Illegal vaping products apparently targeting children have been seized in a major Middlesbrough-wide crackdown.The six-week operation by Middlesbrough Council's Trading Standards team has seen thousands of potentially dangerous devices removed from sale.The vapes are typically sold in brightly colou......
View DetailsThe Lithuanian Seimas (parliament) has finalized a law prohibiting the sale of vaping products in non-tobacco flavors. The flavor prohibition applies to all products, including those not containing nicotine. The legislation—which amends the country’s existing Law on Control of Tobacco, Tobacco Pr......
View DetailsHong Kong residents who vape or use heated tobacco products (HTPs) will face a grim reality since this May. That’s when a ban on sales and importation of vapes takes effect, and the vape market will instantly shift from legal to illegal.Hong Kong retailers report that sales of vape products have sur......
View DetailsA committee of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) will decide soon whether to approve the huge tax on vaping products imposed last November by the government’s finance ministry. The levy is the highest vape tax in the world. The tax is apparently already in effect, but it must be approved retroacti......
View DetailsPhilip Morris International (PMI) announced that its new corporate headquarters will be located in the heart of Stamford, Connecticut, and will open in summer 2022. The move will initially bring approximately 200 jobs to the state and the total economic impact of these jobs will be approximately $50......
View DetailsA bill passed this week in New Jersey will require vape shops and most tobacco retailers to keep nicotine gum or other nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products in stock and available for sale. The bill exempts cigar shops from the requirement.If the bill becomes law it will require “any entity th......
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