ArticleTobacco control2020
See you in court: obstacles to enforcing the ban on electronic cigarette flavours and marketing in Finland.
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- Knowledge, perceptions, and experiences of e-cigarettes among young adults in Cape Town, South Africa: Insights from focus groups to inform regulations and prevention strategies.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2024Article
- Changes in prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of tobacco and nicotine use in Finland during the COVID-19 pandemic.European journal of public health · 2023Article
- Common Measures to Evaluate Flavored Tobacco Products: Recommendations From the Tobacco Centers for Regulatory Science (TCORS) Flavored Tobacco Products Measurement Subcommittee.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Snus and snus-like nicotine products moving across Nordic borders: Can laws protect young people?Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2021Article
- E-Cigarettes: A New Threat to Cardiovascular Health - A World Heart Federation Policy Brief.Global heart · 2021Article
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- 9. Flavours in novel and emerging nicotine and tobacco products.World Health Organization technical report series · 2021Article
- Online sales compliance with the electronic cigarettes ban in India: a content analysis.International journal of public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
The aim of Finnish tobacco policy is to end the use of tobacco and other nicotine-containing products by 2030. Towards that end, the regulation of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in Finland is stricter than that in other European Union (EU) countries, including a ban on characterising flavours in e-cigarette liquids as well as on marketing e-cigarettes. This article describes the e-cigarette market, its regulation and the challenges faced in enforcing regulations in Finland. The materials used for this study include data from tobacco control authorities on retail licences, product notifications, and guidance and decisions concerning enforcing regulations, as well as public documents from the courts concerning e-cigarette-linked appeals on selling flavours and marketing e-cigarettes. Legislation and documents produced during legislative processes are also used. Access to e-cigarettes is limited, as only 5% of retailers for tobacco or nicotine products have a licence for retailing nicotine liquids. Liquids containing flavours but without nicotine are commonly sold by specialised e-cigarette shops and websites as foodstuffs. Effective regulation is hampered by the enormous number and variety of e-cigarette products notified for potential market access, limited resources for tobacco control to expand in scope and reluctance of the e-cigarette business to comply with the stricter regulations in Finland, resulting in court cases filed by e-cigarette businesses. Mounting evidence suggests that regulating flavours in e-cigarettes to protect youth is wise although not easy. Many counties are currently considering further regulations on e-cigarettes and so should the EU.
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