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23rd November 2023
EU: Christel Schaldemose, a Danish member of European Parliament (MEP) from the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, has asked the European Commission (EC) a set of questions regarding cigarette filters. She has asked if the Commission will make efforts to introduce a ban on the sale of cigarettes with filters in the EU, and whether, alternatively, the Commission will make efforts to introduce legislation enabling individual member states to introduce bans on the sale of cigarettes with filters in order to protect the public and the environment at the national level. We understand that the answers and possible efforts from the Commission would also be applicable to heated tobacco filters.15th November 2023
- Denmark: A new prevention plan that aims to reduce nicotine and tobacco product consumption by children and young people has been presented by the governing parties (Social Democrats, the Left and the Moderates) together with some opposition parties. Among the measures are higher taxes for nicotine pouches – increased from DKK0.055 (€0.008) to DKK0.10 (€0.013) per mg of nicotine – usage of digital age verification in stores and online, a flavour ban on nicotine pouches, a limit on nicotine content and additives in nicotine pouches, and standard packaging for heated tobacco and nicotine pouches. Bills related to the measures will be presented in 2024 and will be notified to the European Commission.
10th November 2023
- Denmark: The government is expected to present a plan soon to prevent smoking and nicotine use, according to the press. The plan is said to include a proposal to increase the tax on nicotine pouches to DKK12 (€1.60) per pack of 20. Other measures, such as stricter controls on tobacco sales, are also expected. It was not disclosed if the plan will affect heated tobacco.
27th September 2023
- Denmark: The Customs Authority has informed TobaccoIntelligence that herbal heated sticks are subject to excise duty, as the herbs in the product are a substitute product for tobacco and, as such, are comparable with coarsely cut smoking tobacco. Therefore, the excise duty imposed on the product will generally be DKK1,500.90 (€201.27) per kg.
9th August 2023
Denmark: Environmental groups have expressed concern about the danger to wildlife and the environment posed by nicotine pouch and snus littering, press reports. Lars Midtiby, managing director of the Danish Nature Conservation Society, said: “We know from our large waste collection that we are coming across far more nicotine pouches. This is something we need to focus more on.”
23rd June 2023
- Denmark: The minister of health, Sophie Løhde, has started negotiations within the ministry over preventive measures against young people’s usage of nicotine products and disposable e-cigarettes, press reports. “I’m ready to look at the entire regulatory framework to ensure, for example, a much higher degree of enforcement in this area,” she said. She did not specify which nicotine products would be targeted.
2nd May 2023
Denmark: The Ministry of Health has submitted to Parliament a bill to adopt the EU definition of heated tobacco and ban heated tobacco flavours. If adopted, the bill will come into force on 23rd October.
17th April 2023
- Denmark: Out of 200 tobacco retailers, 104 failed to comply with new tax rules, according to inspections carried out by the Danish Tax Agency in January and February 2023. The agency seized 2,005 boxes of nicotine pouches, and each of the non-compliant tobacco retailers will be fined DKK10,000 (€1,340). As of 1st October 2022, nicotine pouches are taxed DKK0.055 (€0.008) per mg of nicotine. Remaining stocks were allowed to be sold until 1st January 2023.
12th April 2023
Denmark: Health minister Sophie Løhde is planning to increase the tax on nicotine products, press reports. This comes after a study by the National Institute of Public Health at the University of Southern Denmark, which showed an increase in the use of nicotine and tobacco products among children and young people. According to the survey, 12.9% of children and adolescents in Denmark use smokeless nicotine products daily or occasionally. Løhde did not specify which products would be affected.
27th March 2023
- Denmark: The Social Democratic Party – the governing party with the most seats in the parliament – is planning to ban flavoured nicotine pouches, press reports. "This is definitely something we need to look at in the near future. I expect us to address it before the summer break. Nicotine products should not taste like candy," said Mathilde Powers, prevention spokesperson and member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Party.
27th February 2023
- Denmark: The Danish Health Authority has published a report on the use of smokeless nicotine products, such as chewing tobacco and nicotine pouches, among young people. The use of these products has increased from 9% in 2020 to just under 13% in 2022. "We are concerned that a large and growing proportion of children and young people are using smokeless nicotine products ... It is therefore important that we all take nicotine use among children and young people seriously and prevent it with concrete interventions," said Niels Sandø, head of the prevention and inequality department.
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