Laws
-
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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,…
Read More » -
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,…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
VGOD vape exploded in a young boy’s mouth
VGOD, as one of the most famous American vape brand with 1.93 million fans, is popular worldwide, I even saw it at IECIE this year in Shenzhen, China. However, a terrifying explosion by its product happened in a teenagers mouth yesterday. It’s would be better if it happened to an…
Read More » -
Korea’s HNB market share has grown rapidly, providing total tax revenue exceeding 10.7 trillion won
HnB devices, including PMI’s iQOS and KT&G’s lil, have soared to 11.8% of the total e-cig market in South Korean in the past two years. HnB device is a battery-driven alternative to flammable cigarettes. Its working principle is to heat cigarette sticks containing tobacco leaves. These cigarette cartridges look like…
Read More » -
Vapes are poisonous! China vape regulation national standard is being reviewed to be approved
The brutal growth of electronic cigarettes may soon be over. Reporters have learned that the compulsory national standards for electronic cigarettes have been reviewed and are currently in the state of approval. According to the project schedule, it should be released in the year. “Cigarette flavor, harmless to body”… As…
Read More » -
EU elections parties show their support for vapes
Political parties that participated in last week’s European elections seem to agree that electronic cigarette products and devices should be properly regulated, rather than banned altogether. Electronic cigarettes will be one of the topics discussed by the European Parliament this week, including the planned revision of the Tobacco Product Directive…
Read More »
