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Egypt: Law 177/2023 on the amendments to law 67/2016 has been signed by the president and published in the Official Gazette. Under the new amendments, heated tobacco products (HTPs) are subject to a special value-added tax of EGP1,800 ($58.25) per kg of tobacco, instead of EGP1,400 ($45.30) per kg. Oral tobacco is now taxed at 225% for imported products and 110% for local products, instead of 200% for imported products and 165% for local products.
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Egypt: The Ministry of Health has issued a warning against the use of heated tobacco, saying that studies have revealed the presence of harmful toxins in heat-not-burn devices, and that the consumables are more dangerous to health than regular tobacco because they contain more nicotine.