Marija Obradovic, Author at TobaccoIntelligence

How heated tobacco packaging may change with the EU delegated directive

Written by Marija Obradovic || 9th May 2023 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This report provides insight and analysis of what could change in terms of packaging following the implementation of the Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 ...

Health Canada proposes going bigger and bolder on tobacco health warnings

Written by Marija Obradovic || 14th June 2022 || News analysis |

Health Canada has put forward a plan for new packaging restrictions for tobacco products, including rotating health-related messages, as well as bigger health warnings on heated tobacco ...

UK: HnB, oral tobacco and nicotine pouch regulation, April 2022

Written by Marija Obradovic || 11th April 2022 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

By the end of 2022, a new tobacco control plan will be published. This report offers an overview of the current framework for heated tobacco, snus and nicotine pouches in the UK ...

Denmark prepares to lead Europe with its first planned tobacco-free generation

Written by Marija Obradovic || 16th March 2022 || News analysis |

Denmark could become the first country in Europe to impose a generational limit on access to tobacco and nicotine products, with a plan to ban access to tobacco and nicotine products to anyone born in or after 2010...

Regulatory report: Croatia – HnB, oral tobacco and nicotine pouches, March 2022

Written by Marija Obradovic || 1st March 2022 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Broad regulation of heated tobacco, including taxation, is set to remain unchanged in Croatia for the currently foreseeable future. This report lays out the details of how that regulation applies ...

Regulatory report: Denmark – heated tobacco, snus and nicotine pouches, January 2022

Written by Marija Obradovic || 13th January 2022 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

In Denmark a new tax on nicotine pouches will enter into force in July 2022. Further increases in heated tobacco taxation are expected for 2023. A flavour ban may come into force in...

Regulatory report: Canada – heated tobacco, snus, tobacco-free snus, September 2021

Written by Marija Obradovic || 23rd September 2021 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Heated tobacco products must follow tobacco regulation in Canada. This report offers a comprehensive overview of the current regulations in place for heated tobacco products and snus ...

Montenegro’s plan to increase heated tobacco tax misses its proposed due date

Written by Marija Obradovic || 3rd August 2021 || News analysis |

Two months after prime minister Zdravko Krivokapić submitted a proposal to increase the tax on heated tobacco each year, the Parliament of Montenegro has still not considered it and will not now do so before the autumn ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina set to regulate heated tobacco, ban oral products

Written by Marija Obradovic || 8th June 2021 || News analysis |

Bosnia and Herzegovina has passed a bill that will harmonise the country’s tobacco regulation with the provisions of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and establish a regulatory framework for tobacco alternatives ...

Regulatory report: South Korea – HnB, oral tobacco and nicotine pouches, June 2021

Written by Marija Obradovic || 7th June 2021 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

All products derived from tobacco leaves are considered in South Korea as tobacco products. This report outlines the regulations covering heat-not-burn products, oral tobacco, and nicotine pouches ...

Regulatory report: Japan – HnB, oral tobacco and nicotine pouches, May 2021

Written by Marija Obradovic || 19th May 2021 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Heated tobacco and oral tobacco are a part of the wider tobacco framework in Japan and are regulated similarly to cigarettes. This report provides details ...

Serbia’s five-year plan for a gradual increase in heated tobacco taxes

Written by Marija Obradovic || 10th December 2020 || News analysis |

The Serbian government is proposing to increase tobacco taxes, including those levied on heat-not-burn (HnB) products ...

Regulatory report: Japan – heated tobacco, June 2020

Written by Marija Obradovic || 18th June 2020 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current regulatory landscape for heated tobacco in Japan, where heat-not-burn (HnB) consumables are largely subject to tobacco legislation ...

Proposed regulation in Taiwan leaves room for interpretation over HnB

Written by Marija Obradovic || 8th June 2020 || News analysis |

The Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare has released a draft proposal amending the country’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act which leaves the regulation of heated tobacco still in a state of uncertainty ...

Regulatory report: UK, April 2020

Written by Marija Obradovic || 30th April 2020 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Heated tobacco is considered a novel tobacco product in the UK. This report covers all current regulation for heated tobacco products in the UK ...

Regulatory report: HnB in South Korea mostly treated like cigarettes

Written by Marija Obradovic || 31st March 2020 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Heated tobacco consumables are considered in South Korea as tobacco products, regulated in essentially the same way as traditional cigarettes. This report provides an overview of the current regulatory landscape ...

Regulatory report: heated tobacco in Brazil

Written by Marija Obradovic || 9th March 2020 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Heated tobacco together with a wider range of products, including electronic smoking devices, has been banned by the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA)’s Resolution 46 since 2009. This report looks in further detail at current regulation ...

India puts e-cigarette and heated tobacco ban out to public consultation

Written by Marija Obradovic || 26th October 2019 || News analysis |

Following the ordinance banning e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, the Indian government is moving forward by drafting a bill which must be approved by parliament reaffirming its...

Heated tobacco and e-cig laws on the horizon: Russia regulatory report

Written by Marija Obradovic || 30th July 2019 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

With new laws currently under discussion, we take a look at the state of regulation of e-cigarette and heated tobacco products in Russia and see how the taxation levels are set to rise annually ...

High Court judge puts off Indian ban pending further hearing in May

Written by Marija Obradovic || 19th March 2019 || News analysis |

The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to e-cigarette vendors in India, delaying until 17th May the effects of a government circular calling for a nationwide ban on vaping...

E-cigs and HnB could get some relief from a new Estonian government

Written by Marija Obradovic || 14th March 2019 || News analysis |

With talks still ongoing to form a government following Estonia’s parliamentary elections, there is hope for a policy change on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in one of the most restrictive vapour...

Now Indian government tells customs to seize all e-cig and HnB imports

Written by Marija Obradovic || 27th November 2018 || News analysis |

Two weeks after the Delhi High Court decided that an advisory banning e-cigarettes was not binding on India’s states, the national government has issued a new notice calling on customs officers to seize...

Japan regulatory report: heated tobacco and e-cigarettes

Written by Marija Obradovic || 8th October 2018 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This report on regulation of e-cigs and heated tobacco in Japan includes new tax rates and new restrictions on public use of heated tobacco, plus details of required warning posters and sanctions ...

India: central government asks states to ban e-cigs and heated tobacco

Written by Marija Obradovic || 28th August 2018 || News analysis |

India’s Ministry of Health, Family and Welfare has issued an advisory to all states to ban e-cigarettes and heated tobacco ...

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