LATEST ALERTS
France: The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new study led by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) that shows
Americas: The Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) – the specialised international health agency for the region of the Americas within
Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has updated the publicly available list of notified herbal products for smoking, e-cigarettes and substitute refills.
Philippines: Following the publication of amendments to the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Republic Act 11900 (Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act), which
Israel: The Ministry of Health has issued a press release regarding a toddler who needed medical treatment due to the fear of nicotine poisoning
Russia: The bill amending the law “on the protection of citizens’ health from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, the consequences of tobacco consumption or
Finland: Several members of Parliament (MPs) from opposition parties are calling for stricter regulations on tobacco and nicotine products, media reports. MPs are demanding
Lithuania: Yesterday, 2nd October, the parliamentary Health Affairs Committee approved the amendment to tighten economic sanctions for selling tobacco and related products to
Belgium: Supermarket chain Buurtsuper.be has filed an appeal with the Constitutional Court regarding a measure in the tobacco plan approved in March 2024. Buurtsuper.be considers
UK - Isle of Man: The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture of the Isle of Man has opened for pubic consultation the Climate Change
Ireland: An excise duty on e-liquids has been introduced through the 2025 Budget. The excise duty will start applying in mid-2025 and will
Poland: The Council of Ministers has adopted the draft act amending the Excise Duty Act, which increases heated tobacco and e-liquid rates. It establishes an
Netherlands: The bill amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act to completely ban oral nicotine products (such as nicotine pouches) was approved by
India: Researchers have found that vaping brands are using e-commerce platforms and influencers to market e-cigarettes to Indian youth on social media, despite the
Bangladesh: Health experts have proposed a nationwide ban on e-cigarettes, alongside increasing taxes on tobacco products, tightening tobacco control laws and halting advertising campaigns
Pakistan: Health experts have called on state authorities to implement stricter regulations to curb the rising use of e-cigarettes, vapes and nicotine products, particularly
Belgium/EU: The Council of State, the highest administrative court, has referred a question to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
US - Michigan: Several new bills have been introduced relating to youth access to nicotine and tobacco products, including House Bill (HB) 6002,
Australia: Starting today, over-18s will not require a prescription for vaping products with a concentration of less than 20 mg/ml. Sale of these products
Germany: 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
Luxembourg: As shown in our compliance calendar, e-liquids, regardless of their nicotine content, start to be taxed today at a rate of €0.12
New Zealand: As of today, retailers, distributors, local manufacturers and importers must only sell reusable vaping products that contain removable batteries and are compliant with child-safety
Switzerland: Today, the Tobacco Products Act and the Ordinance on Tobacco Products and Electronic Cigarettes enter into force. Electronic cigarettes with and without nicotine will fall
Georgia: A meeting of experts on the topic “Consumption of various tobacco/nicotine products among adolescents: challenges and responses in Georgia” was held in Tbilisi
Morocco: Authenticity and Modernity Party member of parliament (MP) Abdellatif Al Zaim has submitted a written question to the minister of industry and
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 440,510 vapour products. Only
Spain: The government aims to ban disposable e-cigarettes as well as flavours, press reports. Secretary of state for health Javier Padilla announced yesterday (30th
Denmark: Today, the obligation for online retailers to operate a new age-verification system for online sales of tobacco, nicotine, e-cigarettes and alcohol enters
Vietnam: Following the introduction of a draft law on special consumption tax to increase taxes on tobacco products with two options of taxes, the
Malaysia: Today, the Ministry of Health issued the set of regulations developing the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024, putting the new
Philippines: According to our compliance calendar, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) revenue regulations 16-2024, which updates floor prices of vaping products, enters into
EU: The General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union has told ECigIntelligence that the discussion of the proposal for a revision of
Iceland: The minister of health has said that taxation of nicotine products must be considered in order to curb youth uptake, press reports.
US - Federal: As as stipulated in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s final rule issued on 30th August 2024 – which increased
Philippines: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has published amendments to the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Republic Act 11900, which regulated e-cigarettes,
Austria: The far-right Freedom Party (FPO) has won the elections with 28.8% of the vote and will now have to form a coalition government.
Czech Republic: The Czech government is considering limiting flavours that appeal to under-age consumers instead of implementing a total ban that would prohibit
Pakistan: The public health lobbying group Concerned Mothers has met with members of parliament to advocate for a ban on novel nicotine products. The
New Zealand: The parliament has extended the deadline for public submissions on the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill (No. 2) to
Bangladesh: At the Anti-Tobacco Youth Convention 2024, participants proposed amendments to the draft Tobacco Control Law aimed at reducing tobacco use. Key proposals included banning
Netherlands: State secretary for youth, prevention and sport Vincent Karremans aims to take action against youth vaping by presenting an anti-vaping action plan
Indonesia: Health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said yesterday (25th September) that after the industry backlash on the plain packaging provisions set out in the
Oman: The Customs Authority has announced that it thwarted an attempt to smuggle 2,800 e-cigarettes and their accessories at Al-Dara Port. Under decision 756/2023, the
Lithuania: The parliamentary Health Affairs Committee took a break from considering the amendment to tighten economic sanctions for the sale of tobacco and related
Poland: The Ministry of Finance has decided not to tax vaping devices for now despite initial plans. The ministry has opted to postpone the taxation
Lithuania: A supervisory board approved by the government has been created in the Department of Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control (NTAKD), media reports.
Lithuania: The company Litradė was found to have illegally sold flavoured e-cigarettes in violation of the Tobacco Act, and the Regional Administrative Court
US - New York: Assembly Bill A10713 has recently been introduced. This bill would prohibit the sale of “entertainment” vapour products, which include any
France: The European Commission (EC) has partially approved the ban on disposable vapes in France. The decision only applies to nicotine-containing vapes intended
Malaysia: Yesterday (24th September), minister of health Dzulkefly Ahmad posted on social media that the implementing regulations of the Control of Smoking Products for
