US - Federal: A group of senators has sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director, Shalanda Young, expressing
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15th January 2024 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Senate Democrat Dick Durbin has criticised the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) again for its long-overdue review of premarket tobacco
US - Indiana: Senate Bill (SB) 227 has been introduced. The bill would require manufacturers of alternative nicotine products and vapour products to
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
US - Maine: Hallowell is yet another city in Maine seeking to ban the sale of flavoured vaping and other tobacco products, including
9th January 2024 - California, United States |
US - Federal: Yesterday (8th January), the US Supreme Court declined to hear tobacco company RJ Reynolds' challenge to a California law banning
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
20th December 2023 - North America, United States |
18th December 2023 - United States |
US - Federal: US senators sent a letter to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf urging the FDA’s Center for
US - New Jersey: S 2667, which would prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes, has been amended by the Senate. The amendment has
US - Maine: The Falmouth Town Council voted 5-2 to impose a flavour ban on the sale of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, that will
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 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The White House will take more time to review the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s proposed rule to end
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 - Canada, North America |
Canada: The government has released the 2023 Fall Economic Statement, outlining plans to amend the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act. These amendments aim
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
22nd November 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has published a new webinar, which provides information 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
16th November 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it has increased the civil money penalties that tobacco companies
14th November 2023 - United States |
US - Federal: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a report on smokeless tobacco sales and marketing expenditures for 2022. In 2020,
US - Louisiana: The Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control has released a list of approved e-сigarettes and alternative nicotine products, known
World: The tenth Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has been postponed
US - Colorado: Proposition II, Tobacco and Nicotine Product Tax Revenue Measure (2023) was approved by public vote on the 7th November ballot.
9th November 2023 - Canada, North America |
Canada - Saskatchewan: The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan has passed bill 147, which amends the Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act to increase the minimum
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
US - New York: Bill A 8243 has been introduced. The bill would require random, quarterly inspections of retail premises authorised to sell
6th November 2023 - United States |
US - General: The American Heart Association and 79 other leading national public health groups expressed their support for a ban on menthol cigarettes
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
23rd October 2023 - North America, United States |
US - General: Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced that it has submitted premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) and modified risk tobacco product
18th October 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent its proposed rules to end the sale of menthol cigarettes and
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 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Community Access, Resources, and Empowerment (CARE) for Moms Act has been introduced in Congress by Democrats Dick Durbin 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,
26th September 2023 - Central America, Panama |
Panama: The Supreme Court of Justice admitted a claim of unconstitutionality against Law 315, which prohibits the use, importation and commercialisation of e-cigarettes
US - Oregon: Washington County Circuit Court judge Andrew Erwin has ruled against the county’s flavoured tobacco ban. The ban was part of
22nd September 2023 - Canada, North America |
Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador: The provincial government has introduced a smoking and vaping ban on all government property, including buildings, grounds, vehicles, and car
22nd September 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Registration is now open for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s two-day public meeting (23rd and 24th October) on the premarket
21st September 2023 - Canada, North America |
Canada: Health Canada published the Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS) 2022, which measures the prevalence of cigarette smoking, vaping, cannabis, and alcohol use among
19th September 2023 - United States |
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is requesting nominations by 11th October for a
US - New York: Governor Kathy Hochul has signed public health legislation (A1025/S50) that amends the public buildings law to prohibit the sale of tobacco products in vending
US - California: Bill AB 935 has passed the Senate after amendments, which have been concurred in by the House, and has now
13th September 2023 - Illinois, United States |
US - General: Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois has sent a letter to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf.
8th September 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administrations (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has launched new resources to help applicants navigate the