Brazil: Following last Friday’s (20th April) decision by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to maintain the ban on heated tobacco and e-cigarettes,
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22nd April 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Last Friday (20th April), the board of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) unanimously decided to maintain the ban on heated tobacco
17th April 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa)’s board meeting – which was scheduled for today – to discuss, among other topics, the regulation
12th April 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Following a public consultation that ended in February, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has scheduled a meeting for next Wednesday (17th April) to
11th April 2024 - Brazil, South America |
21st March 2024 - Chile, South America |
Chile: Yesterday, 20th March, the Ministry of Health presented the National Adult Action Plan against Cancer 2022-2027. The plan sets an objective to develop
12th March 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The Senate’s Economic Affairs Committee presented a favourable opinion on the bill to legalise heated tobacco and e-cigarettes. The bill includes product
7th March 2024 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: The Vaping Products Bill was passed yesterday, 6th March, at its last vote in the Chamber of Representatives (Colombia’s lower chamber). The
9th February 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Today is the last day to participate in the public consultation to review the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa)'s resolution 46/2009, which bans heated tobacco
11th January 2024 - Chile, South America |
Chile: Member of parliament (MP) Andrés Celis from the opposition coalition has submitted a request to minister of health Ximena Aguilera to urge her
8th January 2024 - Chile, South America |
Chile: Law 21,642 amending the Tobacco Law to explicitly include heated tobacco products (HTPs) was published in the Official Gazette on 4th January 2024. The law
13th December 2023 - South America, Uruguay |
Uruguay: The Administrative Tribunal has unanimously rejected the appeal brought by the Uruguayan Tobacco Association to annul a decree authorising the sale of heated tobacco, press reports.
12th December 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: The Ministry of Health has rejected two administrative appeals against decree 565/2023, which prohibits the importation, distribution, sale and any form of promotion and
12th December 2023 - Chile, South America |
7th December 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The public consultation to review the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa)'s resolution 46/2009, which bans heated tobacco and e-cigarettes, will be open from 12th
4th December 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: At a meeting held on Friday (1st December) the Collegiate Board of Directors unanimously approved opening a public consultation proposal to review resolution 46/2009, which bans heated
27th November 2023 - Brazil, South America |
23rd November 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The director of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has scheduled a public meeting of the Anvisa Collegiate Board of Directors on
20th November 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: The far-right Freedom Advances political party candidate Javier Milei won yesterday's (19th November) presidential elections with 55.9% of the votes, and will
9th November 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: A bill presented by the opposition party Podemos to legalise heated tobacco and e-cigarettes has been opened for public consultation. The consultation will
27th October 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The director of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), Antônio Barra Torres, said in an interview that an open consultation on e-cigarettes
23rd October 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: The candidate for the left-wing coalition Union for the Homeland (previously known as Everyone’s Front Party), Sergio Massa, won the first round
18th October 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Senator Soraya Thronicke of the opposition party Podemos has submitted a bill to the Senate to legalise heated tobacco products and herbal heated sticks.
5th October 2023 - Chile, South America |
Chile: The Senate has approved bill 12626-11, which together with bill 12632-11 seeks to explicitly include heated tobacco products (HTPs) in the law on tobacco, and
2nd October 2023 - Chile, South America |
Chile: The Senate Health Committee has approved bill 12626-11 which together with bill 12632-11 seeks to explicitly include heated tobacco products in the law on tobacco,
30th August 2023 - South America, Uruguay |
Uruguay: The Chamber of Representatives – the lower house of the General Assembly – has rejected part of a bill that would impose
Americas: The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), which serves as regional office for the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Americas, has praised Venezuela for its recently announced ban on heated
4th August 2023 - South America, Venezuela |
Venezuela: Through Official Gazette 42,682, the government has banned the manufacture, storage, distribution, sale, import, export and consumption of both heated tobacco and heated herbal
4th July 2023 - South America, Uruguay |
Uruguay: Economy minister Azucena Arbeleche has submitted a bill to the General Assembly that would impose a 70% tax on the retail price of heated
27th June 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: Following the July 2022 decision by the collegiate board of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to maintain the existing ban on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, the
27th June 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: Regional organisations the Salta Tobacco Chamber (CTS) and Misiones Tobacco Planters Association (APTM) have reportedly presented an administrative appeal to challenge Decree 565/2023, which came
Americas: Ahead of tomorrow’s World No Tobacco Day (31st May), Jarbas Barbosa, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), has warned that novel
17th May 2023 - Argentina, South America |
9th May 2023 - Chile, South America |
Chile: The Chamber of Deputies yesterday approved Bill 12626-11, which together with Bill 12632-11 seeks to explicitly include heated tobacco products in the law on tobacco. The bill,
11th April 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: Following the recently-issued Decree 565/2023 prohibiting the importation, distribution, sale and any form of promotion and sponsorship of heated tobacco products, two Congress members from
3rd April 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: MP Carolina Moisés from the ruling coalition has reportedly asked the minister of health to suspend Decree 565/2023, which entered into force on
29th March 2023 - Argentina, South America |
Argentina: A Health Ministry decree came into force yesterday, banning the importation, distribution, sale and advertising of heated tobacco devices and consumables. An official ministry statement
29th March 2023 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The director of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), Antonio Barra Torres, has told media that a resolution of the legal status of e-cigarettes and
7th March 2023 - Paraguay, South America |
Paraguay: MP José Rodríguez said yesterday that his Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico (PLRA), the largest opposition party, will press for the excise duty on
27th February 2023 - Paraguay, South America |
Paraguay: Last week, the government issued Decree 8878, according to which the applicable tax for heated and oral tobacco products has increased from
27th February 2023 - Chile, South America |
Chile: The government is planning to introduce a bill in March 2023 setting out a new tax for tobacco products, press reports. Heated tobacco
13th February 2023 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: Discussions around the Vaping Products Bill started last week, press reports. The newly introduced bill aims to restrict access to heated tobacco
2nd February 2023 - Paraguay, South America |
Paraguay: Opposition member of the Chamber of Deputies José Rodríguez said that he will present a bill in Parliament seeking to increase the
17th January 2023 - Paraguay, South America |
Paraguay: Opposition senator Pedro Santa Cruz has written to president Mario Abdo Benítez urging him to increase the tax on tobacco products, including heated
21st December 2022 - Paraguay, South America |
Paraguay: The Ministry of Health warned yesterday (20th December) about the health risks associated with heated tobacco and chewing tobacco products. The ministry
16th December 2022 - Peru, South America |
Peru: The Ministry of Health has published an information note about the negative impact of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products on the environment.
25th November 2022 - Chile, South America |
Chile: The Health Committee of the Chamber of Deputies approved Bill 12626-11 on 22nd November. The bill, combined with Bill 12632-11, seeks to equate heated tobacco
9th November 2022 - Chile, South America |
Chile: The Chamber of Deputies Health Committee yesterday heard the government’s comments on Bill 12626-11, which, together with Bill 12632-11, seeks to equate heated tobacco products with other tobacco products.
31st October 2022 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: The candidate from the left-wing Workers' Party (PT), Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, won the presidential elections with 50.9% of the votes.
28th October 2022 - South America, Uruguay |
Uruguay: The Executive Branch issued a decree obligating tobacco companies to submit a statement indicating the number of units sold per month of each