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EU: A public consultation on the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and Tobacco Advertising Directive (TAD) opened today and will run until 16th May. The
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Russia: The Ministry of Finance is planning to create a federal law enforcement agency that would be responsible for the tobacco and nicotine
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UK: When asked about the penalties for manufacturers who breach the rules, junior health secretary, Neil O'Brien, said that there are no current
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UK - Scotland: The NGO Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) and several other organisations are urging the government to ban the manufacture
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UK: When asked about the non-compliant e-cigarette products from Elf Bar, junior health secretary, Neil O'Brien, said that the Department of Health and
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EU: The European Commission today answered a parliamentary question submitted by Swedish MEP Sara Skyttedal on the inclusion of new nicotine products in the revision of the
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EU: The European Commission today answered a parliamentary question submitted by Swedish MEP Johan Nissinen on the promotion of e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches to curb smoking. Health
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Russia: The Ministry of Agriculture has drafted a bill, with the backing of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, to block websites selling tobacco
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Slovenia: The Ministry of Finance has told ECigIntelligence that approximately €1.83m was raised in tax revenue on nicotine-containing e-liquids in 2022, up from €120,000
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EU: French MEP Anne-Sophie Pelletier last week submitted a parliamentary question asking the European Commission whether it plans to put forward the revision of the Tobacco Excise Directive
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Spain: The Chamber of Deputies Health Committee has rejected by 19 votes to 16 a proposal from the centre-right People’s Party (PP) to study
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Czech Republic: The Ministry of Finance has told ECigIntelligence that the government is planning to revisit its tax policy with the forthcoming revision
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Russia: The State Duma Committee on Youth Policy is preparing a set of proposals to tackle e-cigarettes, according to its chairman, Artem Metelev. He
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Austria: The Austrian Association of Waste Management Companies has issued a statement calling for a ban on disposable e-cigarettes, which it calls “a dangerous environmental sin”. Association
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Switzerland: The Great Council of the Canton of Ticino has approved an amendment of the Health Promotion and Health Coordination Act to ban the
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Russia: The lower chamber of the parliament, the State Duma, is discussing possible measures to regulate the sale of tobacco products, including the
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France: The National Committee against Smoking (CNCT) has published the results of a study on new nicotine products conducted between 2020 and 2022,
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UK: NGO Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has called for a tax on disposable e-cigarettes. The organisation has recommended that an excise
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EU: As stated in our compliance calendar, after parts of it entered into force last year, most articles of "Council Directive (EU) 2020/262
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Denmark: In reference to the Danish Smoking Habits 2022 Report published by the Danish Health Authority, health minister Sophie Løhde said she is
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EU: The EU Commission has issued a call for a tender on the Single Framework Contract to Provide Services to Support the Assessment
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UK: Nottingham City Council has decided to award £75,000 of funding to commission a behavioural research campaign to help understand vaping and smoking
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Estonia: Parliament's Social Committee will meet with industry members on 13th February to discuss the Tobacco Act Amendment Act 654 SE. The bill
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Russia: State Duma deputy Sultan Khamzaev has proposed banning tobacco product sales in fuel stations, media reports. Khamzaev addressed the appeal to the
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Ireland: The Health Service Executive (HSE) is analysing claims, made by a British newspaper, that some Elfbar e-cigarettes may contain more than the legal
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Germany: The Federal Office of Statistics has released figures showing that €42.5m was collected last year in taxes on the sale of 266,018 litres of
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UK: Gateshead Council in the Northeast of England has called on residents to recycle disposable e-cigarettes at their nearest recycling centre or take them
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UK: Swindon Borough Council has announced that it has joined other local authorities in calling for the government to bring forward a new Tobacco Control
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Germany: The Bundesrat Environment Committee will discuss Bavaria’s call for an EU-wide ban on disposable e-cigarettes on 16th February. The Environment Ministry of the state of Thuringia
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UK: Conservative MP Caroline Johnson yesterday presented a cross-party bill to prohibit the sale of disposable e-cigarettes. The bill will have a second reading on
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Hungary: The Supervisory Authority for Regulatory Affairs has told ECigIntelligence that a total of 10,855,642 ml of e-liquid was sold in Hungary in 2022. This
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UK: Derby City Council has raised concerns over disposable e-cigarettes, naming a recycling centre where they can be taken, but saying “an even better
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Russia: Alexei Kurinny, deputy chair of the State Duma Committee on Health Protection, has said he does not support a complete ban on e-cigarettes, arguing
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Serbia: Speaking at a conference on cancer, health minister Danica Grujičić called for public support for a ban on smoking in enclosed public places. “The
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Hungary: The Ministry of Finance has told ECigIntelligence that approximately HUF0.5bn (€1.27m) was collected in tax on e-liquids in 2022, compared to HUF0.2bn (€500,000)
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UK: The Daily Mail reports that following its own independent testing of Elf Bar's 600 line of e-cigarettes, which found the product to
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UK: Junior health secretary Neil O'Brien said that the Department of Health and Social Care is currently considering how best to commission further research
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Germany: Saxony-Anhalt health minister Petra Grimm-Benne, a member of the Social Democratic Party – which is part of the government coalition – has
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Sweden: The Public Health Agency of Sweden has updated a publicly available list of notified e-cigarettes and refill containers. There are 13,022 vapour products on the
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Estonia: The Tax and Customs Board has told ECigIntelligence that the tax revenues for nicotine-containing e-liquids amounted to €1,086,421 in 2020 and €306,020
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Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and Environment has provided ECigIntelligence with the presentation and the FAQ document about
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EU: Swedish MEP for the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, Johan Nissinen, submitted a parliamentary question last week asking the European Commission whether
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Germany: Members of the coalition Green Party (Die Grünen) are discussing a deposit system ("Pfand") for disposable e-cigarettes to encourage users to recycle the products properly, press
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Finland: A working group appointed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is proposing measures to end the use of tobacco and
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Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of websites that do not comply with the long-distance sales and advertising
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EU: Ahead of World Cancer Day, EU commissioner for health and food safety Stella Kyriakides has spoken about the European Beating Cancer Plan
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