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Brazil’s Federal Public Ministry in Uberlândia has just taken a bold step challenging the country’s decade-long e-cigarette prohibition failures

Prohibition Does Not Work (PDNW) today announced the appointment of Michael Ellis MSc, former Assistant Director of Police Services at INTERPOL, as Principal Global Advisor on Illicit Trade and Organised Crime , strengthening the campaign’s global expertise on illicit trade, organised crime, and the real-world consequences of prohibitionist policy.With more than 45 years of experience in international law enforcement, including leading INTERPOL’s global programme on illicit goods and counterfeiting, Ellis brings frontline operational insight into how black markets emerge, adapt, and thrive under prohibition-driven regulatory regimes. His appointment will support PDNW’s research, policy development, and international engagement on the unintended harms of prohibition.

Prohibition Does Not Work (PDNW) has written to Hon. Dr. Namal Sudarshana, Deputy Minister of Women and Child Affairs of Sri Lanka, to express serious concern over recent calls for an outright ban on reduced-risk nicotine alternatives such as vapour products and nicotine pouches.

Prohibition Does Not Work has formally submitted comments to the Spanish Parliament in response to the Draft Bill amending Law 28/2005, which seeks to regulate the sale, supply, and advertising of tobacco and nicotine products.

When governments ban products, consumers are forced to find nearby substitutes or buy from the black market. This has a host of unintended consequences—Malaysia should look carefully at the history of vapour product bans before taking such a serious step.