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US - California: Bill AB 935 has passed the Senate after amendments, which have been concurred in by the House, and has
14th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Junior health secretary Neil O’Brien said the new illicit vapes enforcement unit, led by National Trading Standards, is starting field operations
14th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Yesterday (13th September), several lords proposed Amendment 258 to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill. The amendment aims to make it a
14th September 2023 - Asia, Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan: The government intends to introduce an e-cigarette ban from 1st January 2024, media reports. International public health experts have reportedly expressed
Ukraine: The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the list of articles prohibited for sending in postal items. According to the list, it
Italy: Logista Italia and the Italian Federation of Tobacconists (FIT) have signed an agreement with the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE)
Israel: Yesterday (12th September), the Health Ministry submitted its report on smoking in Israel 2022 to the Knesset (parliament). The report states
Iran: The Chamber of Guilds has issued a news release prohibiting the sale and supply in chain and franchise shops of tobacco products,
Iraq: The Council of Representatives has held the first reading of the Tobacco Protection Bill, which was presented by the Health and
13th September 2023 - Australasia |
Australia: Health minister Mark Butler has announced that a regulation is about to be introduced to further restrict nicotine-containing and nicotine-free vaping
13th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Today (13th September), the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) published rulings against several vaping firms whose products had been promoted on the
Romania: Members of parliament (MPs) from the centre-right National Liberal Party (PNL) have introduced Bill 499/2023 to the Senate. The bill aims
Romania: Social Democratic Party (PSD) member and president of the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house in Romania’s parliament) Alfred Simonis has submitted
13th September 2023 - Illinois, United States |
US - General: Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois has sent a letter to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert
13th September 2023 - Asia, Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyzstan: The Committee on Budget, Economic and Fiscal Policy of the Jogorku Kenesh (parliament) has approved the amendment seeking to oblige all organisations
12th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Department of Health and Social Care could start a consultation next week on the possible disposables ban, press reports.
France: Minister of health Aurélien Rousseau said that disposable e-cigarettes will be prohibited at the beginning of 2024, following on from prime
US - Federal: Pastel Cartel, the manufacturer of Esco Bars vaping devices, has filed a lawsuit with the US Federal District Court in the
12th September 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The president of the Chamber of Electronic Vaping, Robert Hrdlička, said in a press interview that the most recent government
8th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Times has reported that the Conservative Party has received a donation of £350,000 from Supreme 8 Ltd, a vaping company,
8th September 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administrations (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has launched new resources to help applicants navigate the
8th September 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: The Vaping Regulatory Authority has lost a court case against the retailer Vapo for incorrectly threatening vape retailers for selling non-compliant products,
Germany: The federal environment minister, Steffi Lemke, is calling for a European ban on disposable e-cigarettes. In a newspaper interview, the minister
Malaysia: Yesterday, 7th September, the High Court denied the petition of anti-tobacco groups to temporarily suspend the health minister's order excluding nicotine-containing e-liquids
8th September 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has updated the publicly available list of notified herbal products for smoking, e-cigarettes and substitute refills.
7th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Junior environmental secretary Rebeca Pow reiterated that the government will review the existing Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations in 2023. The
7th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: In 2022, 8.7% of respondents to the UK annual population survey reported that they were currently vaping both daily and occasionally, while
7th September 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Brian King, director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) spoke at the Smoker
7th September 2023 - Europe, Montenegro |
Montenegro: At the annual meeting of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Budva, minister of health Dragoslav Šćekić warned that the country’s smoking
Sweden: The Ministry of Finance has announced that, starting November 2024, the government will reduce the excise tax on snus by 20%, while
6th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Yesterday (5th September), member of parliament Helen Hayes, from the Labour Party, proposed a bill prohibiting e-cigarettes from being advertised, branded
Russia: The Ministry of Industry and Trade has supported the proposal to clarify the rules for the sale of nicotine-containing products in pavilions
UK - Scotland: Yesterday (5th September), the first minister, Humza Yousaf, said the government will consult on measures to curb the sale
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of e-cig websites blocked for having failed to comply with long-distance
Russia: The Ministry of Finance has introduced a proposal that would require nicotine-containing and nicotine-free e-cigarettes to be marked with digital tax stamps.
5th September 2023 - Europe |
EU: Alexandr Vondra, Czech member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR), has submitted a parliamentary
Lithuania: The Ministry of Health suggests not approving the proposal to sell e-cigarettes and e-liquids only in pharmacies and with a doctor’s prescription
Greece: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 49,689 vapour products, including devices, disposables and
4th September 2023 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission has sent a report to the European Parliament and to the Council of the European Union on the exercise
4th September 2023 - Europe |
4th September 2023 - Central America, Panama |
Paraguay: The National Health Surveillance Authority (Dinavisa) has sent a notice to the prosecutor's office reporting the widespread sale of illegal vapour products,
France: Prime minister Élisabeth Borne said that the government will soon unveil a new national tobacco plan that aims to ban disposable
4th September 2023 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: The municipality of the Hague will look into the possibility of preventing the opening of new tobacconists, media reports. In June,
Malaysia: The Consumers Association of Penang (a state in the northwest) has urged the government to ban vaping products for the sake
1st September 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: A bipartisan coalition of 33 state attorneys general have signed a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging it
1st September 2023 - Asia, Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan: A petition against Kazakhstan's e-cigarette ban gained over 100,000 signatures, media reports. In a briefing at the National Press Club, Tatyana
Pakistan: Experts and health advocates, such as the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), have urged the government
