US - General: Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced that it has reached a global settlement with British American Tobacco (BAT) that resolves all ongoing
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2nd February 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Yesterday (1st February), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to 14 online retailers for selling unauthorised
1st February 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Pax Labs has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of California against its competitor
1st February 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued complaints for civil money penalties (CMPs) against 21 bricks-and-mortar retailers for
US - Tennessee: House Bill 2252 has been introduced. It would levy a tax on vapour products in a manner similar to the tax
30th January 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Just a week after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied Bidi Vapor’s premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) for its
29th January 2024 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has announced that he is planning to introduce a bill prohibiting vaping products again, press reports. In
US - Ohio: Local governments in Ohio cannot enact tobacco and nicotine rules, meaning that those regulations must come from the state level.
Canada - Alberta: The provincial government has published the new Tobacco and Vaping Reduction Strategy, which aims to reduce tobacco and vaping product
23rd January 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Yesterday (22nd January), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a marketing denial order (MDO) to Bidi Vapor for its
US - Hawaii: Senate Bill 2691 has been introduced. It would prohibit the sale of flavoured tobacco products and mislabelled e-liquids that contain
22nd January 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The manufacturer of Smok vaping products and a Texas vape distributor have filed an appeal against the Food and Drug
22nd January 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to Shenzhen Youme Information Technology for two Suorin
US - New Mexico: Senate Bill 72 has been introduced, which would increase the tax rates on e-cigarettes. The rate would be 44%
US - New Mexico: Senate Bill 80 has been introduced and would prohibit the sale of flavoured tobacco products in the state. A
US - Hawaii: House Bill 1693 has been introduced and would require the Department of Health to establish and administer an electronic smoking
US - Nebraska: Two bills have been introduced. Legislative Bill (LB) 1299 would increase the tax rate to 20% of "(i) the purchase
17th January 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to Shenzhen IVPS Technology for 22 Smok vaping
US - Colorado: Senate Bill (SB) 24-022 has been introduced. The bill would allow Colorado counties to regulate the distribution of tobacco products and
15th January 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Senate Democrat Dick Durbin has criticised the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) again for its long-overdue review of premarket tobacco
US - Illinois: Senate Bill (SB) 2662 has been introduced. The bill would restrict a manufacturer, distributor or retailer from advertising, marketing or promoting
US - Indiana: Senate Bill (SB) 227 has been introduced. The bill would require manufacturers of alternative nicotine products and vapour products to
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 550 has been introduced. The bill would require the attorney general to establish a directory that lists
11th January 2024 - Chile, South America |
Chile: Member of parliament (MP) Andrés Celis from the opposition coalition has submitted a request to minister of health Ximena Aguilera to urge her
US - Maine: Hallowell is yet another city in Maine seeking to ban the sale of flavoured vaping and other tobacco products, including
9th January 2024 - California, United States |
US - Federal: Yesterday (8th January), the US Supreme Court declined to hear tobacco company RJ Reynolds' challenge to a California law banning
US - Missouri: House Bill 2211 has been introduced and would establish provisions relating to the creation of a vapour product directory. If approved,
US - Kentucky: House Bill 142 has been introduced, which would require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to establish a vapour retail
8th January 2024 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: In December 2023, the government submitted an omnibus bill to the parliament for discussion. The bill introduces a tax on e-cigarettes that
8th January 2024 - Chile, South America |
Chile: Law 21,642 amending the Tobacco Law to equate all vaping products, regardless of their nicotine content, to tobacco products was published in the Official Gazette on 4th
8th January 2024 - North America, United States |
8th January 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed marketing denial orders (MDOs) issued by the US Food and Drug Administration
20th December 2023 - North America, United States |
18th December 2023 - United States |
US - Federal: US senators sent a letter to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf urging the FDA’s Center for Tobacco
15th December 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Yesterday, 14th December, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), announced “the
14th December 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Yesterday, 13th December, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) issued warning letters to 11
US - Maine: The Falmouth Town Council voted 5-2 to impose a flavour ban on the sale of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, that will
13th December 2023 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: President Andrés López Obrador has said that he will introduce a legislative proposal to ban vaping products by the end of the
13th December 2023 - United States |
US - Federal: Members of Congress have sent a letter to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leaders
12th December 2023 - Chile, South America |
Chile: The National Consumer Service (Sernac) has released a report on the Chilean e-cigarette market, which will be forwarded to the Ministry of Health and
12th December 2023 - Chile, South America |
US - Texas: Texas comptroller Glenn Hegar has published an announcement reminding retailers that as of 1st January 2024 it will be a
US - California: San Francisco city attorney David Chiu announced that the city is suing three online tobacco retailers for unlawfully selling flavoured
7th December 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The public consultation to review the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa)'s resolution 46/2009, which bans heated tobacco and e-cigarettes, will be open from 12th
4th December 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: At a meeting held on Friday (1st December) the Collegiate Board of Directors unanimously approved opening a public consultation proposal to review resolution 46/2009, which bans heated
US - New York: Bill S 7771 has been introduced that seeks to prohibit the sale of disposable e-cigarettes in the state. Any
27th November 2023 - Canada, North America |
Canada: The government has released the 2023 Fall Economic Statement, outlining plans to amend the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act. These amendments aim
27th November 2023 - Brazil, South America |
24th November 2023 - Paraguay, South America |
23rd November 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The director of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has scheduled a public meeting of the Anvisa Collegiate Board of Directors on