Market & legal data in the tobacco alternatives sector in Lithuania

13th November 2024: Lithuania: Yesterday (12th November), the parliament approved in the final vote the amendment to tighten economic sanctions for the sale of tobacco and related products to under-18s, which was submitted to the parliament in July 2024, media reports.
18th October 2024: Lithuania: Yesterday (17th October), the parliament approved the amendment to tighten economic sanctions for the sale of tobacco and related products to under-18s that was submitted to the parliament in July 2024, media reports. Next, the proposal must await a final vote that will be held later.
3rd October 2024: Lithuania: Yesterday, 2nd October, the parliamentary Health Affairs Committee approved the amendment to tighten economic sanctions for selling tobacco and related products to under-age consumers, media reports. The proposal should next go to the plenary.
26th September 2024: Lithuania: The parliamentary Health Affairs Committee took a break from considering the amendment to tighten economic sanctions for the sale of tobacco and related products to under-age consumers, media reports. The amendment, which was submitted to the parliament in July, was proposed by the president. TobaccoIntelligence assumes the committee will decide on the amendment at a later date.
26th September 2024: Lithuania: A supervisory board approved by the government has been created in the Department of Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control (NTAKD), media reports. The board will focus on providing recommendations for the NTAKD’s activity planning, improving internal administration functions, and overseeing the internal control system.
19th August 2024: Lithuania: A representative from the Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control Department (NTAKD) has said that the Ministry of Economy and Innovation's working group is still preparing the legislation for legalising nicotine pouches in the country, media reports.
18th July 2024: Lithuania: President Gitanas Nausėda has proposed an amendment to tighten economic sanctions for the sale of tobacco and related products to minors which has been submitted to the parliament, media reports. The proposal is scheduled to be considered in the parliament’s upcoming autumn session.
26th June 2024: Lithuania: Jurgita Sejonienė, member of parliament (MP) from the governing Homeland Union, has registered a bill to increase the age limit for selling tobacco products and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21, media reports.
20th June 2024: Lithuania: The Vilnius Regional Administrative Court has rejected the request by British American Tobacco (BAT) to annul the €3,000 fine imposed on it by the Narcotics, Tobacco and Alcohol Control Department for hidden advertising of heated tobacco devices, media reports. The decision can be appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court.
29th May 2024: Lithuania: The government has approved a specific list of items prohibited from being imported from Russia or Belarus from 3rd June 2024, media reports. The list includes more than 2,800 products across 24 groups, including tobacco and its processed substitutes.
9th May 2024: Lithuania: The government has approved the 2024-2026 Plan for the Implementation of the National Agenda on Drugs, Tobacco and Alcohol Control, Consumption Prevention and Harm Reduction until 2035, the Ministry of Health reports. The plan suggests that “a common, strategic consensus has been found on which direction to move in reducing the harm caused by alcohol, tobacco and drugs”. Among other goals for 2025, the plan aims to see the number of 15- to 64-year-olds who smoked tobacco products in the previous month decrease by more than a third, and the number of 15- to 16-year-old students who have used e-cigarettes at least once in the previous 30 days decrease from 31% (in 2019) to 26%.
29th February 2024: Lithuania: The Ministry of Finance has prepared the 2025–2027 draft amendments to the Excise Law, seeking to further increase excise duties on tobacco and other products, media reports. The draft is to be discussed in the spring session of the parliament and, if approved, should enter into force on 1st January 2025.

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