SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant shift in tobacco policy, South Korea’s Ministry of Finance has indicated support for regulating synthetic nicotine products under the country’s Tobacco Business Act, following new research that challenges claims about their safety. A comprehensive study commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare has found that synthetic [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean lawmakers are pushing for legislation that would require warning labels and images on electronic cigarette devices, addressing a regulatory blind spot in the nation’s tobacco control measures. The bill, recently introduced by Representative Jeon Jin-sook of the Democratic Party, aims to expand current regulations that mandate health warnings [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Promotion Institute announced on October 9 that they will launch their second anti-smoking advertisement campaign of the year, titled “E-cigarettes Are Not OK At All,” running from October 10 through the end of the year across various media platforms. This [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – In a recent ruling, the Seoul Administrative Court dismissed the argument of an electronic cigarette liquid importer, Company A, that its product should not be classified as tobacco because it was extracted from the stem, not the leaves, of the tobacco plant. The importer had been importing e-cigarette liquid made [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has found that users of electronic cigarettes, particularly those using liquid-type e-cigarettes, exhibit weaker intentions to quit smoking compared to traditional cigarette users. The study, conducted by a research team led by Professor Kim Dae-hyun of the Department of Family Medicine at Keimyung University College of Medicine, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc. said Tuesday it will launch the new IQOS ILUMA e-cigarette heating device next month, as competition heats up in South Korea’s growing non-combustible tobacco market. The IQOS ILUMA is the latest heatable e-cigarette device from the U.S. tobacco maker in three years. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — As demand for smoking booths continues to rise, a vaping room has been set up in downtown Seoul for e-cigarette smokers. Philip Morris Korea Inc. said Tuesday that it had set up an outdoor smoking booth for both electronic and non-electronic cigarette smokers at the Parc 1 Tower complex [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Tobacco producers will now be banned from promoting cigarette consumption by offering new products for free trial. A bill containing relevant provisions to amend the National Health Promotion Act was passed by the state council on Tuesday. Current laws prohibit all acts of promoting cigarette sales by tobacco producers, [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S.-based electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. said Wednesday that it will pull out of South Korea one year after its launch here following controversies over health concerns. Juul — which packages nicotine salts from leaf tobacco into one-time use cartridges — was launched in the country last May. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. has decided to restructure its Korean unit following its headquarters. Juul Labs Korea said Thursday, “We are looking at how best we can reorganize our operations locally in each country we are currently working in, and we are making individual adjustments to each [...]