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Review of hot news in the global e-cigarette industry for a week

Review of hot news in the global e-cigarette industry for a week

2022-12-27

1. China Tobacco Sichuan released a new heat-not-burn product "Kung Fu 3.0"


On the afternoon of December 18, China Tobacco Sichuan held a heat-not-burn new product release conference at the Zhu Bingren Copper Intangible Cultural Heritage Living Hall in Kuanzhai Alley, Chengdu, with the theme of "Three Lives and All Things Create and Share the Future". At this press conference, China Tobacco Sichuan released a new product "Kung Fu 3.0".


It is reported that the Kungfu 3.0 heater has 6 core technologies, including the world's first non-contact airflow heating technology, intelligent learning temperature control algorithm system, equipped with Bluetooth communication technology, graphite heating element technology, high-performance battery technology, and no need to clean.




2. Jier Technology, Bolton Group, and Wuxin Technology were selected as "Shenzhen Top 100 Quality Enterprises"


Recently, the fourth "Shenzhen Top 100 Quality Enterprises" list was released, and three e-cigarette companies, Shenzhen Jier Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Bolton Spice Co., Ltd., and Shenzhen Fog Core Technology Co., Ltd., were selected.




3. Qingdao Customs seized 6,000 heat-not-burn pods in excess


A few days ago, at the Qingdao Jiaodong Airport Customs Travel Inspection site, passengers were seized and undeclared to carry a certain brand of heat-not-burn pods into the country. A total of 6,000 over-carried pods were seized. At present, the customs is temporarily detaining the above-mentioned pods and proceeding to the next step in accordance with the law.


On the same day, the customs officers at the travel inspection site were in the process of supervising the luggage of passengers on the inbound flight, and found that the image of a passenger's luggage passing through the plane was abnormal, showing a large number of columnar items neatly arranged. The on-site customs officer immediately conducted a thorough inspection of the box and found that in addition to daily necessities, the passenger's luggage also carried a large number of heat-not-burn cigarette bombs.




4. Five e-cigarette traders charged by the Philippine Internal Revenue Service for tax evasion


On Tuesday, the Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed criminal charges of alleged tax evasion and related charges against five traders involved in smuggling vaping products into the country. IRS Commissioner Romeo Lumagui personally led the charge.


It is reported that Philippine authorities seized 50,000 to 100,000 e-cigarettes, 899 boxes of untaxed taxable boxed products consisting of 175,050 pods, and 61,400 bottled flavored e-liquids, worth about 15 million to 30 million Philippine pesos. . The IRS chief has warned that the government will crack down on traders who do not pay the correct taxes.




5. The latest research by Chinese and foreign universities confirms that e-cigarettes have significant harm reduction


Recently, a number of universities including Oxford, Harvard and Queen Mary University of London have jointly published research papers showing that e-cigarettes are a very safe and effective means of quitting smoking, and their smoking cessation rate is much higher than that of traditional NRT (nicotine replacement therapy).


Another paper published by the domestic Fuzhou University team in conjunction with Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital and other institutions also proved that e-cigarettes are safer and much less toxic than traditional cigarettes.




6. Indonesia released the 2023-2024 e-cigarette and HPTL excise tax regulations


Recently, the Indonesian government issued regulations on consumption tax and retail price (HJE) restrictions on electronic cigarette products (REL) and other tobacco processed products (HPTL) in 2023-2024. In the next two years, the consumption tax on electronic cigarette products and other tobacco processed products The average annual increase is 15% and 6%.




7. California's flavored tobacco ban came into effect on December 21


In the last election, California voters approved Proposition 31, which reaffirmed the ban on flavored tobacco products, including flavored e-cigarettes, which went into effect on Dec. 21 after the U.S. Supreme Court had already allowed California’s ban on flavored tobacco products , The scope of prohibition includes flavored e-cigarettes, menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.




8. Bantam Vape’s PMTA application has been accepted by FDA


According to foreign media reports, Bantam Vape's PMTA application for non-tobacco nicotine e-liquid has been accepted by the US Food and Drug Administration. Bantam's application now enters the next step in the PMTA process - an initial scientific review to confirm that the application contains all required elements, allowing FDA to conduct a substantive review. It is reported that the company submitted an application for non-tobacco nicotine e-liquid to the FDA on May 13 this year.


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