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Thailand: At a forum on “Protecting Children and Youth from E-Cigarettes” held yesterday (13th May), the National Health Commission Office, government stakeholders and other
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Canada: The government published the Excise Duties on Vaping Products Regulations under the Excise Act to formalise and give legal effect to the
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US - Federal: The next director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) Office of Compliance and
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Vietnam: Prime minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed Official Dispatch 47/CD-TTg requesting several ministries to strengthen the control of electronic cigarettes and heated
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Luxembourg: The Council of Ministers agreed yesterday (9th May) to approve a bill that would make nicotine-free e-liquids subject to some of the product restrictions
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US - Iowa: House File (HF) 2677, which is awaiting the governor’s signature, would create a public directory where vapour products would have
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Croatia: The Ministry of Health has updated the publicly available list of notified e-cigarettes and refill containers.
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Philippines: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. called on the Bureau of Customs (BoC) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to expand and strengthen their efforts
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Netherlands: Launched at the end of 2022, the citizens’ initiative to achieve a nicotine-free generation and aiming to prohibit the sale of all
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Lithuania: The government has approved the 2024-2026 Plan for the Implementation of the National Agenda on Drugs, Tobacco and Alcohol Control, Consumption Prevention
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US - Federal: US Senate majority whip Dick Durbin, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has called on Brian King – director of
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China: Today is the last day to comment on the amendment of the E-cigarette Transaction Management Detailed Rules, which would establish a national unified management
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EU: The minutes of the 18th April meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety have been published today. The Committee's members
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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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France: The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (Anses) has published an updated list of notified e-cigarettes. The total number of vapour
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Italy: The Council of State, which is the highest administrative court, has overturned a previous ruling by the Regional Administrative Tribunal (TAR). This
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Morocco: During a parliamentary question session, Hayat Oumenjouj (National Rally of Independents) asked the minister of health and social protection, Khalid Aït Taleb,
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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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United Arab Emirates: The Federal Tax Authority reported that in 2023 its control efforts resulted in the seizure and confiscation of nearly 21.29m units
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Vietnam: In a meeting organised by the Social Committee of the National Assembly, the Ministry of Industry and Trade insisted on the creation of
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Germany: The Federal Ministry of Environment and Consumer Protection opened for consultation an amendment to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act that would make it obligatory for
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Greece: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products. The list now contains 56,870 vapour products, including devices, disposables and refill
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Serbia: From Wednesday (1st May), the excise duty on e-liquids has been adjusted to align with 2023 inflation and now amounts to RSD10.46
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Azerbaijan: During a meeting of the parliamentary Agrarian Policy Committee, Emin Hajiyev, a member of parliament (MP) from the governing New Azerbaijan Party,
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US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the issuance of warning letters to 14 online retailers for selling unauthorised
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Kuwait: Abeer Al-Bahwa, director of the Health Promotion Department at the Ministry of Health, highlighted the ministry’s concern over the spread of e-cigarette
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Philippines: House of Representatives member Ray Reyes, of the minority Anakalusugan Party List, urged legislators to review the Vape Law to transfer the
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US - California: Attorney general Rob Bonta has announced that the California Department of Justice is now accepting proposals for the 2024-2025 Tobacco
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US - Federal: The US Marshals Service seized more than 45,000 unauthorised e-cigarette products valued at more than $700,000 in California. The seized products
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US - Florida: House Bill (HB) 1007 has been enacted. HB 1007 authorises the attorney general to establish a directory listing nicotine-dispensing devices considered
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Netherlands: The decision to sell e-cigarettes only in specialist shops starting in 2025 has been postponed to begin in 2026, media reports. Maarten
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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 370,221 vapour products. Only products
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Bahrain: The minister of industry and commerce has issued decision 34/2024, authorising the Ministry of Health to monitor the implementation of the Electronic Nicotine
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Russia: Bill 610727-8 has been introduced in the State Duma (lower chamber of parliament) that would amend the existing federal law provisions on advertising.
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Luxembourg: The regulation introducing a tax for e-liquids (which are currently not taxed), regardless of their nicotine content, was published in the Official
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Iran: During a meeting organised by the Ministry of Health, Behzad Valizadeh, head of the National Tobacco Control Secretariat of the Ministry of
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Slovenia: Last Friday (26th April), the parliament approved in a second reading, with no votes against, the bill amending the Excise Duty Act to significantly increase
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Denmark: The Ministry of Health has notified a bill to the European Commission’s TRIS database to amend the Executive Order on Quality, Labelling and Age Control Systems,
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Philippines: The Department of Health (DOH) has urged manufacturers, importers, distributors and sellers of nicotine-containing and nicotine-free e-cigarettes to comply with the upcoming
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EU: On Tuesday (23rd April), the European Parliament adopted a proposal for a regulation on ecodesign for sustainable products. With the proposal, we
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China: The National Tobacco Administration – a state-owned corporation with a monopoly on the production and sale of tobacco products – is planning
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Netherlands: The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment has published a fact sheet called “Options to make the appearance and
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UK: There are no plans to limit public use of vaping products, nor to introduce any further advertising restrictions, said parliamentary under-secretary for health and social
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EU: Yesterday (24th April), the European Parliament adopted a proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. The proposal aims to have
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Ukraine: The parliament has adopted a bill seeking to change the existing Law on State Regulation of Production and Circulation of Ethyl Alcohol,
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EU: Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe issued a media release saying that e-cigarette use is becoming increasingly popular among adolescents.
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Brazil: Following last Friday’s (20th April) decision by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to maintain the ban on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, the
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US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued civil money penalties (CMPs) against 20 bricks-and-mortar retailers and two online retailers for
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