- After South Africa’s Tobacco Product Control and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Act expired at the end of the previous government, it has now been reactivated by Parliament and entered the further processing stage.
- The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office reached a $600 million settlement agreement with major tobacco companies such as Altria and British American Tobacco on the marketing of tobacco products to teenagers.
- Lebanese lawmakers warned that Ubbs menthol-flavored nicotine bags have invaded the Lebanese market and called for stricter regulation and higher taxes to address their potential harm to the health of young people.
- The Russian federal government is considering a bill that requires tobacco product retailers to obtain sales licenses, while imposing heavy fines on individuals and companies that violate regulations on the sale of nicotine-containing products, including vapes.
- South African law enforcement agencies worked with the vapebrand ELFBAR to seize about 3,600 counterfeit and inferior vapeswith potential health risks. The counterfeit products seized included a variety of outdated models such as CR5000, BC5000 and EB1500.
- The Hertfordshire Trading Standards Bureau in the UK seized more than 400 illegal vapesin two raids, and the seized products involved thevape brand “HAYATI”.
- In Brazil’s “Protector Operation”, the Border Police Battalion seized a large number of illegal smuggled items, including 1,550 vapes. It is reported that five people involved in the case, including the vehicle, have been arrested by the police, and these people and the seized items have been handed over to the Federal Tax Bureau of Iguazu.