Spain: The centre-right People's Party (PP) has introduced a motion in the Senate asking the government to develop a specific regulation for electronic
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Spain: The Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (Separ) has asked the government to ban nicotine pouches because of their supposedly adverse effects,
Spain: On 17th July, the Ministry of Health opened for public consultation a bill to amend law 28/2005 on health measures against smoking
Spain: The Ministry of Health has launched a public consultation on an amendment to decree 579/2017, which regulates e-cigarettes and tobacco products. It aims to address
Spain: Today the Ministry of Health will approve the Integral Plan for Smoking Prevention (PIT) 2024-2027, press reports. The final draft, which has
Spain: Minister of health Mónica García will present the Integral Plan for Smoking Prevention (PIT) 2024-2027 on Thursday (14th March) in front of
Spain: Minister of health Mónica García announced on Friday (26th January) in the Chamber of Deputies (lower chamber of parliament) that a bill
Spain: Yesterday (16th January), the Council of Ministers approved the decree imposing the heated tobacco flavour ban. The definition of heated tobacco remains
Spain: The Ministry of Health is aiming to further regulate electronic cigarettes and new tobacco products and establish tougher restrictions on using those products
Spain: Following an urgent procedure, the Ministry of Health plans to request the State Council's opinion on the bill amending royal decree 579/2017,
Spain: Yesterday (16th November), the Spanish parliament elected Pedro Sánchez as prime minister by absolute majority, press reports. After several months of negotiations following
Spain: Yesterday (13th November), the acting health minister, José Miñones, announced a bill will be introduced to amend royal decree 579/2017, which regulates
Spain: The Ministry of Health has launched a campaign warning against smoking and consuming heated tobacco products. The campaign is titled "Why do
Spain: Despite most polls predicting an absolute majority for right-wing parties following yesterday's legislative elections, surprising results mean that it is possible that the incumbent
Spain: Spain will miss the deadline to implement the Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 that imposes a flavour ban on heated tobacco products, press reports.
Spain: The National Committee on Tobacco Prevention (CNPT) has urged whatever government results from the 23rd July elections to pass a new Integral Plan
Spain: The incumbent Socialist Party (PSOE) has included the regulation of e-cigarettes and “sweetened tobacco-derived products” in its manifesto for the 23rd July
Spain: European Parliament members (MEPs) Nicolás González Casares and Domènec Ruiz Devesa of the Spanish Socialist Party, have urged the European Commission to regulate
Spain: Yesterday's local and regional elections resulted in a setback for the ruling Socialist Party, and today president Pedro Sánchez announced that parliamentary
Spain: The Ministry of Health has launched a public consultation on an amendment to Decree 579/2017, which regulates tobacco products. It aims to address various aspects,
Spain: The Spanish Association of Establishments with Vending Machines (AEPVR) has sued the Commissioner for Tobacco Markets for an alleged campaign of harassment, press reports.
Spain: Along with medical and anti-tobacco associations from various countries, the Spanish anti-tobacco organisation "No-fumadores" is organising a campaign aimed at collecting 1m
Spain: The Ministry of Health has launched a new campaign against tobacco and vaping products. The campaign – titled "The smoke does not allow you
Spain: The government of Catalonia is preparing a regulation that would ban smoking on bar and restaurant terraces and at the entrances of
Spain: The largest anti-tobacco organisation in Spain, the Smoking Prevention Committee (CNPT), has launched a campaign against tobacco and nicotine products with the hashtag #stophumotabaconicotina (stop
Spain: In October, for the first time in 18 years, new 25-year licences (a total of 203) to operate a state-owned tobacconist will
Spain: The Smoking Prevention Committee (CNPT) – the largest anti-tobacco organisation in Spain, representing several medical and anti-tobacco bodies – has criticised the government’s
Spain: The Ministry of Health has decided not to continue with its planned amendment to the Tobacco Act, press reports. The government has decided there
Spain: The National Committee for the Prevention of Smoking (CNPT) has urged the government to implement the Comprehensive Plan for the Prevention and
Spain: The Council of Ministers has not yet approved the Comprehensive Plan for the Prevention and Control of Smoking 2021-2025, reducing the chances
Spain: The Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) has warned that e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products are not safe and are
Spain: More than 85% of Spaniards would be in favour of a more restrictive regulation on tobacco products and 72% would ban smoking
Spain: The government of Catalonia is considering imposing a cigarette tax of €0.20 per cigarette, press reports. The director of the Catalan Waste
Spain: The Spanish parliament has passed the "waste and contaminated soils" bill. The bill states that tobacco products with filters and filters marketed for use in combination
Spain: The Ministry of Health has told the press that a draft amendment to the tobacco control law will shortly be finalised. Although the exact
Spain: The association Nofumadores.org (non-smokers.org) has asked the government to prohibit the sale of tobacco and electronic cigarettes to anyone born after 2007 so
Spain: The Ministry of Health has launched an awareness campaign against smoking, vaping and use of heated tobacco outdoors in places commonly frequented by other people, such as