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Regulation and Legislation
No plans for separate vaping areas…
28th February 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Market report: France – a mature market dominated by open system products
28th February 2022 - Country market reports , Market reports |
France is one of the biggest and most developed vape markets in the world, with e-cigarettes having first appeared there in 2005. This report considers the shape of that market today, and how it looks set to develop further
How e-cigarettes are to be imported from China…
28th February 2022 - Alerts | Asia, Kazakhstan |
Regulatory report: Latvia, February 2022
28th February 2022 - Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
Latvia transposed the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) in 2016. Since then it has submitted new regulations and is working on further proposals including a flavour ban for e-cigarettes
Concern over new bill contradicting presidential decree…
25th February 2022 - Alerts | Mexico, North America |
New tax on vaping products…
25th February 2022 - Alerts | Africa, South Africa |
Antitrust charges dismissed…
25th February 2022 - Alerts | United States |
Australian authorised vaping prescribers skyrocket, but so do black markets
24th February 2022 - News analysis |
The number of authorised prescribers for nicotine vaping products in Australia has skyrocketed since regulations changed. However, critics say this has also led to a booming black market
Nicotine content testing…
24th February 2022 - Alerts | Asia, Kazakhstan |
Scottish government opens consultation on possible further restrictions to vaping
23rd February 2022 - News analysis |
The Scottish government has opened a public consultation on the potential tightening of its rules for advertising and promoting vaping products
Bid to raise legal age…
23rd February 2022 - Alerts | Idaho, North America, United States |
Malaysia planning birthdate ban on e-cig sales – with vaping industry support
22nd February 2022 - News analysis |
Malaysia’s new law to ban tobacco and nicotine sales to those born after 2005 will include vaping products, according to industry sources – some of whom back the plan
Regulatory bill delayed…
21st February 2022 - Alerts | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe |
‘Beating Cancer’ report becomes official EU policy with huge Parliament backing
21st February 2022 - News analysis |
The European Parliament has adopted the BECA report – the first time a European institution has formally acknowledged reduced risk products could play a role in smoking cessation – with some caveats …
Norway’s new rules should allow nicotine e-liquids – but it won’t be plain sailing
17th February 2022 - News analysis |
Changes to Norway’s Tobacco Act should allow the sale of nicotine-containing e-liquids and devices but strict permit rules could effectively prohibit the 70 or so domestic retailers from taking advantage
Do sin taxes work – or do they just encourage people to be more sinful?
17th February 2022 - Blogs |
Whatever the motives behind it, punitive or would-be persuasive taxation has many of the same drawbacks as prohibition
Legalisation and regulation on the agenda…
16th February 2022 - Alerts | |
Parliament ponders new e-cig regulation…
16th February 2022 - Alerts | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe |
Ban on e-cigarette flavours ‘plays into the hands of Big Tobacco’, says Lithuanian MP
16th February 2022 - News analysis |
A Lithuanian lawmaker has criticised the country’s parliament for voting to enact a wide-ranging flavour ban rather than a more targeted, nuanced alternative
Regulatory report: Austria, February 2022
16th February 2022 - Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
Austrian legislation regulates both nicotine-free and nicotine-containing e-cigarette products. This report includes the latest updates and proposals for regulation and the result of some court appeals
Regulatory report: Chile, February 2022
16th February 2022 - Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
Up to now, Chile has had one of the toughest regimes in the world for e-cigarettes – but that could be about to change under an incoming government with a different approach
Regulatory report: Belarus, February 2022
8th February 2022 - Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
Belarus introduced e-cigarette regulation for the first time in 2019, equating vaping products with traditional tobacco products. These have been amended for 2022
Philippine physicians lobby president Duterte to veto consolidated vaping bill
3rd February 2022 - News analysis |
The Philippine College of Physicians is lobbying against a bill to regulate vaping and novel tobacco products. They object to a lower age limit and the removal of flavour restrictions
Israel applies its first tax on e-cigarettes with duty rates approved retroactively
3rd February 2022 - News analysis |
Israel’s parliamentary finance committee has finally and retroactively approved the duty rates on vaping products in its first ever e-cigarette tax, that was initially passed in November
Export expert outlines post-Brexit tips for moving goods into the UK or Europe
2nd February 2022 - News analysis |
Andy Hooper, CEO of Global E-Commerce Experts, provides tips for companies wishing to export into Europe. He’ll expand on this in a talk at White Label World Expo in London on 2nd and 3rd March
Tie me up, tie me down! Why a bit of red tape can be good for the vape business
2nd February 2022 - Blogs |
Freedom from regulation isn’t necessarily a desirable thing – as one vape store owner in Trinidad will tell you
Where do we go from here? How new rules will affect world vape markets
31st January 2022 - News analysis |
Consumers will continue to increasingly spread usage out over different alternative nicotine products, partly driven by further, stricter vaping regulation across the globe throughout 2022, ECigIntelligence predicts
ECigIntelligence’s 2021 predictions reviewed: did our crystal ball work?
27th January 2022 - News analysis |
We look back at predictions ECigIntelligence published at the start of 2021. Real events and developments confirmed ECigIntelligence’s analysis in many cases, though Covid delayed things
Canadian e-cig industry ready to fight ‘existential threat’ of federal flavour ban
25th January 2022 - News analysis |
Leaders of Canada’s vaping industry are preparing to challenge a federal government proposal to restrict flavoured e-cigarette products which they fear would devastate the industry in the country
Regulatory report: Indonesia, January 2022
25th January 2022 - Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
The e-cigarette landscape in Indonesia is likely to experience some significant changes as the National Standardisation Agency of Indonesia (BSN) is going to announce new national standards for e-liquids soon
Colorado to consider flavour ban to reduce youth e-cig consumption
21st January 2022 - News analysis |
Lawmakers in Colorado will soon be considering a new bill that would ban the sale of all flavoured tobacco products. The aim of the new law would be to curb the consumption of e-cigarettes by youth
INNCO calls for health assessments and user input before flavour bans
20th January 2022 - News analysis |
INNCO urged policymakers to conduct health impact studies involving consumers and producers if flavour bans are being debated
Robert Califf’s FDA nomination is approved at committee stage
19th January 2022 - News analysis |
Califf’s bid to be the first permanent FDA leader under president Joe Biden comes amid ongoing calls by politicians for more regulation of tobacco and the cigarette industry
Regulatory report: Germany, January 2022
19th January 2022 - Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
The Tobacco and Related Products Act came into force on 20th May 2016, bringing the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) framework into German law. This report provides an overview of the current regulatory regime
Officials on both sides of the Atlantic caught in an old nicotine delusion
13th January 2022 - Blogs |
Is nicotine really the big baddie when it comes to tobacco products and their alternatives? Some people in positions of authority – people you might think ought to know better – still seem to think so
Regulatory report: Denmark, January 2022
12th January 2022 - Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
The coming year will be very intense for Denmark’s vaping industry in terms of compliance, with a number of changes coming into play. This report covers all current and near-future restrictions for vaping products
