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Vape Market Weekly News (Dec. 28, 2024 to Jan. 3, 2025)

2025-01-03

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Vape Market Weekly News (Dec. 28, 2024 to Jan. 3, 2025)

On Dec. 28, 2024, Kyrgyzstan will raise the minimum price of tobacco products and vapes, and ban the import and use of vapes from July, 2025. https://24.kg/english/315677_Cabinet_of_Ministers_approves_minimum_prices_for_tobacco_products_and_vapes_/
On Dec. 28, 2024, the President of Russia signed a new law prohibiting the sale of nicotine-containing products such as vapes to minors, and violators will be held criminally responsible. https://ria.ru/20241228/putin-1991811028.html
On Dec. 28, 2024, the President of Russia signed a new law banning the circulation and retail sale of tobacco products that are not labelled in accordance with the regulations, which will come into force on March 1, 2025. https://tass.ru/ekonomika/22793815
On Dec. 31, 2024, the Russian State Duma received a proposal for a law on a total ban on the sale of e-cigarettes and their associated e-liquids, aimed at protecting young people from addiction and bad business practices. https://prokazan.ru/russia/view/totalnyj-zapret-v-gosdume-obsuzdaut-proekt-o-polnom-zaprete-torgovli-vejpami-i-zidkostami-dla-nih
On Dec. 30, 2024, a U.S. federal judge has issued an interim injunction delaying Utah's measures to impose restrictions on flavored vaping products until the court rules on the complaint. The ban, which was due to take effect on January 1, 2025, has been suspended. https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/vape-flavor-restrictions-delayed/
On Dec. 31, 2024, the Iowa government in the U.S. has delayed enforcement of a new regulation restricting e-cigarette sales due to a retailer lawsuit that the parties claim is unconstitutional and biased in favor of Big Tobacco. https://www.kios.org/news/2024-12-31/following-lawsuit-ia-hold-off-enforcement-of-anti-vaping-legislation
On Jan. 2, 2025, the U.S. state of Kentucky has implemented new e-cigarette use regulations that restrict retailers from selling only FDA-approved products, resulting in inventory reductions and operational challenges for retailers. https://www.newsbreak.com/lex18-news-563670/3738287310852-kentucky-vape-shops-trying-to-adjust-to-house-bill-11
On Dec. 30, 2024, the Yukon Territory of Canada announced that from January 1, 2025, the federal excise tax on vaping products will increase to double the current rate, and the district government will receive 50% of the tax revenue from the sale of vapes in the region. https://yukon.ca/en/news/new-taxation-agreement-vaping-products-take-effect-january-1-2025
On Dec. 30, 2024, Bangladesh's vape ban has sparked controversy, and vaping groups have called on the government to reconsider. https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/ban-on-e-cigarettes-vape-importers-submit-memorandum-to-ca/149936
On Dec. 31, 2024, according to ERR, Estonia has no plans for a nationwide ban on disposable e-cigarettes, but the sale of flavored e-cigarette oil has been banned except for tobacco and menthol. https://rus.err.ee/1609563619/jestonija-sejchas-ne-planiruet-zaprewat-odnorazovye-jelektronnye-sigarety
On Dec. 31, 2024, new regulations on the sale of tobacco in Latvia will soon come into force (the sale of tobacco products to people under the age of 20 will be banned and vapes must be odorless or only tobacco-flavored from January 2025), vape merchants look for legal loopholes to deal with. https://www.euronews.com/health/2024/12/31/tobacco-sellers-in-latvia-scramble-to-find-loopholes-to-circumvent-new-ban-on-products-and
On Jan. 2, 2025, Latvia has officially banned the sale of flavored e-liquid in the domestic market, raised the minimum age limit for the purchase of any tobacco product to 20 years old, and strengthened regulation of the sale of vapes and tobacco products. https://baltija.eu/2025/01/03/v-latvii-zapresheny-tabachnye-izdeliia-s-aromatizatorami/
On Dec. 31, 2024, Belarus will hold a 10-day public discussion on a new draft law on tobacco raw materials, tobacco products, e-cigarettes and other related products, including product definitions, norms of trade activities, and special legislative powers of the president. https://belta.by/society/view/belgospischeprom-predlagaet-obsudit-gosregulirovanie-proizvodstva-oborota-i-potreblenija-tabaka-686329-2024/
On Dec. 31, 2024, the New Zealand government plans to offer free vape starter kits and ongoing support for smoking cessation services from next week to help adults quit smoking and achieve their 2025 smoke-free goal. https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/govt-give-out-vaping-kits-help-smokers-quit
From Jan. 1, 2025, Italy will increase the tax rate on nicotine-containing e-liquids and ban the online sale of vapes, while the tax rate on nicotine-free e-liquids and fragrances will also increase. The tax discount for nicotine-containing e-liquid will be reduced by 1%, from 15% to 16%, which means that a 10ml bottle of nicotine-containing e-liquid will increase by about 11 euro cents in 2025. Nicotine-free e-liquid and fragrances, the tax rate will reach about 90 euro cents per 10 millilitres in 2025. https://www.sigmagazine.it/2024/12/tassa-web-2025/
On Jan. 1, 2025, Scottish Green Party MPs in the UK have proposed the introduction of an e-cigarette sales licensing system, giving local authorities the power to approve or refuse sales permits, and allowing for the revocation of licenses for violators. https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/national/scottish-greens-call-for-robust-licensing-scheme-for-sales-of-vapes-124335/
On Jan. 1, 2025, the Indonesian government has issued two new finance ministers' regulations, effective from January 1, 2025, in which the minimum price of open systems is US$0.1 per milliliter, an increase of 22% from 2024, and the consumption tax per milliliter is US$0.04, and the minimum price of closed pod systems is US$2.6 per cartridge, which is 5.99% higher than 2024, and the excise tax per milliliter is US$0.5. https://news.ddtc.co.id/berita/nasional/1807931/pengumuman-harga-jual-eceran-rokok-yang-baru-resmi-berlaku-hari-ini
On Jan. 2, 2025, South Korea's parliament is likely to amend the Tobacco Business Act in the first half of 2025, as early as January or February, in response to regulatory needs in the synthetic nicotine market, although political turmoil could be an obstacle. https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/421/0007998920
On Jan. 2, 2025, Brazil's Federal Tax Service recently seized a large number of illegal vapes at ports, airports and land routes, with a record number of seizures in 2024, with around 2 million illegal e-cigarettes seized. https://www.gov.br/receitafederal/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2025/janeiro/na-protecao-a-saude-da-populacao-receita-federal-bate-recordes-de-apreensoes-de-cigarros-eletronicos
On Jan. 2, 2025, the OSMV Office under the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry issued new certification regulations, requiring all e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products to obtain PS certification before they can be sold in the market, and at the same time introducing international standards to strengthen product testing and supervision to ensure product safety and quality. https://www.dti.gov.ph/advisories/osmv-issues-department-administrative-order-24-11/
On Jan. 3, 2025, the OSMV Office under the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry has released a list of newly issued companies that have been granted PS licenses. Among them, X-VAPE, RELX and other brands were approved, and CHILLAX and SHFT were suspended. https://www.dti.gov.ph/osmv/

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