International
This page holds all of our site content covering international countries (outside of Europe and the United States) and their markets, including all our news briefings, full-length market and regulatory reports, and our various regulatory and market trackers.
Visit our coverage on some of the top international countries we cover: Russia, Japan and South-Korea
Business briefing
Industry news, specifically focusing on business-related stories
Market reports
Full-length in-depth reports with detailed data and analysis for individual markets around the world
Regulatory reports
Detailed legal reports outlining industry regulation, analysis of the laws, and pertinent organisations
Market data
All of our heated tobacco and related products databases downloadable in Excel format
Regulatory data
Our full regulatory tracking databases including tax, proposed bills, etc.
NEW FORMAT
From February of 2022, subscribers will be able to view and filter individual regulatory alerts per region. If you want to get our monthly compilations, visit our alerts Round-up section.
Alerts
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.
6th July 2022
Philippines: Presidential spokesperson Trixie Cruz-Angeles has told reporters that the new president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, has given no indication of whether or not he supports the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Bill, which would change regulations on vaping and heated tobacco products. Bills approved by the former Congress lapse into law if the president fails to act on it within 30 days of receiving it. The presidential office has not confirmed to TobaccoIntelligence when the bill was received.
6th July 2022
- Brazil: The National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) was to discuss the regulation of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco in an extraordinary meeting today, 6th July. The public meeting was called to consider information and comments received during a public consultation, which closed on 10th June. In its preliminary report, published in April, the agency suggested that the existing ban should be maintained. No final decision is expected yet.
5th July 2022
Kazakhstan: Jamilya Sadykova, leader of the national coalition “For a Smoke-Free Kazakhstan”, is suing Philip Morris Kazakhstan over sponsorship and inappropriate advertising of heated tobacco, media reports. The Special Economic Court of the Almaty Region has reportedly accepted the claim against the Iqos manufacturer.
1st July 2022
- Egypt: Today (1st July) the Egyptian Tax Authority published a warning against the sale of tobacco products, heated tobacco and e-cigarettes that do not contain tax stamps. It stated that whoever sells tobacco products without the tax stamp (pendulum) on them could face criminal charges of tax and customs evasion, punishable by imprisonment. The tax authority also announced a new QR stamp system that is yet to be implemented.
1st July 2022
- Panama: A law that forbids heated tobacco, e-cigarettes and other devices, with or without nicotine, was enacted today (1st July). The law makes an exception for free-trade zones, whose purpose is to export and re-export to a third country.
30th June 2022
- Egypt: The Egyptian customs authority has published instruction No. 46/2022. Although there is still a degree of discussion, TobaccoIntelligence understands the instruction prohibits importing brands of all tobacco products that are also produced in Egypt, as reported by local press. No customs release letters will be issued if an imported product is also produced in Egypt, as it is a measure intended to protect local manufacturers. Only brands that are not produced in Egypt may be imported. In addition, the instruction clarifies that sanctions will be imposed according to Customs Law No. 207/2020 against the shipments that do not comply with the instruction.
29th June 2022
Vietnam: Luu Binh Pyong, a member of the one-party National Assembly, has criticised the loose management of novel tobacco products and spoken out against a ban, press reports. Other members of the Assembly have also supported the creation of a legal framework. Heated tobacco is forbidden in Vietnam while e-cigarettes are unregulated.
29th June 2022
Philippines: After campaigning in a televised briefing against the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Bill, the Department of Health has issued a statement urging president Rodrigo Duterte to veto the bill, which it says would hand its power over all aspects of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco to the Department of Trade and Industry. The bill was approved by the Senate and House of Representatives in January but has not yet been sent to the president’s office.
29th June 2022
Russia: The State Duma Budget and Taxes Committee has backed a government amendment which would increase excise rates on heated tobacco consumables and devices by 4% from 2025, media reports. If the bill is adopted, heat-not-burn (HnB) devices will be taxed at a rate of RUB70 ($1.38) and consumables at RUB8,479 ($167) per kg.
28th June 2022
- Cambodia: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports issued guidelines on the prevention of the use of heated tobacco products in public and private schools, local media reports. Even though such products are banned, the minister is concerned about the rising use of heated tobacco products among youth, and therefore, he asks professors and parents to inform students about the negative effects and report to local authorities about the trade of such products.
28th June 2022
- Egypt: The Egyptian Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) has extended to October the deadline for manufacturers, importers and distributors of tobacco and its alternatives to print prices on their products using QR codes. A December 2021 resolution originally gave companies until July 2022 to effect the change.
