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The EU Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP) has been updated. The updates introduce new information requirements and notification obligations for companies who manufacture, import into the EU, or mix products classified as health or physical hazards. The EU......

The Chinese government will begin taxing vaping products beginning Nov. 1. The news came in a joint announcement by the Chinese Ministry of Finance, General Administration of Customs and State Taxation Administration.The two-pronged levy will include a 36 percent tax on the production or import of e......

Korean Trade Group Sues Government for Vaping Misinformation

A South Korean vaping industry organization is suing two government agencies for spreading misinformation about nicotine vaping that it says caused financial distress for many of its members. The group wants the government to correct the record. The Korea Electronic Cigarette Association (KECA), wh......

Brazil Threatens Fines for Retailers of Vaping products

Brazil’s justice ministry last week ordered 32 retailers in the country to cease selling vaping products or face stiff daily fines. The companies were given 48 hours to comply.

Cigarettes are made of fermented, processed and dried tobacco leaves and stems (with some additives). Smoking them allows the nicotine to be absorbed into the blood through the lungs. Blood carrying nicotine reaches the brain within seconds, producing the mental effects smokers are after and satisfy......

Panama Bans Sales and Import of E-cigarettes

On June 30, almost a year after Panama’s National Assembly passed legislation banning vape product sales, Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo gave his assent to the bill. The new law prohibits sales and importation of all vaping and heated tobacco products, with or without nicotine. The law d......