The advocacy group Prohibition Does Not Work (PDNW) has published a damning report concluding that the Netherlands’ 2024 ban on non-tobacco vape flavors has completely undermined market control. Implemented to prevent a perceived ‘youth gateway effect,’ the restrictive policy has instead fueled a massive illicit market and inadvertently pushed consumers back to combustible cigarettes.
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The Belgian federal government has officially approved a nationwide ban on flavored vapes, effective September 1, 2028. Driven by Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke, the legislation aims to protect youths from addiction by restricting the market exclusively to tobacco-flavored and unflavored e-cigarettes.
Read moreThe Trump administration’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance to authorize regulated, adult-oriented flavored vapes. This March 2026 policy shift occurs against the backdrop of a U.S. market heavily dominated by unregulated Chinese imports, aiming to reclaim the industry while offering proven smoking cessation tools to adults.
Read moreRhode Island Senators Lou DiPalma, Frank Ciccone, and Walter Felag have introduced legislation to repeal the state’s ban on flavored vapes. This controversial move aims to provide adult smokers with less harmful alternatives while establishing specialized retail shops that would funnel a portion of their revenue directly into smoking cessation programs.
Read moreResponsible Vaping Ireland (RVI) has issued a stark warning regarding the newly published Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026. While supporting youth protection measures, the association representing over 3,300 independent retailers argues that banning flavored vapes will critically undermine public health.
Read moreMultiple studies, including recent research from the University of Missouri and Yale, confirm that restricting or banning flavored e-cigarettes has the unintended consequence of driving young adults back to more dangerous traditional combustible cigarettes.
Read moreOn March 9, 2026, the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products issued new draft guidance for flavored ENDS PMTAs. The directive mandates a higher evidentiary burden for fruit and dessert flavors, requiring manufacturers to definitively prove adult cessation benefits outweigh youth initiation risks to secure legal US market authorization.
Read moreThe Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica has officially dismissed an appeal (recurso de amparo) attempting to halt the country’s stringent new vaping regulations. The court ruled that the plaintiff—who claimed to use vapes for therapeutic purposes—failed to prove a concrete violation of constitutional rights. This decisive legal victory for the Ministry of Health clears the path for Technical Regulation RTCR 519-2025 to take full effect on August 6, 2026, establishing some of the strictest nicotine controls in Central America.
Read moreDespite a nationwide ban enacted in July 2024, 90% of Kyiv’s shopping centers continue to host illegal vape shops due to a complete collapse in local law enforcement.
Read moreThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially signaled a strategic shift in its vaping enforcement, opening the door for e-cigarette flavors that appeal specifically to adults. In a document released Monday, the agency proposed authorizing vapes in mint, coffee, tea, and spice profiles (such as cinnamon or clove), while maintaining a strict ban on the fruit and candy flavors that fueled the youth “epidemic.” This move aims to provide “safer nicotine alternatives” for adult smokers while addressing the 70% market share currently held by illicit, unregulated Chinese suppliers.
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