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Alternative tobacco and nicotine products in Poland

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20th February 2025: EU, Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia: The comments and detailed opinions provided by the European Commission, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Greece and Italy on the Austrian TRIS notification 2024/0610/AT have been published. The standstill period of the notification, which concerns an Austrian ordinance specifying prohibited substances in tobacco products and e-liquids, has been extended to 8th May based on the comments raised. All commenting countries argue that a ban on glycerol, proposed by the Austrian ordinance, would, in addition to going beyond EU requirements, result in a de facto ban on all e-liquids since glycerol is an essential ingredient in the manufacture of e-liquids and an important additive in tobacco products. This would effectively make the manufacture of vaping products technically unfeasible.
20th February 2025: EU: Today, the European Parliament Committee on Public Health (SANT) held an exchange of views with the Polish minister of health, Izabela Leszczyna, on the priorities of the Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union in the field of public health. Among Poland’s priorities during its Council presidency (from 1st January to 31st June 2025), the country states that “should the Commission present a legislative proposal on the structure of taxation and excise rates applicable to tobacco products and substitute products, the Presidency will take work forward on this”.
10th February 2025: Poland: A bill imposing an excise duty on nicotine pouches is being processed at the Sejm (lower chamber of the parliament). The bill proposes an excise duty of PLN150 (€36) per kg, that would increase to PLN200 (€48) per kg in 2026 and PLN250 (€60) per kg in 2027. If the bill is passed, it will enter into force in April 2025, and the excise duty rates will start applying from August 2025.
23rd January 2025: Poland: The Council of Ministers has adopted the draft bill amending the Tobacco Act that regulates nicotine pouches for the first time. The bill subjects pouches to notification requirements and establishes a nicotine concentration limit of 20 mg/g. It also requires nicotine pouches to bear health warnings. The Council has also adopted the draft bill that transposes Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 and bans flavours in heated tobacco products (HTPs). Poland is one of the last EU countries to implement the directive. Both draft bills have to be notified to the European Commission and then they will be processed at the Sejm (Polish parliament).
17th January 2025: Poland: The Ministry of Health has made public a draft bill that regulates nicotine pouches. The draft extends the country’s tobacco restrictions to nicotine pouches by classifying them as related products. It also prohibits their sale to under-18s and sale through vending machines or online. Furthermore, the draft aims to ban nicotine pouches with flavours other than tobacco and subject them to a maximum nicotine content limit of 20 mg/g. Although minister of health Izabela Leszczyna said in October 2024 that she aimed to ban synthetic nicotine pouches, the draft bill has not included such a measure. It is uncertain whether a future bill will include the ban.
20th December 2024: Poland: Starting 1st January 2025, the excise duty will rise from PLN377.01 (€88) per kg of tobacco to PLN414.71 (€97) per kg of tobacco, plus 32.05% of the weighted average price of smoking tobacco.
9th December 2024: Poland: The Ministry of Health has amended the draft regulating nicotine-free vaping products to also include nicotine pouches, press reports. The draft prohibited nicotine-free vape sales to under-18s as well as sales through vending machines or online. With the inclusion of nicotine pouches, these products will also be subject to these restrictions. Furthermore, the new draft aims to ban nicotine pouches with flavours other than tobacco and subject them to a maximum nicotine content limit set at 20 mg/g. Through a letter to the Ministry of Health, Employers of Poland (Pracodawców RP) – the oldest and largest organisation of employers in the country – has criticised the inclusion of the new measures, claiming that this substantially changes the draft version that was reviewed by stakeholders and that this new version should be reviewed as well. The Ministry of Agriculture has also criticised the draft, as it claims that pouches with synthetic nicotine are alternative products to snus – which is banned in the EU, with the exception of Sweden – and that pouches should not be legalised.
31st October 2024: Poland: The minister of health, Izabela Leszczyna, has said in an interview with press that the ministry is working on a bill to ban synthetic nicotine pouches. She said that she aims for the draft bill to be ready by the end of the year. “We want to introduce a complete ban on their sale,” she said. If the bill is introduced and passed, the sale of nicotine pouches made with synthetic nicotine will be banned.
31st October 2024: Poland: Yesterday (30th October), the Senate passed the amendment to the Excise Duty Act, increasing the excise rates on e-liquids from 2025. Last week, the Sejm (lower chamber of the parliament) also passed it. The amendment also establishes an increase in the heated tobacco rates from PLN377.01 (€86.62) per kg to PLN565.52 (€129.95) per kg in 2025, PLN678.62 (€155.90) per kg in 2026 and PLN780.41 (€179.25) per kg in 2027. The current tax will remain applicable until 1st March 2025.
22nd October 2024: Poland: The Sejm (lower chamber of parliament) has passed the amendment to the Excise Duty Act increasing the excise rates on heated tobacco products (HTPs) from 2025. It establishes an increase from PLN377.01 (€87) per kg to PLN565.52 (€131) per kg in 2025, PLN678.62 (€157) per kg in 2026, and PLN780.41 (€181) per kg in 2027. The current tax will remain applicable until 1st March 2025.
15th October 2024: Poland: Health minister Izabela Leszczyna has said the next session of the Council of Ministers will discuss two draft amendments to the Tobacco Act, press reports. The amendments include bans on the advertising of nicotine-free e-cigarettes, their sale to under-18s, their sale in vending machines and online sales, and a ban on heated tobacco flavours. The Ministry of Health is expecting the amendments to enter into force by the end of the year. However, the ban on the sale to minors and advertising of nicotine-free e-cigarettes and the ban on heated tobacco flavours will not be applicable until six and nine months, respectively, after the amendment’s entry into force.
2nd October 2024: Poland: The Council of Ministers has adopted the draft act amending the Excise Duty Act, which increases heated tobacco and e-liquid rates. It establishes an increase in the heated tobacco rates from PLN377.01 (€87.75) per kg to PLN565.52 (€131.64) per kg in 2025, PLN678.62 (€157.94) per kg in 2026, and PLN780.41 (€181.64) per kg in 2027. The current tax will remain applicable until the 1st March 2025.

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