Croatia: oral tobacco and nicotine pouch regulation, May 2025

Chewing tobacco is the only type of oral tobacco that can be sold in Croatia, while nicotine pouches are not regarded as tobacco products and are subject only to general consumer laws.

We do not expect any other significant changes to the regulatory landscape in Croatia pertaining to oral tobacco or nicotine pouches. However, if the European Union revises the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and regulates nicotine pouches, Croatia will have to align its legislation with the updated directive.

This report provides analysis of the regulatory framework in place in Croatia for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches.

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Danae Driessen

Junior legal analyst
Danae holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and an M1 in International Law, completed with an exchange programme at Hitotsubashi University in Japan. She also earned an Erasmus Mundus Master’s in Central and Eastern European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, studying at the University of Tartu, University of Glasgow, and University of Sarajevo. Danae has interned at an international law firm, the French Ministry of Economic Affairs, and the Social Science Research Institute of the University of Sarajevo. She specialises in the Western Balkans region and the dynamics between international and local civil society.

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