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Morocco Plans to Double Its Vape Tax and Extend It to Refillable Devices
Morocco’s 2027 finance bill would raise the e-cigarette tax from 50 to 100 dirhams per unit and extend it to refillable devices, pods and tanks.
Guyana Moves to Block Recreational Vape Imports
Guyana plans a Customs Act order barring vape imports without health approval. The order is unsigned, exemption rules are unclear, and youth data diverge.
Pennsylvania’s Vape Directory Law Survives Federal Court Challenge
Key takeaways On October 14, 2026, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled that Act 57, the state’s vape directory law, is not preempted by federal tobacco law. The court found that the law falls within the provision of the Tobacco Control Act that preserves states’ power to regulate tobacco sales. From October 19, unlisted vapes […]
Iowa Postpones Its Vape Product Directory With No New Date
Key takeaways Iowa’s Department of Revenue did not publish its vapor products directory on October 15, 2026, as planned, and dropped the November 16 enforcement date. No new dates have been set. Until the directory is published, retailers can keep selling products that would otherwise be excluded. Once in force, the law will only allow […]
Risk Reversal | Why Americans Now Fear Vaping More Than Smoking
While FDA and its Center for Tobacco Products are beginning to acknowledge Americans badly misunderstand the relative risks of nicotine vaping products compared with cigarettes, recent research out of UT Southwestern Medical Center identifies FDA’s own Real Cost campaign “An Epidemic Is Spreading” as a significant contributor to that collapse in public understanding. The U.S. […]
Vape makers line up to defend FDA’s enforcement guidance
The lawsuit brought by public health groups against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its May 2026 enforcement guidance is turning into a crowded courtroom. On October 6, American Vapor Manufacturers (AVM), a trade group of U.S. e-liquid makers, and two Altria subsidiaries, Helix Innovations and NJOY, filed motions to intervene in the […]
Ireland: Cigarette Packs Rise Above €20 and E-Liquid Tax Is Set to Increase
Vaping Seen Above All as a Public Health Risk Ireland is continuing its crusade against nicotine. On October 6, 2026, the new budget presented by Finance Minister Simon Harris introduced a €1 increase in cigarette taxation. The rise, which has already taken effect, has pushed the price of a pack to the symbolic €20 threshold. […]
UK Vape Tax Is Here: What the New E-Liquid Duty Means for Vapers & Retailers
The UK’s long-awaited vape tax is here. From 1 October 2026, Vaping Products Duty officially came into force, changing the economics of selling e-liquid in the UK virtually overnight. The headline figure is £2.20 duty for every 10ml of vaping liquid. But that doesn’t necessarily mean every bottle on the shelf suddenly jumped by £2.20 […]
Hong Kong: Five Years After Banning Vaping, Plain Cigarette Packaging Finally Arrives
Deprived of Alternatives, Smokers Head to China The Council on Smoking and Health (COSH), a Hong Kong public body, has been calling for plain packaging since 2013. Yet it was not until September 2025 that the law was finally passed. The new packs will begin appearing from March 1, 2027, and will become mandatory on […]
Brazil and Netherlands Vape Crackdowns Highlight Limits of Nicotine Prohibition
At GFN26, harm reduction experts Alex Wodak and Ian Fearon reiterated that prohibition could unintentionally lead to the expansion of illicit nicotine markets. They did not say vaping should be unregulated; rather, they argued that if the regulated supply is removed while demand remains, consumers would likely turn to vendors operating outside the usual product […]
Asia’s Nicotine Policy Paradox: Cigarettes Remain Available While Safer Alternatives Face More Restrictions
Across Asia and the Pacific, a growing divide is emerging between tobacco harm reduction science and nicotine regulation. While evidence supports giving adult smokers access to lower-risk alternatives, several governments are adopting policies that could restrict or eliminate legal access to them. Currently, this contrast is particularly visible in Malaysia and Taiwan. Malaysia has unexpectedly […]
After a Decade-Long ‘War on Vaping,’ Is the FDA Finally Embracing Tobacco Harm Reduction?
After almost a decade of conflict between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the vaping industry, there are signs that America’s approach to tobacco harm reduction could be entering a different phase. Economist Dr Raymond March, Director of FDAReview.org and a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, recently delivered a highly critical assessment […]
Britain’s Tobacco Policy Paradox, Part 2: Vape Rules Tighten Further Just Weeks After New Tax
Just weeks after Britain’s new vaping tax takes effect, another major set of nicotine regulations will take effect, adding to what is becoming one of the biggest transformations of the UK’s vaping market in years. As reported in our previous article on the Vaping Products Duty (VPD), vaping liquids will be subject to a new […]
Some Sense at Last? Coalition Proposes 80% Tobacco Tax Cut and Legal Vapes to Break Australia’s Black Market
Australia’s escalating illicit tobacco crisis has pushed a once politically unthinkable idea into mainstream debate: what if extremely high cigarette taxes and restrictions on safer nicotine alternatives are now strengthening the black market they were supposed to suppress? The federal Coalition has (finally) proposed an extraordinary overhaul of Australian nicotine policy, combining an 80% reduction […]
A Welcome Coincidence for Sweden, as Its Election Could Derail EU Tobacco Tax Deal Over Snus and Nicotine Pouches
As Europe’s attempt to overhaul tobacco and nicotine regulation approaches a critical point, Sweden’s election is threatening to delay agreement on new EU tobacco taxes, at a time when stronger scientific evidence emerges for vaping as a smoking-cessation tool. The dispute extends well beyond tax rates. At its heart is a fundamental question for European […]
UKVIA Launches Campaign to Preserve Vaping
UKVIA is challenging measures including plain packaging, tighter flavor and display restrictions, a planned advertising and sponsorship ban, and the upcoming duty. The post UKVIA Launches Campaign to Preserve Vaping first appeared on Tobacco Reporter .
Enough is Enough: UKVIA Hits Back at Upcoming Vaping Regulations
A tidal wave of restrictions “Enough is Enough” is the name chosen by the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) for its new campaign, launched this Thursday, September 3, 2026. Its target is the large number of restrictions the government is considering introducing for vaping products, several of which are currently the subject of public consultations. […]
As Vaping Expands, Smoking Keeps Falling: New Zealand and U.S. Data Strengthen the Case for Tobacco Harm Reduction
New Zealand’s latest tobacco figures are adding weight to a pattern increasingly difficult for policymakers to overlook: countries where smokers have meaningful access to vaping are continuing to record historically low levels of cigarette use. The country’s 2025 tobacco returns show the volume of smoked tobacco entering the legal retail market fell 22% in a […]
Australia’s Backwards Nicotine Policy, Part 2: Could Canada’s Tax Strategy Offer a Solution?
Australia’s tobacco debate is increasingly about more than smoking rates. With illicit cigarettes and vapes capturing a growing share of nicotine consumption, policymakers face a harder question: can taxation and enforcement succeed when the regulated market is dramatically more expensive—and, for lower-risk nicotine products, often less accessible—than the black market? Canada confronted a comparable problem […]
Riot Labs Cites Cochrane Review Against UK Vape Packaging Plans
The company highlighted a gap between evidence and public perceptions of vaping, warning that proposed UK restrictions could undermine switching from cigarettes. The post Riot Labs Cites Cochrane Review Against UK Vape Packaging Plans first appeared on Tobacco Reporter .
Disposable Vapes Have Become Public Enemy Number One. Is the Distrust Justified?
Disposable vapes have become one of Europe’s least trusted nicotine products. Once credited with making switching from cigarettes unusually simple, the brightly coloured devices are increasingly portrayed as an environmental nuisance, a gateway to youth nicotine use and a regulatory problem requiring outright prohibition. That backlash is now translating into policy. Regulatory analysis from ECigIntelligence […]
Why Bangladesh Should Maintain the Ban on e-Cigarettes: A Commentary.
Peer-reviewed study (journal article) in Health Sci Rep by Kibria MG. Abstract available.