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PMI lobbies Thailand to lift the ban on new tobacco products
According to the Bangkok Post, Philip Morris International (PMI) is lobbying the Thai government to lift the ban on alternatives to smoking, such as electronic cigarettes and HNB tobacco products. According to Gerald Margolis, general manager of Phillip Morris Thailand, the company has met with the Ministry of Commerce and…
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Malaysia will introduce the Tobacco Bill to strengthen vape control
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health is working on a Tobacco Bill to effectively control traditional tobacco, vapes, HNB and pipes, especially in the hope that “adolescents under the age of 18 will not be able to use these products,” Malaysian Health Minister Zukifiri said Wednesday. The World Health Organization (WHO) released…
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9,800 IQOS were smuggled after 12 days visit abroad, worth nearly 8 million yuan
On July 22, Tsai Ing-wen returned to Taiwan after a 12-day visit but was exposed by Huang’s legislator of smuggling IQOS. Tsai’s accompanying security personnel smuggled more than 9,000 untaxed cigarettes using his special plane and customs clearance privileges. Sources told that those special cartridges are suspected to include IQOS,…
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Dubai World Vape Show – The UAE: A new gateway for the sale of e-cigarettes in the Middle East
The e-cigarette market is a genuinely disruptive innovation that has been rapidly adopted by 39 million users in just a few years, with the industry forecasting 64 million people to be using vaping devices by 2022. Part of this projected rise will be driven in the United Arab Emirates, where…
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FDA is happy to speed up the PMTA process
Earlier this month, a court case filed by anti-tobacco and health groups led to a ruling requiring e-cigarette manufacturers to submit their Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTA) by May 2020, after the Food and Drug Administration announced the delay. American District Judge Paul Grimm wrote in his order that based…
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Vietnam strengthens the investigation and punishment of forgery of origin in case of China’s circuitous export
Since the Sino-US trade war, China’s production transfer has led to a surge in Vietnam’s exports to the United States. In view of this, Vietnam will strengthen the prohibition of illegal labeling to prevent “circuitous exports” of imports from China and other countries to third countries via Vietnam. According to…
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UK e-cigarette retail stores open in hospitals for reducing smoking
As part of the UK campaign against smoking, two UK hospitals have opened electronic cigarette outlets. City Hospital in Birmingham and Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich have opened e-cigarette retail stores respectively. This is mainly for the implementation of the comprehensive anti-smoking regulations in hospitals, replacing cigarettes with electronic…
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Electronic cigarette ban and Sino-US trade war bankrupt Hong Kong’s vape transit industry
Since February this year, the Hong Kong Government submitted a draft amendment to the Legislative Council of the Special Administrative Region to prohibit the import, manufacture, sale, distribution and promotion of new tobacco products like electronic cigarettes. Not only the China domestic electronic cigarette industry has been facing export problems,…
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What’s the tax rate change of vapes in the trade war between China and the United States?
The earliest tax increase on electronic cigarettes in the United States can be traced back to August 23, 2018, when the tariff on electronic cigarette kits increased by 25% from 2.6%. On September 24, 2018, the tax on electronic cigarette accessories increased from 0.6% to 10.6%. On May 10, 2019,…
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Authorities in Vientiane, Laos inspected and destroyed a large number of imported vape products
The authorities of the Narcotics Control Department of the Public Security Bureau of Vientiane City, together with the Trade and Industry Department and the Health Department, destroyed a large number of electronic cigarettes, pods and e-liquids at the garbage disposal center 32 kilometers away from Highway 13 in the south…
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