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Montevideo, May 12th 2025 - 15:24 UTC

Tag: e-cigarretes

  • Thursday, May 1st 2025 - 09:24 UTC

    Brazilian digital platforms banned from advertising vaping devices

    “Our goal is to ensure that the digital environment respects legislation and promotes consumer safety,” Correa said

    Brazil's National Consumer Secretary (Senacon) has ordered digital platforms, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Enjoei, and Mercado Livre, to remove advertisements promoting or selling electronic cigarettes (vapes) and other tobacco-derived products within 48 hours. This directive follows Brazil's continued ban on these products, upheld by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) in April 2025.

  • Monday, March 27th 2023 - 19:45 UTC

    Argentina bans the sale and import of e-cigarettes

    Electronic cigarette consumption in Argentina had relatively low values, reaching 1.1% of the adult population. However, it reached 7% of the population aged 13 to 15 years.

    The Ministry of Health of Argentina has prohibited the importation, distribution, commercialization, and advertising of different types of electronic cigarettes and their accessories “throughout the national territory”, due to their potential harm to health.

  • Friday, December 20th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

    US Congress raised minimum age to buy tobacco and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21

    The Bill takes effect next year and will mean that tobacco and e-cigarettes will join alcohol as substances that are prohibited to purchase for those under the age of 21.

    The US Congress voted on Thursday to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21 across the country, a move intended to stem the rising tide of youth vaping.