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UK: Pending the counting of all votes, the general election held yesterday (4th July) has resulted in the Labour Party gaining the majority
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France: The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Anses) has updated the list of notified e-cigarettes. The total number of
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Switzerland: The Federal Statistical Office has released the Swiss Health Survey on tobacco consumption. The survey shows that more and more smokers are using heated
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US - Federal: A group of bipartisan senators has sent a letter to officials at the Consumer Protection Branch of the Department of
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US - Federal: The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acted properly when barring two makers
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Greece: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products. The list now contains 58,004 vapour products, including devices, disposables and refill
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US - New York: The city of New York has filed a motion of preliminary injunction to immediately block 11 companies from selling their e-cigarettes in
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EU: The European Commission (EC) will present its proposal for the revision of the Council recommendation on smoke-free environments on 17th September, during
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Israel: A new tax rate on e-liquids and disposable e-cigarettes has entered into force, imposing an excise duty of 270% of the wholesale price,
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US - General: The health advocacy organisation Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has released a statement regarding RJ Reynolds Vapor Company’s introduction of its
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EU/Belgium: The European Commission (EC) has provided ECigIntelligence with the full justification from the Belgian authorities of their measure to prohibit nicotine-containing disposable
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Malaysia: The minister of health reportedly said yesterday (1st July) that the regulations implementing the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act
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Germany: In an open letter, the German Environmental Aid (DUH), the German Medical Association and the Federal Association for Secondary Raw Materials and Waste
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New Zealand: Prime minister Christopher Luxon has published the coalition government’s action plan for the third quarter. One of the 40 points listed in
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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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Pakistan: The Finance Act 2024 entered into force on 1st July, imposing an excise duty on e-liquids of PKR10 ($0.04) per ml, irrespective of
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Sweden: The Public Health Agency has updated the publicly available list of notified e-cigarettes and refill containers.
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Bangladesh: The Anti-Tobacco Parliamentary Women’s Forum – a forum of female members of parliament, calling to curb tobacco use – has sent a
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US - Federal: RJ Reynolds Vapor has announced that the company has filed the final premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) submissions with the
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Canada: Following the Budget 2024 receiving royal assent, starting today, the excise duty on vaping products increases to CAD1.12 (USD0.82) per 2 ml, or
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US - Federal: The US Supreme Court has overruled the 1984 Chevron decision. One of the key principles of the Chevron doctrine is that
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US - North Carolina: The North Carolina General Assembly has passed House Bill (HB) 900, which now goes to the governor. HB 900 would
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US - Federal: Todd Cecil, the deputy director of regulatory management of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP),
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US - Maryland: Effective today, the sales and use tax for electronic smoking devices, including vaping liquid in a container of more than
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US - California: A new tax rate on tobacco products comes into force today. The tax will change from 56.32% of the wholesale
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China: According to recently updated trade data from the General Administration of Customs, in May 2024, exports of e-cigarettes to South Korea totalled approximately
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Denmark: An amendment to the Act on Electronic Cigarettes – which includes a ban on the import, purchase, delivery, manufacture and possession of
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Germany: The opposition parties in the Bundestag (Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union of Bavaria) have presented a motion calling on the German government
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Netherlands: A decree from the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport prohibits the sale of tobacco and related products in supermarkets and catering establishments from
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Netherlands: In a letter to the parliament, the government has said that it cannot introduce a national consumption tax for e-cigs before 1st January
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China: According to recently updated trade data from the General Administration of Customs, in April 2024, exports of e-cigarettes to the UK totalled
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Egypt: The Ministry of Health and Population has issued a warning against e-cigarette use, saying it has been linked to cardiovascular diseases, and called
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Qatar: The Ministry of Public Health has published a video on Facebook warning against the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDs) and
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Russia: The Federal Customs Service of Russia has reminded importers of tobacco and nicotine-containing products that as of 1st July 2024 their products
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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 423,472 vapour products.
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Malta: The Ministry for Health and Active Ageing has published its Policy Framework for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Disease for public
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US - Illinois: US Customs and Border Protections (CBP) has reported that CBP officers in Chicago recently seized 53,700 electronic nicotine delivery systems
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Georgia: Parliament has adopted the amendment to the Law on Tobacco Control in the first reading, press reports. The amendment would postpone the regulation
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Kyrgyzstan: The parliament has adopted in the second and third readings the bill to ban the import, sale and use of e-cigarettes in
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Pakistan: The district government of Peshawar – the capital city of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with a population of over 4.7m –
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Lithuania: Jurgita Sejonienė, member of parliament (MP) from the governing Homeland Union, has registered a bill to increase the age limit for selling tobacco
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Australia: The Senate, due to an agreement between the government and the Greens, has voted to ease the planned restrictions around accessing vaping
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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,
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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
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Philippines: The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has said that the total tax liability from confiscated illegal cigarettes and vapes amounted to more
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Denmark: At an EU council meeting, minister of health Sophie Løhde urged the EU Commission to change the EU legislation to protect children
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US - Federal: Senator Dick Durbin has stated that he is disappointed that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the marketing
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US - Illinois: Senate Bill 2662 has been passed by the House and now goes to the governor. The bill would prohibit a manufacturer,
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Georgia: The parliamentary Economy and Economic Policy Committee has discussed and supported the amendment to the Law on Tobacco Control, which would postpone
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