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Our legal experts track the evolving regulation around the tobacco alternatives sector on a daily basis. These alerts are then compiled into our Monthly Round-up section.
8th September 2022
UK: Junior health secretary Maggie Throup said that the new Tobacco Control Plan will be published “in due course”.27th July 2022
UK - Wales: The Welsh government yesterday published its tobacco control strategy, aimed at reducing the adult (16+) smoking rate to 5% or less over the next eight years. One of the objectives is to work on discouraging the uptake of e-cigarettes and other nicotine products among teenagers and young people by 2030. The strategy does not address heated tobacco or the possible legalisation of snus.
22nd July 2022
- UK: Yesterday, 21st July, Sandwell Trading Standards announced results of recent inspections resulting in the seizure of more than £64,000 worth of illegal vapour and tobacco products. Councillor Danny Millard, Sandwell Council’s cabinet member for communities, said: “Illegal tobacco and vaping products can be even more hazardous than commercially approved items. While you think you might be getting a bargain, you can never be sure what you are smoking and the effect it might have on you.”
7th July 2022
UK: Junior health minister Maggie Throup has told MPs that the Committee on Toxicity of Food, Consumer Products and the Environment will consider its draft statement on the toxicological risks associated with nicotine pouches at its July meeting. “It is estimated that a final statement will be available by autumn 2022,” she added.
22nd June 2022
- UK: Answering questions from members of parliament (MPs), junior health secretary Maggie Throup said that the next Vaping in England report, which will be published this summer, includes a chapter on heated tobacco products. The report reviews data on the use of these products, the evidence for use in smoking cessation, and the exposure of users to major toxicants. “No assessment has been made for the introduction of a traffic light system for the relative health impacts on tobacco and nicotine products,” said Throup.
15th June 2022
UK: MP Andrew Gwynne asked health secretary Sajid Javid yesterday whether tobacco lobbyists would have any influence on the government’s overdue tobacco control plan, prevention strategy or planned response to the Khan review? Javid said the government was committed to a smoke-free 2030, which was why he commissioned the independent review. “I welcome its findings and we are carefully considering them,” he said.
13th June 2022
UK: E-cigarette retailer VPZ has initiated a petition calling on the British government to impose an outright ban on the sale of cigarettes and smoking, and to develop a strategy to help more people switch to vaping. An identical petition has also been submitted in Scotland.
9th June 2022
- UK: Today, the Independent review into smoke-free 2030 policies led by Javed Khan was published. The document lays out proposals for England to achieve a smoking rate of 5% by 2030. The report calls for facilitating access to nicotine pouches, but it also states that no new tobacco products, like snus, should be allowed on the market: "This will stagnate the market, with no newly available or attractive products. It will also help avoid the industry circumventing any new tax duties or measures by introducing new products to the market that are cheaper." Lastly, Khan recommends that the government should support independent research into heated tobacco and ensure the regulatory framework is appropriate for these products. More details can be found in our latest news briefing.
1st June 2022
- UK - Scotland: Several organisations – ASH Scotland, the Marine Conservation Society, Zero Waste Scotland, Scottish Water, and Keep Scotland Beautiful – have raised the issue of the environmental (polluting) impact of vaping and smoking, press reports. For World No Tobacco Day, which was yesterday (31st May), the organisations urged Scots to properly dispose of cigarettes, vaping paraphernalia and packaging after use. Sheila Duffy from ASH Scotland said: “We are also increasingly concerned about the noticeable escalation of littering and pollution risks caused by discarded single-use disposable vaping products that contain single-use plastics as well as toxic chemicals and battery components.”
26th May 2022
UK: Javed Khan, who has been tasked by the government to to head an independent review into tobacco control, has tweeted that the presentation of the review to the government, originally scheduled for yesterday, 25th May, has been postponed until June.
13th May 2022
- US - reminder: 14th May is the deadline for submitting premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) for all synthetic nicotine products that were placed on the market on or before 14th April. Companies not planning to use the online portal and wanting to physically submit the PMTA should do so by today, 13th May, at 4pm.
