LATEST ALERTS
Russia: E-cigarette retailers have written to the Ministry of Finance asking it not to ban flavours and nicotine salts in e-cigs, media
Russia: Decree 587 has been signed by president Vladimir Putin, giving the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation (Rosalkogolregulirovanie) oversight over tobacco-
Hungary: The government yesterday notified the European Commission via the TRIS notification system of a bill to make nicotine-free refills subject to the product restrictions
Philippines: The Bureau of Internal Revenue has issued a circular clarifying policies and guidelines on raw materials, apparatus and equipment used in the
Israel: The National Authority for Community Safety has published a report on the use of e-cigarettes as an alternative to smoking, looking at how
Venezuela / Americas: The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which serves as regional office for the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Americas, has praised Venezuela
Netherlands: The ministries of finance and public health have notified the European Commission of an amendment to the Tobacco and Smoking Products Regulation, establishing a list
Panama: The Association for the Reduction of the Harm of Smoking has filed a lawsuit before the Supreme Court to declare Law
Hungary: The Hungarian Competition Authority has fined a Slovakian company around HUF39m (€100,000) for illegal advertising of e-cigarettes to consumers in Hungary, media reports.
Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has updated the publicly available list of notified herbal products for smoking, e-cigarettes and refills.
Russia: Bill No 423 has been signed into law by president Vladimir Putin. It establishes administrative responsibility for the circulation of tobacco- and
Venezuela: Through Official Gazette 42,682, the government has banned the manufacture, storage, distribution, sale, import, export and consumption of e-cigarettes and e-liquids, regardless
Italy: The Senate has approved Bill 797, which aims to ban long-distance and cross-border sales of nicotine-containing vapour products. The bill will be sent
US - general: Juul Labs is seeking to raise around $1bn in funding, according to Bloomberg. The report quotes an anonymous source
Indonesia: The Ministry of Finance is planning to increase the excise duty on e-cigarettes, press reports. No formal regulation has been announced yet. E-cigarettes
Lithuania: The government has notified the European Commission about Bill XIVP-2791(2), which seeks to ban vaping products containing sugar and/or sweeteners. If further adopted after
Russia: An increase in the excise tax on all e-liquids, with or without nicotine, has been approved by the Federation Council and signed into
Kazakhstan: According to a member of Parliament from the small opposition party Republic, a government Interdepartmental Commission has decided to completely ban the
Bulgaria: The 2023 State Budget, published today (1st August), increases the tax on nicotine e-cigarettes and applies it for the first time to
Germany: Federal drugs commissioner Burkhard Blienert has called for further restrictions on tobacco and nicotine advertising and sponsorship. He said: “Existing gaps in advertising regulation must
Global: The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday released its “report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023: protect people from tobacco smoke”, which examines progress
South Africa: The Portfolio Committee on Health has extended to 4th September the deadline for written comments on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems
Jordan: The Customs Authority has issued a circular stipulating that disposable e-cigarettes must display specific information on the commercial invoice or application forms,
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 329,250 vapour products.
US - Illinois: House Bill 1540 has been signed into law by governor J.B. Pritzker, amending the Smoke-Free Illinois Act of 2008. The amendment now bans
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning letters to Brash LLC d/b/a Smooth Vapes Hawaii and Stella Blues
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issue warning letters to three distributors – ABS Distribution Inc., EC Supply,
Bulgaria: Parliament has approved the 2023 State Budget, which increases the tax on nicotine e-cigarettes and applies it for the first time to non-nicotine e-cigs. Both
EU: The new regulation that aims to make batteries more sustainable has been published today in the EU’s Official Journal. As stated
UK: Last week, the Waste Experts, a waste management service, presented a comprehensive report titled “The Challenges of Recycling Single Use
US - Maine: Bill LD 1215 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. It would ban the sale and distribution of tobacco products
South Africa: Tomorrow, 28th July, is the last day to present written submissions on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery System Control Bill. Comments on the bill, which
Kyrgyzstan: Members of the country’s parliament, the Supreme Council, have proposed obliging all organisations, enterprises and public places to establish designated smoking areas,
Azerbaijan: The Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control Service has sent warning letters to a number of importers after finding disposable e-cigarettes on sale
US - general: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published the results of a 2021 survey concluding that 4.5% of
Lithuania: Consumer Rights Protection Service spokesperson Dalia Malinauskienė says flavoured e-cigarettes are still being sold in Lithuania, despite the sales ban that came
Ukraine: The Dnipropetrovsk region branch of the State Tax Service has issued a reminder that disposable e-cigarettes are subject to excise tax
Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed Bill 8287, introducing an electronic excise stamp for tobacco products and e-liquids from 1st January 2026,
Spain: Despite most polls predicting an absolute majority for right-wing parties following yesterday's legislative elections, surprising results mean that it is possible that
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has announced that it will hold a virtual
Russia: Bill 369931-8 has passed the State Duma (lower chamber of parliament) and heads to the Federal Assembly for consideration. The bill would
US - Illinois: As of 23rd July 2023, retailers are no longer allowed to distribute any flavoured liquid nicotine product – except for
China: Yesterday, the China Tobacco Monopoly Administration published the Guidelines for Promoting the Building of Quality Assurance Systems for Exported Electronic Cigarette Products.
India: The Ministry of Health has asked state ministries to report violations of the nationwide ban on the production, sale, import, export, assembly,
US - general: Juul Labs has announced the submission to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the first premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) for
Vietnam: A media seminar heard that the trade and health ministries had reached consensus on an amendment to Decree 67, establishing a trial regulation
