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2nd June 2023
South Africa: Following a briefing on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health had mixed reactions to the bill's content. The bill establishes a ban on heated tobacco usage in indoor public places and tightens packaging regulation. According to the committee, the most concerning issue is the bill's impact on the sale of illegal tobacco and the loss of jobs, but it agreed to move forward with the parliamentary process and public participation will take place soon.18th May 2023
Egypt: The Public Prosecution in New Cairo has requested a police investigation into British American Tobacco (BAT) after a distribution company accused the tobacco giant of commercial fraud, media reports. Cult Creative Association said BAT had terminated its contract to distribute its Glo heated tobacco brand in Egypt in June 2022 without prior notice.
9th May 2023
Egypt: The president’s health adviser, Mohamed Tag-Eldin, has told TV viewers that heated tobacco is no safer than combustible cigarettes and can have serious side effects such as poisoning, lung damage and nerve inflammation.
17th April 2023
Morocco:Â The Ministry of Economy and Finance issued Decision No. 890.23/2023, approving the sales prices of heated tobacco products. The ministry approved a price of MAD35 ($3.50) per unit each for Farstar Regular, Amber, Menthol, Lemon, and Blueberry products.
17th April 2023
Algeria:Â During an oral question session in the parliament, member of parliament (MP) Abdelkader Qouri asked the minister of industry and pharmaceutical production, Ali Aoun, about the strategies the ministry would adopt to combat illicit products on the market, and called for an amendment to the current tobacco regime to facilitate the manufacture and import processes of tobacco products. Aoun emphasised the need to combat tobacco use and said there are no plans to change the current regime.
27th March 2023
- Egypt: The Senate has passed a bill on "Treating e-cigarettes and heated tobacco reciprocally with regular cigarettes'' during its plenary session today (27th March). Among others, the provisions of the bill include expanding the usage restrictions on e-cigarettes and prohibiting vaping in schools and universities to curb their prevalence among young people, press reports. The recommendations stipulated in the bill will be subject to the acceptance or rejection of the government since the Senate is a Consultative Council.
3rd March 2023
- Egypt: Representative Ghada Ali, a member of the Nation’s Future Party (ruling party), said in a televised interview that a bill is being prepared to increase the fine for selling any tobacco product to under-age consumers. Currently, selling tobacco products to under-18s can lead to imprisonment of one year, a fine of between EGP100 ($3.25) and EGP1,000 ($32.50), forfeiture of materials and tools used in advertising or promotion, and possible closure of the plant or store subject to the breach.
2nd March 2023
- Egypt: Following a discussion on monitoring the sale of heated tobacco and vaping products, especially to minors, as well as enforcing the ban on advertising such products in stores and online, the House of Representatives Health Affairs Committee has demanded that a number of ministries and government agencies attend its next meeting for a briefing on the status of tobacco law enforcement, press reports.
27th February 2023
- Egypt: Tomorrow, 28th February, the Health Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives will discuss a briefing request submitted by Representative Ghada Ali on the monitoring of vaping and heated tobacco product sales to minors, in violation of the existing tobacco control laws, media reports. Ghada Ali – who is a member of the ruling party “Nation's Future Party" – noted earlier this year that vaping and heated tobacco products have a negative effect on mental and physical health, and called for stricter rules on monitoring places that sell them.
23rd February 2023
South Africa: The National Treasury, in its 2023 Budget Review, proposed a 4.9% increase in excise duty on heated tobacco sticks from ZAR14.87 ($0.81) to ZAR15.60 ($0.85) per pack of 20. The treasury said a tobacco review paper would be published later this year, following consultations on excise policies.
16th February 2023
Egypt:Â House of Representatives member Safaa Gaber Eada of the Homeland Defenders Party has written to the prime minister and the president of the Supreme Media Council, calling for a ban on TV dramas and movies showing the use of tobacco, press reports.
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