Europe European Council adopts regulation to reduce and recycle packaging ...
Lithuania Reminder of tobacco display ban in convenience stores from 1st January ...
Indonesia Minimum retail price for tobacco and nic products set to increase ...
Sweden Snus product recalled due to exceeding permitted chemical limit ...
Vietnam National Assembly issues resolution formally requesting HTP ban ...
District of Columbia - United States Swedish Match to pay over $1m to resolve Zyn sale violation ...
Lithuania Parliament approves sanctions amendment for under-age sales ...
Japan Government plans to raise HTP excise duty ...
New Zealand Smokefree Environments Bill adopted in final reading ...
Russia Bill aims to ban sales of tobacco and nic products near universities ...
Belarus Bill to increase tax on tobacco and nic-containing products adopted ...
Spain Last day of consultation on nic pouches and herbal heated product rules ...

View all

Alternative tobacco and nicotine products in the Dominican Republic

Global business and regulatory news covering the alternative tobacco industry

22nd August 2024

Daily regulatory updates of the tobacco alternative sector. It includes weekly podcasts and monthly compilations

2nd May 2023: Dominican Republic: Members of the centre-left Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), the ruling party, have reaffirmed support for a bill to regulate e-cigarettes and heated tobacco devices, including banning their sale to under-18s, press reports. The bill also has the backing of the opposition Fuerza del Pueblo (People’s Force) party.
16th December 2022: Dominican Republic: The special commission of the Chamber of Deputies working on the bill regulating heated tobacco and electronic cigarettes held a meeting yesterday with doctors and medical organisations from different specialisms in order to discuss their views in relation to these products, press reports. The president of the Dominican Society of Neurology, Santiago Valenzuela, said that heated tobacco products help those who are addicted to combustible cigarettes, due to the fact that they are less harmful.