Romania: Social Democratic Party (PSD) member and president of the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house in Romania’s parliament) Alfred Simonis has submitted
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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 minister
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 proposal
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, questioning
Germany: The federal environment minister, Steffi Lemke, is calling for a European ban on disposable e-cigarettes. In a newspaper interview, the minister said
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 aim
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 the
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 increasing
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 and
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 of
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of e-cig websites blocked for having failed to comply with long-distance selling
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. The
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 question
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 refill
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 of
4th September 2023 - Europe |
France: Prime minister Élisabeth Borne said that the government will soon unveil a new national tobacco plan that aims to ban disposable e-cigarettes.
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, the
Germany: The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products, which now contains 333,718 vapour products. Only products
Ukraine: Yesterday (30th August), the president signed bill 9315 prohibiting the sale of locally produced e-liquids in duty-free shops. The measure will be temporary and
Ireland: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has warned the public to stop using five different flavours of the McKesse brand of e-cigarettes. The vaping
Ukraine: The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has included two Big Tobacco companies in their list of "international sponsors of war". According
25th August 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The coalition government has agreed on the final changes to the budget consolidation package, media reports. According to the Ministry of
24th August 2023 - Europe |
EU: A draft report on non-communicable diseases was published on 22nd August. Among many other recommendations, it supports the ongoing revision of the
23rd August 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is reviewing two complaints about the advertising of disposable vapes with a potentially misleading environmental message, media reports.
Ukraine: The Department of Public Health, of the Ministry of Health, has confirmed that e-cigarette product notifications must be submitted, in Ukrainian, to
21st August 2023 - Europe, Switzerland |
Switzerland: The parliamentary Commission for Social Security and Health of the Council of States (SGK-S) has requested an amendment of the Federal Council’s bill to implement “Children
17th August 2023 - Europe, North Macedonia |
North Macedonia: A proposal to amend the Excise Law has recently been submitted to the parliament by the Minister of Finance. The bill, currently at its second
17th August 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: The thorough enforcement of e-cigarette rules continues over the summer. After conducting test purchasing, local authority Trading Standards in Scotland found that
Serbia: The minister of health, Danica Grujičić, has said the smoking ban in indoor places, including bars and restaurants, will be enacted next year.
Russia: The government has drafted a bill that would establish a procedure for determining the minimum selling price of nicotine-containing and nicotine-free e-cigarettes. According
France: The national Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Anses) has published an updated list of notified e-cigarettes, which includes 121,408 products.
Sweden: The Public Health Agency has updated a publicly available list of notified e-cigarettes and refill containers. There are 13,792 vapour products on the
16th August 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: According to a survey by a battery-recycling company, media reports, more than half of disposable e-cigarette users in the Czech Republic
Ukraine: On 11th August, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the procedure for user age verification on manufacturer and importer websites of e-cigs and
11th August 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: In an in-depth piece about the UK market, a Financial Times journalist reports that according to a Freedom of Information request "NHS
Denmark: As part of the "Control Task Force" – set up by the ministers of health and business to strengthen the authorities' control of the
11th August 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: Some government parties are suggesting that the recently proposed excise tax for e-cig refills (regardless of nicotine content) at a rate
Ukraine: Yesterday, the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) adopted bill 9315 prohibiting the sale of locally produced e-liquids in duty-free shops. The measure will be
Italy: The Chamber of Deputies has definitively approved Bill 1038-B, which introduces a ban on long-distance and cross-border sales of nicotine-containing vapour products. As the proposal
Greece: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified e-cigarette products. The list now contains 48,737 vapour products, including devices, disposables and refill
Russia: E-cigarette retailers have written to the Ministry of Finance asking it not to ban flavours and nicotine salts in e-cigs, media reports.
Russia: Decree 587 has been signed by president Vladimir Putin, giving the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation (Rosalkogolregulirovanie) oversight over tobacco- and nicotine-containing