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After years of discussions within the governing coalition and campaigning by health bodies, Germany is to impose further restrictions on the advertising of tobacco and vaping products
Tobacco control advocates in Indonesia have questioned the government’s lack of progress on revising the regulation on the safety of addictive ingredients in tobacco products and urged it to get the ball rolling
The scientific committee of the European Commission is to delay delivery of its conclusions on vaping, which will inform the impact assessment on the revision of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD)
The new Irish government’s five-year plan includes the introduction of new rules addressing taxation, sales and advertising restrictions. This report covers all current and future regulation in the Republic
The Dutch government is running a consultation on a proposed amendment to current tobacco regulations that will create a legal basis to impose plain packaging for e-cigarettes
Kazakhstan adopted regulation for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products in July 2020, when the legal framework mostly equalised regulation of e-cigarettes with the regulation of tobacco products
The recent news that the British government is to scrap Public Health England and replace it with a new institute makes this an appropriate moment to look back at some of PHE’s achievements in creating policies and evidence on tobacco-alternative products. Since it was set up in April 2013 to “bring public health specialists into a single public health service”, » Continue Reading.
While there is currently limited regulation, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health is working on a proposed total ban on e-cigarettes. This report provides information on both current and possible future regulation
Melbourne City Council in Australia has voted unanimously in favour of ban on vaping in 11 defined smoke-free areas in the city’s central business district
The sale of flavoured e-cigarettes will be illegal in California from January 2021 after the US state’s governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to ban them from the market
Was the much-trumpeted rise in youth vaping responsible for last year’s outbreak of vape-related lung injury (EVALI) in the US? The short answer can be given in one word
This report takes an in-depth look at the Russian online channel, combining the data from our brand and flavour and nicotine trackers, which includes all e-liquid products carried by the top five Russian online retailers
A joint regulation of e-cigarettes that will apply across Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan is expected to be adopted by 2022 – but there is some scepticism about the timescale
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a final decision that leaves the sale of all tobacco-alternative products banned in the country, while still allowing e-cigarettes on prescription only
Taiwan appears to be heading for a blanket ban on e-cigarettes, while leaving the door ajar for the possible approval of heated tobacco products
Officials in the US state of Montana have reversed course and will drop plans to ban sales of flavoured vaping products after opposition from state lawmakers
Do restrictions on e-cigarettes, such as flavour bans, send users back to smoking? No doubt it’s the law of unintended consequences at work, but the answer would seem to be “yes”
California is edging closing to banning flavoured vapour and tobacco products after legislation advanced through committee and is now awaiting a final full Assembly vote in the next few days
This report offers a complete overview of the current regulations in place for e-cigarettes in Cyprus
This report offers a detailed overview of the current regulatory regime in Colombia for e-cigarettes, as well possible future regulation
The UK government is to create a new body replacing Public Health England (PHE) with a single command structure focused on tackling COVID-19 and “protecting the nation’s health”
Would it be appropriate to ban e-cigarettes for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s what some US Congress members are calling for
A spike in new cases of COVID-19 in Spain has prompted the national government to prohibit smoking and vaping in all public spaces where it is not possible to ensure a 2m social distance
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the regulatory regime for e-cigs in Greece, including information and restrictions relating to the most recent law that was adopted at the end of 2019
New regulation has been adopted in Greece which finally allows retailers to sell shake and vape products legally
China is currently debating a bill that would create vape-friendly areas and restrict the public use of vaping products
E-cigarettes were largely unrestricted in the Philippines until late 2019 , when strict regulation was established for both e-cigarettes and heated tobacco. This report covers all current regulation for e-cigarettes in the country
Although not yet an EU member, Albania – to an extent – replicated the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) into domestic law in 2019 through the amendment to the Law on the Protection of Health from Tobacco Products
The Union of Vaping Promoters and Entrepreneurs (UPEV) has taken the anti-tobacco campaign from the Ministry of Health to the Spanish Ombudsman amid “hurting industry interests”
This report focuses on consumer journey in the vape category, in particular looking at multi-device usage, and nicotine and flavour behaviour
The EU Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) spent more than €180m in 2019 on public health policies, including a study on the TPD and a media campaign on novel tobacco products
The World Health Organization (WHO) says progress in the adoption of tobacco control and taxation policies is uneven across Europe amid an increase in e-cigarette use among young people
The vexed question of the distinction between vaping and smoking, often confused by rulemakers at all levels, has arisen in the very heart of one of the world’s largest and most influential rulemaking bodies
Netherlands health secretary Paul Blokhuis is a committed opponent of smoking and vaping. But has he got it right in his plan to ban all e-cig flavours except tobacco? There are reasons to think he may not
South Korea’s health minister Park Neung-hoo has announced a fresh plan to ban advertising and promotional activities for e-cigarettes and other tobacco-alternative products
The newly elected taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland, Micheál Martin, has a more restrictive approach to tobacco-alternative products among his policy priorities, as laid out in the coalition government’s five-year plan
Hong Kong will reintroduce a bill to ban tobacco-alternative products after local elections in September. The Legislative Council halted discussions on the existing bill due to a lack of time
The ban on all e-cigarette imports into Australia that was due to come into force next week has now been delayed until January 2021
Australian health minister Greg Hunt has announced that importing e-cigarettes will be banned from 1st July “to reduce the risk to public health through addiction to nicotine and nicotine poisoning”
Could China, where most of the world’s e-cigarettes are made, actually be considering banning them? It could have major global repercussions for the whole vaping industry – and so, potentially, for levels of smoking – if it did. A gradual move towards a total e-cig ban was among the proposals put forward at the so-called Two Sessions in Beijing – » Continue Reading.
In September 2019 some US states began to ban flavoured e-cigarettes, Michigan being the first, followed by New York. Keep track of the changing state level regulations on the executive orders issued by the state executive branches
Proposals for the national regulation of e-cigarettes in China range from advertising restrictions to a controversial suggestion by the boss of a pharmaceutical company that they should be totally banned
An intense debate is on-going in New Zealand between representatives and health officials over planned legislation to regulate vaping products in the country for the first time
This report outlines current national regulation of e-cigarettes and e-liquids in Malta, the smallest country in the European Union
Members of the US Congress have asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to produce “a public list” of vaping products for which premarket tobacco product applications (PMTA) have been submitted
A proposal to impose stricter regulations for e-cigarettes in Russia is being reviewed by the government while the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly, has put the process on hold
World No Tobacco Day provides an opportunity to consider the approach that public health authorities, policymakers, and advocates around the world have towards the role of tobacco-alternatives products
This report offers an analysis of the current regulatory regime for e-cigarettes in Costa Rica, covering everything from product and age restrictions, to labelling and packaging, advertising, and taxation
Minnesota and Oklahoma have adopted laws raising the legal age to purchase tobacco and vapour products to 21, bringing to 26 the number of US states to have taken similar measures
A planned increase in sales taxes on e-cigarettes has been halted in the US state of Maryland due to concern about the economic impact on the industry amid the coronavirus pandemic
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