Our regularly updated tracker details e-cigarette regulation around the world on key issues such as taxation, public vaping, advertising and sales restrictions…
Author: Dmytro Korchahin
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Environmental tracker: significant changes from the December 2025 update
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 2nd January 2026 | Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports
This report highlights the most significant changes in the December 2025 update of our EU environmental tracker, covering general environmental and sustainability policy proposals and adopted instruments affecting the vaping sector within the EU…
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EU environmental tracker, December 2025
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 23rd December 2025 | Regulatory databases
This tracker covers sustainability policy proposals affecting the tobacco and nicotine sectors in the European Union and will be updated regularly…
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Indonesia: e-cigarette regulation, November 2025
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 10th November 2025 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides detailed analysis of the regulatory framework in place in Indonesia for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas from market access and labelling, to advertising and taxation…
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Bulgaria: e-cigarette regulation, October 2025
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 10th October 2025 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place in Bulgaria for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas from taxation and advertising to packaging and market access…
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Environmental tracker: significant changes from the August 2025 update
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 18th August 2025 | Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports
This report highlights the most significant changes in the August 2025 update of our EU environmental tracker, covering general environmental and sustainability policy proposals and adopted instruments affecting the vaping sector within the EU…
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Philippines: e-cigarette regulation, July 2025
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 30th July 2025 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides detailed analysis of the regulatory framework for e-cigs in the Philippines, covering all policy areas from taxation, notification and labelling to advertising, product restrictions and public usage…
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Ukraine: e-cigarette regulation, June 2025
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 17th June 2025 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed overview of the regulatory framework currently in place in Ukraine for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas from product and packaging restrictions, to advertising and taxation…
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EU extended producer responsibility for waste devices and batteries, June 2025
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 17th June 2025 | Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports
This report focuses on EU requirements for waste heating devices, including e-cigarettes, since they contain batteries, coils, cartridges, and other components that can pose environmental hazards if not disposed of properly…
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Slovakia: e-cigarette regulation, May 2025
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 5th May 2025 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current regulatory regime for e-cigs and their related products in Slovakia…
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Environmental tracker: significant changes from the March 2025 update
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 1st April 2025 | Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports
This report highlights the most significant changes in the March 2025 update of our EU environmental tracker, covering general environmental and sustainability policy proposals and adopted instruments affecting the vaping sector within the EU…
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Finland: e-cigarette regulation, February 2025
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 20th February 2025 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides detailed analysis of the regulatory framework in place for e-cigarettes in Finland, covering all policy areas from taxation and market access to advertising and product restrictions…
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Lithuania: e-cigarette regulation, January 2025
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 28th January 2025 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed overview of the regulatory framework currently in place in Lithuania for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas from product, age and packaging restrictions, to advertising and taxation and sanctions…
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Uzbekistan: e-cigarette regulation, November 2024
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 29th November 2024 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides detailed analysis of the regulatory framework in place in Uzbekistan for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas, including labelling requirements and age, sales, public use and advertising restrictions…
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Azerbaijan: e-cigarette regulation, October 2024
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 7th October 2024 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides an overview of the current regulatory framework for e-cigarettes in Azerbaijan, covering all areas from notification and taxation to advertising, labelling and sanctions…
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Environmental tracker: significant developments from summer 2024
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 12th September 2024 | Regulatory reports
This short report aims to highlight the most significant changes that have occurred in ECigIntelligence’s EU environmental tracker in summer 2024…
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Kazakhstan: e-cigarette regulation, July 2024
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 29th July 2024 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report outlines the current regulatory framework in place in Kazakhstan for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas from notification and labelling requirements to advertising, taxation and public use…
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Czech Republic: e-cigarette regulation, June 2024
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 14th June 2024 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report offers detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place for e-cigarettes in the Czech Republic, covering all policy areas from product and packaging requirements to notification and taxation…
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Serbia: e-cigarette regulation, May 2024
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 22nd May 2024 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place in Serbia for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas…
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Georgia: e-cigarette regulation, April 2024
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 8th April 2024 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place for vaping products in Georgia, covering all policy areas…
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Kyrgyzstan: e-cigarette regulation, March 2024
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 11th March 2024 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides analysis of the current regulatory regime for e-cigarettes in the country. It covers all aspects from labelling and product restrictions, to retail and advertising regulations…
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Kazakhstan: e-cigarette regulation, March 2024
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 4th March 2024 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place for vaping products in Kazakhstan, covering all policy areas…
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Netherlands: e-cigarette regulation, February 2024
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 2nd February 2024 | Regulatory reports
This report provides detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place for e-cigarettes in the Netherlands, covering all policy areas from taxation to notification requirements and advertising restrictions…
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Armenia: e-cigarette regulation, January 2024
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 22nd January 2024 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place in Armenia for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas…
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EU sustainability proposals: analysis of the most important legal moves of 2023
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 4th January 2024 | Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports
This report aims to briefly analyse the most important legal developments of 2023 related to the EU sustainability proposals that are most likely to impact the e-cigarette sector…
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Finland: e-cigarette regulation, January 2024
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 3rd January 2024 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides detailed analysis of the regulatory framework in place in Finland for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas from product and labelling restrictions to advertising, notification and taxation…
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EU battery regulation: new requirements for portable batteries, November 2023
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 20th November 2023 | Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports
A new regulation on batteries was published in the EU Official Journal in July 2023. This report analyses the most important EU requirements related to portable batteries…
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Lithuania: e-cigarette regulation, October 2023
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 26th October 2023 | Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place in Lithuania for vaping products, covering all policy areas from advertising and retail to notification and taxation…
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Slovakia: e-cigarette regulation, August 2023
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 24th August 2023 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current regulatory regime for e-cigs and their related products in Slovakia…
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Are eco-friendly products compliant with new and upcoming EU regulation?
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 10th August 2023 | Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports
This report analyses the compliance of new “eco-friendly” products with the requirements of selected EU environmental policy initiatives and the EU Tobacco Product Directive (TPD)…
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Uzbekistan: e-cigarette regulation, June 2023
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 22nd June 2023 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed overview of the regulatory framework currently in place in Uzbekistan for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas from product and packaging restrictions, to advertising and taxation…
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Georgia: e-cigarette regulation, June 2023
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 6th June 2023 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed overview of the regulatory framework currently in place in Georgia for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas from product and packaging restrictions, to advertising and taxation…
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Ukraine: e-cigarette regulation, April 2023
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 25th April 2023 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed overview of the regulatory framework currently in place in Ukraine for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas from product and packaging restrictions, to advertising and taxation…
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Malta: e-cigarette regulation, March 2023
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 15th March 2023 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed summary of the current regulatory framework in place for e-cigarettes in Malta, covering all policy areas and looking toward the future considering expected upcoming changes…
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Sustainability policy proposals affecting the e-cig sector in the EU, March 2023
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 7th March 2023 | Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports
The aim of this report is to analyse legal developments in the European Union related to the environment that are most likely to impact the e-cigarette sector, such as waste management and the phasing out of certain batteries…
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Netherlands: e-cigarette regulation, February 2023
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 1st February 2023 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework in place in the Netherlands for e-cigarettes, as well as the possible future changes to the regime…
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How will the EU's proposed new rules on batteries affect the vaping industry?
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 17th November 2022 | Blogs
The upcoming revision of the regulation of batteries in the EU may well have a profound effect the e-cigarette industry, with safety, sustainability and the environment all coming under the lawmakers’ microscope…
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Armenia proposes tax package including excise duty on e-liquids in line with EAEU
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 21st October 2022 | News analysis
Taxes on e-liquids could be introduced by a legislative package seeking to change the current Tax Code that was presented by the Armenian deputy minister of finance on 19th October…
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Czech Republic: e-cigarette regulation, October 2022
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 18th October 2022 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed overview of the current, and any possible near future, regulations governing e-cigs and related products in the Czech Republic…
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Armenia: e-cigarette regulation, August 2022
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 30th August 2022 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework for e-cigarettes and related products, as well as possible future changes to the regime…
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Azerbaijan: e-cigarette regulation, August 2022
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 5th August 2022 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides an overview of the current regulatory framework for e-cigarettes in Azerbaijan, covering all areas from notification and taxation to advertising, labelling and sanctions…
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Sustainability policy proposals affecting the e-cig sector in the European Union, August 2022
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 29th July 2022 | Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports
The aim of this report is to analyse EU legal developments related to the environment that are most likely to impact the e-cigarette sector…
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Finland: e-cigarette regulation, May 2022
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 9th May 2022 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework for vaping products in Finland, covering all policy areas…
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Kazakhstan: e-cigarette regulation, April 2022
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 20th April 2022 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
Kazakhstan’s legal framework mostly equalises e-cigarette regulation with that of tobacco products. This report covers the current regulatory regime for such products…
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Regulatory report: Kyrgyzstan, March 2022
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 18th March 2022 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
Kyrgyzstan introduced e-cigarette regulation for the first time in 2021, equating vaping products with traditional tobacco products. These have been amended for 2022…
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Regulatory report: Belarus, February 2022
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 8th February 2022 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
Belarus introduced e-cigarette regulation for the first time in 2019, equating vaping products with traditional tobacco products. These have been amended for 2022…
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Regulatory report: Netherlands, January 2022
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 10th January 2022 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
The Dutch government continues to implement all the anti-tobacco requirements of the National Prevention Agreement (NPA). This report details current and near future vaping regulations in the Netherlands…
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Regulatory report: Ukraine, September 2021
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 22nd September 2021 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report offers an up-to-date overview of the current regulatory environment for e-cigs in Ukraine, focusing on all aspects from age and product restrictions to taxation and notification…
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Regulatory report: Georgia, August 2021
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 30th August 2021 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This report offers an overview of the regulatory regime for vaping in the republic of Georgia, covering everything from product restrictions to taxation…
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Regulatory report: Russia, June 2021
Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 15th June 2021 | Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports
This reports details the regulation of e-cigarettes which came into force in Russia on 31st July 2020, including planned future tax rises and scheduled changes in sanctions…