Austria: Health minister Johannes Rauch is working on an amendment to the Tobacco and Non-Smoker Protection Law to extend the range of public
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Russia: From today, e-liquids, with or without nicotine, in cartridges, capsules or disposable e-cigarettes, must bear a mandatory traceability marking, by government decree.
Ukraine: The Ministry of Finance plans to increase the fee for excise stamps on e-liquids and heated tobacco products from UAH0.091 (€0.0023) to
Sweden: Bill 2021/22:245, presented in May by the previous government, has been adopted by the Riksdag (parliament) together with the 2023 Budget Bill. Starting in
Slovakia: The government has approved the National Action Plan for the control of tobacco and related products, seeking to improve smoking prevention among
13th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: West Yorkshire Police has announced the seizure of 1,519 oversized vaping products, valued between £20,000 and £25,000, from four shops on 1st December.
Latvia: Medical associations have urged the Saeima (parliament) to speed up approval of a bill amending the Tobacco Act, press reports. The bill, equating e-cigarettes and
Slovenia: A regulation setting new excise duties on e-liquids has been published in the Official Gazette. The tax on nicotine-containing liquids will rise to €0.19 per
13th December 2022 - Europe |
EU: Swedish MEP Johan Nissinen, of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, has submitted a parliamentary question, asking whether the European Commission has any plans to
Iceland: An amendment to Regulation 992/2022 on marketing notification, licensing and ingredients of nicotine products, e-cigarettes and refills containing nicotine has been published in the Official Gazette,
Belarus: Finance minister Yury Seliverstov has announced planned increases in 2023 in excise duties on e-liquids, to bring them level with Russian rates,
Austria: The Austrian government has notified a bill to the European Commission's TRIS database to amend the Children and Young People Act. The
Russia: The Ministry of Finance is proposing to gradually bring excise rates on nicotine-containing e-liquids and heated tobacco consumables to the same level
12th December 2022 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The Regional Hygiene Station of the Pilsen Region has determined the brand Elfbar's disposable e-cigarettes as a dangerous product, in which
12th December 2022 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: During shop checks in Amsterdam, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has fined 30 stores for selling e-cigarettes to
Slovakia: The government approved the National Action Plan for the control of tobacco and related products, media reports. With the plan, the ministry
12th December 2022 - Europe |
EU: On 9th December, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on the new battery regulation. The new regulation
9th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Following the search of two minors who had multiple vaping devices with them, Cheshire Police issued a warning reminding retailers that e-cigarettes
Belgium: The Belgian government has notified a bill to the European Commission's TRIS Database that aims to limit the placing on the market
Germany: According to a survey held by the Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the largest biomedical research institute in Germany, more than three quarters of
Slovenia: The government has announced that the Health Inspectorate is planning to step up action against the use of e-cigarettes in public places. Since the
7th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: In a House of Commons debate today on health inequalities, Labour MP Andrew Gwynne asked if the government was going to deliver a number of
7th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Office for National Statistics yesterday published its annual dataset on the proportion of adults in Great Britain who use e-cigarettes. The figures for
Ireland: The newly published Healthy Ireland survey 2022 shows 3% of the population are regular vapers, while 22% of people who have successfully quit smoking in
5th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: On 2nd December, Rotherham Council announced that Trading Standards and the police have seized over 5,000 illegal vapes with an estimated retail
5th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Nottinghamshire Police issued a closure order to a Stanton Hill convenience store after having received multiple complaints about the store, including about
Russia: The head of the Sober Russia project and State Duma deputy from the governing United Russia party, Sultan Khamzaev, has proposed banning
5th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Kent County Council announced that Trading Standards inspected six retailers in the Canterbury area, with support from Kent Police and Canterbury City Council,
5th December 2022 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: In a letter to Parliament, Maarten van Ooijen, state secretary for health, welfare and sport, proposed measures to further strengthen the approach
2nd December 2022 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission's proposal for the Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) will not be published on 7th December, as previously expected. It is
2nd December 2022 - Europe, Switzerland |
Switzerland: The draft bill to amend the Tobacco Products Act, which proposes to ban all tobacco and e-cigarette advertisements, has received criticism from
Russia: The Russian environmental operator (a public company created by decree of the president in 2019) has proposed introducing the recycling of vapes
Italy: The Chamber of Deputies Budget Committee begins discussions today on the 2023 Budget Bill, which would block the planned increase in e-cigarette excise duty for 2023 and maintain the
Germany:Â The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 293,204 products.
1st December 2022 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: Four organisations have launched a citizens’ initiative to achieve a nicotine-free generation. They want the age limit for the sale of cigarettes,
1st December 2022 - Europe |
EU: In a move that may affect the packaging of vaping products, the European Commission yesterday issued a proposal to revise the Packaging
Russia: Prime minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree on the introduction of mandatory traceability marking of e-liquids. It will apply from 15th
30th November 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Rebecca Pow, junior minister with responsibility for waste and resources, yesterday told a backbench debate on the environmental impact of disposable vapour products that
Slovenia: A regulation setting out new excise duties for e-liquids was published today for consideration by ministers. It would increase the duty on nicotine-containing e-liquids to
30th November 2022 - Europe, Switzerland |
30th November 2022 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: Health secretary Maarten van Ooijen has issued a regulation to come into force on 1st January 2023, listing the flavouring additives that
Bulgaria: A bill to amend the Law on Excise and Tax Warehouses was approved at its first reading in the National Assembly. It would introduce excise duty and
29th November 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Research commissioned by the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) shows that in 2021 the UK vaping industry directly contributed £401m and 8,215 full-time jobs, or equivalent,
29th November 2022 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: Health minister Maarten van Ooijen has adopted a ministerial order amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Decree to regulate flavours for e-cigarettes.
Russia: State Duma deputy Sultan Khamzaev, who represents the governing United Russia party and is head of the Sober Russia, has told media
29th November 2022 - Europe |
EU: EU negotiators hope to reach a compromise on the new Battery Regulation during a final session on 9th December, media reports. The
Lithuania: Parliament approved Bill XIIIP-3603(3) which, starting 1st January 2025, introduces the so-called tobacco products shops – points-of-sale that sell only tobacco and tobacco-related products (including
Germany: The federal government has introduced the Disposable Plastic Fund Bill, in which manufacturers of single-use plastic must pay an annual fee into a central
28th November 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: 18 environment and health groups – including Green Alliance, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Marine Conservation Society and
28th November 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Sandwell Council Trading Standards announced that it has seized 574 non-compliant vaping devices. Trading Standards throughout the country have been inspecting vape