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According to vaping360, recently, Panama's National Assembly approved a bill to ban the sale of all e-cigarette products with or without nicotine. The ban also applies to heated tobacco products (HTPs) such as iqos. In addition, the Panamanian National Assembly said that although the Act prohibits Panama customs from importing e-cigarette products, it does not prohibit Panama from exporting e-cigarette products to other countries, nor does it prohibit the transshipment of e-cigarette products from Panama to other countries.

Vpz, a UK based e-cigarette retailer, launched vape clinic service at its flagship store in Newbridge on July 5. The coach of vape clinic is an expert who helps smokers quit smoking and provides them with advice, foreign reports said. The company now plans to launch the service in all locations in the coming months to meet the growing demand for smoking cessation services. During the covid-19 smoking ban, the number of local smoking cessation services and smokers' retailers decreased significantly, and thousands of smokers were denied any services to help them quit, the report said.

According to Hong Kong's Xingdao daily, a study by the University of Hong Kong shows that the proportion of young people aged 25 or below using new tobacco products such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco has reached a new high, reaching 85.9% from 2019 to 2020, an increase of 13 percentage points over the previous year, and it is the third year in a row. The situation is worrying.

According to foreign reports, a leading steam retailer in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said that the industry must take more measures to support the government's official efforts aimed at preventing counterfeit and unregulated e-cigarette trade and preventing sales to minors.

The alliance of youth and public health advocates, which supports the ban, believes that flavoring products attract more young people to use tobacco, including e-cigarettes.