LATEST ALERTS
Germany: As of 1st January 2024, outdoor advertising of e-cigarette and refill containers is banned, with the exception of advertising on the external
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Germany: As of 1st January 2024, e-liquid tax has increased to €0.20 per ml.
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Bulgaria: As of 1st January 2024, the tax on e-cigarettes, regardless of nicotine content, has increased to BGN0.35 (€0.18) per ml.
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Albania: As of 1st January 2024, nicotine-containing e-liquid tax has increased to ALL16 (€0.15) per ml.
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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
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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
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Pakistan: The health organisations Blue Veins and Provincial Alliance for Sustainable Tobacco Control have asked Haji Ghulam Ali, the governor of the province
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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
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Argentina: In December 2023, the government submitted an omnibus bill to the parliament for discussion. The bill introduces a tax on e-cigarettes that
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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
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Australia: A ban on the import of disposable vaping products, regardless of their nicotine content, entered into force on 1st January 2024. Disposable
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US - Federal: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed marketing denial orders (MDOs) issued by the US Food and Drug Administration
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Lithuania: On 23rd December 2023, the Seimas (parliament) adopted the amendment to the Code of Administrative Offences seeking to increase sanctions for the
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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
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Lithuania: The parliament approved the proposal that seeks to allow tobacco manufacturers and traders to support state institutions in the fight against smuggling
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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
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Netherlands: The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) will start to enforce the e-cigarette flavour ban from 1st January 2024, after
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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
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Bulgaria: Nicotine-containing e-cigarettes must carry tax stamps from 31st December 2023.
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Tunisia: The deadline to place health warnings covering 70% of the packaging on vapour and tobacco products is 31st December.
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Global: Several EU and international markets will see a rise in vapour taxes on 1st January 2024, including Germany, Indonesia, Russia and Estonia.
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Thailand: The Department of Disease Control has issued a warning to the public to quit vaping because of its addictiveness and harmful effects on
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UK - England: A retailer in West Yorkshire has pleaded guilty for selling a disposable e-cigarette with nicotine to a person under the
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UK - Scotland: Aberdeenshire Council’s Trading Standards has stressed it will not tolerate retailers selling tobacco or nicotine e-cigarettes to minors. Trading Standards
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UK - England: North East Lincolnshire council has urged its residents to stop buying and selling illegal vapour products. This comes after a
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UK - Wales: The Welsh government has announced that it has provided funding to Trading Standards Wales to crack down on illegal tobacco
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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
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US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has announced the release of its comprehensive strategic
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Switzerland: The Cantonal Laboratory of Basel-Stadt – part of the cantonal Health Department – has tested 32 disposable e-cigarettes for compliance with food
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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
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Lithuania: Yesterday, 19th December, the parliament decided to postpone consideration of the bill seeking to ban e-cigarettes containing sugar or sweeteners until the
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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.
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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
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Netherlands: The Netherlands has notified an amendment to the Tobacco and Smoking Products Regulation to the European Commission's TRIS system. The amendment would introduce a
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Lithuania: Today, the Seimas (parliament) intends to consider a bill seeking to ban e-cigarettes containing sugar or sweeteners, together with a bill that
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US - Federal: US senators sent a letter to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf urging the FDA’s Center for Tobacco
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Finland: According to a study by the Institute of Health and Welfare (THL), additional measures should be implemented to achieve the goal of the
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Italy: The Chamber of Deputies approved bill 912, which aims to implement the nicotine-free products excise tax rate on flavoured liquid substances used
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Russia: The Ministry of Economic Development supported the Ministry of Finance’s proposal to increase the import customs duty rate for reusable e-cigarettes from
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US - Federal: Yesterday, 14th December, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), announced “the
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Global: The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a press release yesterday, 14th December, urging countries to implement strict measures to prevent the uptake
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Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has updated the publicly available list of notified herbal products for smoking, e-cigarettes and substitute refills.
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US - Federal: Yesterday, 13th December, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) issued warning letters to 11
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US - Maine: The Falmouth Town Council voted 5-2 to impose a flavour ban on the sale of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, that will
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New Zealand: The Ministry of Health has published the 2022/23 Health Survey, which shows an increase in the rate of daily vaping over the past
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EU: Yesterday (13th December) the European Parliament adopted the report on non-communicable diseases. With it, the European Parliament “considers that electronic cigarettes could allow
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Ukraine: The head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax and customs policy intends to register a bill to change the existing law on state
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Lithuania: The Parliamentary Health Committee has approved a bill that seeks to draw up a mandatory list of permitted chemical substances that give
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