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Norway: The government notified a bill to the European Commission TRIS database that aims to introduce plain packaging for e-cigarettes and ban non-tobacco flavours
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Russia: The State Duma (lower chamber of the parliament) is planning to hold parliamentary discussions in late February or early March with the involvement
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Latvia: The State Revenue Service has told ECigIntelligence that the excise duty on e-liquids, with or without nicotine, brought in €636,000 in 2020, €2,925,000
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Germany: In response to a parliamentary question put by The Left party (Die Linke) on the taxation of e-liquids, the government said that
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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 303,179 vapour
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Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and Environment will hold an information session at 10am tomorrow on the Royal Decree on
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Portugal: The Customs authority has told ECigIntelligence that the tax revenue collected for nicotine-containing e-liquids was €1,619,375.35 in 2020, €2,009,700.80 in 2021 and
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Germany: The minister of health of the state of Baden-Württemberg, from the coalition party Die Grünen, and chairman of the Conference of Health
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UK - Scotland: In reaction to the Scottish government's consultation on the environmental impact of single-use vapes, the charity Asthma + Lung UK has,
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Slovenia: Ahead of No-Cigarette Day, which takes place on 31st January, the minister of health and the National Institute of Public Health have
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UK: There are no plans to investigate manufacturers for selling products that exceed the 2 ml limit because this is the responsibility of
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Russia: A bill has been signed today by the president that increases the excise rates for e-liquids and omits the excise tax for
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Germany: The federal drug commissioner, Burkhard Blienert, has called for stricter rules on the advertising of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco,
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Denmark: Since June 2022, there have been 106 reports of illegal sales of disposable e-cigarettes, and 522 social media profiles have been closed,
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Russia: On 18th January the State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin instructed relevant committees to study the possibility of banning e-cigarettes in Russia. A survey
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UK: In December 2022, the port officers in Kent seized 315,920 illegal e-cigarettes in eight consignments, following referrals from the UK Border Agency.
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UK: Yesterday, 24th January, Durham Police announced the first results of Operation Autumn, undertaken together with Trading Standards officers to combat illegal sales.
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Russia: Today, the Federation Council (upper chamber of the parliament) approved a bill increasing the excise rates for e-liquids and omitting the excise
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Russia: Today the Federation Council (upper chamber of the parliament) Committee on Economic Policy supported a bill increasing the excise rates for e-liquids
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UK: Illegal e-cigarettes worth £107,000 have been seized in London, said Adam Hug, leader of Westminster City Council.
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Italy: Vape consumer association ANPVU sent a letter to the Minister of Health asking to establish a technical committee composed of regulatory authorities
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UK - Scotland: The Scottish government has commissioned an urgent evidence review on the environmental impact of disposable e-cigarettes, which could lead to a ban.
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Lithuania: The Consumer Rights Protection Service has imposed fines of €1,600 and €750 on two e-cigarette distributors for failing to specify all the
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UK - Scotland: Yesterday (19th January) the health secretary, Humza Yousaf, said that the government is reviewing the evidence on e-cigarettes that will
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Bulgaria: Members of We Continue the Change, a centrist party with the second most seats in Parliament, have presented a bill to amend
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Spain: E-cigarette consumption is on the rise. According to the results of the Survey on Alcohol and Other Drugs, which is conducted by the
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UK: Two retailers in South Gloucestershire have been fined for selling illegal disposable e-cigarettes. Prosecution started last year when Trading Standards officers found and
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Germany: The German Medical Association has called on the federal government to expand the planned ban of heated tobacco flavour to e-cigarettes. This comes after
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UK: More than 60% of Trading Standards officers say their biggest worry is shops selling illicit e-cigarettes or selling vaping products to children,
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Italy: Health minister Orazio Schillaci told a meeting of the Chamber of Deputies Social Affairs Committee that he intends to update the anti-smoking law by
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UK: Asked about the implementation of further tobacco harm reduction strategies, junior health minister Neil O’Brien said yesterday the government currently had no such plans.
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Russia: Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the State Duma, parliament’s lower chamber, today reportedly instructed the relevant committees to study the possibility of a total
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UK: In answer to a parliamentary question, junior environment minister Rebecca Pow said the government had no information on the value of payments made by
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UK: In answer to a parliamentary question about when the new tobacco control plan and a response to the Khan review would be published, junior health
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Russia: The State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes has backed the government’s tax amendments, media reports. If they are finally adopted, excise
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Belgium: The Ministry of Health enacted a Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree of 28th October 2016 relating to the manufacture and placing on the
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UK: When asked about what steps the department is taking to control the online sale of e-cigarettes, junior secretary for business, energy and
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EU: As highlighted in our compliance calendar, the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) “Call to achieve a tobacco-free environment and the first European tobacco-free generation by
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Germany: The Bavarian state government approved a Federal Council initiative to call for a campaign at EU level to ban disposable e-cigarettes. The
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Germany: Customs authorities in the city of Krefeld (close to the French border) have announced the seizure of hundreds of vaping products that lacked
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Russia (Saint Petersburg): Saint Petersburg deputies shared their opinion on a possible complete ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes after the death
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Hungary: Following an investigation, which we reported on last year, into two Slovak companies selling Elf Bars online, the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has fined one of them
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Ukraine: Yesterday, 12th January, the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) adopted Bill 8286 on the introduction of an electronic excise stamp for tobacco products and
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Ukraine: The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy supported Bill 8286 on the introduction of an electronic excise stamp
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UK - Scotland: Commenting on a call by an environmental campaigner for a ban on disposable e-cigarettes, an official spokesperson told reporters: “The
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Latvia: The excise tax rate on e-liquids increased on 1st January to €0.20 per ml.
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Russia: Tax on e-cigarette devices has increased to RUB64 (€0.86) each and the e-liquid tax to RUB18 (€0.24) per ml from 1st January.
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Netherlands: A Ministry of Health regulation on banned flavours in e-cigarettes came into force on 1st January, providing a list of flavouring additives
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Belarus: Under a December 2022 amendment to the Tax Law, e-liquids will be taxed throughout 2023 at a rate of BYN0.77 (€0.29) per
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