LATEST ALERTS
Netherlands: The long-anticipated ban on e-cigarette flavours, first announced in May 2021, has been postponed again, media reports. Health minister Maarten van Ooijen
UK: The first quarter of 2023 saw 15 cases of children aged nine or under needing medical attention in England due to "excessive
UK: More than 2.5m illicit e-cigarettes have been seized by 125 local authorities since the beginning of 2020, the Guardian reports. Most non-compliant
Belarus: The Ministry of Taxes has issued a reminder that a licence to sell non-tobacco nicotine-containing products (nicotine pouches) and e-liquids will be
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday, 22nd June, that it had “issued warning letters to 189 retailers for selling
Denmark: The minister of health, Sophie Løhde, has started negotiations within the ministry over preventive measures against young people’s usage of disposable e-cigarettes
Lithuania: Yesterday, 22nd June, the Seimas (parliament) initially approved the amendments to the Tobacco Control Act, which only allow e-cigarettes to be sold
Canada: Health Canada has enacted the Vaping Products Reporting Regulations, which came into effect yesterday (21st June). They require manufacturers to report sales
Romania: A bill restricting public vaping, submitted in May, has been registered for debate by the Senate, where discussion is expected to continue over the next few weeks. E-cigarette
Venezuela: The Ministry of Health has passed a resolution regulating the manufacture, import, export, distribution, marketing, use, advertising and promotion of e-cigarettes and banning their sale
South Africa: The Portfolio Committee on Health has opened the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill for written submissions from interested individuals and stakeholders. Comments
Germany: Burkhard Blienert, federal commissioner for addiction and drugs, told an annual reception in Berlin that it is “urgently necessary to close existing
New Zealand: Following the opening of a consultation on a proposed regulation clarifying the maximum level of nicotine allowed in e-cigarettes, the Ministry of Health has published
Switzerland: The Federal Council has opened for consultation the preliminary draft of an ordinance specifying the provisions of the new Federal Law on Tobacco and Electronic Cigarettes,
US - general: The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has denied a petition by e-cigarette manufacturer and importer Magellan Technology
EU: The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG-TAXUD) yesterday published its Annual Activity Report 2022, in which it says it “worked intensively
Ukraine: The Cabinet of Ministers has approved new samples of excise tax stamps for domestically produced and imported heated tobacco products and e-liquids.
EU: During the coordinators’ meeting for the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee, minutes of which have been published today, a request was made
Estonia: Parliament has approved a bill to increase e-cigarette excise duty to €0.21 per ml in 2024, €0.22 per ml in 2025, and €0.23 per ml
Lithuania: A proposal to amend the Tobacco Control Act was registered yesterday in Seimas (parliament), seeking to allow the sale of e-cigarettes only
Netherlands: Health minister Maarten van Ooijen has told supermarkets not to look for ways to carry on selling tobacco and related products after
Bangladesh: During a seminar organised by Nari Maitree – an NGO advocating women's rights – MP Aroma Dutta (Awami League) called for the swift
Denmark: In a briefing sent to Parliament, the minister for the environment, Magnus Heunicke, and the interior and health minister, Sophie Løhde, explained
US - Texas: House Bill 4758 has been signed by the governor. This bill prohibits any e-cigarette container that "(1) depicts a cartoon-like
Finland: After almost seven weeks, the new government negotiations were finalised last week. The new coalition consists of the National Coalition Party (centre-right),
Montenegro: The government will increase the excise duty for e-liquids on 1st July, media reports. According to the Excise Tax Law, the rate
US - General: Members of Congress sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging
EU: The minutes of the meeting of the European Commission (EC) Expert Group on Tobacco Policy that took place on 3rd May 2023 have been published
Brazil: After a news piece said that tax authorities have established e-cigarette taxation, the Federal Revenue Service clarified that it has not issued
Malaysia: Members of Parliament Ahmad Yunus Hairi and Khairil Nizam Khirudin, both from the opposition coalition Perikatan Nasional, have called on the government
Israel: The National Team to Eradicate the Use of E-cigarettes by Youth – a subcommittee formed by the Ministry of Health – has
UK: National Trading Standards has already started work on data collection and intelligence analysis of the illicit vaping market, said junior health secretary
UK: “There are no current plans to ban...over-the-counter sales of vapes or to make vapes only available to people who are taking part
EU: The EU parliament approved with nearly unanimous support the proposal for a new regulation on batteries with the aim of making them more
Latvia: A new amendment has been made to the bill amending the law on the circulation of tobacco products, herbal smoking products, and
Russia: Bill No. 310882-8 on the state regulation of production and circulation of tobacco- and nicotine-containing products has been signed by the president. The
Austria: The Ministry of Health has told ECigIntelligence that an amendment to the Tobacco and Non-Smokers Protection Act is currently undergoing political co-ordination and
Norway: The government has submitted a bill to amend the Tobacco Act, which aims to ban non-tobacco-flavoured e-liquids and introduce plain packaging for e-cigarettes.
UK: The government is not currently considering making vaping products prescription only or introducing public vaping restrictions, junior minister Neil O'Brien said. Answering MP's
Malaysia: The Ministry of Health presented the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill 2022, renamed to Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill
Switzerland: Following approval by the Council of States in March 2023, the National Council has approved by 119 votes to 42 an amendment to the
New Zealand: Following last week's announcement of new e-cigarette policies, the Ministry of Health is asking relevant stakeholders for feedback on the proposed regulation to
Ireland: The minister of state at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ossian Smyth, has launched a public consultation on disposable vaping
Netherlands: The City Council of Utrecht has approved a plan to prohibit the opening of new tobacconist shops in the city, starting next
Indonesia: Deputy minister of health Dante Saksono said that the ministry will issue specific regulations for e-cigarettes, although no concrete date has been
Turkmenistan: At a meeting of the State Security Council, president Serdar Berdimuhamedov said that the fight against the illegal import and sale of
