1. Kazakh customs intercepted a shipment of e-cigarettes from China

Kazakhstan's Arakol Customs recently intercepted a batch of electronic cigarettes from China, weighing 155.8 tons, with an estimated value of 6.1 billion Kazakh tenge (about 100 million yuan). The shipment has been handed over to the Zhetis District investigation department for further investigation and legal proceedings.

2. A major case of illegal e-cigarette operation was detected in Gaotang, Shandong Province

Recently, the Public Security Bureau of Gaotang County, Shandong province, according to clues, successfully cracked a cross-province illegal operation of electronic cigarettes, the whole chain destroyed the production, transportation, sales of non-national standard electronic cigarettes gang, involved in the value of more than 130 million yuan, 35 suspects were taken criminal compulsory measures by the Gaotang public security.

It is understood that this is an illegal e-cigarette business network produced and sold from Shenzhen to more than 20 provinces in the country, the source is an e-cigarette production company in Shenzhen, enterprises normally produce qualified products during the day, and secretly produce illegal e-cigarettes at night. The case is currently under further trial.

3. Huangpu Customs intercepted a batch of HEETS brand IQOS cigarette bombs, the declaration name was "toothpick"

Recently, customs officers of Shatin Customs under the Whampoa Customs Office conducted a CT machine inspection on a number of commodities declared for export and found that the image of the goods declared as "toothpicks" was abnormal. After the on-site unpacking inspection, it was found that the actual product was HEETS brand IQOS e-cigarette bomb, with a total of 22,200 pieces. At present, it has been handed over to the disposal department for further disposal.

4. Hong Kong, China Officially announces "Alternative Smoking Products Transhipment Control Scheme"

On June 30, the Customs and Excise Department officially announced the "Alternative Smoking Products Transhipment Control Scheme" on its official website, detailing the intermodal transhipment scheme. (For details, please click: Alternative Smoking Products Transhipment Control Scheme)

5. Sichuan Provincial Tobacco Monopoly Bureau reported the quality supervision and random inspection of e-cigarette products in the first half of 2023

On July 7, Sichuan Provincial Tobacco Monopoly Bureau reported the quality supervision and random inspection of electronic cigarette products in the first half of 2023, saying that the quality supervision and random inspection of electronic cigarette products was carried out in the first half of 2023. A total of 8 sets of e-cigarette products from 3 brands produced or commissioned by 3 e-cigarette brand holding enterprises were extracted (8 cigarette set products and 8 cigarette bomb products were adapted).

According to the test results, the 12 safety indicators of all sampled products meet the requirements of the national standard for electronic Cigarettes (GB 41700-2022).

6. Minxin shares said that e-cigarettes are a growth point of concern for the company in 2023

On July 5, some investors asked Mincore shares about the progress of e-cigarettes in the second half of the year, Mincore shares replied that e-cigarettes are a growth point of concern for the company in 2023, similar to silicon wheat in previous years, e-cigarettes are a good opportunity to upgrade demand, from development to formal promotion, has experienced a long period of verification, has been quite mature. Shipments are steadily climbing.

7. JUUL sued NJOY for patent infringement

On Friday, Juul Labs filed a lawsuit with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and filed a lawsuit in federal District court, both of which allege that the NJOY Ace e-cigarette infringes Juul's patents. The lawsuit filed by Juul involves NJOY and its new parent company, Altria Group. At the same time, Juul asked the Commission to block the continued import and sale of these products in the United States.

8. The latest research from many countries says that e-cigarettes do not damage the cardiovascular system

Recently, Italy, the United States and other multinational medical teams jointly published a paper pointed out that the cardiovascular damage of electronic cigarettes is far less than cigarettes, cigarettes will increase the risk of smokers suffering from coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction, stroke and other critical diseases, electronic cigarettes will almost not affect cardiovascular health. According to the World Heart Federation (WHF), 550 million people worldwide suffer from cardiovascular disease and 20.5 million die from heart disease and stroke each year.

9. Supreme became the general distributor of ELFBAR and LOST MARY brands in the UK

Supreme has become the UK general distributor of ElfBar and Lost Mary e-cigarettes, Supreme will supply ElfBar and Lost Mary products to some of the UK's biggest retailers, including Tesco, Morrisons, One Stop and WHSmith Travel.

10. UK regulator issues enforcement notice over e-cigarette ads on TikTok

The UK's Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has issued an enforcement notice instructing e-cigarette companies to comply with advertising rules and remove all e-cigarette ads appearing on social media such as TikTok.

In a statement, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said: "We are aware that some brands are placing or encouraging third parties to place content relating to e-cigarette products and their components on TikTok. We have put brands on notice that if we detect persistent problems, then we will take targeted enforcement action."