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21st October 2022 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission has published its work programme for 2023 addressing its "headline ambitions". The programme states that the Commission will continue with
Belgium: Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke has proposed a ban on vending machines in bars, restaurants and catering facilities selling any kind of vaping or
20th October 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed complaints in federal district courts seeking permanent injunctions to stop six e-cigarette manufacturers
20th October 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Junior health minister Caroline Johnson has said the Department of Health and Social Care is considering the recommendations made in the Khan review. This
Armenia: The government has put forward a bill to introduce an excise tax on e-liquids, media reports. If it is adopted, the
20th October 2022 - Netherlands |
Netherlands: Asked whether a consumption tax or excise tax on e-cigarettes and e-liquids would be added to the 2023 Tax Plan, finance minister
France: The left-wing Nupes alliance has presented an amendment to the 2023 Social Security Financing Bill that aims to ban disposable vapour products. Meanwhile president Emmanuel
US - Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Superior Court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a local by-law banning the sale of tobacco products in
19th October 2022 - Europe |
EU: Swedish MEP Sara Skyttedal has submitted a parliamentary question asking the European Commission whether it intends to include new nicotine products in the
Spain: Deputy Aina Vidal Sáez has urged the government – in which her party, the left-wing Podemos, participates – to regulate nicotine-free pods exactly
19th October 2022 - Asia, Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan: A bill that would change the law on a number of health issues, including banning the circulation of e-cigarettes in Kazakhstan, has
18th October 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a press release reviewing its activities in the last months, stating:
18th October 2022 - Europe |
EU: Today is the last day to submit comments on the European Commission's published draft Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008
US - California: The Santa Rosa County District Schools has joined the lawsuit against the e-cigarette company Juul, which seeks damages for school
Bahrain: The Bahraini Testing and Metrology Directorate has confirmed to ECigIntelligence that according to the Technical Regulation of Electronic Nicotine Products it
18th October 2022 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: The Bureau of Philippine Standards, an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, has included vaping and heated tobacco products in
Italy: The Custom and Monopoly Agency (ADM) has updated the lists of notified nicotine-containing and nicotine-free e-cigarette products. The total number of notified vaping
18th October 2022 - Europe, Montenegro |
Montenegro: In 2022, authorities fined 258 people for not complying with vaping/heated tobacco/tobacco usage in bars and restaurants, local press reports. The
18th October 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Trading Standards seized nearly 500 non-compliant vapour products worth over £5,000 in Hartlepool, County Durham, local media reports. The products were
18th October 2022 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: Yesterday, the national anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil held a press conference about a new action plan in the field of addiction,
17th October 2022 - North America, United States |
US - general: In a letter to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics, the American Vapor Manufacturers Association (AVM) has requested an investigation into “potential
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has told ECigIntelligence that nicotine-free e-liquids need not be accompanied by the EC-ID number when registered with
Americas: The Pan American Health Organization, the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO), has published a paper on “Taxation of novel
17th October 2022 - Czech Republic |
Czech Republic: National anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil will present a new action plan on addiction to government officials and interested members of parliament
Ireland: The government is considering banning disposable e-cigarettes, press reports. The minister of state, Ossian Smyth, said that he is not against vaping products
14th October 2022 - North America, United States |
US - general: A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has tested the impact of vaping prevention
Latvia: Yesterday, the Saeima (Latvia's parliament) approved in a second reading a bill amending the Tobacco Act. The regulation equates e-cigarettes and
14th October 2022 - Asia, Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan: The League of Consumers of Kazakhstan held a round table that brought together representatives of all interested parties and government agencies to
France: The National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Anses) has published an updated list of notified e-cigarettes, which includes 86,607 products.
13th October 2022 - North America, United States |
US - general: Tim Andrews, director of consumer issues for the think tank Americans for Tax Reform, has said the “vaping vote” possesses immense
13th October 2022 - Asia, South Korea |
South Korea: The Electronic Cigarette Association announced today that it is suing the Ministry of Health and Welfare over its 2019 recommendation to stop using
Egypt: The Customs Authority has issued a circular making clear that e-cigarette devices that don’t contain liquid are subject only to 14%
11th October 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The long-awaited tobacco control plan may not be published after all, press reports. After its publication was delayed under the previous
Iceland: The Ministry of Health has told ECigIntelligence that, for the time being, it does not plan to issue a regulation restricting the marketing
11th October 2022 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: The independent association Youth Smoking Prevention (Rookpreventie Jeugd) has reported the World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) to the Dutch Food and Consumer
Belgium: The government was today presenting its 2023 Budget, which was expected to include further increases in excise duty on tobacco products over the
Sweden: The Patent and Market Appeal Court has banned the e-cigarette company Ecoswe from using attractive wording associated with fruit and sweets when marketing e-cigarettes
Portugal: The government has presented its Budget for 2023, which includes a proposal to increase the e-liquid tax from €0.323 to €0.336 per ml. The
10th October 2022 - North America, United States |
US - General: Amanda Wheeler and Greg Conley from the American Vapor Manufacturers Association have joined RegulatorWatch to discuss the Food and Drug Administration
Slovenia: On 5th October, the Ministry of Finance opened the comment period for a regulation that seeks to set out new applicable
Malaysia: Prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced that Parliament will be dissolved today, paving the way for general elections, which are reportedly expected to be
US - Michigan: The University of Michigan announced it “will prohibit the use of all tobacco products on all of its campuses effective
7th October 2022 - North America, United States |
US - General: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released federal
China: The tobacco administration will accept objections from existing e-cigarette manufacturers starting tomorrow (8th October) until 31st October 2022. The tobacco administration published
Sweden: The Public Health Agency has updated the publicly available list of notified e-cigarettes and refill containers, now containing 12,234 products.
6th October 2022 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: President Gustavo Petro has decided not to tax e-cigarettes, press reports. Medical societies had been urging the government to include a tax on e-liquids
US - Oregon: Portland Public Schools district is suing Juul, accusing the e-cigarette maker of intentionally targeting youth, enticing them with kid-friendly flavours,
Ukraine: Tax officials in Lutsk, administrative centre of the Volyn oblast in northwestern Ukraine, have reported finding e-liquids being sold without a
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