16th January 2025 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: The Ministry of Health plans to establish a committee to ensure the enforcement of the Prevention of Smoking Law. This law prohibits smoking,
4th November 2024 - Africa, South Africa |
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
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
18th October 2024 - Africa, Egypt |
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
14th October 2024 - Africa, Algeria |
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
7th October 2024 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: The Ministry of Health has released a series of warnings about the dangers of tobacco use, saying that the use of inhalable
1st October 2024 - Africa, Morocco |
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: 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
27th August 2024 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: The Customs Authority has released circular 47/2024, clarifying that the health insurance tax is paid to the Customs Authority for imported tobacco
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
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
19th February 2024 - Africa, Egypt |
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
8th February 2024 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: During a TV interview, Mahmoud Shalabi, secretary of fatwa at the Egyptian Fatwa House, addressed the religious perspective on heated tobacco and
30th January 2024 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: In a TV interview, Ibrahim El Imbabi, head of the Tobacco Division at the Federation of Egyptian Industries, said that the division
8th January 2024 - Africa, Egypt |
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
8th January 2024 - Africa, Tunisia |
Tunisia: The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has issued circular 31/2023, which prohibits tobacco use in all buildings and headquarters of
8th January 2024 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: The Supreme Council of Universities has decided to ban the use of heated tobacco and e-cigarettes on university campuses, press reports. The
20th December 2023 - Africa, Tunisia |
Tunisia: The deadline to place health warnings covering 70% of the packaging on tobacco and vapour products is 31st December.
20th November 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: Eastern Company, Egypt's largest tobacco producer and a former holder of a monopoly for the production of tobacco products in the country,
7th November 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
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
30th October 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
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
28th August 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: The Egyptian Organization for Standards and Quality (EOS) has told TobaccoIntelligence it is currently working on two new regulations. The first will address
23rd August 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
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
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
12th July 2023 - Africa, Ghana |
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
12th July 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
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
7th July 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
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
7th July 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: The Egyptian Organization for Standards and Quality (EOS) told TobaccoIntelligence that it is developing two standards for electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products.
19th June 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
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
18th May 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: The Public Prosecution in New Cairo has requested a police investigation into British American Tobacco (BAT) after a distribution company accused the
9th May 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
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
17th April 2023 - Africa, Morocco |
Morocco: 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
17th April 2023 - Africa, Algeria |
Algeria: During an oral question session in the parliament, member of parliament (MP) Abdelkader Qouri asked the minister of industry and pharmaceutical production, Ali
27th March 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: The Senate has passed a bill on "Treating e-cigarettes and heated tobacco reciprocally with regular cigarettes'' during its plenary session today (27th
3rd March 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: Representative Ghada Ali, a member of the Nation’s Future Party (ruling party), said in a televised interview that a bill is being
2nd March 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: Following a discussion on monitoring the sale of heated tobacco and vaping products, especially to minors, as well as enforcing the ban
27th February 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
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