LATEST ALERTS
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,
Azerbaijan: The excise rate for disposable e-cigarettes has increased to AZN2 ($1.18) per unit, while the heated tobacco rate has increased from AZN14 ($8.25) to
US - Kentucky: House Bill 142 has been introduced, which would require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to establish a vapour retail
Romania: As of 1st January 2024, the excise duty on e-liquids amounts to RON0.81 (€0.16) per ml. The tax will increase to RON0.91
UK: Since September 2023, Hampshire Trading Standards has seized over £200,000 worth of illegal e-cigarettes from shops across Hampshire. This was reported after
UK: The upcoming budget is likely to include a tax on vapour products, media reports. This would be in line with our earlier analysis.
UK - Scotland: Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Green Party Gillian Mackay has called for a UK-wide scheme allowing independent
Philippines: As of 4th January 2024, vaping and heated tobacco products are now included in the list of consumer goods subjected to mandatory certification to
Philippines: As of 1st January 2024, the tax on e-liquids has increased by 5% to PHP63.50 ($1.14) per 10 ml for conventional freebase
Egypt: The Ministry of Trade and Industry has issued decision 498/2023 and decision 503/2023, approving three standards proposed originally by the Egyptian Organization for Standards
Tunisia: The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has issued circular 31/2023, which prohibits tobacco use in all buildings and headquarters of
Egypt: The Supreme Council of Universities has decided to ban the use of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco on university campuses, press reports. The ban
Oman: The Consumer Protection Authority has issued decree 756/2023, raising administrative fines for using or distributing e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. The minimum
Portugal: In December 2023, the State Budget 2024 was published in the Official Gazette. The budget introduced an excise tax on nicotine-free e-liquids of €0.175
Germany: As of 1st January 2024, outdoor advertising of e-cigarette and refill containers is banned, with the exception of advertising on the external
Germany: As of 1st January 2024, e-liquid tax has increased to €0.20 per ml.
Bulgaria: As of 1st January 2024, the tax on e-cigarettes, regardless of nicotine content, has increased to BGN0.35 (€0.18) per ml.
Albania: As of 1st January 2024, nicotine-containing e-liquid tax has increased to ALL16 (€0.15) per ml.
Slovenia: The Ministry of Finance has opened for consultation a bill that would significantly increase the tax applicable to e-cigarettes. For nicotine-containing e-liquids, the
North Macedonia: Pursuant to amendments to the Excise Duty Law approved in October 2023, the applicable excise duty for e-cigarettes has increased to MKD3.20 (€0.052) per
Pakistan: The health organisations Blue Veins and Provincial Alliance for Sustainable Tobacco Control have asked Haji Ghulam Ali, the governor of the province
Indonesia: As recorded in our compliance calendar, the applicable tax on e-cigarettes increased on 1st January 2024. It is now IDR636 ($0.04) per
Argentina: In December 2023, the government submitted an omnibus bill to the parliament for discussion. The bill introduces a tax on e-cigarettes that
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
Australia: A ban on the import of disposable vaping products, regardless of their nicotine content, entered into force on 1st January 2024. Disposable
US - Federal: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed marketing denial orders (MDOs) issued by the US Food and Drug Administration
Lithuania: On 23rd December 2023, the Seimas (parliament) adopted the amendment to the Code of Administrative Offences seeking to increase sanctions for the
Lithuania: The parliament approved bill XIVP-2791 (2), which aims to ban e-cigarettes containing sugar or sweeteners. If signed by the president, it will come into force
Lithuania: The parliament approved the proposal that seeks to allow tobacco manufacturers and traders to support state institutions in the fight against smuggling
Ukraine: According to the amended Advertising Act, the product placement of vaping products in audiovisual media and on video-sharing platforms (exclusively to audiovisual media and
Netherlands: The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) will start to enforce the e-cigarette flavour ban from 1st January 2024, after
Norway: Parliament has definitively approved bill 125L, which bans non-tobacco-flavoured e-liquids and introduces plain packaging for e-cigarettes starting 1st July 2024. On 4th
Bulgaria: Nicotine-containing e-cigarettes must carry tax stamps from 31st December 2023.
Tunisia: The deadline to place health warnings covering 70% of the packaging on vapour and tobacco products is 31st December.
Global: Several EU and international markets will see a rise in vapour taxes on 1st January 2024, including Germany, Indonesia, Russia and Estonia.
Thailand: The Department of Disease Control has issued a warning to the public to quit vaping because of its addictiveness and harmful effects on
UK - England: A retailer in West Yorkshire has pleaded guilty for selling a disposable e-cigarette with nicotine to a person under the
UK - Scotland: Aberdeenshire Council’s Trading Standards has stressed it will not tolerate retailers selling tobacco or nicotine e-cigarettes to minors. Trading Standards
UK - England: North East Lincolnshire council has urged its residents to stop buying and selling illegal vapour products. This comes after a
UK - Wales: The Welsh government has announced that it has provided funding to Trading Standards Wales to crack down on illegal tobacco
New Zealand: As of tomorrow (21st December), as shown in our compliance calendar, manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers must only sell single-use vaping products that
Switzerland: The Cantonal Laboratory of Basel-Stadt – part of the cantonal Health Department – has tested 32 disposable e-cigarettes for compliance with food
Lithuania: Yesterday, 19th December, the parliament adopted the bill (XIVP-2590(3)) that would clearly prohibit the combining of tobacco flavour with other flavour additives in
Lithuania: Yesterday, 19th December, the parliament decided to postpone consideration of the bill seeking to ban e-cigarettes containing sugar or sweeteners until the
Sweden: The Public Health Agency has updated a publicly available list of notified e-cigarettes and refill containers. The total number of vapour products listed is 15,235.
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
