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Philippines FDA lookening to tighten the screw on alternative products
18th June 2020 - News analysis |
The Philippines Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appears to be tightening its grip on tobacco alternatives with a detailed proposal to regulate heat-not-burn (HnB) and vapour products
EU regulation and tobacco-free snus: the most likely scenario
3rd March 2020 - Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
TobaccoIntelligence’s head of legal analysis, Pablo Cano Trilla, considers the options for regulation of tobacco-free snus (sometimes known as “white pouch”) under existing European Union law
Republic of Ireland regulatory report
10th January 2019 - Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
This regulatory report on Ireland includes updates on labelling and packaging, upcoming restrictions on retail, including a ban on sales to minors, public usage, advertising and marketing, and taxation
Israel regulatory report: plain packaging among new restrictions
9th January 2019 - Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
This report on Israel includes near-future regulation involving age restrictions, product restrictions, labelling and packaging, obligation to notify, retail channels, public usage, advertising and marketing
IQOS versus Glo: PMI takes on BAT in Japanese HnB patent battle
3rd December 2018 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) is suing British American Tobacco (BAT) in Japan for infringement of the patent for IQOS, claiming the rival company has copied the technology for its own Glo device
Belgium moves to add HnB devices to the ban on online sales
6th November 2018 - News analysis |
Internet sales of heated-tobacco devices will shortly be banned in Belgium, where selling e-cigarettes online has been illegal since 2016
PMI sues Korean government over claim HnB is as harmful as smoking
15th October 2018 - News analysis |
The South Korean government has declared e-cigarettes and heated tobacco to be no safer than smoking – a statement that has led to legal action by Philip Morris International (PMI)
New Zealand gives the all-clear to vaping and HnB – but ads are out
16th May 2018 - News analysis |
E-cigarettes and heated tobacco can continue to be sold in New Zealand under current regulations, the country’s government has formally announced
Colombian health ministry calls for IQOS to be treated like combustibles
30th April 2018 - News analysis |
Colombia’s health and finance ministries have moved to force heated tobacco products such as IQOS to comply with the country’s tobacco law, arguing there is no evidence to suggest that they present any lower risk than cigarettes
Court lifts Switzerland’s ban on sales of e-cigs with nicotine
30th April 2018 - News analysis |
The Swiss Federal Administrative Court has reportedly lifted the sales ban on nicotine-containing e-cigarettes issued in 2015 by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (BLV)
Philip Morris set to appeal against Lithuanian ban on advertising IQOS
23rd April 2018 - News analysis |
A Philip Morris subsidiary has been fined for breaking Lithuanian tobacco advertising laws with an IQOS campaign in a decision that may have implications for wider European heated-tobacco promotion
Legal victory means PMI can sell Heets in New Zealand after all
29th March 2018 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) has won the right to sell and market heat-not-burn Heets sticks in New Zealand in a surprise legal ruling against the Ministry of Health
Change afoot in Russia as Moscow puts forward plan for national regulation
22nd March 2018 - News analysis |
E-cigarettes and heated tobacco are currently subject to very little regulation in Russia – but that could be about to change, with proposals coming from both the federal trade ministry and the Moscow City Duma
Spanish health authorities investigate IQOS online ad campaign
5th February 2018 - News analysis |
Authorities in the Catalonia region of Spain are investigating whether PMI broke Spanish law with a series of online banner advertisements for its IQOS heated tobacco system
Israel set to tackle e-cig regulation with a clampdown on advertising
15th January 2018 - News analysis |
Israel is in the process of taking a new approach to the advertising of new tobacco-related products, with a likely ban on all advertising of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products anywhere but in print and at retail locations
New Zealand clears a legal path for alternative tobacco products
4th August 2017 - News analysis |
New Zealand is to introduce an amendment to existing laws that will enable the legal introduction of alternative tobacco products such as snus and heat-not-burn devices
