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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
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
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
France: As Parliament debates the 2025 Finance and Social Security Financing bills, the Alliance Against Tobacco (ACT) has issued a call to action,
Netherlands: The bill amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act to completely ban oral nicotine products (such as nicotine pouches), which was approved by
UK: The government has introduced legislation to ban the sale and supply of single-use disposable vapes in England. The ban, provided it is
EU: The Spanish Association of Personal Vaporiser Users (ANESVAP) has written to the European Ombudsman urging it to compel the European Commission (EC) to
EU: The commissioner-designate for health and animal welfare, Olivér Várhelyi, has answered the questions that the European Parliament will put forward during his confirmation hearing
Portugal: The Tax and Customs Authority has told ECigIntelligence that €1.9m was raised in tax revenue from nicotine-containing e-liquids in 2021, €2.5m in
Netherlands: During the Amsterdam Dance Event, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) discovered five street vendors selling illegal flavoured vapes. The NVWA
UK: Minister of health Wes Streeting has said the Labour government will introduce the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to Parliament before Christmas this
Lithuania: The State Service for the Protection of Consumer Rights (VVTAT) has compiled a list of the 16 specific chemicals permitted for use to give
Serbia: The Serbian government has implemented a new e-excise system, which is managed by the Ministry of Finance and contains information relating to excisable products,
Poland: The Sejm (lower chamber of parliament) has passed the amendment to the Excise Duty Act increasing the excise rates on e-liquids from 2025.
Switzerland: Mathias Steinhauer, a councillor in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, has introduced a motion to ban disposable e-cigarettes. The reasoning behind the motion is
Switzerland: The National Council's Commission for Social Security and Health has approved the partial revision of the Tobacco Products Act, which introduces restrictions on the
France: A group of deputies from president Macron's party, Ensemble pour la République, has suggested an amendment to the 2025 finance bill, proposing
Italy: The government has published a legislative decree that bans the online domestic sales of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, starting on 1st January 2025. Online sales
EU: The European Commission (EC) has provided ECigIntelligence with a response to a freedom of information request regarding France’s recent ban on disposable
Lithuania: Yesterday (17th October), the parliament approved the amendment to tighten economic sanctions for the sale of tobacco and related products to under-18s
Bulgaria: Tomorrow (18th October) is the last day to comment on the amendment to the Law on Excises and Tax Warehouses, which establishes a
EU: The European Ombudsman has told ECigIntelligence that its final position on case 517/2024/FA will be reached within the next few weeks. The
France: Centrist member of parliament (MP) Charles de Courson proposed an amendment to the Budget Bill 2025 to create a tax on vaping
Iceland: The Ministry of Finance has opened a draft bill for consultation that would amend the Law on Alcohol and Tobacco Tax to introduce a
UK: Answering a parliamentary question on whether the new Labour government will incorporate the amendments to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill that were proposed during
UK: Answering a parliamentary question on the progress of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs on introducing a ban on single-use disposable
EU: The questions that will be asked to commissioner-designate for health and animal welfare, Olivér Várhelyi, during his confirmation hearing as commissioner before the
EU: The proposal for a revision of the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments will be presented by the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG-Santé) tomorrow, 17th
Norway: The government has introduced the 2025 Budget Bill to the parliament. The bill seeks to increase the excise duty on nicotine-containing e-cigarettes
Poland: Health minister Izabela Leszczyna has said the next session of the Council of Ministers will discuss two draft amendments to the Tobacco Act,
EU: Today, the Council has adopted a new regulation on the classification, labelling, and packaging of chemical substances (CLP), updating the existing 2008 EU legislation. The
France: The government has presented the Social Security Financing Bill for 2025. For now, no amendments have been proposed to increase the excise
France: In the region of Occitanie, the first events of the “Tobacco-free month” campaign started this week. The 9th edition of this national
Portugal: The government has presented the 2025 state budget, which, unlike previous years, does not include an increase in e-cigarette taxes. However, tobacco tax revenues
Germany: The Federal Cabinet has approved an amendment to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act that would make it obligatory for retailers of disposable e-cigarettes, including kiosks
Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has decided not to ban flavoured e-cigarettes despite their popularity among young people, media reports. The drafting of
Austria: Following the EU’s proposal for the revision of the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments to extend the existing restrictions to novel inhalable products and to
Spain: The centre-right People's Party (PP) has introduced a motion in the Senate asking the government to develop a specific regulation for electronic
Denmark: An enquiry to the Danish Safety Technology Authority has resulted in the Guidance on Child Safety of Electronic Cigarettes and Refill Containers being
Greece: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products. The list now contains 60,185 vapour products, including devices, disposables and refill containers.
Luxembourg: Amendments to the bill that would have made nicotine-free e-liquids subject to some of the product restrictions currently applicable to nicotine-containing liquids have been proposed by the
France: The directors of Sovape have decided to dissolve the association, press reports. Active in France since 2016, Sovape worked closely with policymakers
Ukraine: The government has approved a procedure for the creation and operation of an electronic system for the circulation of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products,
France: The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new study led by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) that shows
