Regulatory report: heated tobacco Q&A – Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia

Written by Berta Camps Bisbal || 15th September 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Alternative tobacco and nicotine products in Georgia

North America

North Carolina

United States

Virginia

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

This Q&A report looks at the specifics of heated tobacco regulation at both US federal and state level, in the three US states where IQOS and its associated consumables have so far been launched ...

Regulatory report: New Zealand – heated tobacco

Written by Angela Jarosz || 14th September 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Australasia

New Zealand

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill will come into force in November 2020, regulating heated tobacco products in New Zealand for the first time ...

Regulatory report: Mexico – heated tobacco and tobacco alternatives

Written by Lenka Hajnovicova || 8th September 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Mexico

North America

Heated tobacco

Politics & policy

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

Tobacco-alternative products are considered to be banned under Mexico’s General Law for Tobacco Control; nevertheless, an informal market persists and there are proposals to bring regulation to a confused legal area ...

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

Written by Marija Obradovic || 26th August 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Canada

North America

Heated tobacco

Snus and oral

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 ...

Regulatory report: Norway – heated tobacco and modern oral products

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 25th August 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Norway

Heated tobacco

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

According to the Ministry of Health, heated tobacco products and tobacco-free snus could be legalised and regulated in 2021 when Norway will most likely implement the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...

Regulatory report: China – modern oral products

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 19th August 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Asia

China

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

This report provides an analysis of national legislation on tobacco-free pouches in China ...

Regulatory report: Portugal – heated tobacco and modern oral products

Written by Angela Jarosz || 18th August 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Portugal

Heated tobacco

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

Portugal defines heated tobacco as a novel tobacco product. This report offers an overview of the current regulatory regime for heated tobacco and snus in the country ...

Regulatory report: France – heated tobacco

Written by Lenka Hajnovicova || 5th August 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

France

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

Heated tobacco products are regulated in France as novel tobacco products. This report provides an overview of the current regulatory regime for these type of products in France ...

Regulatory report: Spain – heated tobacco and oral tobacco products

Written by Elsa Carrasco || 4th August 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Spain

Heated tobacco

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

This report covers the current regulatory regime in Spain for heated tobacco and modern oral products, looking at the current restrictions as well as any possible future ones ...

Regulatory report: US – flavours in modern oral tobacco products

Written by Berta Camps Bisbal || 3rd August 2020 || Regulatory reports |

North America

United States

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

In the US there are no specific federal restrictions for nicotine pouches, but states may enact specific legislation regarding tobacco products without conflicting with federal law. This report examines flavour restrictions ...

Regulatory report: Hungary – heated tobacco and modern oral products

Written by Angela Jarosz || 9th July 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Hungary

Heated tobacco

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

A detailed summary of the regulatory regime for heated tobacco and modern oral products in Hungary, covering product and age restrictions to labelling and packaging requirements, advertising restrictions and public usage ...

Regulatory report: Germany – heated tobacco

Written by Lenka Hajnovicova || 6th July 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Germany

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

This report provides an overview of the regulatory regime for heated tobacco products in Germany ...

Regulatory report: Japan – heated tobacco

Written by Marija Obradovic || 18th June 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Asia

Japan

Heated tobacco

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 ...

Regulatory report: Italy – heated tobacco

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 15th June 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Italy

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

Italy was one of the first major markets for heated tobacco, which was first regulated and categorised in 2014. This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory regime for these products in Italy ...

Regulatory report: Poland – heated tobacco

Written by Angela Jarosz || 10th June 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Poland

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

This report offers a regulatory guide to the current regime for heated tobacco products in Poland, where HnB consumables are considered novel tobacco products ...

Regulatory report: Costa Rica – oral tobacco and heated tobacco products

Written by Elsa Carrasco || 4th June 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Central America

Costa Rica

Heated tobacco

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

Oral and heated tobacco products are considered tobacco products in Costa Rica. This report offers an comprehensive overview of how these products are regulated ...

Regulatory report: Q&A – US federal regulation of oral nicotine products

Written by Berta Camps Bisbal || 3rd June 2020 || Regulatory reports |

North America

United States

Nicotine

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

This reports takes on a Q&A structure, providing a comprehensive overview of US regulations of oral nicotine products ...

Regulatory report: heated tobacco products in the Netherlands

Written by Lenka Hajnovicova || 2nd June 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Netherlands

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

This report offers an overview of the current regulatory regime for heated tobacco products in the Netherlands, as well as various restrictions that are due to be implemented ...

Regulatory report: Ukraine

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 28th May 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Ukraine

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

This report offers a detailed overview of the current regulatory regime in place in Ukraine for heated tobacco products, as well as an analysis of the possible upcoming near-future regulations ...

Small packet label exemptions: a guide to European CLP regulation, part 3

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 20th May 2020 || Regulatory reports |

EU

Europe

Regulatory reports

Our third guide to EU regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances looks at possible exemptions for small packages – what is required by law and what may not be ...

Regulatory report: Estonia

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 13th May 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Estonia

Europe

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

A new Amendment Act to the Tobacco Act and the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Duty Act is due to come into force in Estonia, providing further regulation for heated tobacco products ...

Toxicity and notifications: a guide to European CLP regulations, part 2

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 12th May 2020 || Regulatory reports |

EU

Europe

Politics & policy

Regulatory reports

This article provides guidance on the obligations to notify that arise from EU Regulation 1272/2008 on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures ...

Regulatory report: Australia

Written by Angela Jarosz || 11th May 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Australasia

Australia

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

This report offers an overview of the current regulatory landscape for heated tobacco products in Australia, focusing on age and product restrictions, advertising laws and taxation, plus more ...

Regulatory report: China – oral tobacco products

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 7th May 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Asia

China

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

This report provides our analysis of how oral tobacco products are regulated in China, looking at areas such as tax, advertising, and product restrictions ...

Toxicity, packaging and labelling: a guide to European CLP regulation

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 6th May 2020 || Regulatory reports |

EU

Europe

Nicotine

Regulatory reports

In Europe, chemical substances are classified according to their toxicity levels. Those that are deemed potentially harmful are subject to rules on packaging and labelling, as explained in this report ...

Regulatory report: India – oral tobacco products

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 30th April 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Asia

India

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

This report offers an overview of the current restrictions in place in India for modern oral tobacco products, including product restrictions, marketing and advertising laws and more ...

Regulatory report: Switzerland

Written by Lenka Hajnovicova || 30th April 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Switzerland

Heated tobacco

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

This report covers the current regulatory environment for heated tobacco and snus products in Swizterland, along with analysis of possible future regulation ...

Regulatory report: UK

Written by Marija Obradovic || 30th April 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

UK

UK

Heated tobacco

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: would nicotine as an ingredient in foodstuffs be approved in the EU?

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 27th April 2020 || Regulatory reports |

EU

Europe

Nicotine

Regulatory reports

In recent years, there has been interest in adding nicotine to all sorts of products to provide smokers a healthier way to satisfy their craving. This report assesses the possibility of adding nicotine to food in the EU...

Regulatory report: Romania

Written by Elsa Carrasco || 16th April 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Romania

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

A draft law to amend the regulation of tobacco products in Romania was submitted in June 2019, aimed at combatting the increasing use of heated tobacco products in the country ...

Regulatory report: new regulations for heated tobacco in Estonia

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 1st April 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Estonia

Europe

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

The Estonian Tobacco Act does not currently mention heated tobacco products, which may theoretically be sold in Estonia as novel smoking tobacco products. This report covers present and potential future regulation ...

Regulatory report: HnB in South Korea mostly treated like cigarettes

Written by Marija Obradovic || 31st March 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Asia

South Korea

Heated tobacco

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: the power of regional authorities in Russia

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 30th March 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Russia

World

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

Regions in Russia are allowed to exercise their own legal regulation while the federal authorities have not adopted laws. This report analyses the attitude of the regions to the regulation of tobacco-free nicotine-containing products ...

Regulatory report: menthol ban soon to be implemented in the EU

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 23rd March 2020 || Regulatory reports |

EU

EU

Europe

Combustibles

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

In May a new ban will come into force in the EU, prohibiting menthol-flavoured cigarettes and RYO tobacco. This report provides an overview ...

Regulatory report: snus products, with and without tobacco, in Russia

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 10th March 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Russia

World

Nicotine

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

This report covers the regulatory landscape for tobacco-free and tobacco-containing snus products in Russia. Retail sale of snus containing tobacco has been prohibited in Russia since 2015, but the law does not apply to tobacco-free nicotine snus ...

Regulatory report: how does Sweden regulate tobacco-free snus?

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 10th March 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Sweden

Nicotine

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

The regulation of tobacco-free pouches is controversial, due to its novelty but also because it is not clear under which regulatory regime these products fall. This report covers Sweden's regulation of tobacco-free snus ...

Regulatory report: a review of Brazil’s regulation of heated tobacco

Written by Marija Obradovic || 9th March 2020 || Regulatory reports |

Brazil

South America

Heated tobacco

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 ...

What is the most likely EU regulatory regime for tobacco-free snus?

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 3rd March 2020 || Regulatory reports |

EU

Europe

Politics & policy

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

TobaccoIntelligence’s head of legal analysis, Pablo Cano Trilla, considers the options for regulation of tobacco-free snus (sometimes known as “white pouch”) under existing European Union law ...

Regulatory report: US FDA assesses MRTP application for VLN cigarettes

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 21st February 2020 || Regulatory reports |

North America

United States

Combustibles

Companies

Regulatory reports

What benefit might there be in very low nicotine combustible cigarettes? That is the essential question the US FDA must answer in assessing a modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) application from 22nd Century Group for its VLN products...

Regulations on the horizon as Ukraine debates new tax on heated tobacco

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 18th December 2019 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Ukraine

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

Ukraine could be the next country to introduce an excise tax burden on vaping products, although as it stands excise tax will apply only to heated tobacco from January 2020 ...

How Swedish Match snus finally got its FDA modified risk approval

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 17th December 2019 || Regulatory reports |

North America

United States

Snus and oral

Regulatory reports

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its first modified risk order for eight snus smokeless tobacco products to be sold with certain modified risk claims by Swedish Match USA ...

New tax rate for HnB and e-cigs: Kazakhstan regulatory report

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 9th December 2019 || Regulatory reports |

Asia

Kazakhstan

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

This report provides an overview of Kazakhstan's regulatory framework. Although the country has not yet implemented regulation for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, controls are expected in the near future ...

Global tobacco harm reduction policies: selected country overview

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 11th November 2019 || Regulatory reports |

Africa

Asia

China

Egypt

Europe

France

Germany

India

Indonesia

Iran

Nigeria

North America

Russia

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Spain

Turkey

UK

UK

United Arab Emirates

United States

World

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

This report provides an overview of harm-reduction policies with regards to tobacco use from 18 selected countries from around the...

Heated tobacco taxation in the EU: classification, rates and structures

Written by Elsa Carrasco || 7th November 2019 || Regulatory reports |

EU

EU

Europe

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

This report examines heated tobacco tax laws in EU countries where HnB products have been launched or specific laws introduced, and what would happen in countries where neither has yet occurred ...

Monopoly rule: China heated tobacco regulatory report

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 12th August 2019 || Regulatory reports |

Asia

China

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

Heated tobacco products are considered part of the tobacco monopoly in China; it is illegal to sell them unless approved by the tobacco monopoly...

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

Written by Marija Obradovic || 30th July 2019 || Regulatory reports |

Russia

Heated tobacco

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 ...

Smoking ban reach to extend: Austria regulatory report

Written by Lenka Hajnovicova || 5th July 2019 || Regulatory reports |

Austria

Europe

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

This regulatory report on Austria features extensive updates, including changes to the country's stance on public place usage ...

So IQOS has PMTA approval – but what does that mean in practice?

Written by Pablo Cano Trilla || 23rd May 2019 || Regulatory reports |

North America

United States

Heated tobacco

IQOS

Regulatory reports

PMI’s heated tobacco device IQOS and its associated consumables have been granted market authorisation by the FDA ...

Switzerland regulatory report

Written by Michayel Villani || 18th February 2019 || Regulatory reports |

Europe

Switzerland

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

A new tobacco law is likely to form the basis of future regulation of heated tobacco products and e-cigarettes in Switzerland, a country that is in Europe but outside the EU ...

China takes on the HnB smugglers, ponders e-cig industry regulation

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 4th February 2019 || Regulatory reports |

Asia

China

Heated tobacco

Regulatory reports

China Tobacco is battling a flourishing smuggling trade in heated tobacco products, while also proposing regulation of e-cigarettes that could threaten the livelihoods of a large number of small operators ...