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Will Trump ban on flavored vapes for the vaping-related deaths recently?
Trump says the US is moving to ban flavored e-cigarettes. Because they’ve killed 6 people. So, I guess the next step is we will have to make guns in fun flavors & see if they’ll do anything about them then? – Bette Midler When folks heard about the news that…
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Korea’s e-cigarette market will reach 4.4 billion US dollars in 2023
According to the report of Korea Bizwire, the latest Euromonitor International data show that in 2018, the market value of heat not burn product in Korea reached 1.67 billion US dollars, far exceeding the $453 million in 2017, making it the second largest HNB tobacco market in the world. In…
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Tsinghua University research group publishes electronic cigarette blue paper: Industry entry regulation is imperative
The first blue book of China’s e-cigarette industry, the Report on the Supervision of the E-cigarette Industry of the Research Report on Public Health and Technical Supervision (2019), was released on August 29, 2019 at the Multi-function Hall of Xiong Zhixing Building, Tsinghua University. The blue paper was compiled by…
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UAE will levy 100% tax on vaping devices by January 1, 2020
UAE Federal Tax Authority declared that all the vape juice and electronic cigarette devices will be taxed by January 1, 2020. And the tax rate is 100%, which is incredibly high. This new tax will be levied on both e-cig devices and e-liquids. And the nicotine content won’t have any…
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Thailand e-cigarette ban would remain unchanged
The Thailand Prime Minister announced that the ban on e-cigarettes would remain unchanged. Since 2014, Thailand has regulated electronic cigarettes as legal contraband. It is illegal to hold, use, import, export and sell electronic cigarettes. Once captured, the criminal must face severe legal sanctions, which lead many users of electronic…
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Uwell Amulet and Ghost Smoke are removed from the shelves in Malaysia
Malaysian Health Minister Zukifiri said on July 28 that Malaysia’s Ministry of Health was working on a Tobacco Bill to effectively control traditional tobacco, vaping products and pipe products, especially in the hope that “youngsters under the age of 18 will not be able to use these products”. Recently, Li…
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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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