10th January 2023 - Europe, Slovenia |
Slovenia: The new excise duty now in force, until 30th April, for nicotine-containing e-liquids is €0.19 per ml. The tax on nicotine-free e-liquids has increased to
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10th January 2023 - Europe, Hungary |
Hungary: From 1st January the new excise duty on e-liquids, regardless of nicotine content, is HUF33 (€0.083) per ml.
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10th January 2023 - Europe, Portugal |
Portugal: As of 1st January 2023, e-liquid tax increased to €0.336 per ml.
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10th January 2023 - Europe, Portugal |
Portugal: Ordinance 154/2022 entered into force on 1st January 2023. It sets new rules for smoking rooms, such as size, ventilation and signage.
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10th January 2023 - Albania, Europe |
Albania: As of 1st January 2023, nicotine-containing e-liquids tax increased to ALL14 (€0.12) per ml.
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9th January 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Supermarket chain Waitrose has decided to stop selling disposable e-cigarettes due to health and environmental concerns. In the past year, we have reported
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9th January 2023 - Estonia, Europe |
Estonia: As of 1st January 2023, following the two-year suspension, the excise duty on e-liquids amounting to €0.20/ml has been reintroduced.
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9th January 2023 - Europe, Lithuania |
Lithuania: As of 1st January 2023, the excise duty levied on e-liquids has increased from €0.15/ml to €0.19/ml, as planned.
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9th January 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Nottinghamshire Trading Standards will receive additional funding to raise its inspection capacities specifically for shops selling age-restricted products like e-cigarettes. Trading Standards
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9th January 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: A shop in Taunton has been closed following a seizure of 119 pouches and a large amount of illegal e-cigarettes, in addition to
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9th January 2023 - Europe, Serbia |
Serbia: As of 1st January 2023, e-liquid tax has increased from RSD7 (€0.06) to RSD8 (€0.07) per ml, as planned.
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9th January 2023 - Europe, Romania |
Romania: Following the amendment to the Excise Duty Act that was implemented in July 2022, as of 1st January 2023, the excise duty on
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9th January 2023 - Europe, Italy |
Italy: Parliament approved the 2023 Budget Law on 29th December 2022, which maintains the same level of taxation as in 2022. The Customs and Monopolies
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9th January 2023 - Europe, Ukraine |
Ukraine: As of 1st January 2023, the excise tax rate for e-liquids has been raised to UAH10,000 (€254) per l. The rate is
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21st December 2022 - Europe, Italy |
Italy: If Parliament fails to approve the 2023 Budget Bill by 31st December 2022, the excise duty increase introduced by the 2021 Budget would apply
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21st December 2022 - Europe |
EU: Organisers of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Call to achieve a tobacco-free environment and the first European tobacco-free generation by 2030” have set 16th January 2023
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21st December 2022 - Europe |
EU: Yesterday, 20th December, we published an alert about the delegated regulation amending Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 (CLP regulation) adopted by the European Commission
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20th December 2022 - Europe, Switzerland |
Switzerland: As part of "Free. Fair. Futures", the smoking and vaping prevention campaign aimed at children and young people, the Tobacco Prevention Fund
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20th December 2022 - England, Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Authorities have seized more than 100 non-compliant e-cigarettes in Southend following test purchases in 11 shops, media reports.
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20th December 2022 - Europe |
EU: Yesterday, 19th December, the European Commission (EC) adopted a draft delegated regulation amending Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on hazard classes and criteria for
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19th December 2022 - Europe, Italy |
Italy: The Custom and Monopoly Agency (ADM) has updated the lists of notified nicotine-containing and nicotine-free e-cigarette products, now containing a total of 21,341 products.
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19th December 2022 - Belgium, Europe |
Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and Environment updated the lists of positive and negative e-cigarette product notifications.
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19th December 2022 - Europe, Portugal |
Portugal: Parliament has published the final text of the State Budget 2023, which increases the e-liquid tax from €0.323 to €0.336 per ml.
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16th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Salford City Council announced that over 80,000 illegal vapour products worth £800,000 have been seized from a distributor in Broughton. The products
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15th December 2022 - Belgium, Europe |
Belgium: The 2022-2028 Strategy for a Tobacco-Free Generation has been agreed by a joint group of federal and regional health ministers. The plan, which covers vaping, sets several
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15th December 2022 - Austria, Europe |
Austria: Health minister Johannes Rauch is working on an amendment to the Tobacco and Non-Smoker Protection Law to extend the range of public
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15th December 2022 - Europe, Russia |
Russia: From today, e-liquids, with or without nicotine, in cartridges, capsules or disposable e-cigarettes, must bear a mandatory traceability marking, by government decree.
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15th December 2022 - Europe, Ukraine |
Ukraine: The Ministry of Finance plans to increase the fee for excise stamps on e-liquids and heated tobacco products from UAH0.091 (€0.0023) to
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14th December 2022 - Europe, Sweden |
Sweden: Bill 2021/22:245, presented in May by the previous government, has been adopted by the Riksdag (parliament) together with the 2023 Budget Bill. Starting in
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14th December 2022 - Europe, Slovakia |
Slovakia: The government has approved the National Action Plan for the control of tobacco and related products, seeking to improve smoking prevention among
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13th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: West Yorkshire Police has announced the seizure of 1,519 oversized vaping products, valued between £20,000 and £25,000, from four shops on 1st December.
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13th December 2022 - Europe, Latvia |
Latvia: Medical associations have urged the Saeima (parliament) to speed up approval of a bill amending the Tobacco Act, press reports. The bill, equating e-cigarettes and
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13th December 2022 - Europe, Slovenia |
Slovenia:regulation setting new excise duties on e-liquids has been published in the Official Gazette. The tax on nicotine-containing liquids will rise to €0.19 per
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13th December 2022 - Europe |
EU: Swedish MEP Johan Nissinen, of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, has submitted a parliamentary question, asking whether the European Commission has any plans to
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13th December 2022 - Europe, Iceland |
Iceland: An amendment to Regulation 992/2022 on marketing notification, licensing and ingredients of nicotine products, e-cigarettes and refills containing nicotine has been published in the Official Gazette,
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13th December 2022 - Belarus, Europe |
Belarus: Finance minister Yury Seliverstov has announced planned increases in 2023 in excise duties on e-liquids, to bring them level with Russian rates,
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12th December 2022 - Austria, Europe |
Austria: The Austrian government has notified a bill to the European Commission's TRIS database to amend the Children and Young People Act. The
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12th December 2022 - Europe, Russia |
Russia: The Ministry of Finance is proposing to gradually bring excise rates on nicotine-containing e-liquids and heated tobacco consumables to the same level
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12th December 2022 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The Regional Hygiene Station of the Pilsen Region has determined the brand Elfbar's disposable e-cigarettes as a dangerous product, in which
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12th December 2022 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: During shop checks in Amsterdam, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has fined 30 stores for selling e-cigarettes to
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12th December 2022 - Europe, Slovakia |
Slovakia: The government approved the National Action Plan for the control of tobacco and related products, media reports. With the plan, the ministry
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12th December 2022 - Europe |
EU: On 9th December, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on the new battery regulation. The new regulation
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9th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Following the search of two minors who had multiple vaping devices with them, Cheshire Police issued a warning reminding retailers that e-cigarettes
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9th December 2022 - Belgium, Europe |
Belgium: The Belgian government has notified a bill to the European Commission's TRIS Database that aims to limit the placing on the market
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9th December 2022 - Europe, Germany |
Germany: According to a survey held by the Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the largest biomedical research institute in Germany, more than three quarters of
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7th December 2022 - Europe, Slovenia |
Slovenia: The government has announced that the Health Inspectorate is planning to step up action against the use of e-cigarettes in public places. Since the
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7th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: In a House of Commons debate today on health inequalities, Labour MP Andrew Gwynne asked if the government was going to deliver a number of
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7th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Office for National Statistics yesterday published its annual dataset on the proportion of adults in Great Britain who use e-cigarettes. The figures for
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7th December 2022 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The newly published Healthy Ireland survey 2022 shows 3% of the population are regular vapers, while 22% of people who have successfully quit smoking in
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5th December 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: On 2nd December, Rotherham Council announced that Trading Standards and the police have seized over 5,000 illegal vapes with an estimated retail
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