Market & legal data in the tobacco alternatives sector in Lithuania

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.
22nd February 2024: Lithuania: The Ministry of Economy and Innovation’s Department of Internal Trade Policy adviser has confirmed to TobaccoIntelligence that the draft amendment to the Tobacco Law, which seeks to legalise tobacco substitutes (nicotine pouches and herbal heated products), is still under negotiation. The draft amendment will soon be submitted to the government for consideration. If adopted, it is expected to enter into force on 2nd November.
7th February 2024: Lithuania: The National Stop Smoking Helpline (1819) has started to operate, giving free advice to residents who want to quit smoking, media reports. By establishing this line, the government is implementing one of the measures recommended by the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), aimed at ending nicotine addiction.
8th January 2024: Lithuania: On 23rd December 2023, the Seimas (parliament) adopted the amendment to the Code of Administrative Offences seeking to increase sanctions for the sale of tobacco and vaping products to under-age consumers, media reports. The increased fine will be between €220 and €580.
8th January 2024: Lithuania: The parliament approved the proposal that seeks to allow tobacco manufacturers and traders to support state institutions in the fight against smuggling and illegal trade in a final vote in December 2023, media reports.
14th December 2023: Lithuania: The Law and Order Committee of the Seimas (parliament) has approved the amendment to the Code of Administrative Offences that seeks to increase penalties for the sale of tobacco and vaping products to under-age consumers, media reports. If adopted, the increased fine would range from €220 to €580.
13th December 2023: Lithuania: Yesterday (12th December), the parliament approved a proposal that seeks to allow tobacco manufacturers and traders to support state institutions in the fight against smuggling and illegal trade, media reports. The final vote on the adoption will reportedly take place before Christmas.

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