While the EU’s proposed revision of the Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) aims to harmonise taxation across EU member states, its projected impacts vary widely among product categories ...

Egypt has intensified its tobacco taxation policy with yet another cigarette price hike, sparking concerns among some officials that the tax amendment fails to address e-cigarettes or heated tobacco products ...

New excise duties for e-cigarettes and disposables hit Poland's market on 1st July, following new rules that came into force on 1st April. This could significantly squeeze legal operators, especially smaller businesses ...

Two surveys suggest flavour bans are the biggest potential changer of current vaper behaviour but that their implementation would not necessarily drive current vapers back to smoking ...

US president Donald Trump’s tariffs could actively harm public health – but not in a way that might be expected ...

As part of its efforts to cut alternative tobacco product sales in Poland, the country’s Ministry of Health is advancing plans to ban nicotine-containing and nicotine-free single-use vapes ...

The imposition of tariffs on goods entering the US could have unintended knock-on effects elsewhere in the world, the most obvious being a general increase to prices, even in places not involved in current tariff...

Figures published as part of New York state’s lawsuit against flavoured e-cigarette companies show just how big the market has been for vaping firms ...

Further price increases will result from the latest round of tariffs imposed by US president Donald Trump on China – though downstream impact from tariffs on North American trading partners has again been delayed ...

Tariffs on Chinese imports will not create any impetus for domestic production in the vaping sector, according to the American Vapor Manufacturers Association (AVM) ...

“Disposables” was once again the word of the year in vaping – more specifically for 2024, “a ban on disposables” was the phrase of the year in the sector, with many governments passing prohibition laws...

The Polish government has unveiled plans to extend the country’s excise tax to vaping devices, to be adopted by the Council of Ministers in the fourth quarter of 2024 and take effect in the first...

Vaping in Ireland is about to get pricier, with the government set to introduce a new e-cig tax from mid-2025. E-liquids will be hit with a €0.50 per ml excise duty ...

Data suggests growth in the uptake of disposable vaping devices in the UK is slowing and use is stabilising, bringing into question the usefulness of a ban on these products in the country ...

New data suggests the number of smokers that have grown the UK vaping market could be nearly tapped out, and the government will likely act to stop new consumers from taking their place ...

E-cigarettes are a valid smoking-cessation tool, but they still represent a risk for young people, non-smokers and the environment, according to a recent report by the UK Royal College of Physicians ...

The Canadian province of New Brunswick has introduced changes to its law governing vaping in a bid to protect youth and crack down on those who have been flouting its existing rules ...

The majority of users of next-generation products in Italy would not continue to use their products if the price of next-generation alternatives increased through taxation, according to a new survey ...

Vaping products could soon get more expensive in several parts of Canada as a growing number of provinces sign on to an excise duty sharing plan put forward by the federal government ...

A new bill to ban disposable e-cigarettes is now awaiting a vote by France’s Senate. If it succeeds there, it would likely enter into force sometime next year as part of a newly launched anti-tobacco...

The Danish health minister is considering increased age limits, higher prices and more severe sanctions for stores breaking the law to address rising use of nicotine products in the country ...

High taxes are holding back the market for legal vaping products in Middle Eastern markets and the black market is benefitting as a result, according to a major distribution business in the region ...