Russian Finance Ministry to Raise HnB Excise by 33% and Liquid by 94%

Oklahoma lawmakers pass a bill to crack down on students using e-cigarettes, allowing searches for devices and creating stricter regulations.

A New York Times (nytimes.com) article revealed how major tobacco companies in the United States are using tactics to oppose the implementation of a menthol cigarette ban.

Strengthened regulation will not suffocate the industry, but benefit development.

The Australian medical institution has called for a ban on importing all nicotine e-cigarettes without a prescription. The Minister of Health said the government would take decisive action against illegal e-cigarettes. However, the National Party believes that the current prescription model should be abandoned and a new system should be established.

The bipartisan competition pattern is one of US politics' main features. 2FIRSTS draws the picture of e-cig regulation in the US from the perspective of bipartisan competition just as the midterm elections has ended.

Recently, Miller Xu, the Vice President of 2FIRSTS Russia, has been appointed as the Assistant Chairman of the Russian Association of E-cigarette Manufacturers and Importers.