Iceland Passes Electronic Cigarette Management Act

More and more countries have begun to control electronic cigarette products, such as Iceland, they passed a new law at the legislative meeting held last week, for the first time specifically for electronic cigarette control and taxation.

Under this law, e-liquid and vapes containing nicotine and nicotine are legally sold in Iceland but cannot be advertised. China’s vape information has learned that Iceland will also impose a 0.9% tax on vapes for its sales, and donate this tax to public health funds to monitor and study the health effects of vapes.

Iceland uses a notification system similar to that already implemented by the European Union. Manufacturers and importers of nicotine-containing products must notify Icelandic consumer agencies six months prior to listing. The company must also monitor and report the sales of electronic cigarettes and cigarette oil.

Electronic cigarettes sold in Iceland must comply with legal sales conditions. The electronic cigarette must have a health warning about the use of the product and must not use pictures or text that attract children. The product must be child-proof, non-leaking and refillable. Vape products cannot add “healthy” additives such as vitamins, nor can they contain caffeine and other additives related to energy or vitality.

The law will enter into force on March 1, 2019. Manufacturers and importers of electronic cigarette products containing nicotine can begin to inform Icelandic consumer agencies on September 1, 2018 for legal marketing. Under the act, electronic cigarette products that do not contain nicotine can continue to be sold in Iceland without the need to perform this notification process.

There are several months of buffer time, I believe that the impact of the current electronic cigarette market in Iceland is not great, as long as you can report on the normal way, and the soundness of the law will better guide the electronic cigarette market. There is also research on the use of taxation for vapes, which is believed to be welcome for vape manufacturers.

The law originally copied TPD directly but later revised it. The nicotine content limit is now 20 mg/ml, but the restrictions on the size and tank size of vapes and e-liquids are not included in the final text of the law, and a regulatory and monitoring method will be implemented later. The act states that the Icelandic government can charge manufacturers or importers for the required product testing fees and the cost of processing the notified products. In addition, all electronic cigarettes are prohibited from advertising, and electronic cigarettes cannot be placed on display stands, except in electronic cigarette stores.

The task of propaganda against this law is obviously very heavy. The members of the Icelandic parliament said that they received a lot of e-mails and they all protested against vape legislation. Many lawmakers had to set filters on their mailboxes to filter out these e-mails. Iceland complied with WHO's recommendations when drafting vape supervision laws, but its supervision was more gentle than that of TPD jurisdictions.

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