Thailand
PMI lobbies Thailand to lift the ban on new tobacco products
According to the Bangkok Post, Philip Morris International (PMI) is lobbying the Thai government to lift the ban on alternatives to smoking, such as...
Malaysia
Malaysia will introduce the Tobacco Bill to strengthen vape control
Malaysia's Ministry of Health is working on a Tobacco Bill to effectively control traditional tobacco, vapes, HNB and pipes, especially in the hope that...
Taiwan
9,800 IQOS were smuggled after 12 days visit abroad, worth nearly 8 million yuan
On July 22, Tsai Ing-wen returned to Taiwan after a 12-day visit but was exposed by Huang's legislator of smuggling IQOS. Tsai's accompanying security...
UAE
Dubai World Vape Show – The UAE: A new gateway for the sale of e-cigarettes in the Middle East
The e-cigarette market is a genuinely disruptive innovation that has been rapidly adopted by 39 million users in just a few years, with the...
USA
FDA is happy to speed up the PMTA process
Earlier this month, a court case filed by anti-tobacco and health groups led to a ruling requiring e-cigarette manufacturers to submit their Premarket Tobacco...
USA
Vietnam strengthens the investigation and punishment of forgery of origin in case of China’s circuitous export
Since the Sino-US trade war, China's production transfer has led to a surge in Vietnam's exports to the United States. In view of this,...
United Kingdom
UK e-cigarette retail stores open in hospitals for reducing smoking
As part of the UK campaign against smoking, two UK hospitals have opened electronic cigarette outlets.
City Hospital in Birmingham and Sandwell General Hospital in...
Hong Kong
Electronic cigarette ban and Sino-US trade war bankrupt Hong Kong’s vape transit industry
Since February this year, the Hong Kong Government submitted a draft amendment to the Legislative Council of the Special Administrative Region to prohibit the...