- The US FDA published Swedish Match USA’s reapplication documents for its MRTP products, setting a deadline of July 5, 2024. The public will have the opportunity to participate in the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) meeting on June 26 to comment on the application.
- Since January 2024, many areasof Chinahave strengthened the supervision of the vape market and investigated and dealt with a number of illegal vape cases involving huge amounts of money. According to incomplete statistics, the total amount involved in these cases has exceeded 1 billion yuan.
- Due to the detection of nicotine content exceeding the legal standard in two vapes, the Irish Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued an urgent warning to vapeusers.
- The Hong Kong government will strengthen its tobacco control strategy and propose a series of short-term, medium-term and long-term tobacco control plans. Including prohibiting smoking in queues, increasing the warning area of tobacco packaging to 100%, prohibiting vapesand heated tobacco products, and expanding non-smoking areas, and studying measures to prohibit the sale of cigarettes to people born after a certain year.
- The U.S. Supreme Court will consider four cases involving the FDA’s regulation of vapes, including manufacturers’ appeals against sales bans and whether the court should limit venue to specific courts. At the same time, the FDA filed a request for the court to rule on the regulation of vapes.
- The vapedetection project in Lincoln, Nebraska, has achieved significant results at Southeast High School, reducing the number of students smoking illegally, and all middle schools in the city will fully deploy vapedetection equipment.