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22nd July 2024: Brazil: A congresswomen from the Democratic Labour Party (which is part of the government coalition) has introduced a bill to criminalise the manufacture, import and sale of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco. It punishes offenders with imprisonment of between one and three years as well as a fine. The text also forbids the consumption of products anywhere that is open to the public. The bill will now be analysed by the Chamber of Deputies' Committee.
17th July 2024: Guatemala: On Monday, 15th July, president Bernardo Arévalo appointed Joaquín Barnoya Pérez as the new minister of health. With Arévalo’s academic background in tobacco control, his appointment may influence future policies and enforcement in the country for tobacco alternatives, press reports.
16th July 2024: US - General: Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced it will invest $600m to open a manufacturing facility in Aurora, Colorado. Regular production is expected to start in 2026. “PMI and its US affiliates are accelerating their mission to move adults who smoke away from cigarettes in the US,” said Stacey Kennedy, president of Americas Region and CEO of PMI US, “by investing in new US manufacturing capacity to meet the increasing demand for nicotine options that are scientifically substantiated as better alternatives.”
16th July 2024: El Salvador: In August, the entity in charge of supervising and regulating tobacco and nicotine products, the National Directorate of Medicines (DNM), will become the new Health Regulatory Superintendency (SRS). This change will involve taking on some responsibilities from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG). The SRS will continue regulating tobacco, and nicotine and non-nicotine delivery devices.
8th July 2024: US - Minnesota: Attorney general (AG) Keith Ellison has announced that he has filed a motion moving to enforce the 1998 settlement agreement with tobacco manufacturers, which detailed that tobacco companies’ marketing would be restricted and manufacturers would have to pay the state annually. The motion asks the court to order the manufacturers to pay $58m, which includes underpayments due from each annual payment since 2008 as well as interest.
1st July 2024: US - Federal: The US Supreme Court has overruled the 1984 Chevron decision. One of the key principles of the Chevron doctrine is that an agency’s interpretation (provided it is reasonable) would not be overruled by a court. In the decision that overturned Chevron, chief justice John Roberts said: “Courts must exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority, as the APA (Administrative Procedure Act) requires.” This may have an impact on the tobacco and nicotine industry as it may open the door for the courts to potentially overrule Food and Drug Administration decisions.
1st July 2024: US - Maryland: Effective today, the sales and use tax for electronic smoking devices, including vaping liquid in a container of more than 5 ml, rises from 12% to 20%. The sales and use tax for vaping liquid in a container of 5 ml or less remains unchanged at 60%, while the cigarette tax changes as follows: from $3.75 per package to $5 per package for packs of 20; and for packs of more than 20, from $0.175 per cigarette in the package to $0.25. Finally, the Other Tobacco Products tax (excluding pipe tobacco and cigars) rises from 53% of the wholesale price of the tobacco products to 60%.
1st July 2024: US - California: A new tax rate on tobacco products comes into force today. The tax will change from 56.32% of the wholesale cost to 52.92%, and runs until 30th June 2025.
27th June 2024: US - Federal: Altria Group has announced the submission of premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its On! Plus oral nicotine pouch products. The PMTAs were submitted by Altria’s wholly owned subsidiary Helix Innovations. “We believe that these PMTAs demonstrate that responsibly marketed On! Plus pouches can provide a compelling alternative in the marketplace,” said Paige Magness, senior vice-president of regulatory affairs at Altria Client Services. In the first quarter of 2024, On! reported shipment volume grew 32% versus the prior year and the brand achieved a 7.1% retail share of the total US oral tobacco category. Further details on the subject can be found in our news report.
20th June 2024: Canada: Health Canada has published the report of the second review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA), which focuses on tobacco products and complements the first review on the TVPA’s vaping-related provisions. The second review recommends prioritising First Nations, Inuit, and Métis engagement, cooperation, and reconciliation, addressing barriers to cessation, strengthening enforcement, increasing transparency, and addressing industry interference. It also addresses concerns over the access to and potential appeal of certain new nicotine replacement therapies to youth, specifically the new nicotine pouches authorised by Health Canada in July 2023.
20th June 2024: Paraguay: The Chamber of Deputies has rejected an initiative proposed by two deputies from the main opposition party, the Authentic Radical Liberal Party, that would have increased the tax on tobacco products – including heated and oral tobacco – by 2 percentage points, from 22% to 24% of their retail price.
19th June 2024: US - District of Columbia: Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced that online sales of Zyn nicotine pouches have been suspended by manufacturer Swedish Match North America (SMNA) after the company received a subpoena from the attorney general of the District of Columbia (DC) requesting information about flavoured Zyn product sales in DC. A flavour ban prohibiting the sale of all flavoured tobacco and nicotine products took effect in 2022 in DC. PMI said that SMNA would comply with the subpoena, and that PMI’s preliminary investigation “indicates that there have been sales of flavored nicotine pouch products in DC, predominantly related to certain online sales platforms and some independent retailers”. The company also said it is “conducting a full review of its sales and supply chain arrangements in DC and other US localities where flavor bans may apply”. Recently, Health Canada issued a recall of Zyn nicotine pouches for being sold without market authorisation.

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