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Jordan: The Customs Authority has issued a circular stipulating that disposable e-cigarettes must display specific information on the commercial invoice or application forms,
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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
28th July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning letters to Brash LLC d/b/a Smooth Vapes Hawaii and Stella Blues
28th July 2023 - North America, United States |
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
28th July 2023 - Europe |
EU: The new regulation that aims to make batteries more sustainable has been published today in the EU’s Official Journal. As stated
28th July 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
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
27th July 2023 - Africa, South Africa |
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
27th July 2023 - Asia, Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyzstan: Members of the country’s parliament, the Supreme Council, have proposed obliging all organisations, enterprises and public places to establish designated smoking areas,
26th July 2023 - Azerbaijan, Europe |
Azerbaijan: The Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control Service has sent warning letters to a number of importers after finding disposable e-cigarettes on sale
26th July 2023 - North America, United States |
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
24th July 2023 - North America, United States |
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,
20th July 2023 - North America, United States |
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
20th July 2023 - Europe |
EU: The feedback period for a proposal revealed by the European Commission in March for a directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims
Lithuania: Health minister Arūnas Dulkys has criticised the recent proposal to sell e-cigarettes only in pharmacies and with a doctor’s prescription, media
Romania: The coalition government is considering a tax increase for many products, including e-cigarettes, to compensate for the state budget deficit, press
17th July 2023 - World |
Global: New reports that will, in accordance with the draft agenda, be discussed during the Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties
Austria: The Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection has drawn up a non-exhaustive list of prohibited substances in e-liquids. The
Ireland: The Health Service Executive (HSE)'s National Tobacco Control Office has submitted a RAPEX alert notification to the European Safety Gate for
14th July 2023 - North America, United States |
Federal: "This [Biden] administration would make criminals of law-abiding citizens while granting actual felons early release and encouraging illicit drug use," said senator
14th July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - General: Alli Boughner, vice president of American Vapor Manufacturers (AVM), has published a piece in the American Council on Science
Russia: Starting 1st September 2023, an electronic register of licences for the production and circulation of tobacco and nicotine-containing products will begin to
14th July 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The Czech Pirate Party, the smallest liberal progressive political party from the governing coalition, has opposed the consolidation package seeking
Spain: The National Committee on Tobacco Prevention (CNPT) has urged whatever government results from the 23rd July elections to pass a new Integral Plan
13th July 2023 - North America, United States |
US - general: The US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund has released a report advocating federal and state legislation to ban or impose
Italy: The Chamber of Deputies has approved an amendment to Bill 1038 that would allow cross-border sales of e-cigarettes from other EU member states
Ghana: The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has issued a statement saying the sale, advertising and recreational use of nicotine e-cigarettes and “other non-nicotine tobacco
US - federal: New York City mayor Eric Adams and counsel Sylvia Hinds-Radix have announced that the city has filed a federal lawsuit against four
Spain: The incumbent Socialist Party (PSOE) has included the regulation of e-cigarettes and “sweetened tobacco-derived products” in its manifesto for the 23rd July general
10th July 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Philip Morris International (PMI) is making arrangements with several Australian pharmacies for the supply of its Veev vaping products below cost,
Belgium: The Royal Decree, enacted by the minister of health in January 2023, amending the Royal Decree of 28th October 2016 relating
Romania: The Ministry of Finance has told ECigIntelligence that the tax revenue from the nicotine-containing e-liquid excise duty amounted to RON12.7m (€2.5m) for
10th July 2023 - Europe |
EU: Today, the Council adopted the proposal for a new regulation on batteries with the aim of making them more sustainable. As
10th July 2023 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: The Rutte cabinet (a four-party coalition government) has collapsed due to internal disagreement, and elections are expected later in the year, media
10th July 2023 - World |
Global: The Convention Secretariat of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) has released the provisional agenda for the Tenth
Ukraine: Bill 4358 (Law 1978-IX), which introduces a regulation for e-cigarettes in Ukraine similar to the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD),
Egypt: The Egyptian Organization for Standards and Quality (EOS) told ECigIntelligence that it is developing two standards for electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS)
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