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South Africa: The Portfolio Committee on Health has resumed public hearings on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, which aims to regulate
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25th October 2024 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: Yesterday (24th October), the Portfolio Committee on Health met with the Department of Health to discuss the Tobacco Products and Electronic
Egypt: The Ministry of Health has issued a warning against electronic smoking, saying it increases the risk of heart attacks and lung infections within 24
Algeria: The Finance Bill for the fiscal year 2025 has been presented to the parliament. Under the proposed bill, corporate entities producing oral tobacco will
Egypt: The Ministry of Health has released a series of warnings about the dangers of tobacco use, saying that the use of inhalable
Morocco: Authenticity and Modernity Party member of parliament (MP) Abdellatif Al Zaim has submitted a written question to the minister of industry and
10th September 2024 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa:Â Last Wednesday (4th September), the Portfolio Committee on Health deliberated on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill. Deputy minister
29th August 2024 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The Department of Health said it will reintroduce the Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery System Bill to Parliament on
Egypt: The Customs Authority has released circular 47/2024, clarifying that the health insurance tax is paid to the Customs Authority for imported tobacco
14th August 2024 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill, which would regulate the sale, advertising and packaging of tobacco products and e-cigarettes,
17th June 2024 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: Cyril Ramaphosa, who has been in power since 2018, has been re-elected as president after his party, the African National Congress
4th June 2024 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: After counting the votes from last week’s elections, the current ruling African National Congress Party (ANC) only garnered 40.2% of the
28th March 2024 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The last day for public comments on the 2024 Draft Rates Bill is Sunday (31st March). The bill increases the heated tobacco tax from ZAR7.80
27th February 2024 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The National Treasury has opened the 2024 Draft Rates Bill for public comment. The bill increases heated tobacco tax from ZAR7.80 ($0.40) per ten
22nd February 2024 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The minister of finance, Enoch Godongwana, said in his 2024 budget speech that the ministry will increase tobacco excise duties by
Egypt: Following the Ministry of Trade and Industry decision 503/2023, the Egyptian Organization for Standards and Quality (EOS) has published the Procedural and Financial Regulations for
Egypt: During a TV interview, Mahmoud Shalabi, secretary of fatwa at the Egyptian Fatwa House, addressed the religious perspective on heated tobacco and
Egypt: In a TV interview, Ibrahim El Imbabi, head of the Tobacco Division at the Federation of Egyptian Industries, said that the division
24th January 2024 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The Portfolio Committee on Health will resume public hearings on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill. The next hearings will be held
Egypt: The Ministry of Trade and Industry has issued decision 498/2023 and decision 503/2023, approving two standards proposed originally by the Egyptian Organization
Tunisia: The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has issued circular 31/2023, which prohibits tobacco use in all buildings and headquarters of
Egypt: The Supreme Council of Universities has decided to ban the use of heated tobacco and e-cigarettes on university campuses, press reports. The
Tunisia: The deadline to place health warnings covering 70% of the packaging on tobacco and vapour products is 31st December.
Egypt: Eastern Company, Egypt's largest tobacco producer and a former holder of a monopoly for the production of tobacco products in the country,
Egypt: Law 177/2023 on the amendments to law 67/2016 has been signed by the president and published in the Official Gazette. Under the new
Egypt: Yesterday (29th October), the House of Representatives approved a government-drafted amendment to law 67/2016 stipulating an increase in value-added taxes on tobacco
Egypt: The Egyptian Organization for Standards and Quality (EOS) has told TobaccoIntelligence it is currently working on two new regulations. The first will address
Egypt: Eastern Company, the former tobacco monopoly and the country's largest tobacco producer, has disclosed that it has received offers from foreign investors to
Tunisia: The minister of economy and finance issued a decision dated 21st August 2023, updating the prices of monopolised products, in accordance with Law No.
16th August 2023 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The Portfolio Committee on Health will hold public hearings between 18th and 20th August on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control
1st August 2023 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The Portfolio Committee on Health has extended to 4th September the deadline for written comments on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control
27th July 2023 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: Tomorrow, 28th July, is the last day to present written submissions on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery System Control Bill. Comments on the bill, which aims to
Ghana: The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has issued a statement saying the sale, advertising and recreational use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and “other non-nicotine
Egypt: The Ministry of Health has issued a warning against the use of heated tobacco, saying that studies have revealed the presence of harmful toxins in
Egypt: The customs authority told TobaccoIntelligence that under the customs tariff, herbal heated sticks would be treated as tobacco substitutes, and are therefore subject to
Egypt:Â The Egyptian Organization for Standards and Quality (EOS) told TobaccoIntelligence that it is developing two standards for electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products.
29th June 2023 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The Portfolio Committee on Health has brought forward the deadline for written submissions on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill
22nd June 2023 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The Portfolio Committee on Health has opened the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill for written submissions from interested individuals and stakeholders. Comments
Egypt: The Customs Authority has released Circular No. 45/2023, clarifying that a tax of EGP1,400 ($74) per kg applies to heated tobacco sticks, plus a health insurance
2nd June 2023 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: Following a briefing on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health had mixed reactions to the
Egypt: The Public Prosecution in New Cairo has requested a police investigation into British American Tobacco (BAT) after a distribution company accused the
Egypt: The president’s health adviser, Mohamed Tag-Eldin, has told TV viewers that heated tobacco is no safer than combustible cigarettes and can have
Morocco:Â The Ministry of Economy and Finance issued Decision No. 890.23/2023, approving the sales prices of heated tobacco products. The ministry approved a price
Algeria:Â During an oral question session in the parliament, member of parliament (MP) Abdelkader Qouri asked the minister of industry and pharmaceutical production, Ali
Egypt: The Senate has passed a bill on "Treating e-cigarettes and heated tobacco reciprocally with regular cigarettes'' during its plenary session today (27th
Egypt: Representative Ghada Ali, a member of the Nation’s Future Party (ruling party), said in a televised interview that a bill is being
Egypt: Following a discussion on monitoring the sale of heated tobacco and vaping products, especially to minors, as well as enforcing the ban
Egypt: Tomorrow, 28th February, the Health Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives will discuss a briefing request submitted by Representative Ghada Ali
23rd February 2023 - Africa, South Africa |
South Africa: The National Treasury, in its 2023 Budget Review, proposed a 4.9% increase in excise duty on heated tobacco sticks from ZAR14.87 ($0.81) to ZAR15.60
Egypt:Â House of Representatives member Safaa Gaber Eada of the Homeland Defenders Party has written to the prime minister and the president of the
