E-cigarettes

The ban will start with public places because there will be “many enforcement problems” in indoor areas

INDONESIA raised the minimum age limit for purchasing cigarettes to 21 from 18 as part of a series of changes to health regulations intended to curb the deadly habit in a country with one of the world...

HONG Kong announced plans on Thursday (Jun 6) for a blanket ban on e-cigarettes, citing a “consensus” on the need for action and their impact on the health of young people.

AUSTRALIA announced a sweeping crackdown on vaping Tuesday, accusing tobacco companies of hooking the next “generation of nicotine addicts” by deliberately targeting teenagers.

JUUL Labs won preliminary approval of a settlement aimed at resolving thousands of lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as a major cause of a US youth-vaping epidemic.

MALAYSIA is considering a ban on smoking and the sale of all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to people born after 2007, joining New Zealand lawmakers in a once-unheard of move against one of...

[GENEVA] Electronic cigarettes and similar devices are dangerous to health and must be regulated to curb the tobacco industry's tactics to get young people hooked on nicotine, the World Health Organiz...

[SHANGHAI] Chinese e-cigarette maker RLX Technology Inc. is looking to raise as much as US$1.17 billion from a US initial public offering, highlighting how American stock exchanges remain attractive f...

[NEW YORK] E-cigarette giant Juul Labs could cut more than half its workforce, according to a person familiar with the company's plans, while it weighs exiting more European and Asian markets, further...