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US - general: Chinese e-cigarette manufacturer JWEI has announced that it has submitted a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) to the US Food and
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21st July 2022 - Europe, Switzerland |
Switzerland: In a joint campaign with five other cantons, the Basel cantonal laboratory examined e-liquids for their nicotine content, prohibited ingredients and health warnings. After
Jordan: The House of Representatives has referred a government-drafted bill of child rights to a joint committee of the Women and Family
20th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal:Â US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf has ordered an external review of the Center for Tobacco Products
20th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - general: Myblu vaping products will not be allowed to be sold in the US market while the court reviews a marketing
Israel: Health minister Nitzan Horowitz is considering further restricting the marketing of disposable e-cigarettes and raising the excise duty on them, due to
Malaysia: A poll of 40 members of Malaysia’s lower parliamentary chamber the Dewan Rakyat found only 12 said they would vote in favour of
Russia: The bill setting future tax rates has been adopted and published, increasing excise rates for e-liquids and e-cigarette devices in 2025
20th July 2022 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has updated the publicly available list of notified herbal products for smoking, e-cigarettes and refill containers.
US - California: Attorney general Rob Bonta yesterday announced $22m in state funding for local government agencies to tackle the illegal sale of tobacco
19th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - general: Triton Distribution and Vapetasia, two manufacturers of flavoured e-liquids, were denied a review of the FDA’s marketing denial order (MDO)
Ireland: The Oireachtas (parliament) Joint Health Committee is pushing for a flavour ban and age restrictions on e-cigarette sales. The committee has published
19th July 2022 - Europe |
EU: Tomorrow, 20th July, is the last day to submit feedback on the initiative to review the Council of the European Union’s 2009
18th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - General: The anti-tobacco, anti-vaping Truth Initiative is calling on the FDA “to immediately remove all synthetic nicotine products now on the
US - California: Millbrae City Council intends to prepare an ordinance that would prohibit the sale of flavoured tobacco products within the city, which
US - Hawaii:Â House Bill (HB) 1570 has been vetoed by the governor. The version as it currently stands would ban the sale
Armenia: Yesterday, 14th July, the government approved the plan to combat the use of tobacco products and tobacco substitutes for 2022-2026, media
14th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: New warning letters have been issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Among them is the warning: “Please
14th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - general: The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enforce the congressionally mandated deadline and clear
Malaysia: The Cabinet yesterday approved the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill that sets out to ban the sale of vaping products to anyone born
13th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US- general: Today, 13th July, is the final date for synthetic nicotine products to be marketed in the US without a premarket tobacco
13th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: The American Vapor Manufacturers Association has formally asked the inspector general of the US Department of Health and Human Services to
13th July 2022 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico:Â The Federal Commission for Protection Against Public Health Risks (Cofepris) has closed down more than 179 shops and vending machines and seized almost
13th July 2022 - South America, Uruguay |
Uruguay:Â The Ministry of Education and Culture has approved the setting-up of the Association of Vapers of Uruguay (Asovape), which seeks to reduce smoking
Spain: The Ministry of Health has decided not to continue with its planned amendment to the Tobacco Act, press reports. The government has decided
12th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: Tomorrow, 13th July, is the last day synthetic nicotine products can be marketed in the US without a premarket tobacco
12th July 2022 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: The Presidential Office has confirmed to ECigIntelligence that it received the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Bill, which will further regulate vaping products, on
Hungary: The Supervisory Authority for Regulatory Activities (SZFTH) has provided ECigIntelligence with figures showing that sales of e-liquids grew steadily in 2017, 2018 and
12th July 2022 - Asia, Kazakhstan |
11th July 2022 - Asia, Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia: The National Committee for Tobacco Control has tweeted that the Islamic pilgrimage season, the Hajj, is an opportunity to quit
France: Senator Françoise Férat of the Centrist Union Group has submitted a parliamentary question to the minister for ecological transition asking whether he is considering banning disposable
Iceland: A bill amending Law 87/2018 on electronic cigarettes and refills has today come into force. It makes the sale of vaping
Iceland: On 1st July the Ministry of Health made its legislative plans to amend the Tobacco Control Act following the incorporation of the European
8th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - General: President and CEO of Truth Initiative, Robin Koval, has issued a statement expressing both confusion and disappointment that “after
Malaysia: The minister of health said today, 8th July, that the bill banning the sale of vaping products to all those born after
7th July 2022 - Asia, Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia: The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority  has introduced an initial draft through the Public Consultation Platform, proposing amendments
7th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued another batch of warning letters to manufacturers and distributors of e-liquid products that it
7th July 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil:Â The board of the National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) decided unanimously at an extraordinary meeting yesterday, 6th July, to maintain the
Sweden: The Public Health Agency has updated the public list of notified e-cigarettes and refill containers, containing 12,054 vapour products.
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.
6th July 2022 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: Presidential spokesperson Trixie Cruz-Angeles has told reporters that the new president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, has given no indication of whether or
Romania: The Ministry of Finance has introduced a bill to progressively increase the excise duty on e-cigarettes and e-liquids. It proposes duty on
6th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has administratively stayed its marketing denial order (MDO) against Juul Labs, says “there are scientific
6th July 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil:Â The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) was to discuss the regulation of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in an extraordinary meeting today,
France: The National Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) has published an updated list of notified e-cigarettes, which includes 81,809 products.
US -Â Michigan:Â Senate Bill 1109Â has been introduced. This bill would prohibit the sale of vapour products with any heating element not made of
5th July 2022 - Europe, Luxembourg |
Luxembourg: In answer to a parliamentary question about whether the increased use by teenagers of flavoured disposable e-cigarettes, as seen in France, was also
4th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - general: The Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association (SFATA) met up with the FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) to discuss the future
4th July 2022 - Europe |
EU: EU law requires certain large companies to disclose information on the way they operate and manage social and environmental challenges. The European Council and
