Belgium: oral tobacco and nicotine pouch regulation, November 2024

According to the royal decree of 5th February 2016 on tobacco products (Tobacco Decree), the sale of snus is explicitly banned in Belgium. In fact, the only type of oral tobacco that can be sold is chewing tobacco. The sale of nicotine pouches and cannabinoid-containing pouches is banned by a royal decree dated March 2023.

This report provides details of the current regulatory framework for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches in Belgium, covering all policy areas from taxation and notification to advertising and labelling restrictions.

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Mohamed Yousef

Legal analyst, data operations
Mohamed brings more than four years of experience in the field of policy analysis. He has previously worked at Dow Jones & company as a research analyst. He is based in Barcelona, Spain; and holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Alexandria University.

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