LATEST ALERTS
Canada: Health Canada’s consultation on new packaging restrictions for tobacco products ends today. The proposed Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance) aim
US - DC: The Office of Tax and Revenue has issued a notice that the tax rate on “other tobacco products” for the tax year
US - Federal: The Center for Tobacco Products has sent a reminder that the effective date for the required health warnings for cigarettes
Americas: The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), which serves as regional office for the World Health Organization (WHO), has published a 148-page Report on Tobacco Control for the Region
US - California: The San Benito County Board has voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance banning the sale of flavoured tobacco products within both incorporated
US - general: A Freedom of Information request by a media outlet has revealed an August 2020 memo showing that the Center for
Colombia: Julián Peinado of the Colombian Liberal Party will next week introduce in the Chamber of Representatives a bill regulating heated tobacco products, press
US - federal: Cristine Delnevo, director of the Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies and a professor of health behaviour, society and policy at the
US - federal: Brian King, director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has said in a public update on
US - general: Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, has issued a statement saying the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “should enforce
US - general: British American Tobacco (BAT) subsidiary Dryft Sciences has brought an anti-trust suit in the US District Court for the Central District of California,
Colombia: The incoming government is planning to impose a specific excise duty on heated tobacco. President-elect Gustavo Petro and the National Federation of Departments (FND) have
US - federal: Today, 2nd August, is the deadline for the submission of electronic or written comments to the dockets on the FDA’s proposed flavour ban
US - California: As of 25th July, it’s unlawful to sell flavoured tobacco to anyone in the unincorporated areas of Sacramento County. The
US - federal: A group of 19 US senators have signed a letter to FDA commissioner Robert Califf in support of the FDA’s proposed rules
US - federal: Matt Holman, director of the Office of Science at the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is leaving immediately to
US - New York: Senate Bill 4142 has been signed into law by governor Kathy Hochul. The bill makes smoking on all state-owned beaches and
US - Michigan: House Bill (HB) 6108 has been signed into law by the governor. This bill amends state law to raise the legal
Paraguay: On 18th July 2022 president Mario Abdo approved Paraguay’s ratification of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, an international treaty
US - federal: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf has ordered an external review of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP),
US - California: Attorney general Rob Bonta yesterday announced $22m in state funding for local government agencies to tackle the illegal sale of tobacco products,
US - general: Major tobacco companies have reached a settlement with the US Department of Justice regarding tobacco-related health messages at retail locations,
US - California: Millbrae City Council intends to prepare an ordinance that would prohibit the sale of flavoured tobacco products within the city, which lies
US - Hawaii: House Bill (HB) 1570 has been vetoed by the governor. The version as it currently stands would ban the sale of
US - federal: New warning letters have been issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Among them is the warning: “Please be
US - general: The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enforce the congressionally mandated deadline and clear the
US - general: Today, 13th July, is the final date for synthetic nicotine products to be marketed in the US without a premarket
US - federal: The American Vapor Manufacturers Association has formally asked the inspector general of the US Department of Health and Human Services to investigate
US - federal: Tomorrow, 13th July, is the last day for synthetic nicotine products to be marketed in the US without a premarket tobacco product
US - federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received more than 110,000 comments on the proposed rule prohibiting menthol cigarettes and around 60,000 comments on
US - federal: A US district judge from Washington DC has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s decision to deem the category of
Paraguay: On 6th July the Chamber of Deputies approved the country’s ratification of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, an international
Brazil: The board of the National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) decided unanimously at an extraordinary meeting yesterday, 6th July, to maintain the existing
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) was to discuss the regulation of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in an extraordinary meeting today, 6th
Panama: A law that forbids heated tobacco, e-cigarettes and other devices, with or without nicotine, was enacted today (1st July). The law makes an exception
US - California: San Jose’s ban on flavoured tobacco becomes effective today, 1st July, prohibiting the sale of any tobacco products and e-cigarettes with
US - federal: The Biden-Harris administration yesterday published an outline of possible future regulatory actions, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s plans to
US - New Jersey: Assembly Bill 4316 has been introduced, which would prohibit the use of tobacco products and e-cigarettes by drivers engaged in delivery of
US - federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced an extension to the public comment period for its proposed rules prohibiting menthol
Mexico: The company Tabacos Desvenados has filed an appeal trial (amparo) against the presidential decree that prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes and heated
US - Michigan: House Bill (HB) 6108 has passed the House and is now in the Senate. This bill would amend state law to raise the
Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) will discuss the regulation of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco at its next meeting, on 22nd June,
US - Michigan: House Bill 6108 has been referred to a second reading. The bill would amend state law to raise the legal age
US - federal: The Biden administration is intending to pursue a policy of reducing nicotine in cigarettes to “minimally or nonaddictive levels”, according to
Canada: Health Canada has proposed new packaging restrictions for tobacco products, including rotating health-related messages and bigger health warnings for heated tobacco covering 75% of
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding public listening sessions today (13th June) and Wednesday (15th June) on
US - Michigan: House Bill (HB) 6108 has been scheduled for a hearing on 14th June, in the House Judiciary Committee. The bill would
Brazil: Today (10th June) is the deadline for sending technical and scientific information about e-cigarettes and heated tobacco to the National Public Health Surveillance
