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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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7th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Junior environmental secretary Rebeca Pow reiterated that the government will review the existing Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations in 2023. The
7th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: In 2022, 8.7% of respondents to the UKÂ annual population survey reported that they were currently vaping both daily and occasionally, while
7th September 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Brian King, director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) spoke at the Smoker
7th September 2023 - Europe, Montenegro |
Montenegro: At the annual meeting of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Budva, minister of health Dragoslav Šćekić warned that the country’s smoking
Sweden: The Ministry of Finance has announced that, starting November 2024, the government will reduce the excise tax on snus by 20%, while
6th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Yesterday (5th September), member of parliament Helen Hayes, from the Labour party, proposed a bill prohibiting e-cigarettes from being advertised, branded
Russia: The Ministry of Industry and Trade has supported the proposal to clarify the rules for the sale of nicotine-containing products in pavilions
UK - Scotland: Yesterday (5th September), the first minister, Humza Yousaf, said the government will consult on measures to curb the sale
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of e-cig websites blocked for having failed to comply with long-distance
Russia:Â The Ministry of Finance has introduced a proposal that would require nicotine-containing and nicotine-free e-cigarettes to be marked with digital tax stamps.
5th September 2023 - Europe |
EU: Alexandr Vondra, Czech member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR), has submitted a parliamentary
Lithuania: The Ministry of Health suggests not approving the proposal to sell e-cigarettes and e-liquids only in pharmacies and with a doctor’s prescription
Greece: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 49,689 vapour products, including devices, disposables and
4th September 2023 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission has sent a report to the European Parliament and to the Council of the European Union on the exercise
4th September 2023 - Europe |
4th September 2023 - Central America, Panama |
Paraguay: The National Health Surveillance Authority (Dinavisa) has sent a notice to the prosecutor's office reporting the widespread sale of illegal vapour products,
France: Prime minister Élisabeth Borne said that the government will soon unveil a new national tobacco plan that aims to ban disposable
4th September 2023 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: The municipality of the Hague will look into the possibility of preventing the opening of new tobacconists, media reports. In June,
Malaysia: The Consumers Association of Penang (a state in the northwest) has urged the government to ban vaping products for the sake
1st September 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: A bipartisan coalition of 33 state attorneys general have signed a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging it
1st September 2023 - Asia, Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan: A petition against Kazakhstan's e-cigarette ban gained over 100,000 signatures, media reports. In a briefing at the National Press Club, Tatyana
Pakistan: Experts and health advocates, such as the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), have urged the government
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 333,718 vapour products. Only
Thailand: Chonnan Srikaew has been announced as Thailand's new minister of Public Health. Yesterday (30th January), he resigned as leader of the
31st August 2023 - North America |
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new webinar to help online retailers respond to warning letters
31st August 2023 - District of Columbia, United States |
US - Federal: The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has found that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed
Ukraine:Â Yesterday (30th August), the president signed bill 9315Â prohibiting the sale of locally produced e-liquids in duty-free shops. The measure will be temporary
US - Federal: Indiana attorney general, Todd Rokita, has sent a letter to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expressing his
Thailand: Teerachai Attanawanich, Thailand’s deputy minister of finance and chairman of the National Tobacco Authority of Thailand, said the country is considering legalising
Ireland: The Health Service Executive (HSE)Â has warned the public to stop using five different flavours of the McKesse brand of e-cigarettes. The
29th August 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: On 10th March 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a proposed rule titled "Requirements for Tobacco
Egypt: The Egyptian Organization for Standards and Quality (EOS) has told ECigIntelligence it is currently working on three new regulations. The first is
Ukraine: The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has included two Big Tobacco companies in their list of "international sponsors of war".
25th August 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent out many more warning letters than usual to e-cigarette manufacturers
25th August 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The coalition government has agreed on the final changes to the budget consolidation package, media reports. According to the Ministry
24th August 2023 - Europe |
EU: A draft report on non-communicable diseases was published on 22nd August. Among many other recommendations, it supports the ongoing revision of
24th August 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: The minister of health has published the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Regulations. The regulations include packaging and new
23rd August 2023 - North America, United States |
US - General: Njoy has asked the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban the importation and sale of certain Juul products, including
Egypt: Eastern Company, the former tobacco monopoly and the country's largest tobacco producer, has disclosed that it has received offers from foreign
23rd August 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK:Â The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is reviewing two complaints about the advertising of disposable vapes with a potentially misleading environmental message, media
Ukraine: The Department of Public Health, of the Ministry of Health, has confirmed that e-cigarette product notifications must be submitted, in Ukrainian, to
22nd August 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: The Labour Party says it will limit the number of vape stores nationwide to 600 and introduce a licensing regime if it is
US - Hawaii: Honolulu Council chair Tommy Waters said recently that the proposed flavour ban on tobacco products and e-cigs in Honolulu
Canada - Saskatchewan: The Ministry of Health has published proposed amendments to the Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act which aim to
21st August 2023 - Europe, Switzerland |
Switzerland: The parliamentary Commission for Social Security and Health of the Council of States (SGK-S) has requested an amendment of the Federal Council’s bill to
Israel: Today, 21st August, the Ministry of Health published for public consultation a draft to amend the Tobacco Law. The proposal was
21st August 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand:Â Health minister Ayesha Verrall has confirmed that the new regulations to limit youth vaping will come into effect on 21st September.
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