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Our legal experts track the evolving regulation around the tobacco alternatives sector on a daily basis. These alerts are then compiled into our Monthly Round-up section.
31st March 2023
UK: Yesterday, MP Bob Blackman submitted a private members bill seeking to impose tobacco retail licences, which would also be required for heated tobacco retailers. This would eradicate the sale of counterfeit products and improve age verification by vendors, according to Blackman.31st March 2023
- Netherlands: Under the Law amending some tax laws and some other laws (Tax Plan 2023), from tomorrow (1st April) there will be an increase in the excise tax on smoking tobacco. Heated tobacco consumables are taxed at a rate reserved for smoking tobacco in the Netherlands, meaning this change would affect heated tobacco taxation. From 1st April 2023 the tax will increase to €216.64 per kg, and again to €266.98 per kg from 1st April 2024.
20th March 2023
- Netherlands: Since the minister of infrastructure and water management highlighted the problems around cigarette filters, the government has engaged an independent research and consultancy organisation, CE Delft, to investigate how to reduce the number of cigarette butts on the street, media reports. Researchers estimate that between 0.12m and 3.5m kg of butts end up on the streets in the country annually, representing a danger to both nature and humans. According to the researchers, there are several options for reducing this number, including banning them on a European level, introducing a deposit system, as well as other measures such as starting a campaign to raise people’s awareness about their negative impact. Should any changes be implemented, we believe they would be applicable to the heated tobacco butts as well.
20th March 2023
- Netherlands: After an inspection of 25 outlets in the Hague, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) found that the inspected points-of-sale did not comply with all the rules, violating the display ban that applies to tobacco and vapour products, among other things.
16th March 2023
Netherlands: The House of Representatives has approved a motion calling on the government to introduce licensing requirements for tobacco sales outlets, media reports.
16th January 2023
- Netherlands: Today, 16th January, is the last day of the public consultation on the ban of tobacco-free nicotine products for oral use, such as nicotine pouches, announced by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in December 2022.
21st December 2022
- Netherlands: The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport has announced a public consultation to ban tobacco-free nicotine products for oral use, such as nicotine pouches. The consultation will be active until 16th January 2023.
5th December 2022
- Netherlands: In the letter to Parliament, Maarten van Ooijen, state secretary for health, welfare and sport, proposed measures to further strengthen the approach for a smoke-free generation. It suggests, among other things, that from 2030, tobacco may only be sold in convenience and specialist stores, and no longer in fuel stations. From 2032, only specialist shops will be allowed to sell tobacco products. The cabinet is also investigating raising the age limit for tobacco sales to 21 and the possibility of completely banning nicotine pouches.
1st December 2022
Netherlands: Four organisations have launched a citizens’ initiative to achieve a nicotine-free generation. They want the age limit for the sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes and other nicotine-containing products to be raised by a year annually from 2030. The initiative needs to collect 40,000 signatures to be discussed in the House of Representatives.
15th November 2022
Netherlands: Public health minister Maarten van Ooijen is investigating the possibility of a total ban on nicotine pouches, media reports. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) announced in November 2021 that pouches with more than 0.035 mg of nicotine per pouch could no longer be sold because they are “harmful to health”; now pouches could be banned entirely.
21st September 2022
Netherlands: The government is planning to make smoking more expensive by increasing the excise tax on combustible cigarettes, cigars and smoking (rolling) tobacco – a category which is also understood to include heated tobacco consumables. Under the 2023 Tax Plan, the rate will rise to €211.24 per kg on 1st April 2023, and again to €261.58 per kg on 1st April 2024. The proposal has yet to be approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate.
