The South Korean government has relaxed the 70 year old narcotic law to allow industrial marijuana production in specific areas.It is reported that Dong'an City, located in gyeongbei province of South Korea, announced on July 6 that it would approve the opening of an industrial marijuana free trade zone.
View MoreAccording to its e-commerce department outside the United Arab Emirates and vape, the largest e-commerce retailer in India, will open in July this year. All products sold at the vape stop store are approved by the UAE government agency, the United Arab Emirates Bureau of standardization and Metrology (Esma), which is responsible for the management and approval of a wide range of products, including electronic nicotine products imported and sold in the country.
View MoreAccording to foreign reports, the Australian Ministry of health has suspended the ban on the import of nicotine liquid to Australia. The ban, which is due to take effect on July 1, will block imports of e-cigarettes and nicotine substitutes for the first 12 months, with a possible fine of up to $220000.
View MoreAccording to the German voice, the German government is planning to limit the outdoor advertising of tobacco products. It is reported that Germany is the only EU country that still allows tobacco companies to widely publicize their products.
View MoreThe German youth smoking rate has dropped to the lowest level in decades, according to the latest German adolescent health education center report released on Monday. The survey was conducted from April to June 2019, involving 7000 German teenagers aged 12 to 25. According to the survey, 5.6% of German adolescents aged 12 to 17 smoke occasionally or frequently, and 21.2% of those aged 18 to 25 smoke. These two values are the lowest in Germany since the relevant survey data.
View MoreAccording to foreign reports, the steam industry advocacy group (ukvia) called on the British government to consider imposing a similar value-added tax rate on e-cigarettes currently applicable to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT).
View MoreAccording to the Wall Street Journal, Juul labs Inc., an American e-cigarette maker, is considering entering the heavily regulated Japanese market. In a statement on Tuesday, Juul said Haruhiko hirate, a former employee of Takeda pharmaceutical company in Tokyo, was hired to lead the work. He was appointed as the representative director and chairman of the newly established Juul labs Japan Co.
View MoreThe complaint alleges that Juul, Altria and their leaders have engaged in unfair and deceptive acts.Hawaii is suing Juul labs, the largest e-cigarette maker in the United States, and Altria group
View MoreKim IK Jung is widely acclaimed for developing liposoluble liquid encapsulation technology, which previously relied on imports from Japan.
View MoreTo stay in Russia, Juul needs to reduce nicotine's share from 50 mg of its device.Russian legislators are discussing a bill that would ban the sale of devices containing more than 20 mg of liquid nicotine, the business man reported.
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