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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.
7th March 2023
Paraguay: MP José Rodríguez said yesterday that his Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico (PLRA), the largest opposition party, will press for the excise duty on tobacco products, including heated and oral tobacco, to be raised to 24% of the wholesale price – the highest rate allowed by law, press reports. The government recently raised the duty from 20% to 22% of the wholesale price.
27th February 2023
- Paraguay: Last week, the government issued Decree 8878, according to which the applicable tax for heated and oral tobacco products has increased from 20% to 22% of the wholesale price.
27th February 2023
- Chile: The government is planning to introduce a bill in March 2023 setting out a new tax for tobacco products, press reports. Heated tobacco products are not currently subject to a specific tax, while snus and chewing tobacco are taxed at 59.5% of the retail price.
13th February 2023
- Colombia: Discussions around the Vaping Products Bill started last week, press reports. The newly introduced bill aims to restrict access to heated tobacco products by under-age consumers and limit advertising and promotion. It also intends to impose labelling and packaging restrictions, such as health warnings. Asovape, the largest Colombian vaping association, has said that while the age restriction envisaged in the bill is necessary, respect should be shown for adults who decide to use these products as an alternative to cigarettes.
2nd February 2023
- Paraguay: Opposition member of the Chamber of Deputies José Rodríguez said that he will present a bill in Parliament seeking to increase the tax on tobacco products – including heated and oral tobacco – from 20% to 24% of the wholesale price, press reports.
17th January 2023
Paraguay: Opposition senator Pedro Santa Cruz has written to president Mario Abdo Benítez urging him to increase the tax on tobacco products, including heated and oral tobacco, from 20% to 22% of the wholesale price, with proceeds to go to the National Cancer Institute (Incan).
21st December 2022
- Paraguay: The Ministry of Health warned yesterday (20th December) about the health risks associated with heated tobacco and chewing tobacco products. The ministry considers that “heated tobacco products are equally harmful as traditional cigarettes”, and calls for the enactment of a law that regulates heated tobacco products given their increasingly widespread use among the population. Paraguay’s broad tobacco framework currently covers heated tobacco products.
16th December 2022
- Peru: The Ministry of Health has published an information note about the negative impact of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products on the environment. It claims that these devices have batteries that require special disposal and that the products are made of non-biodegradable materials.
25th November 2022
- Chile: The Health Committee of the Chamber of Deputies approved Bill 12626-11 on 22nd November. The bill, combined with Bill 12632-11, seeks to equate heated tobacco products with other traditional tobacco products. The bill also introduces certain provisions on devices and their components.
9th November 2022
Chile: The Chamber of Deputies Health Committee yesterday heard the government’s comments on Bill 12626-11, which, together with Bill 12632-11, seeks to equate heated tobacco products with other tobacco products. The committee has set a new deadline of 17th November to end discussion and decide on the bill, which also introduces certain provisions on devices and their components.
31st October 2022
- Brazil: The candidate from the left-wing Workers' Party (PT), Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, won the presidential elections with 50.9% of the votes. He has not expressed his opinion about new products, but the Workers' Party has defended strict policies towards tobacco regulation, as shown in our Policy Radar.
