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Description
Heated tobacco is regulated as traditional tobacco in Georgia in terms of retail, advertising, labelling and public usage. The law defines tobacco products as products containing tobacco or its elements, intended for smoking, chewing, spraying or inhaling, including heating tobacco. Heated tobacco is defined as a tobacco product intended for consumption only by heating. The device for heating tobacco is considered to be a tobacco accessory and/or equipment intended for tobacco consumption.
Oral tobacco is regulated by the cornerstone of the Georgian tobacco regulation – the Law on Tobacco Control. The law defines tobacco products as products containing tobacco or its elements, intended for smoking, chewing, spraying or inhaling. Smokeless tobacco is defined as a tobacco product that is not intended for smoking, namely, chewing, sucking or inhaling tobacco.
This is a two-report bundle that provides a detailed overview of Georgia’s regulatory framework for oral tobacco, nicotine pouches and heated tobacco, covering all policy areas.
Reasons to buy
This TobaccoIntelligence regulatory report will provide you with:
- A clear and detailed understanding of current regulatory requirements affecting this sector in a specific jurisdiction, enabling you to be confident your business and your products are compliant.
- The ability to plan ahead for specific regulatory changes.
- Strategic understanding of the policy climate within the jurisdiction, enabling you to forecast how it might affect business development.
- Sources of further information, for example links to full texts of legislation and contact details for relevant government offices.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Outlook
- Georgia: the basics
- National regulatory framework
- Age restrictions
- Product restrictions
- Labelling and packaging
- Obligation to notify
- Retail channel restrictions
- Public usage
- Advertising and marketing
- Taxation
- Sanctions
- Relevant laws
- Relevant bodies
Methodology
Our research is completely independent and original. It is conducted by TobaccoIntelligence’s multilingual legal analysis team, all specialists in this sector, and goes through a rigorous review and editing process before publication. Research draws on multiple sources, including: online and offline resources and data, specialist legal software, our own extensive databases and report archives, interviews with key stakeholders and government officials, and collaboration with local legal firms and on-the-ground professionals in the jurisdictions covered.
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