Vapour products entered the country in 2008, five years after China introduced these products in 2003....

The absence of legislation regarding vapour products allows players to be quite flexible in terms of offering different products to consumers. There are also no restrictions regarding the consumption of vapour products in public areas. The category ...

Sales of vapour devices remained negligible in India in 2015. However, consumers are likely to start using these products as they perceive them to be less harmful than cigarettes....

Vapour products became increasingly widely available in major cities such as Islamabad and Rawalpindi towards the end of the review period, with these products increasingly attracting young adults. Many are attracted by the wide range of sweet ...

The Iranian government believes that vapour devices are more harmful than regular cigarettes and it communicates this massage in mass media. There are some thoughts that the government makes a considerable amount of money from the tobacco monopoly ...

At the time of compiling the research for this report, there were no sales of vapour products and devices in the United Arab Emirates....

The 3226/11 norm from ANMAT (National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology) in Argentina bans the importation, distribution, marketing and advertising or any form of promotion throughout the national territory of the electronic ...

Vapour products saw current value growth slow dramatically from a review period CAGR of 75% in 2015, while remaining strong with 20% growth in the year. This abrupt slowing in growth was meanwhile linked to tighter regulations covering vapour ...

Following the introduction of vapour products in 2013 and 2014, the category recorded significant growth in 2015, posting an increase of 143% in current value terms. In addition to generally attracting more consumers, the category also benefited from...

Electronic cigarettes were very niche in Slovenia in 2015. The first e-cigarette retailers appeared in the market at the end of 2013; therefore 2014, was their first year of operation....

Sales of vapour devices remained negligible in Uzbekistan in 2015....

Vapour products posted a current value sales decline of 1% in 2015. This negative performance was attributable to multiple factors, including the widespread sale of e-cigarettes by informal retailers, tariff surcharges on imported products and ...

There are currently no visible sales of vapour products in Mexico....

In 2016, vapour products which contain nicotine continued to remain illegal in New Zealand under Ministry of Health rules. These cannot be sold, or resold, in New Zealand because they are unapproved medicines. However, they can be legally purchased ...

Sales of vapour products remain negligible in Algeria....

In 2015, e-liquids was the fastest-growing individual vapour products category, with a 57% value sales increase to reach US$1.0 billion. This contrasted significantly with vapour products as a whole, which grew by 29% to reach US$3.5 billion. The ...

All talk around the usage and regulation of vapour products in Austria in 2015 was not followed by the vast majority of consumers. Vapour products remained relatively unknown as smokers remained little interested. A few regional changes and ...

There are no visible sales of vapour products in Venezuela....

There were no registered sales of vapour devices in 2015, as the commercialisation of e-cigarettes was prohibited in Uruguay in 2009....

Vapour products have been available in South Africa since 2008. There are currently approximately 85,000 regular vapour products users in South Africa, which is in fact a very small number in comparison with the number of regular cigarette smokers; ...