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Hungary: The law amending the Excise Tax Law to increase the applicable tax on e-liquids, regardless of nicotine content, from HUF33 (€0.08) per
EU: Today, the Council of the European Union adopted the European Commission (EC)’s proposal to review the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments. The proposal
Ireland: With all the votes counted, the main ruling party, Fianna Fáil, has once again obtained the largest number of seats, 48, at
US - Federal: Yesterday (2nd December), the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vs Wages and White
Russia: The State Duma chairman, Vyacheslav Volodin, has said via his Telegram channel that the State Duma (lower chamber of parliament) has begun
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 450,284 vapour products. Only
Vietnam: The National Assembly unanimously agreed to ban the production, trading, import, storage, transportation, and use of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco from 2025.
US - Massachusetts: Three state senators have announced their intention to file a new bill in the 2025-26 legislative session to generationally phase out the
Germany: Last week, officers from the Berlin-Brandenburg Customs Investigation Office and the Berlin State Police confiscated around 400,000 untaxed disposable e-cigarettes. According to current investigations, tax
Jordan: The director general of the Anti-Smuggling Directorate of Jordan Customs, Jalal Al-Qudah, told the press that the agency’s efforts resulted in the
EU: The European Parliament has voted against adopting a position on the European Commission’s proposal to review the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments. The cause seems to
US - California: The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration has released comprehensive tax guidance on tobacco products, outlining new laws that
Czech Republic: In the statement by the Czech Republic on the subject of the EU Council recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments replacing
Switzerland: The canton of Valais has banned disposable e-cigarettes through an amendment to its health law, due to their easy availability and environmental impact, press
Slovenia: The rules on the reporting of tobacco and related products and flavourings in electronic cigarettes and refill containers have been published in
Hungary: The parliament has passed the bill amending the Excise Tax Law to increase the applicable tax on e-liquids, regardless of nicotine content, from
Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health, a government-funded statutory body, has called for banning e-cigarette possession due to their
EU: Today, the European Parliament approved the new European Commission, 370 votes in favour out of 688, with 36 abstentions and 282 votes against.
UK: The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024, which ban disposable vaping products in England from 1st June 2025, have been published today in
UK: Yesterday (26th November) the House of Commons, the lower chamber of the UK parliament, approved in a second reading the Tobacco and Vapes
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it is seeking fines against two bricks-and-mortar retailers and 16 online retailers
New Zealand: The minister of health has published an action plan “Getting to Smokefree 2025: The final push to achieve the Smokefree 2025
Australia: The Legislative Council of the State of Tasmania has passed the Public Health Amendment (Vaping) Bill 2024, which maintains the prescription requirement for vaping
France: The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (Anses) has updated the list of notified e-cigarettes. The total number of
Philippines: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has issued a press release informing that it has lifted the suspension of trading activities for vape
Monaco: Minister of health and social affairs Christophe Robino has announced the government’s intention to ban nicotine pouches, following the example set by
Germany: Last week, the Munich Administrative Court ruled that a campaign by Philip Morris International’s German subsidiary constituted indirect advertising for tobacco and
EU: Saskia Bricmont, Belgian member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Parliamentary Group of The Greens/European Free Alliance, has submitted a parliamentary
Germany: On 22nd November, the Federal Council voted on an amendment to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act to ban disposable e-cigarettes. According
Kyrgyzstan: President Sadyr Japarov has signed the Law on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Sphere of Protecting
Russia: The director of the Department for the Development of Domestic Trade of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Nikita Kuznetsov, said that
Bahrain: The Court of Cassation has ordered a local company to pay nearly BHD3m ($7.98m) for evading excise taxes on “e-liquids” and “pre-filled
Israel: The Tax Authority reported that it stopped an attempt to smuggle e-cigarettes worth more than ILS13m ($3.5m) in unpaid taxes.
Morocco: The parliament has approved the budget law for the year 2025, under which disposable e-cigarettes will be subject to an internal consumption tax of MAD50
Spain: Yesterday (21st November), the Ministry of Health published a draft decree that would amend royal decree 579/2017, which regulates the manufacture and
EU: Yesterday, 20th November, the European Parliament adopted a motion for a resolution on the Council’s recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments. In
EU: The main political groups in the European Parliament – the European People’s Party (EPP), the Socialists & Democrats, and the centrist Renew
EU: Italy and Romania have issued a joint statement raising concerns about the procedure of the discussions on the proposal for a revision of the 2009
EU: The proposal for a revision of the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments is scheduled to be approved by the EU Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 3rd
Malaysia: A former king of Malaysia (January 2019 to January 2024) and the current sultan of the state of Pahang, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin
Australia: The government of the state of New South Wales (NSW) has introduced to the parliament a bill establishing harsh penalties for illegal
Iceland: The parliament has approved the bill amending the Law on Alcohol and Tobacco Tax to introduce an excise duty on e-liquids. The Ministry of Finance’s proposal initially sought
France: As part of the Tobacco-Free Month programme, the nonprofit association La Vape du Coeur in collaboration with Alfaliquid and Voopoo has launched
New Zealand: The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill, expected to come into force in November, was adopted in the second reading last week.
Philippines: Yesterday, 18th November, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported the seizure of PHP5.07bn ($86m) in smuggled vape products during the first ten
US - Ohio: Columbus city attorney Zach Klein is suing a tobacco retailer for alleged repeated under-age tobacco sales and sales of flavoured
Poland: The president of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has warned that the organisation’s trade inspectors do not have enough instruments
Singapore: On 13th November 2024, the Ministry of Health (MOH) released a parliamentary question and answer titled “Measures to Curb Vaping in Schools and
US - Federal: President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F Kennedy Jr. for the position of secretary of the Department of Health and Human
Indonesia: Concerns over the draft regulations setting out plain packaging requirements for tobacco and nicotine products continue to grow in Indonesia. Willy Aditya of the NasDem
