Market & legal data in the tobacco alternatives sector in Estonia

13th June 2024: Estonia: The Health Board has updated the list of notified tobacco products, which includes heated tobacco products. It has also updated the list of notified herbal products for smoking, which includes herbal heated products.
2nd April 2024: Estonia: The Health Board has updated the list of notified herbal products for smoking, which also contains herbal heated products.
12th January 2024: Estonia: As of 1st January 2024, the tax on heated tobacco and nicotine pouches has increased to €112.40/kg, and the Tax and Customs Board has updated the design of the tax stamps for both products. Products bearing the tax stamps valid until 31st December 2023 can be sold by retailers until 31st March 2024.
20th December 2023: Global: Several EU and international markets will see a rise in heated tobacco taxes on 1st January 2024, including Indonesia, Bulgaria, Russia and Estonia. Further information is available in our compliance calendar.
6th November 2023: Estonia: The Tax and Customs Board updated the design of tax stamps for heated tobacco products (HTPs), nicotine pouches and e-cigarettes. The new stamps will be for use starting 1st January 2024. Products bearing the tax stamps valid until the 31st of December 2023 can be sold by retailers until 31st March 2024.
13th September 2023: Estonia: Bill 223, which aims to transpose the Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100, will be discussed tomorrow in the parliament. The proposal would adopt the delegated directive’s exact definition of heated tobacco products (HTPs) and implement a flavour ban. The combined health warnings and information messages would be mandatory for HTPs classified as smoking products. The Health Board told TobaccoIntelligence that criteria for determining an HTP category are currently being developed.
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: Estonia: The bill to increase heated tobacco and nicotine pouch excise duty to €112.40/kg in 2024, €118/kg in 2025 and €124/kg in 2026 passed the first reading in the parliament. The Finance Committee will meet on 25th May to further discuss the proposal, while the second reading has not been scheduled yet.
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: Estonia: Parliament's Social Committee will meet with industry members on 13th February to discuss the Tobacco Act Amendment Act 654 SE. The bill aims to repeal the domestic long-distance sales ban on heated tobacco products, the ban on displaying heating devices at the point-of-sale, and to introduce a comprehensive legal framework for nicotine pouches.

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