Attempts to completely ban the sale of e-cigarettes in Russia have so far never met with government support, amid industry concerns a total ban will exacerbate the already large illegal market ...

British American Tobacco (BAT) reported a decline in revenues for the year, offset by a positive performance in new categories across all three regions ...

ECigIntelligence analysts make two riskier predictions: Argentina will move to legalise and regulate nicotine alternatives, and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will take steps to regulate them in 2025 ...

British American Tobacco reported a drop in first-half revenue, offset by the continued growth of new categories. BAT expects new-category revenue to be weighted in the second half of 2024, driven by phased launches ...

New national regulatory standards are now being enforced across the Russian market for tobacco and nicotine-containing products, including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco ...

Suppliers of novel nicotine products to the Russian market face new licensing requirements and tax increases over several years as the government overhauls its regulatory system ...

The Russian Union of Nicotine Industry Enterprises has called on the government to exclude food flavourings and nicotine salts from the list of active ingredients and additives that are expected to be banned ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill tightening regulation of alternative tobacco products, intended particularly to curb under-age demand – even though sales to under-18s were already banned ...

Expanding sales of Imperial Brands’ next generation products into new markets has more than compensated the company for the effect of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s marketing denial order (MDO) for Myblu ...

The Russian Ministry of Finance announced in February that it would submit a bill to the parliament this month to establish a single regulator for the alcohol, tobacco and nicotine industries ...

While a new tax regime, with duty no longer applying to devices, may be welcome, Russia’s vaping industry now faces a renewed threat of a total e-cigarette ban ...

The Russian government is proposing to increase excise rates on nicotine-containing liquids and heated tobacco sticks, despite having all rates for the next couple of next years already set out in the Tax Code ...

Sales of disposable e-cigarettes have soared in Russia over the past year, producing a corresponding boom in revenue ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed government priorities and rather than looking to completely ban the sale of vaping products, the Russian authorities are now considering increased e-cigarette taxes instead ...

A growth in battery power and tank size among disposables headlines three main trends that have impacted the technical features of vape hardware kits sold by online retailers over the past three years. More research...

Philip Morris International (PMI) is continuing to support sales and promotion of its Iqos Veev vaping product, with further market roll-outs planned this year ...

Philip Morris International (PMI) has commited to continuing to support the sales and promotion of its Veev vaping product, with future expansion into more markets around the world ...

Consumers will continue to increasingly spread usage out over different alternative nicotine products, partly driven by further, stricter vaping regulation across the globe throughout 2022, ECigIntelligence predicts ...

The Russian government is planning to prepare a report with proposals to further regulate tobacco products in the country, suggesting that it could tighten the regulations for e-cigarettes and introduce a flavour ban ...

A joint regulation of e-cigarettes that will apply across Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan is expected to be adopted by 2022 – but there is some scepticism about the timescale ...

Russia has passed the first e-cigarette regulation in the country, which imposes tighter regulations for e-cigs and extending anti-tobacco legislation to e-liquids ...

A proposal to impose stricter regulations for e-cigarettes in Russia is being reviewed by the government while the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly, has put the process on hold ...

World No Tobacco Day provides an opportunity to consider the approach that public health authorities, policymakers, and advocates around the world have towards the role of tobacco-alternatives products ...

British American Tobacco (BAT) has reported a 36.9% increase in next-generation products revenue in 2019 despite the recent and ongoing crackdown on vaping in the US ...

The Russian Duma has adopted a new bill that amends the tax code for 2020, increasing excise tax applied to electronic cigarettes ...

The Russian Federal Anti-monopoly Service has rejected a complaint by the International Confederation of Consumer Societies that IQOS display stands in stores violated federal advertising rules ...

ECigIntelligence’s new database on the global heated tobacco market is full of in-depth research about this lucrative market, which is gaining ground all over the world ...

Reusable e-cigarettes and heated tobacco devices could soon be taxed in Russia for the first time as part of a review of the country’s taxation system ...

The Russian State Duma could put forward this year a few bills that aim to regulate the production, promotion and use of vaping products ...

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A draft bill to regulate the use of nicotine-containing e-cigarettesin Russia has received the approval of the Ministry of Economic Development – but the Ministry of Health considers the proposal “a conflict of laws” ...

The Russian health ministry’s new five-year plan to reduce tobacco consumption includes a “continuous increase” of excise duties on tobacco-related products, including e-cigarettes ...

British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced the launch of its Glo heat-not-burn (HnB) device in Russia, where the device can be bought online and Neosticks consumables will be available in branded stores ...

The former Soviet republics of Georgia and its neighbour Armenia are to impose new regulations on...

Vape stores in Russia appear to be playing a waiting game on new e-cigarette taxes that officially came into force on 1st January – while the national consumer protection agency is calling for further regulation...

The Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told the country’s component states to deal with e-cigarettes as the federal administration remains undecided on how to handle the matter....

Nearly a third of Russian high-school students have tried vaping, according to new...

Are big tobacco companies starting to favour heat-not-burn technology over e-cigarettes? While none has shown any signs of overtly stepping away from e-cigs, and such a move is unlikely, much enthusiasm and investment within the...

Philip Morris International (PMI) is testing its iQOS heat-not-burn product in Russia, ECigIntelligence has...

A flurry of health scares about vaping in the mainstream media has seemed to gather force in recent months. But they do not always accurately represent the...

This week’s World Health Organization (WHO) conference on tobacco control looks likely to recommend that nations ban e-cigarette...

As the world’s nations sit down at the Moscow World Trade Centre this afternoon to debate e-cigarette regulation, relations between the public health community and vaping activists appear likely to grow even...

An international group of NGOs has tried to identify middle ground between the die-hard opponents and supporters of e-cigarettes in the run-up to next week’s World Health Organization (WHO) meeting on regulating...

Efforts to cut tobacco use in Russia could lead to an increase in vaping for the country ranked the world’s second in tobacco...

The man who leads the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) wants to see e-cigarettes brought into the international agreement, according to a news report...