LATEST ALERTS
Global: The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) on the international plastics treaty is currently taking place in Busan, South Korea,
South Korea: An official from the Planning and Finance Committee in the parliament said that there is a high possibility that bills amending
South Korea: A group of nine members of parliament from the opposition Democratic Party of Korea has introduced a bill seeking to extend the applicable labelling and
South Korea: A group of ten members of parliament from the opposition Democratic Party of Korea has introduced a bill seeking to expand the definition
South Korea: The Ministry of Health is launching an anti-smoking advertising campaign through various media platforms – including TV, social media, radio and online
South Korea: A group of ten members of parliament from the opposition Democratic Party of Korea has introduced a bill seeking to ban
US - General: Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced a collaboration with KT&G, a South Korean manufacturer of tobacco and nicotine products. The companies
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
South Korea: Yesterday (20th June), the Ministry of Health and Welfare updated the health warnings that heated tobacco, oral tobacco and nicotine pouches must
South Korea: The Tobacco Harmful Ingredients Disclose Bill was signed into law by the Cabinet on 31st October. The bill obliges manufacturers and importers
South Korea: On 6th October, the parliament approved the Tobacco Harmful Ingredients Disclose Bill. If the government signs the bill into law, it would oblige
South Korea: The government has ruled out the possibility of raising the tax applicable to heated tobacco products, as proposed by the minister
South Korea: Eleven MPs from the ruling party, the People's Power Party, introduced a bill last week seeking to reduce the National Health
South Korea: Deputy prime minister and minister of economy and finance Choo Kyung-ho said yesterday that heated tobacco products should be taxed at the
South Korea: The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KCDC) last week published a report on the use of flavoured e-cigarettes, in which it called for
South Korea: A bill was introduced last week seeking to reduce the national health promotion tax on snus and nicotine pouches from KRW534.50 ($0.43) to KRW56.10 ($0.046)
South Korea: The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency today warned of an increasingly widespread use by young people of flavoured tobacco products, which it says are a
South Korea: Today, the Ministry of Health and Welfare updated the requirements applicable to the health warnings that heated tobacco, oral tobacco and nicotine
South Korea: Heated tobacco products will have to carry new pictorial warnings from 23rd December following a decision by the National Health Promotion Policy Deliberative
