
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US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent out a new batch of warning letters to e-cigarette manufacturers and sellers, highlighting
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Singapore: The Ministry of Health and Health Sciences Authority (HSA) reported a 52% rise in vape possession and usage cases, with 743 students referred
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