LATEST ALERTS
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 423,472 vapour products.
Malta: The Ministry for Health and Active Ageing has published its Policy Framework for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Disease for public
US - Illinois: US Customs and Border Protections (CBP) has reported that CBP officers in Chicago recently seized 53,700 electronic nicotine delivery systems
Georgia: Parliament has adopted the amendment to the Law on Tobacco Control in the first reading, press reports. The amendment would postpone the regulation
Kyrgyzstan: The parliament has adopted in the second and third readings the bill to ban the import, sale and use of e-cigarettes in
Pakistan: The district government of Peshawar – the capital city of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with a population of over 4.7m –
Lithuania: Jurgita Sejonienė, member of parliament (MP) from the governing Homeland Union, has registered a bill to increase the age limit for selling tobacco
Australia: The Senate, due to an agreement between the government and the Greens, has voted to ease the planned restrictions around accessing vaping
China: According to recently updated trade data from the General Administration of Customs, in May 2024, exports of e-cigarettes to Indonesia totalled approximately $8.65m,
China: The General Administration of Customs updated the export data for e-cigarettes for May 2024, press reports. The data shows that the export value
Philippines: The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has said that the total tax liability from confiscated illegal cigarettes and vapes amounted to more
Denmark: At an EU council meeting, minister of health Sophie Løhde urged the EU Commission to change the EU legislation to protect children
US - Federal: Senator Dick Durbin has stated that he is disappointed that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the marketing
US - Illinois: Senate Bill 2662 has been passed by the House and now goes to the governor. The bill would prohibit a manufacturer,
Georgia: The parliamentary Economy and Economic Policy Committee has discussed and supported the amendment to the Law on Tobacco Control, which would postpone
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Altria’s Njoy subsidiary permission to market four menthol-flavoured e-cigarette products –
US - New York: State attorney general (AG) Letitia James has announced that funds coming from the settlement with Juul will be allocated
South Korea: Yesterday (20th June), the Ministry of Health and Welfare updated the health warnings that nicotine-containing e-liquids must carry. The new requirements, which
China: According to recently updated trade data from the General Administration of Customs, in April 2024, exports of e-cigarettes to Kuwait totalled approximately
US - North Carolina: The North Carolina State Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a proposal added to House Bill (HB) 900 that would
Canada: The Department of Finance has published draft regulations that would allow the implementation of the Coordinated Vaping Products Taxation Agreement in Alberta, Manitoba, New
China: According to recently updated trade data from the General Administration of Customs, in April 2024, exports of e-cigarettes to South Africa totalled
Paraguay: Earlier this week the parliament debated an initiative proposed by a deputy from the main opposition party, the Authentic Radical Liberal Party, that
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
Philippines: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will start punishing stores selling unregistered vape products as of September, press reports. Assistant secretary Amanda
Kazakhstan: The Law on Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Health Issues, which, among other things, bans the
Romania: The Romanian parliament has passed a bill that amends audiovisual law 504/2002 and supplements law 148/2000 on advertising in order to further restrict the advertising of e-cigarettes.
Russia: The Ministry of Finance has prepared a draft amendment to governmental decree 301 with reduced coefficients for calculating the minimum price of e-liquids. If
China: According to recently updated trade data from the General Administration of Customs, in April 2024, exports of e-cigarettes to New Zealand totalled
Costa Rica: The Constitutional Chamber has ordered the Ministry of Health to issue the regulations of law 10.066 – which regulated the use
Austria: The Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection has issued a health warning against the vaping products “CBD cartridge, Bedtime” and
Slovakia: The National Council (Parliament) has moved the draft amendment to the Act on Excise Tax on Tobacco Products to the second reading,
Ukraine: The State Production and Consumer Service has announced that the government is creating the “eTobacco” portal, where it will be possible to monitor the
Ukraine: The parliament has adopted in the second reading a bill seeking to change the existing Law On State Regulation of Production and Circulation of Ethyl Alcohol,
Denmark: The Ministry of Health has released for consultation a draft bill to amend the Tobacco Products Act. The measures include an expansion of the places where
Lithuania: Lithuania has submitted to the EU TRIS database the order of the director of the State Service for the Protection of Consumer Rights on
Netherlands: The Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport has submitted to the EU TRIS database a draft decree that seeks to amend the Tobacco and
Lithuania: The Budget and Finance Committee of the parliament has suggested a higher increase in e-liquid excise duty over the next three years than planned
South Africa: Cyril Ramaphosa, who has been in power since 2018, has been re-elected as president after his party, the African National Congress
US - Federal: Last week, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against
China: According to recently updated trade data from the General Administration of Customs, in April 2024, exports of e-cigarettes to Belgium totalled approximately
Hungary: The bill seeking to make nicotine-free refills subject to the product restrictions and labelling requirements already applicable to other non-nicotine products –
Pakistan: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has proposed a bill to amend the Federal Excise Act. Under the proposed amendments, e-liquids will be subject to
Czech Republic: The increasing use of e-cigarettes among teenagers in the Czech Republic is alarming, media reports. The discussions in the Senate and
China/US: The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has announced that several US companies have filed a petition with the US International Trade Commission (USITC). The
China: According to recently updated trade data from the General Administration of Customs, in April 2024, exports of e-cigarettes to Spain totalled approximately
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent warning letters to six online retailers for selling unauthorised e-liquid products from
EU: On 21st June, the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council configuration (EPSCO Council) of the European Union will debate a call
Ukraine: Kyiv City Council has decided to reduce the number of kiosks in the capital within two years, as well as to prohibit
US - Federal: In yesterday’s hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, both Democrats and Republicans expressed their confusion as to how
