LATEST ALERTS
Italy: The Chamber of Deputies has approved an amendment to Bill 1038 that would allow cross-border sales of e-cigarettes from other EU member states as
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Spain: The incumbent Socialist Party (PSOE) has included the regulation of e-cigarettes and “sweetened tobacco-derived products” in its manifesto for the 23rd July general election,
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Belgium: The Royal Decree, enacted by the minister of health in January 2023, amending the Royal Decree of 28th October 2016 relating to the
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Romania: The Ministry of Finance has told ECigIntelligence that the tax revenue from the nicotine-containing e-liquid excise duty amounted to RON12.7m (€2.5m) for
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EU: Today, the Council adopted the proposal for a new regulation on batteries with the aim of making them more sustainable. As stated in
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Netherlands: The Rutte cabinet (a four-party coalition government) has collapsed due to internal disagreement, and elections are expected later in the year, media
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Ukraine: Bill 4358 (Law 1978-IX), which introduces a regulation for e-cigarettes in Ukraine similar to the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), comes into
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Germany: The Ministry of Health has presented a bill to amend the Federal Non-Smoking Protection Act to prohibit the use of e-cigarettes in federal institutions, public transport,
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UK: Junior health minister Neil O’Brien told MPs that the UK delegation to the upcoming Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on
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Italy: The president of the Italian Tobacconists Federation (FIT), Mario Antonelli, has said the organisation is engaged in discussions with the environment ministry over the idea
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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
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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
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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
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Netherlands: The vape trade association Esigbond is filing a lawsuit against the state ban on online e-cigarette sales which came into effect on
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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
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UK: On 29th June in the House of Commons, several MPs raised the issues of disposables, age and flavour restrictions. A conservative, Caroline Johnson,
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UK: The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has published an Enforcement Notice that underlines the restrictions on advertising e-cigarettes on social media, and
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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
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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
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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
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UK: Ash Scotland – Action on Smoking and Health (Scotland) – has called on the Scottish government to consider adopting Australia’s e-cigarette by
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Ukraine: Resolution 618/23 from the Cabinet of Ministers comes into force tomorrow, 1st July. The resolution establishes new samples of excise tax stamps
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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
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Netherlands: As of 1st July 2023, domestic and cross-border distance sales of e-cigarettes and refill containers will be banned.
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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
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Belarus: As of 1st July 2023, a licence to sell e-liquids will be required.
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Romania: A bill further restricting the advertising of e-cigarettes has been introduced by MPs from the National Liberal Party (PNL). The bill amends
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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
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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
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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 325,501 vapour products. Only
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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
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UK: The first quarter of 2023 saw 15 cases of children aged nine or under needing medical attention in England due to "excessive
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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
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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
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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
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Lithuania: Yesterday, 22nd June, the Seimas (parliament) initially approved the amendments to the Tobacco Control Act, which only allow e-cigarettes to be sold
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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
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Germany: Burkhard Blienert, federal commissioner for addiction and drugs, told an annual reception in Berlin that it is “urgently necessary to close existing
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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,
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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
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Ukraine: The Cabinet of Ministers has approved new samples of excise tax stamps for domestically produced and imported heated tobacco products and e-liquids.
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Lithuania: The Seimas (parliament) yesterday approved Bill 2590, which will prohibit the combining of tobacco and other additives in e-cigarettes and e-liquids, press
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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
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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
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Lithuania: A proposal to amend the Tobacco Control Act was registered yesterday in Seimas (parliament), seeking to allow the sale of e-cigarettes only
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Netherlands: Health minister Maarten van Ooijen has told supermarkets not to look for ways to carry on selling tobacco and related products after
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