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While the Italian government has taken a positive stance on vapour products, a tax of €0.08 per ml now applies to nicotine-containing products, and €0.04 per ml for zero-nicotine products
Finland’s vaping regulations are among the strictest in the EU; nicotine-containing e-cigarettes are treated as tobacco-related products and all flavours except tobacco are banned. Online sales are prohibited; bricks-and-mortar stores are the only retail channel allowed; advertising and public usage is severely restricted. An excise duty for e-cigarettes and liquids with or without nicotine has been in place since January 2017.A special working group has suggested new restrictions on public vaping and vaping products, including increasing excise duty already levied, introducing plain packaging for e-cigarettes, and raising the minimum legal purchasing age to 20, though any changes to the current regulatory regime will be after parliamentary elections on 14th April.
The US FDA has issued a proposed rule to establish requirements for the content and format of substantial equivalence (SE) reports for tobacco products
A popular Chinese TV show, exposing shortcomings in the country’s e-cigarette industry, has already had an impact on the stock market, and may have major repercussions for future regulation
The Russian State Duma could put forward this year a few bills that aim to regulate the production, promotion and use of vaping products
As the UK’s government and parliament continue to tie themselves in knots over the impending departure from the EU, the minister most closely associated with vaping policy has quit his post
The US FDA has issued guidance to help vape shops that sell newly deemed products navigate the agency’s enforcement of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) and its specific requirements
With an interim commissioner set to take over, the US FDA remains highly focused on the e-cigarette industry – while the industry itself is no doubt watching developments at the FDA just as closely
Austrian tobacconists, hit by falling cigarette sales, could find salvation in the growing market for e-cigarettes and other tobacco alternatives
After being for some time the only EU member state to allow only nicotine-containing e-cigarettes on the market, Greece has taken a step forward by regulating the sale of nicotine-free vapour products
Europe’s health authorities have commissioned a science committee to gather evidence on the health risks of e-cigarettes for the coming revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD)
Pressure on the US vapour industry has increased yet again. Local legislators in San Francisco are attempting to ban e-cig sales entirely, while the FDA commissioner is pondering more action against pods
The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to e-cigarette vendors in India, delaying until 17th May the effects of a government circular calling for a nationwide ban on vaping products
Most public hospitals in England ban vaping on their premises despite health advice from Public Health England (PHE) to allow it, according to a survey conducted by pro-smoking group Forest
As much as 90% of the US e-cigarette market could be forced out of business by the FDA’s restrictions on flavours in e-liquids, according to an industry insider
With talks still ongoing to form a government following Estonia’s parliamentary elections, there is hope for a policy change on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in one of the most restrictive vapour markets
The US FDA has spelled out details of its planned crackdown on flavoured e-cigarettes, including retail restrictions and an earlier PMTA deadline for most flavoured products
PMI and Ferrari have been forced to cancel their partnership for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, the opening race of the Formula 1 season. The Mission Winnow branding will, however, reappear for the rest of the season
The next head of the US FDA has been named. Norman “Ned” Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, will take over when Scott Gottlieb steps down next month – but only as acting commissioner
A bill in support of “tobacco 21” regulations passed the New York state Assembly and was delivered to the Senate, with opposition from industry associations – and support from Juul
Outgoing US FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s $6.1bn funding request for fiscal year 2020 includes for the first time an element aimed specifically at the development of e-cigarette regulation
Ireland’s Health Services Executive (HSE) has confirmed that it does not endorse e-cigarettes as an aid to help smokers give up, despite adding information on e-cigs to the government website on quitting smoking
For once, Democrats and Republicans are in agreement: President Donald Trump was right to hire Scott Gottlieb to lead the US FDA. Politicians and policymakers reacted to Gottlieb’s resignation announcement on 5th March
The news that Scott Gottlieb would be stepping down as FDA commissioner has elicited a predictably mixed response from those involved in US public health, tobacco control and the vaping industry
Japan’s health authorities have issued new ordinances related to smoking areas, including the first designated signs to apply to dedicated areas for the use of heated tobacco products
Almost all news coverage of Scott Gottlieb’s shock resignation as FDA commissioner depicts him as the enemy of e-cigs and speaks of his “unfinished fight against vaping” – but it wasn’t always that way
A new survey reveals that more than half of Spaniards would restrict the use of vaping and novel tobacco products in public places in the same way as smoking
As we look at the state of Washington, and its biggest city Seattle — where according to latest figures 14.7% of adults in the state smoke and youth e-cigarette use is at 13% — we find law makers are turning their attention to the minimum age at which you can purchase vaping products
In our updated look at the regulatory landscape in Belgium we find that new product-specific regulation includes severe restrictions on retail, including an online sales ban, as well as product, packaging, labelling and advertising restrictions
FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb has announced new action against retailers selling tobacco products to minors and e-cig manufacturers who fail to comply with labelling and advertising regulations
In our latest look at the rules and regulations of New Jersey we find that new tax and public vaping regulations have been now been enacted. However, many bills remain in the Assembly or the Senate from last year with little or no movement
FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb was peppered with questions about vaping during a House appropriations subcommittee hearing on the status of operations at the FDA
The Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main in Germany has awarded two injunctions against the sale and advertising of e-cigarettes through online retailer Amazon, the law magazine LHR reports
A report commissioned by Public Health England says e-cigarette use remained low among young people in Britain in 2018, but that the number of those who had tried vaping at least once had risen
So far Israel is the only country to insist on plain packaging for e-cigarettes – but it’s on the agenda elsewhere, such as the Netherlands, where the scheme is backed by the minister charged with rewriting public health rules
This report looks at existing and proposed laws for vapour products in the US state of Illinois, which covers Cook County and the City of Chicago
A top official at the US agency that regulates interstate broadcast and electronic communication has described e-cigs as the “modern equivalent” of traditional cigarettes and called for a clampdown on advertising them
Allowing e-cigarette tanks to be five times bigger than allowed in the EU would cut tobacco use and foster innovation to develop less harmful alternatives to smoking, a group of leading Swiss health experts claim
The European Commission has officially registered a European Citizens’ Initiative which calls for Article 20 of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) to be replaced by “bespoke legislation” for vaping products
The existing ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be lifted from mid-April, the Emirates Authority for Standardisation (ESMA) has confirmed
A new decree in Belarus regulates electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco for the first time in the country, introducing a number of restrictions after years of no regulation
Our updated report looks at the tobacco law that is likely to form the basis of future regulation of e-cigarettes and HnB products in a country that is in Europe but outside the EU
A controversy over the way the six-month delay between notification and placing an e-cigarette product on the market is enforced in Germany has been brought into the political arena by a parliamentary question
The now-controversial link between Big Tobacco and Formula 1 racing is being renewed, with tie-ups between two leading teams and two tobacco giants facing legal scrutiny
This updated report looks at around 30 new bills to restrict vapour products which have been introduced to the New York State Assembly and Senate since the 2019 legislative session convened on 9th January
The US vaping industry is waiting for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to offer guidance on how it plans to tackle e-cigarette usage by children. It may not like it when it comes
A science committee at the FDA has approved a reduced-risk claim for snuff, a decision which may raise hopes that the agency is willing to accept some tobacco products as safer than others
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking no tobacco sale orders (NTSO) against Walgreens and Circle K for selling combustibles and cigars to minors
Several US states have recently introduced initiatives aimed at fighting what health regulators have termed the “youth vaping epidemic” by increasing the purchasing age for tobacco and vaping products to 21
In our latest look at e-cig regulation in Los Angeles, we find that both Los Angeles City and Long Beach take an active approach towards e-cigarettes and include them in the definition of tobacco products
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