Market & legal data in the tobacco alternatives sector in Netherlands

9th July 2024: Netherlands: Launched at the end of 2022, the citizens’ initiative to achieve a nicotine-free generation – which aims to prohibit the sale of all nicotine-containing products to consumers born on or after 1st January 2012 and has collected more than 40,000 signatures – has been declared admissible. The initiative will be put on the agenda of the House of Representatives for consideration, media reports.
1st July 2024: Netherlands: A decree from the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport prohibits the sale of tobacco and related products in supermarkets and catering establishments from today. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority has provided more details of the ban.
14th June 2024: Netherlands: The bill to change the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act in order to completely ban nicotine pouches, which was voted in plenary on 21st May by the House of Representatives (lower chamber of parliament), is now being considered in the Senate. The new Dutch coalition is now being formed; however, its attitude to the tobacco and nicotine policies is still unclear.
13th June 2024: Netherlands: The new Dutch cabinet is to include 29 members, with 9 of them, including the minister of health, welfare and sport, chosen by the new coalition leader, the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), media reports. Although this could influence the current tobacco policy in the Netherlands, it remains to be seen whether the new health minister would keep or reverse the current tobacco-related proposals. Reportedly, the new candidates for ministers will need to participate in interviews in the lower house of parliament, though no specific dates have been scheduled yet. For more detailed analyses and comparisons of the current regulatory frameworks and five-year forecasts on a broad selection of leading vapour and novel tobacco markets globally, see our Policy Radar.
11th June 2024: Netherlands: Research conducted by the Dutch National Institute for Health and Environment (RIVM) on the 2023 tobacco product excise duty increase shows that this increase is influencing smokers’ behaviour. Following the tax increase, 28% of smokers attempted to quit, with 10% succeeding, while 18% of smokers decreased their tobacco consumption. On the other hand, there was an increase in the purchase of tobacco products from abroad following the excise duty hike. The RIVM recommends that policy-makers consider raising the excise duty on tobacco regularly, while also advocating for uniform tobacco policies across Europe.
5th June 2024: Netherlands: After the November 2023 elections, a provisional coalition agreement was reached last month, involving the winning far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), the centre-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the New Social Contract (NSC), and the right-wing Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB). Reportedly, the agreement still needs to be confirmed by the party groups in the House of Representatives (lower chamber of parliament), and the decision on the country’s new prime minister is pending. The agreement does not mention tobacco or nicotine products as such, so the new coalition’s attitude towards these products is yet to be seen. However, reportedly, the policy goals of the agreement include giving the parliament more control over European legislation. Also, the new coalition is focused on improving the business environment and is working to partially reverse recent tax hikes for entrepreneurs. These measures could impact tobacco-related policies in the future.
30th May 2024: Netherlands: The citizens’ initiative that was launched at the end of 2022, aims to achieve a nicotine-free generation and to prohibit the sale of all nicotine-containing products to consumers born on or after 1st January 2012, and previously collected more than 40,000 signatures, was presented to the House of Representatives this week, media reports.
22nd May 2024: Netherlands: The website of the House of Representatives (lower chamber of parliament) shows that a bill to change the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act, in order to ban nicotine pouches, was voted in plenary yesterday (21st May), with its status set as “adopted”. We understand that the bill should now go to the Senate for approval.
15th May 2024: Netherlands: The House of Representatives (lower chamber of parliament) is discussing a bill to change the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act, in order to ban nicotine pouches. The House will vote on the bill on 21st May.
9th May 2024: Netherlands: Launched at the end of 2022, the citizens’ initiative to achieve a nicotine-free generation and aiming to prohibit the sale of all nicotine-containing products to consumers born after 2012 has collected 40,000 signatures. Now the initiative can be discussed in the House of Representatives.
16th April 2024: Netherlands: A decree from the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products decree that prohibits sales of tobacco and related products in supermarkets and catering establishments from 1st July 2024 has been officially published. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has provided more details of the ban.
2nd April 2024: Netherlands: According to the Excise Tax Act, the excise tax for smoking tobacco (applicable to heated tobacco) increased from €216.64 to €346.98 per kg as of yesterday (1st April 2024).

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