Lithuania: The Competition Council has examined a bill to make e-cigarettes available only with a doctor’s prescription and from pharmacies, and found that
Lithuania: The Seimas (parliament) has approved Bill XIVP-2791, which would ban vaping products containing sugar and/or sweeteners, media reports. A Seimas official told
Italy: A sub-amendment to Bill 1038, which aims to ban only cross-border sales of e-cigarettes, put forward by the League party, has been approved by the Chamber
Netherlands: The vape trade association Esigbond is filing a lawsuit against the state ban on online e-cigarette sales which came into effect on
Sweden: The Public Health Agency has published a report that summarises the current knowledge around the harm related to tobacco and nicotine products, including the
UK: On 29th June in the House of Commons, several MPs raised the issues of disposables, age and flavour restrictions. A conservative, Caroline Johnson,
UK: The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has published an Enforcement Notice that underlines the restrictions on advertising e-cigarettes on social media, and
EU: Answering a parliamentary question on the European Commission (EC)'s plans to help member states enforce the ban on the sale of disposable e-cigarettes to
EU: The European Commission has answered a parliamentary question on the reasons behind the delay of the revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and on the European Commission
EU: In answer to a parliamentary question on the need for an EU tobacco regulation to address smoking in bars, restaurants and terraces, the European
UK: Ash Scotland – Action on Smoking and Health (Scotland) – has called on the Scottish government to consider adopting Australia’s e-cigarette by
Ukraine: Resolution 618/23 from the Cabinet of Ministers comes into force tomorrow, 1st July. The resolution establishes new samples of excise tax stamps
Montenegro: As of 1st July 2023, as stipulated in the Excise Tax Law, the rate for e-liquids will increase from €0.07 per ml to
Netherlands: As of 1st July 2023, domestic and cross-border distance sales of e-cigarettes and refill containers will be banned.
North Macedonia: The excise duty applicable to e-liquids, regardless of the nicotine content, will increase tomorrow (1st July) from MKD2.80 (€0.046) per ml
Belarus: As of 1st July 2023, a licence to sell e-liquids will be required.
Romania: A bill further restricting the advertising of e-cigarettes has been introduced by MPs from the National Liberal Party (PNL). The bill amends
Bulgaria: The Ministry of Finance’s draft state budget increases the tax on nicotine e-cigarettes and applies it for the first time to non-nicotine e-cigs. Both
Ireland: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety alert notice and notified the European Safety Gate, the EU rapid alert system for
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 325,501 vapour products. Only
Netherlands: The long-anticipated ban on e-cigarette flavours, first announced in May 2021, has been postponed again, media reports. Health minister Maarten van Ooijen
UK: The first quarter of 2023 saw 15 cases of children aged nine or under needing medical attention in England due to "excessive
UK: More than 2.5m illicit e-cigarettes have been seized by 125 local authorities since the beginning of 2020, the Guardian reports. Most non-compliant
Belarus: The Ministry of Taxes has issued a reminder that a licence to sell non-tobacco nicotine-containing products (nicotine pouches) and e-liquids will be
Denmark: The minister of health, Sophie Løhde, has started negotiations within the ministry over preventive measures against young people’s usage of disposable e-cigarettes
Lithuania: Yesterday, 22nd June, the Seimas (parliament) initially approved the amendments to the Tobacco Control Act, which only allow e-cigarettes to be sold
Romania: A bill restricting public vaping, submitted in May, has been registered for debate by the Senate, where discussion is expected to continue over the next few weeks. E-cigarette
Germany: Burkhard Blienert, federal commissioner for addiction and drugs, told an annual reception in Berlin that it is “urgently necessary to close existing
Switzerland: The Federal Council has opened for consultation the preliminary draft of an ordinance specifying the provisions of the new Federal Law on Tobacco and Electronic Cigarettes,
EU: The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG-TAXUD) yesterday published its Annual Activity Report 2022, in which it says it “worked intensively
Ukraine: The Cabinet of Ministers has approved new samples of excise tax stamps for domestically produced and imported heated tobacco products and e-liquids.
EU: During the coordinators’ meeting for the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee, minutes of which have been published today, a request was made
Estonia: Parliament has approved a bill to increase e-cigarette excise duty to €0.21 per ml in 2024, €0.22 per ml in 2025, and €0.23 per ml
Lithuania: A proposal to amend the Tobacco Control Act was registered yesterday in Seimas (parliament), seeking to allow the sale of e-cigarettes only
Netherlands: Health minister Maarten van Ooijen has told supermarkets not to look for ways to carry on selling tobacco and related products after
Denmark: In a briefing sent to Parliament, the minister for the environment, Magnus Heunicke, and the interior and health minister, Sophie Løhde, explained
Finland: After almost seven weeks, the new government negotiations were finalised last week. The new coalition consists of the National Coalition Party (centre-right),
Montenegro: The government will increase the excise duty for e-liquids on 1st July, media reports. According to the Excise Tax Law, the rate
EU: The minutes of the meeting of the European Commission (EC) Expert Group on Tobacco Policy that took place on 3rd May 2023 have been published
UK: National Trading Standards has already started work on data collection and intelligence analysis of the illicit vaping market, said junior health secretary
UK: “There are no current plans to ban...over-the-counter sales of vapes or to make vapes only available to people who are taking part
EU: The EU parliament approved with nearly unanimous support the proposal for a new regulation on batteries with the aim of making them more
Latvia: A new amendment has been made to the bill amending the law on the circulation of tobacco products, herbal smoking products, and
Russia:Â Bill No. 310882-8 on the state regulation of production and circulation of tobacco- and nicotine-containing products has been signed by the president. The
Austria:Â The Ministry of Health has told ECigIntelligence that an amendment to the Tobacco and Non-Smokers Protection Act is currently undergoing political co-ordination and