Market & legal data in the tobacco alternatives sector in Poland

2nd May 2024: Poland: The government has announced that a bill taxing nicotine pouches and other innovative products will be introduced, press reports. The bill will propose an excise duty to be implemented in 2025 at a rate of PLN100 (€23) per kg. The excise duty would increase progressively to PLN200 (€46) per kg in 2026 and PLN300 (€69) per kg in 2027. It has been announced that the bill will also tackle other innovative tobacco-free products that are currently not taxed. TobaccoIntelligence believes that this new excise duty category would include herbal heated products. However, no further details have been revealed.
30th April 2024: Poland: The Parliamentary Team for Counteracting Addictions has started discussions on the regulation of nicotine pouches. Jarosław Neneman, secretary of state in the Ministry of Finance, has informed the press that the team has already held several meetings with industry members and has reached an agreement on how to regulate these products. Neneman also announced that an excise duty over nicotine pouches has been agreed and will be implemented. Bills in this regard are expected to be introduced in the coming months.
7th March 2024: Poland: The Ministry of Finance has announced its intention to amend the definition of innovative products in the Excise Duty Act in order to include tobacco-free heated products due to their increasing presence in the market, press reports. Currently, only heated tobacco products are included under the definition of innovative products, and therefore tobacco-free heated products such as herbal heated products are not subject to the excise duty. If the amendment is made, herbal heated products will also be subject to an excise duty of PLN377.01 (€87) plus 32.05% of the weighted average price of smoking tobacco.
8th January 2024: Poland: As of 1st January 2024, the excise duty on heated tobacco is set at PLN377.01 (€87) plus 32.05% of the weighted average price of smoking tobacco. The excise rate will progressively rise to PLN414.71 (€95) in 2025 and PLN456.18 (€98.40) in 2026, finally stabilising in 2027 at PLN501.80 (€115), while the 32.05% will remain constant.
17th October 2023: Poland: Parliamentary elections took place in Poland on Sunday, resulting in a likely change of government. Today (17th October), with 100% of the votes counted, the ruling right-wing party Law and Justice (PiS) has obtained the largest amount of votes, but not the majority of seats in the Sejm (Polish Parliament lower chamber) it would need to govern. The sum of the opposition parties – the centre-right parties Civic Coalition (KO), Third Way (TD) and the left-wing Nowa Lewica (New Left) – makes a coalition government led by Civic Coalition leader Donald Tusk a feasible outcome. This will depend on whether TD decides to join the coalition government and give support to Tusk. This government switch could bring about some changes around e-cigarettes and tobacco products, as Tusk’s party has advocated in the past for limiting excise tax increases. However, it is still uncertain, as none of the opposition parties have made any reference to tobacco policies in their programmes.
9th January 2023: Poland: Following the excise duty amendment that was approved last year, as of 1st January 2023, the excise duty on heated tobacco has increased to PLN342.74 (€73) plus 32.05% of the weighted average price of smoking tobacco. The tax will progressively rise in the following years to PLN377.01 (€80) in 2024, PLN414.71 (€88) in 2025, PLN456.18 (€97) in 2026 and finally stabilising in 2027 at PLN501.80 (€106), while the 32.05% would remain constant. The average price of smoking tobacco, necessary to calculate this tax, will continue being updated annually. For 2023, it amounts to PLN518.38 (€110) per kg.

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