Hard times for vaping in South Korea.

2020-12-04T12:08:13+01:00 December 4th, 2020|Regulations, World|

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South Korea was once one of the world’s fastest-growing markets for e-cigarettes, attracting attention from major international makers. In 2019, the EVALI cases in the USA contribute to tighten the government’s position, which seriously questions the effects of vaping on health, and which plans studies that could lead to a total ban. […]

Germany: everything changes for Zero Nic

2020-10-30T21:13:00+01:00 October 30th, 2020|Regulations, World|

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A legislative process is currently ongoing in Germany to adapt tobacco legislation, which provides that nicotine-free e-cigarettes and liquids will be covered by German tobacco law from January 1, 2021 and will be subject to essentially the same legal provisions as products containing nicotine. […]

The flavor ban for e-liquids in Denmark is back on the horizon

2020-10-12T14:55:19+02:00 October 2nd, 2020|Authorities, Regulations, World|

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In the end of 2019, the Danish Government proposed to ban flavors other than menthol and tobacco in e-liquids, as a part of a national plan against young people’s smoking. Few days ago the EU Commission issued a statement against parts of the package because it contravenes the TPD and the flavor ban seemed to be postponed indefinitely. Now it’s back, and it could be operative from April 2021. […]

The first live event organized by VOXPO!

2020-09-02T20:40:22+02:00 September 2nd, 2020|Events, World|

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VOXPO is the virtual online expo platform co-organised by both The Cannavist and Vapouround magazines. On 31 July there was the first live event: we were there and now we tell you about the great numbers the fair has recorded. […]

Vaping regulation in Canada

2020-08-28T20:04:30+02:00 August 28th, 2020|Authorities, Regulations, World|

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Canada has a federal political structure, meaning that government decisions are divided between the federal government and the ten provinces and three territories. The same applies to vaping regulation: each province/territory can have its own requirements and some of them have already planned to apply significant restrictions, such as the ban on the use of flavorings or the limit of nicotine concentration at 20 mg/ml. […]