South Korea: The Customs Service today announced that it will consult with the relevant ministries to revise the relevant laws to include synthetic nicotine under the
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10th November 2022 - Asia, Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyzstan: The Cabinet of Ministers has set minimum retail prices for e-cigarette products, media reports. A price of KGS250 ($3) is set for
9th November 2022 - Asia, Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyzstan: Parliament member Ulan Bakasov has proposed banning vapour and e-cigarette products, introducing a bill “On the prohibition of the use of electronic
9th November 2022 - Chile, South America |
Chile: The Chamber of Deputies Health Committee yesterday heard the government’s comments on Bill 12626-11, which, together with Bill 12632-11, seeks to equate all vaping products, regardless of
Malaysia: Caretaker minister of health Khairy Jamaluddin said today that if the National Front (Barisan Nasional) wins the upcoming general elections, to be held on
8th November 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The South Australian state government has launched a plan to reduce the use of e-cigarettes among school students by providing training and
Morocco: The governing National Rally of Independents has proposed amending the 2023 Finance Bill and changing the tax on e-cigarettes to an ad
Jordan: The World Health Organization (WHO)’s director of the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases Office in Jordan, Hala Bou Kardana, expressed the
4th November 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: After the Vaping Regulatory Authority issued a safety alert on 28th October asking vaping retailers to review if their nicotine products
Indonesia: The government has decided to increase the excise duties for tobacco and vaping products for the next year, press reports. The average
Israel: With most votes counted after yesterday’s general election, the Likud party led by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared set to unseat
Vietnam: Members of the one-party National Assembly have expressed concern about a potential pilot project for the regulation of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, press
2nd November 2022 - Asia, Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia:Â The National Committee for Tobacco Control plans to increase the excise tax on all tobacco products to 150% in an attempt to
Tunisia: The Tunisian General Workers’ Union (UGTT) says it will oppose the privatisation of the state-owned National Tobacco and Matches Administration, press reports. Privatisation,
China: As of yesterday, a 36% ad valorem tax is applied on production and import of e-cigarettes and 11% on wholesale. E-cigarettes for export are exempt from
31st October 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The candidate from the left-wing Workers' Party (PT), LuÃs Inácio Lula da Silva, won the presidential elections with 50.9% of the votes.
31st October 2022 - Asia, Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan: The period for providing feedback on the proposal "on Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on
Hong Kong: Hong Kong could reverse the ban on the re-export of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products by the end of this year,
28th October 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: The Ministry of Health issued a safety alert asking all vaping retailers and importers to review all their products to ensure
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
28th October 2022 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: Today (28th October), the Philippines Department of Trade and Industry is holding a virtual public consultation on implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the
27th October 2022 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, which introduces a flat excise duty rate of ZAR2.90 ($0.16) per ml for both nicotine and non-nicotine vaping
25th October 2022 - China |
China: Several state authorities have today jointly announced plans to levy a consumption tax on e-cigarettes. The Announcement on Collection of Consumption Tax on Electronic
25th October 2022 - Philippines |
Philippines: The Department of Trade and Industry is to hold a virtual public consultation on Friday, 28th October, on the draft implementing rules and
Armenia: The government has put forward a bill to introduce an excise tax on e-liquids, media reports. If it is adopted, the rate
19th October 2022 - Asia, Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan: A bill that would change the law on a number of health issues, including banning the circulation of e-cigarettes in Kazakhstan, has
Bahrain: The Bahraini Testing and Metrology Directorate has confirmed to ECigIntelligence that according to the Technical Regulation of Electronic Nicotine Products it is
18th October 2022 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: The Bureau of Philippine Standards, an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, has included vaping and heated tobacco products in the
Americas: The Pan American Health Organization, the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO), has published a paper on “Taxation of novel and
14th October 2022 - Asia, Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan: The League of Consumers of Kazakhstan held a round table that brought together representatives of all interested parties and government agencies to
13th October 2022 - Asia, South Korea |
South Korea: The Electronic Cigarette Association announced today that it is suing the Ministry of Health and Welfare over its 2019 recommendation to stop using e-cigarettes,
Egypt: The Customs Authority has issued a circular making clear that e-cigarette devices that don’t contain liquid are subject only to 14% value
Malaysia: Prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced that Parliament will be dissolved today, paving the way for general elections, which are reportedly expected to be held in
China: The tobacco administration will accept objections from existing e-cigarette manufacturers starting tomorrow (8th October) until 31st October 2022. The tobacco administration published
6th October 2022 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: President Gustavo Petro has decided not to tax e-cigarettes, press reports. Medical societies had been urging the government to include a tax on e-liquids in
5th October 2022 - Asia, Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia: The Saudi Shura Council has amended the Anti-Smoking Law, raising the purchasing and distribution age for all tobacco products from 18
Malaysia: A parliamentary special select committee (PSSC) tabled a statement in parliament today on the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill 2022, agreeing that the proposed Generational Endgame ban on the
Malaysia: Yesterday, 2nd October, former deputy minister of health (2018-2020) and current MP for the main opposing coalition, Lee Boon Chye, called for vaping
Malaysia: A motion to postpone the presentation of the parliamentary special select committee (PSSC) report on the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill 2022 to 6th October has
3rd October 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil:Â None of the presidential candidates achieved the majority needed to win the election in the first round yesterday (2nd October). The second round,
Egypt: Tomorrow, 1st October, is the deadline given to companies manufacturing, importing and distributing tobacco and its alternatives to affix prices on tobacco
China: On 1st October, the e-cigarette standard will enter into effect. Today, the tobacco administration published several documents regulating retroactive QR code labels and further clarifying the rules
30th September 2022 - Canada, North America |
Canada: On 1st October, the federal excise duty on vaping products will start applying. The rate of CAD1 (USD0.73) per 2 ml, or fraction thereof,
China: Ahead of the implementation on Saturday, 1st October, of the new national standard for e-cigarette products, the tobacco administration has published a
29th September 2022 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: A bill imposing neutral packaging for tobacco products, including e-cigarettes both with and without nicotine, has received the approval of the Legislative Assembly
28th September 2022 - Asia, South Korea |
South Korea: The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency today warned of an increasingly widespread use by young people of flavoured tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, which it says
28th September 2022 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The government has approved the submission to Parliament of the 2018 Tobacco Products and  Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, which will regulate e-cigarettes both with and
23rd September 2022 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: In a parliamentary standing finance committee meeting, the National Treasury dismissed protests from the business sector over the proposed ZAR2.90 ($0.16)
Malaysia: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has said he expects to finalise the review of the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill 2022 next week with the parliamentary special
Egypt: A circular issued by the Customs Authority makes clear that the General Organisation for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) is responsible for