LATEST ALERTS
Iraq: Majid Shingali, head of the Health and Environment Committee of the Council of Representatives, reported to the press that the Protection Against Tobacco Damage Bill will be
Uzbekistan: The Ministry of Economy and Finance has adopted the decision on “Approving the guidelines on the procedure for applying excise stamps to tobacco products
Uzbekistan: The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted the decision “On approval of the regulation on the procedure for the implementation of customs control during
Panama: A spokesperson for Panamá Emprende – a part of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry that deals with commercial and industrial activity –
Hungary: The Ministry of Finance has introduced a bill to the parliament that would increase the applicable tax on e-liquids from HUF33 (€0.08) per
Greece: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products. The list now contains 61,491 vapour products, including devices, disposables and refill
Indonesia: Legislator Nurhadi has warned that the implementation of the draft regulations developing the government regulations that established a comprehensive regulatory framework for tobacco and nicotine products could
US - Texas: Last Thursday, 31st October, the city of San Antonio banned the use of vaping products in public, by including the
Russia: The National Union for Consumer Protection has sent a letter to prime minister Mikhail Mishustin proposing to equate e-cigarettes to medicines, as well as restricting their sale. The organisation’s letter
Belarus: The National Assembly (a lower chamber of parliament) has adopted in the first reading a bill “amending the tax law” that would
South Africa: The Portfolio Committee on Health has resumed public hearings on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, which aims to regulate
Vietnam: On 1st November, the government issued decree 144/2024/ND-CP amending import duties. Tobacco substitutes, products for “smoking without burning” containing nicotine, e-liquids for
Thailand: On 2nd November, the Thai government highlighted prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s focus on preventing and controlling the illegal movement of e-cigarettes and
Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has updated the publicly available list of notified herbal products for smoking, e-cigarettes and substitute refills.
US - Colorado: The Denver City Council is studying the introduction of a flavour ban on the sale of tobacco products; this ban would
Australia: Yesterday (30th October), the state of South Australia passed the Tobacco and E‑Cigarette Products (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2024. The bill imposes the highest penalties
Australia: From today, 31st October, vaping products can only be sold upon prescription in the state of Western Australia. At the federal level,
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 445,783 vapour
Thailand: The Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth), operating independently in the country under the oversight of the prime minister’s office, recently held a
UK: The government has proposed introducing a tax on e-liquids of £0.22 per ml starting 1st October 2026, alongside a stamp duty scheme to
Finland: The EPT network , which unites over 60 national social and health organisations that want to prevent and reduce substance abuse, has announced a
Poland: The minister of health, Izabela Leszczyna, has said in an interview with press that she aims to ban e-cigarettes with flavours. “They attract
Poland: Yesterday (30th October), the Senate passed the amendment to the Excise Duty Act, increasing the excise rates on e-liquids from 2025. Last week, the
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent several new warning letters to e-cigarette distributors for distributing products without a
France: During an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien, minister of health Geneviève Darrieussecq announced an upcoming ban on nicotine pouches and stricter surveillance
Thailand: During a recent meeting with the National Health Commission, deputy prime minister Prasert Jantarawongthong and minister of public health Somsak Thepsuthin both
China: Today, the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, the country’s first and largest and tobacco control organisation, reposted an article highlighting a rise
France: On 21st October, the National Assembly began reviewing the revenue section of the 2025 Social Security Budget Bill. Initially set to conclude
Ecuador: The Agency for Health Regulation, Control and Surveillance (Arcsa) has conducted a monitoring operation in 214 venues to combat the illegal sale of tobacco
Spain: The government aims to subject e-liquids to an excise duty, press reports. It announced that, following the measures recorded in a white paper drafted
China: As required by the Detailed Rules for the Administration of E-cigarette Import and Export Trade and Foreign Economic and Technical Cooperation, which obliges
Netherlands: The Dutch government has reacted positively to the European Commission (EC)’s plan to extend the existing smoke-free areas and concludes that many of
Australia: Police in the state of Victoria have seized 200,000 illegal vapes worth AUD8m ($5.2m) found in a warehouse in Melbourne, press reports.
Germany: The Federal Statistical Office has told ECigIntelligence that tax revenues from nicotine and nicotine-free e-liquids and other mixed components for e-cigarettes amounted
Belarus: The Ministry of Health has shared statistics saying that over the past 20 years, the number of teenagers smoking cigarettes has decreased
India: A survey from Doctors Against Addiction (DAAD), conducted in partnership with Saizen Global Insights & Consulting, indicates an enhanced tolerance towards harm-reduction
Indonesia: The head of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) of the Jakarta region, Diana Dewi, has urged the Ministry of
Indonesia: The Ministry of Agriculture is concerned about the potential impact of the draft regulations setting out plain packaging provisions for tobacco and
Kuwait: During a conference on Tobacco Control organised by the Kuwait Association against Smoking and Cancer in cooperation with the Ministry of Health,
Germany: Following the UK's planned ban on disposable e-cigarettes, a spokesman for the German Environment Ministry told the press that an effective regulation of disposable
Turkey: Researchers from the Economic Research Forum – a regional network based in Cairo and Dubai focused on advancing economic research for sustainable
France: A group of independent deputies and representatives from the overseas territories has presented an amendment to the 2025 Budget Bill proposing the transfer
UK - Wales: The Welsh government has announced it will follow the proposed legislation introduced by England yesterday (24th October) to ban single-use
Russia: The Ministry of Health supports a bill that seeks to ban the sale of tobacco- and nicotine-containing products and devices for their consumption
South Africa: Yesterday (24th October), the Portfolio Committee on Health met with the Department of Health to discuss the Tobacco Products and Electronic
France: As Parliament debates the 2025 Finance and Social Security Financing bills, the Alliance Against Tobacco (ACT) has issued a call to action,
US - Missouri: Yesterday (24th October), the Kansas City Council held off its docket an ordinance that would have banned the sale or
Malaysia: Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has answered a parliamentary question on the tax revenue collected by the government from nicotine-containing and nicotine-free e-liquids
