China: The National Tobacco Half-Year Work Conference was held in Beijing on 23rd and 24th July, press reports. In the meeting, authorities emphasised
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Pakistan: The government of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has passed the Excise Act of 2024. The act did not adopt the proposal for increasing
26th July 2024 - Asia, United Arab Emirates |
United Arab Emirates: The Ajman Police has launched an initiative called “Your Life is Purer Without Smoking” to raise public awareness about the harmful
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of nicotine pouches that are authorised for sale.
24th July 2024 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: After opposition parties criticised health minister Casey Costello’s decision to cut the excise tax on heated tobacco products (HTPs) by 50%, the
24th July 2024 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: The House Ways and Means Committee approved a substitute to bill 10329, which requires tobacco and vaping companies to implement a digital track-and-trace system
24th July 2024 - Asia, Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan: The health minister has issued an order to change the text of the warning displayed in places where tobacco products are sold,
Vietnam: Following the introduction of a draft law on special consumption tax to increase the tax on tobacco products, the Ministry of Finance has
22nd July 2024 - Brazil, South America |
Brazil: A congresswomen from the Democratic Labour Party (which is part of the government coalition) has introduced a bill to criminalise the manufacture,
Indonesia: The minister of finance has released the Macroeconomic Framework and Fiscal Policy Principles for 2025, in preparation for the State Budget 2025.
Georgia: The amendment to the tobacco legal framework to introduce licences for tobacco production has been supported by the parliamentary Health Protection and
22nd July 2024 - Asia, Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan: The government has increased minimum retail prices for heated tobacco products (HTPs), media reports. The minimum retail price for HTPs is KZT820
19th July 2024 - Europe |
Indonesia: The Indonesian Personal Vaporiser Association (APVI) has called on the government to separate regulations concerning cigarettes from the ones regulating e-cigarettes and
Spain: On 17th July, the Ministry of Health opened for public consultation a bill to amend law 28/2005 on health measures against smoking
18th July 2024 - Europe |
EU: Today the European Parliament re-elected Ursula von der Leyen, the candidate from the European People’s Party, as president of the European Commission
India: The Ministry of Health is reportedly planning to ask the Board of Control for Cricket in India to stop promoting tobacco products in
18th July 2024 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: Associate health minister Casey Costello has cut by 50% the excise tax on heated tobacco products (HTPs). New tariff numbers were
Lithuania: President Gitanas Nausėda has proposed an amendment to tighten economic sanctions for the sale of tobacco and related products to minors which has
17th July 2024 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: During today’s king’s speech at the state opening of Parliament, King Charles III said that the ruling Labour government will bring forward
17th July 2024 - Central America, Guatemala |
Guatemala: On Monday, 15th July, president Bernardo Arévalo appointed Joaquín Barnoya Pérez as the new minister of health. With Arévalo’s academic background in
17th July 2024 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The national anti-drug coordinator, Jindřich Vobořil, has decided to resign from his post at the end of August, media reports. He
Georgia: The parliament has started the process of considering changes to the tobacco legal framework to introduce licences for tobacco production, media reports. The
Moldova: The Moldovan government has introduced the budget bill proposing to raise excise duties on heated tobacco and e-cigarettes. Heated tobacco consumables would be taxed
Vietnam: The representative of the Department of Tax, Fee and Charge Policy Supervision and Management of the Ministry of Finance said at a workshop that the
US - General: Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced it will invest $600m to open a manufacturing facility in Aurora, Colorado. Regular production
Malta: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified tobacco products. The list contains heated tobacco products (HTPs) under the “novel tobacco product” category.
16th July 2024 - Central America, El Salvador |
El Salvador: In August, the entity in charge of supervising and regulating tobacco and nicotine products, the National Directorate of Medicines (DNM), will become
Qatar: The Ministry of Interior has published an awareness video on X, saying that, for public safety reasons, the use of cigarettes and tobacco
15th July 2024 - Asia, South Korea |
South Korea: A group of ten members of parliament from the ruling party, the People Power Party, has introduced a bill amending the Tobacco Business
Russia: The Ministry of Health has developed an initiative that would oblige manufacturers of tobacco and nicotine-containing products to indicate the composition of
Russia: Bill 639663-8 has been signed by the president. The excise rate for heated tobacco consumables will increase to RUB9,807 (€102) per kg in 2025,
France: Last week, on 4th July, the French Ministry of Health published its declarations about the transparency of the tobacco industry in 2023.
Bulgaria: The GERB–SDS – a two-party political coalition with the most seats in the parliament – has introduced a bill to amend the
Taiwan: On the progress of reviewing the listing of heated tobacco products (HTPs), health and welfare minister Chiu Tai-Yuan said the expert panel
11th July 2024 - Asia, United Arab Emirates |
United Arab Emirates: The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology has confirmed to TobaccoIntelligence that nicotine pouches are currently unregulated and that no
Russia: Bill 639663-8 has passed its third reading in the State Duma (lower chamber of the parliament) and now heads to the Federal
10th July 2024 - Europe |
EU: The Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D Group), currently holding 136 seats in the European Parliament after the
10th July 2024 - Europe |
EU: German member of the European Parliament (MEP) Peter Liese said yesterday (9th July) that despite previous reports suggesting that the European Parliament’s
Belgium: Starting 1st April 2025, the point-of-sale display of tobacco and similar products such as herbal heated products will be prohibited. This means that products
Russia: Bill 639663-8 has passed its second reading in the State Duma and now heads to its third reading. According to the text of
9th July 2024 - Europe, Switzerland |
Switzerland: The Canton of Vaud has banned sales of heated tobacco products (HTPs) to under-18s and obligates retailers to verify the age of HTP purchasers
France: The Regional Health Agency (ARS) of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, which includes Lyon, France’s third-largest city, has unveiled a new regional action plan
9th July 2024 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: Launched at the end of 2022, the citizens’ initiative to achieve a nicotine-free generation – which aims to prohibit the sale of
9th July 2024 - Europe |
EU: The regulation on ecodesign for sustainable products has recently been published. With the new regulation, we expect the emergence of a digital
8th July 2024 - Europe, Switzerland |
Switzerland: The Federal Commission for Addiction and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases (EKSN) has published a discussion paper stating that tobacco products and e-cigarettes are under-regulated
France: Following the second round of voting in the legislative elections, the left-wing coalition New Popular Front (NFP) secured 182 seats in the
5th July 2024 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Pending the counting of all votes, the general election held yesterday (4th July) has resulted in the Labour Party gaining the majority