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20th June 2023
Estonia: The government has introduced a bill to transpose Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100, adopting the directive’s exact definition of heated tobacco products (HTPs) and implementing a flavour ban. The bill does not currently define HTPs as either smoking or smokeless tobacco products. The Health Board told TobaccoIntelligence that criteria for determining a heated tobacco product category are currently being developed, which will make combined health warnings and information messages mandatory for HTPs classified as smoking products.
20th June 2023
Estonia: Parliament has approved a bill to increase excise duty on heated tobacco consumables and nicotine pouches to €112.40 per kg in 2024, €118 per kg in 2025, and €124 per kg in 2026.
19th May 2023
16th May 2023
Estonia: The government has introduced a bill to increase excise duty on heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches to €112.40 per kg in 2024, €118 in 2025 and €124 in 2026.
7th March 2023
Estonia: The Ministry of Social Affairs has drawn up a bill to amend the Tobacco Act, introducting a definition for heated tobacco, equating heated tobacco use with smoking, and establishing a flavour ban and mandatory health warning for heated tobacco in line with the EU’s Commission Delegated Directive 2022/2100. The bill has not yet been introduced in Parliament.
10th February 2023
3rd February 2023
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