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21st September 2023
Lithuania: The parliamentary Health Affairs Committee has decided not to make a decision on a bill which proposes to allow tobacco manufacturers to support the fight against smuggling and illegal trade, media reports. The committee reportedly decided to wait for the bill to be evaluated by the Secretariat of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).14th August 2023
- Lithuania: The Ministry of Economy and Innovation intends to regulate nicotine pouches (which are currently banned) from May 2024, media reports. The amendments indicating product, packaging and sales requirements have reportedly been sent for comments. A tax on nicotine pouches has also been proposed.
19th June 2023
- Lithuania: The Seimas (parliament) has approved the bill seeking to amend the Tobacco Control Act regarding the ban on flavoured heated tobacco products, media reports. If signed by the president, it will come into force on 23rd October. Lithuania implemented the Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 with this move.
7th June 2023
Lithuania: The parliamentary Health Affairs Committee has approved a bill to amend the Tobacco Control Act by banning flavoured heated tobacco products, media reports. If adopted by parliament, the Seimas, it will come into force on 23rd October, fulfilling EU Commission Delegated Directive 2022/2100.
24th May 2023
Lithuania: The Seimas (parliament) has approved the government’s 12-year agenda on drug, tobacco and alcohol control, which aims to reduce supply and consumption, media reports. The document recommends that controls should be prepared and implemented at municipal level.
13th April 2023
Lithuania: The government yesterday approved a bill proposed by the Ministry of Health seeking to ban flavours in heated tobacco sticks and require health warnings on their packaging, media reports. If adopted by the Seimas (parliament), the bill will come into force on 23rd October, implementing the European Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100.
27th March 2023
- Lithuania: The Department of Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control has issued a reminder that from 1st April 2023, under order no. V-1815/3D-771, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) will be completely prohibited in tobacco products, including innovative tobacco products, e-cigarettes and their refills (with and without nicotine) and herbal products for smoking, press reports.
13th March 2023
- Lithuania: The Ministry of Health is looking to implement the Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 with an amendment to the Law on Tobacco Control, media reports. The amendment prohibiting the marketing of heated tobacco products with a characteristic flavour should be adopted by 23rd July of this year, and come into force and be applied from 23rd October. The amendment has not yet been circulated.
2nd March 2023
Lithuania: The Supreme Administrative Court yesterday upheld a lower court’s decision to approve a fine imposed by the Department of Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control on Philip Morris Baltic for hidden advertising of Iqos, media reports. The court said the company had secretly distributed information on tobacco products in order to promote sales of its heated tobacco system, misleading consumers by giving the impression that a non-tobacco product was being advertised.
2nd February 2023
- Lithuania: Deputy chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Seimas (parliament), Algirdas Butkevičius, has asked the minister of finance, Gintarė Skaistė, about the changed procedure for calculating the excise tax on heated tobacco, media reports. Butkevičius asked Skaistė to justify whether the changed excise duty procedure is more beneficial to the state budget, or whether the new excise duty rate for heated tobacco products per 1,000 units (it used to be per kg) increased the income of the budget.
9th January 2023
- Lithuania: As of 1st January 2023, the heated tobacco consumables tax has increased to €60.20 per 1,000 units, as planned.
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