Mexico’s new law to ban vapes passes major hurdle
Lower house lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to change the country’s constitution to include a ban on vapes as well as synthetic drugs such as fentanyl.
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Vietnam to ban vapes from 2025
Vietnam is to introduce a blanket ban on vapes from the new year. Co-incidentally, the largest Tobacco company in Vietnam is state owned.
Labour accused of planting ‘fake’ examples of nine-year-olds vaping to justify new UK law
A range of pre-scripted statements and questions were reportedly sent to the party’s MPs ahead of a crucial vote on the controversial Tobacco and Vapes Bill last week.
A hollow victory: EU Commission recommendation to ban vaping everywhere agreed by Member States, but with huge caveats
The European Commission’s recommendation that Member States ban vaping everywhere has been agreed, but only because multiple Member States added riders saying that they’ll essentially refuse to implement it.
U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on blocked flavoured vapes
The crux of the legal battle is whether the FDA failed to correctly consider the requests of two manufacturers - Triton Distribution and Vapetasia - to sell flavoured e-liquids, putting it in violation of a federal law called the Administrative Procedure Act.
EXCLUSIVE: EU Commission Blocked Input from Trade Unions on Vape Ban Proposal
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the EU advisory body representing trade unions and other civil society, had planned to adopt an opinion on the proposal, but was instructed by the Commission to cancel it.
Circling the drain: now Prague joins Rome and Bucharest in opposing EU public vaping ban
After the European Parliament rejected the Commission’s proposal to ban vaping in all public spaces, and the day before EU Health Ministers are slated to debate it, Czechia has joined Italy and voiced opposition to the proposal.
Vapes could help save up to 616,000 lives in Nigeria and Kenya, new report shows
According to the study ‘Saving 600,000 Lives in Nigeria and Kenya’ by global health group Smoke Free Sweden, 9.4 per cent of Nigerians currently smoke.
More than two million vapers could return to smoking due to UK ban, poll shows
Disposable vapes will be banned from June 1, 2025, in an attempt to reduce the appeal of vaping to young people. Under separate proposed legislation, flavours will also be heavily restricted.
Parliament won’t support the European Commission’s plan to ban vaping everywhere. What happened?
When I wrote earlier this week that the European Parliament should reject the Commission’s plan to ban vaping in all public spaces across Europe, I did not expect them to take my advice.
“People are losing respect”: German media magnate rips into EU Commission’s plan to ban vaping everywhere
The CEO of German publishing powerhouse Axel Springer lashed out at the European Commission’s proposal to ban vaping everywhere, saying that it’s causing voters to lose respect for the EU - an argument Clearing the Air’s co-founder has also made.
The EU Commission wants to ban vaping everywhere. MEPs should stand up to them.
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