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Estonia HTP and nic pouch excise tax set to increase in 2025 ...
Serbia HTP tax to rise in January 2025 and again in July 2025 ...
Russia New tax in force for heated tobacco consumables from 1st January ...
Russia New minimum sales price for heated tobacco to come into force in January ...
Belarus New tax rates in January for heated tobacco and nic pouches ...
Germany Heated tobacco tax to increase from 1st January ...
Bulgaria Tax rates for tobacco substitutes and heated tobacco to rise in January ...
Switzerland Tax on heated tobacco, snus and nicotine pouches to rise in January ...
Hungary Tax rises on HTPs, herbal heated sticks and nic pouches in January ...
Iceland Nicotine pouch excise duty to come into force 1st January ...
Indonesia Minimum retail price of HTPs and nic pouches to increase in January ...

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Alternative tobacco and nicotine products in the Scotland

Global business and regulatory news covering the alternative tobacco industry

9th November 2023

King’s speech sets out UK’s ambitious plans for a smoke-free generation

10th October 2023

UK generational smoking ban could lead to unintended results, harm experts say

12th September 2023

UK smoking rates keep decreasing while vaping on the rise, national survey says

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Daily regulatory updates of the tobacco alternative sector. It includes weekly podcasts and monthly compilations

17th October 2023: UK: Another consultation on creating a smoke-free generation has been launched by the government. It will consider regulating nicotine pouches as nicotine vapour products. Following the consultation period of eight weeks (until 6th December), the UK government, Scottish government and Welsh government intend to bring forward legislation as soon as possible. The consultation doesn’t address herbal heated products and snus.
1st June 2022: UK - Scotland: Several organisations – ASH Scotland, the Marine Conservation Society, Zero Waste Scotland, Scottish Water, and Keep Scotland Beautiful – have raised the issue of the environmental (polluting) impact of vaping and smoking, press reports. For World No Tobacco Day, which was yesterday (31st May), the organisations urged Scots to properly dispose of cigarettes, vaping paraphernalia and packaging after use. Sheila Duffy from ASH Scotland said: “We are also increasingly concerned about the noticeable escalation of littering and pollution risks caused by discarded single-use disposable vaping products that contain single-use plastics as well as toxic chemicals and battery components.”

Regulatory reports

Detailed legal reports outlining industry regulation, analysis of the laws, and compliance requirements

2nd December 2020

EU regulation and nicotine pouches: five possible scenarios for the future

7th November 2019

Heated tobacco taxation in the EU: classification, rates and structures

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Regulatory data

Up-to-date information about current regulations around the world

20th December 2024

TobaccoIntelligence compliance calendar

30th November 2022

Regulatory database: international stakeholders in the tobacco alternatives market

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