LATEST ALERTS
Belgium: Starting 1st January 2025, the sale of tobacco products, tobacco-related products and e-cigarettes in temporary points-of-sale will be prohibited.
Belgium: On 1st January 2025, the royal decree of 3rd March 2024 on the manufacture and marketing of tobacco products and herbal products
Belgium: Supermarket chain Buurtsuper.be has filed an appeal with the Constitutional Court regarding a measure in the tobacco plan approved in March 2024. Buurtsuper.be considers
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
Belgium: In Belgium’s federal elections, the right-wing New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) emerged victorious with 16.7% of the national vote. The extreme-right Vlaams Belang
Belgium: The government notified a bill to the European Commission via the TRIS system that aims to introduce plain packaging for heated tobacco products,
Belgium: Parliament has approved a bill to amend the law on smoking bans, which prohibits smoking and vaping in amusement parks, zoos, playgrounds, children’s farms, and
Belgium: Parliament has approved a bill aimed at implementing some of the objectives set by the 2022-2028 Strategy for a Tobacco-Free Generation. The bill introduces
Belgium: The Ministry of Health has published a decree to transpose Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 regarding the withdrawal of certain exemptions for heated tobacco products
Belgium: In December 2023, the Council of Ministers adopted a bill aimed at implementing some of the objectives set by the 2022-2028 Strategy
Belgium: The Council of Ministers approved a package of ten measures to enhance tobacco control in Belgium, which includes a display ban in retail
Belgium: The Royal Decree banning the sale of nicotine pouches and cannabinoid-containing pouches enters into force for retailers on 1st October. British American Tobacco (BAT)
Belgium: The Royal Decree banning the sale of nicotine pouches and cannabinoid-containing pouches enters into force tomorrow, 1st July, for manufacturers and importers. It
Belgium: British American Tobacco (BAT) is to take a challenge to Belgium’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, against the royal decree banning nicotine
Belgium: The government has notified on the EU TRIS database a bill to transpose Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 on the withdrawal of certain exemptions for heated
Belgium: The Superior Health Council has issued a report on the impact of cigarette filters on public health and the environment, calling for them to
Belgium: Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke has banned the sale of nicotine pouches, and cannabinoid-containing pouches, through a royal decree which will come into force on 1st
Belgium: Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke said he intends to ban nicotine pouches to protect kids and young people from developing nicotine addiction, local
Belgium: The 2022-2028 Strategy for a Tobacco-Free Generation has been agreed by a joint group of federal and regional health ministers. The plan sets several objectives, including banning
Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment has told TobaccoIntelligence that the draft 2022-2028 Strategy for a Tobacco-Free Generation will be
Belgium: Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke has proposed a ban on tobacco vending machines in bars, restaurants and catering facilities, allowing them only in
Belgium: The government was today presenting its 2023 Budget, which was expected to include further increases in excise duty on tobacco products over the
Belgium: The standstill period to submit comments on a proposal to ban nicotine pouches and cannabinoid-containing pouches, which was due to end on 16th
Belgium: The government has notified fellow EU member states through the TRIS Database of a bill to ban nicotine pouches and cannabinoid-containing pouches. It says
Belgium: Last week, the Chamber of Deputies approved a bill to ban smoking – including heated tobacco products – on station platforms, starting
Belgium: Four large tobacco companies have been fined a total of almost €36m after the Belgian Competition Authority finally delivered a decision on a case dating
Belgium: The Federal Public Health Service (FPS) for Health, Food Chain Safety and the Environment has told TobaccoIntelligence that the draft 2022-2028 Interfederal Strategy
Belgium: The General Drug Policy Unit (CGPD) yesterday presented the draft of the 2022-2028 Strategy for a Tobacco-Free Generation during an interministerial conference on public health. The
