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Switzerland: The canton of Valais has banned disposable e-cigarettes through an amendment to its health law, due to their easy availability and environmental impact, press
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Slovenia: The rules on the reporting of tobacco and related products and flavourings in electronic cigarettes and refill containers have been published in
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Hungary: The parliament has passed the bill amending the Excise Tax Law to increase the applicable tax on e-liquids, regardless of nicotine content, from
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Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health, a government-funded statutory body, has called for banning e-cigarette possession due to their
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EU: Today, the European Parliament approved the new European Commission, 370 votes in favour out of 688, with 36 abstentions and 282 votes against.
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UK: The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024, which ban disposable vaping products in England from 1st June 2025, have been published today in
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UK: Yesterday (26th November) the House of Commons, the lower chamber of the UK parliament, approved in a second reading the Tobacco and Vapes
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US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it is seeking fines against two bricks-and-mortar retailers and 16 online retailers
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New Zealand: The minister of health has published an action plan “Getting to Smokefree 2025: The final push to achieve the Smokefree 2025
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Australia: The Legislative Council of the State of Tasmania has passed the Public Health Amendment (Vaping) Bill 2024, which maintains the prescription requirement for vaping
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France: The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (Anses) has updated the list of notified e-cigarettes. The total number of
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Philippines: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has issued a press release informing that it has lifted the suspension of trading activities for vape
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Monaco: Minister of health and social affairs Christophe Robino has announced the government’s intention to ban nicotine pouches, following the example set by
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Germany: Last week, the Munich Administrative Court ruled that a campaign by Philip Morris International’s German subsidiary constituted indirect advertising for tobacco and
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EU: Saskia Bricmont, Belgian member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Parliamentary Group of The Greens/European Free Alliance, has submitted a parliamentary
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Germany: On 22nd November, the Federal Council voted on an amendment to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act to ban disposable e-cigarettes. According
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Kyrgyzstan: President Sadyr Japarov has signed the Law on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Sphere of Protecting
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Russia: The director of the Department for the Development of Domestic Trade of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Nikita Kuznetsov, said that
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Bahrain: The Court of Cassation has ordered a local company to pay nearly BHD3m ($7.98m) for evading excise taxes on “e-liquids” and “pre-filled
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Israel: The Tax Authority reported that it stopped an attempt to smuggle e-cigarettes worth more than ILS13m ($3.5m) in unpaid taxes.
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Morocco: The parliament has approved the budget law for the year 2025, under which disposable e-cigarettes will be subject to an internal consumption tax of MAD50
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Spain: Yesterday (21st November), the Ministry of Health published a draft decree that would amend royal decree 579/2017, which regulates the manufacture and
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EU: Yesterday, 20th November, the European Parliament adopted a motion for a resolution on the Council’s recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments. In
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EU: The main political groups in the European Parliament – the European People’s Party (EPP), the Socialists & Democrats, and the centrist Renew
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EU: Italy and Romania have issued a joint statement raising concerns about the procedure of the discussions on the proposal for a revision of the 2009
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EU: The proposal for a revision of the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments is scheduled to be approved by the EU Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 3rd
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Malaysia: A former king of Malaysia (January 2019 to January 2024) and the current sultan of the state of Pahang, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin
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Australia: The government of the state of New South Wales (NSW) has introduced to the parliament a bill establishing harsh penalties for illegal
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Iceland: The parliament has approved the bill amending the Law on Alcohol and Tobacco Tax to introduce an excise duty on e-liquids. The Ministry of Finance’s proposal initially sought
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France: As part of the Tobacco-Free Month programme, the nonprofit association La Vape du Coeur in collaboration with Alfaliquid and Voopoo has launched
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New Zealand: The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill, expected to come into force in November, was adopted in the second reading last week.
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Philippines: Yesterday, 18th November, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported the seizure of PHP5.07bn ($86m) in smuggled vape products during the first ten
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US - Ohio: Columbus city attorney Zach Klein is suing a tobacco retailer for alleged repeated under-age tobacco sales and sales of flavoured
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Poland: The president of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has warned that the organisation’s trade inspectors do not have enough instruments
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Singapore: On 13th November 2024, the Ministry of Health (MOH) released a parliamentary question and answer titled “Measures to Curb Vaping in Schools and
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US - Federal: President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F Kennedy Jr. for the position of secretary of the Department of Health and Human
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Indonesia: Concerns over the draft regulations setting out plain packaging requirements for tobacco and nicotine products continue to grow in Indonesia. Willy Aditya of the NasDem
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Brazil: Yesterday, 13th November, the Industry, Commerce and Services Committee of the Chamber of Deputies discussed with stakeholders the consequences of illegal e-cigarette
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Brazil: The Department of Consumer Protection and Defence (Procon) of the state of Sao Paulo has issued a warning to Meta to stop
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Global: The World Health Organization (WHO) 2025 World No Tobacco Day campaign, “Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry Tactics on Tobacco and Nicotine Products”, will
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UK: Yesterday, 13th November, the House of Commons (lower chamber of Parliament) debated and approved the Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024, which seek
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US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent out a new batch of warning letters to e-cigarette distributors, highlighting
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Morocco: Yesterday (13th November), the Finance and Economic Development Committee of the parliament held a session to discuss the budget law for the year 2025. Opposition
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Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the lists of notified nicotine-containing and nicotine-free e-cigarette products.
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Australia: The Australian government is preparing a national programme to discourage young people from vaping. The programme, which has been drafted by experts
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Lithuania: Yesterday (12th November), the parliament approved in the final vote the amendment to tighten economic sanctions for the sale of tobacco and
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Peru: The bill regulating tobacco, vaping and other nicotine products was published yesterday (12th November) in the State Bulletin and is now in force.
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Ireland: The ruling Fianna Fáil party has announced in their election manifesto that they will progressively raise the price of vaping products and introduce
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Russia: The Government Legislative Commission supports bill 650932-8 that would block information on the online retail sale of tobacco- and nicotine-containing products in
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