EU Floats Ban on Flavored Heated Tobacco Products

The EU on June 29 floated the idea of banning the sale of flavored heated tobacco products as part of a broader plan to fight cancer, The Associated Press reported June 29. The European Commission laid out the proposal amid a 10% bump in sales of these goods in more than five member nations. Heated tobacco products now make up over 2.5% of total sales of tobacco products throughout the EU. The ban would cover devices that use heated tobacco to make emissions containing nicotine that is then inhaled by the user, including some but not all vaping devices.