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Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health is planning to ban flavoured e-cigarettes (except for tobacco flavour) to reduce their appeal to young people,
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US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of the Treasury have announced a proposed rule that would
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US - Federal: The US Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit has ruled that the maker of the popular Elf Bar vape can challenge
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Thailand: Paetongtarn Shinawatra has become Thailand’s youngest-ever prime minister. She succeeds Srettha Thavisin after his removal by a constitutional court ruling, press reports.
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Mexico: The Constitutional Affairs Commission of the Chamber of Representatives has passed a constitutional amendment to ban the manufacture, distribution and sale of
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China: On 11th August 2024, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration issued the revised Detailed Rules on E-Cigarette Logistics Management, press reports. The updated regulations
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South Africa: The Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill, which would regulate the sale, advertising and packaging of tobacco products and e-cigarettes,
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France: President Emmanuel Macron had declared a “political truce” during the Olympic Games, but negotiations for the appointment of the new prime minister
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Russia: The government has adopted governmental decree 1050 that amends governmental decree 301 on minimum selling prices on nicotine-containing products. The amendment reduces coefficients
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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
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EAEU: The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) – the executive body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) – has told ECigIntelligence that the revised
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Costa Rica: The Ministry of Health has published the regulations to law 10.066, which regulates the use of e-cigarettes with and without nicotine. The
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Hungary: The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has fined a Slovak company selling e-cigarettes online in Hungary in the amount of HUF189m (€478,000). The GVH
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Netherlands: According to a recent Unicef survey of 10- to 18-year-olds in the Netherlands, 82% of Dutch youth are in favour of a
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France: The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (Anses) has updated the list of notified e-cigarettes. The total number
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Germany: The Stuttgart Higher Regional Court has ruled that a screen placed in the outside-facing window of a fuel station, showing two brands of tobacco
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Germany: The Environment Ministry of Baden-Württemberg is calling on the federal government to ban disposable e-cigarettes because they are often disposed of incorrectly and
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Czech Republic: According to some media, the government has drafted “an unapproved decree” that seeks to introduce a flavour ban for vaping products as of
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US - Federal: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted petitions for review to five vaping companies, citing its own decision in the Triton Distribution case
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Bangladesh: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and the army will oversee the formation of an interim government, army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman said in a
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Thailand: During a discussion at the National Health Commission Office, deputy public health minister Thanakrit Jitareerat called for the creation of a distinct law
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Greece: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products. The list now contains 58,725 vapour products, including devices, disposables
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Indonesia: Hasbullah Thabrany, chairman of the National Committee for Tobacco Control (NCTC) – a coalition of more than 20 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) defending
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Austria: The Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection has published a fact sheet on the use of new nicotine products. The document
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Lithuania: Kasparas Adomaitis, a member of the Environmental Protection Committee of the Seimas (parliament), plans to submit a proposal for the amendments to
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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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Luxembourg: The Environmental Administration has inspected 45 samples of single-use e-cigarettes from 11 different points-of-sale and found that the labelling was insufficient in 27
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Malaysia: The government has collected MYR141.1m ($31.4m) in vape tax revenue between 2021 and 2024, with MYR82.5m ($18.3m) coming from nicotine-free e-cigarettes and
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Malaysia: The minister of health said yesterday (1st August) that the regulations implementing the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 will
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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
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China: On 30th July, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration issued a notice revising the Detailed Rules for the Management of E-cigarette Fixed Asset
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US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it issued warning letters to five online retailers for selling unauthorised disposable
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Germany: The federal government commissioner for addiction and drug issues, Burkhard Blienert, has called for existing loopholes in advertising regulation to be closed.
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Bulgaria: Parliament has passed in its first reading an amendment to the Child Protection Act, extending the ban on sales of tobacco products to under-18s
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Jordan: Jordan officially ratified the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products on 25th July. The country’s accession to this protocol will enter into force on
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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 429,185 vapour products.
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Moldova: Minister of health Ala Nemerenco has announced that restrictions will be implemented on the public use of tobacco products – including heated
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Indonesia: President Joko Widodo has put into effect the regulations developing the Health Law. The law, approved in August 2023, gives the government
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US - Kentucky: According to local news, a Kentucky Circuit Court judge has dismissed a constitutional challenge to House Bill 11, which created a
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US - Nebraska: Local Bill (LB) 1 has just been introduced and a hearing in the Revenue Committee has been scheduled for today.
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Russia: Igor Alyoshin, head of the Federal Service for Alcohol and Tobacco Market Regulation, said the agency is considering the possibility of licensing
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Philippines: The Supreme Court has affirmed its 2021 decision ruling that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has regulatory authority over the health aspect of
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Venezuela: Presidential elections took place on Sunday (28th July), allegedly resulting in the re-election of president Nicolás Maduro by 51% of the votes
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US - General: Tadeu Marroco, CEO of British American Tobacco (BAT), has shared his view on BAT's half-year results of 2024. He has
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US - General: An article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) analyses the results of a clinical trial investigating the
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India: The National Tobacco Control Cell (NTCC), part of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has published data on vape-related violations
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UK: The Edinburgh-based vape retail chain VPZ has issued a warning about a new disposable vaping product present in the UK vaping market,
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Portugal: The Ministry of Finance has updated the price and colour for the tax stamps for the 2025 financial year. The prices are set at
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US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has submitted its status report with the court this week, reporting that it had
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China: The National Tobacco Half-Year Work Conference was held in Beijing on 23rd and 24th July, press reports. In the meeting, authorities emphasised comprehensively reinforcing
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