Tag: e-cigs

  • 18 Mississippi Retailers Cited for Underage Sales

    18 Mississippi Retailers Cited for Underage Sales

    Eighteen citations were issued last week to Mississippi, USA convenience stores for allegedly selling e-cigarettes and beer to people under 21 years old. Mississippi raised its age to purchase vaping products from 18 to 221 earlier this year.

    Credit: Bill Oxford

    Last week, the Mississippi Attorney General’s Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement Division conducted the compliance checks in Lafayette County and the city of Oxford in partnership with the Oxford Police Department, according to a story on hottytoddy.com.

    Out of 25 stores checked, there was a total of 18 violations, with several stores getting more than one violation.

    “By Mississippi state law, the sale of beer, vape, and e-cigarettes to anyone under age 21 is illegal,” said Attorney General Lynn Fitch. “This action was taken to hold stores accountable as we all work to protect the health and safety of our children.”

  • 3 Separate Ministries to Regulate E-Cigs in Malaysia

    3 Separate Ministries to Regulate E-Cigs in Malaysia

    Credit: Esmonde Yung

    Malaysia will now jointly regulate its e-cigarette industry through three separate ministries. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba told Parliament the Health Ministry; the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry; and the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) will now regulate the products. This reverses a policy proposal from the previous Pakatan Harapan (PH) government.

    “The Cabinet meeting on October 28, 2016 decided that three ministries — the Health Ministry, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry and the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry — would regulate the use of e-cigarettes or vape (devices) encompassing control over the use of and sales of e-cigarette and vape (device) liquid as well as setting safe standards on devices used,” Dr Adham said in a written parliamentary statement yesterday, according to a story on malaymail.com.

    Adham was responding to Gopeng MP Dr. Lee Boon Chye from PKR who asked the government to state its policies on vape devices and e-cigarettes. Lee had been deputy health minister under the PH administration when a new law, the Tobacco Control Act, was mooted putting the Health Ministry in charge of all tobacco-related products and no-smoking zones.

    The sale of e-cigarette and vape device liquids containing nicotine as a consumer product is not allowed in Malaysia. However, the country recently imposed a 10 percent tax on the products.