Ecuador

Additives: refers to ingredients used to increase palatability (sugars and sweeteners, such as glucose, molasses, honey and sorbitol, aromatic substances, such as benzaldehyde, maltol, menthol and vanillin or spices and herbs, such as cinnamon, ginger and mint); ingredients used to give the impression that the products offer benefits to health or that they represent reduced risks to health (vitamins, such as C and E, fruit and vegetable juices, amino acids, such as cysteine and tryptophan, and essential fatty acids, such as omega-3’s and omega-6’s); or ingredients associated with energy and vitality (such stimulant compounds as caffeine, guarana, taurine, glucuronolactone) which are added to tobacco products in order to make them more attractive, achieve greater adherence to its initial use or the continuation of its use.

The definition of "additives" is significant because the law requires companies that manufacture, import and sell tobacco products to report to the National Health Authority, upon entry to the market and thereafter annually, on the ingredients, components, additives and other substances used in their tobacco products, along with information on their design, residues and emissions.

Emissions: all substances released when the product is put to the use for which it is designed. For example, in the case of cigarettes and other tobacco products consumed by burning, “emissions” is understood as the substances that form part of the smoke. In the case of tobacco products for oral use without smoke, “emissions” is understood as the substances released during the process of chewing or sucking, and in nasal use refers to the substances released by the particulates during the inhalation process.

The definition of "emissions" is significant because the law authorizes the National Health Authority to regulate the emissions of tobacco products.