LATEST ALERTS
Malaysia:?The Bipartisan Parliamentary Committee on Health, Science and Innovation has recommended that the?proposed generational ban?on purchase of tobacco products should be delayed for
Vietnam:?During a?symposium yesterday on new tobacco products, the Ministry of Health objected to a proposal put forward by the?Ministry of Industry and Trade
Philippines: The Bureau of Internal Revenue has published an updated list of registered importers of heated tobacco products. According to the authority, any
Philippines:?The?Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Bill (Vape Bill), which introduces further regulation of vaping and heated tobacco products, has lapsed into law
Malaysia: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin today?tweeted?that, after having taken into account all the opinions expressed in stakeholder engagement sessions, sales of tobacco products
United Arab Emirates: The Public Prosecution authority has published a warning on Instagram that the sale, distribution and promotion of tobacco products to
Saudi Arabia:?The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority has published an updated list of goods that cannot be imported into the kingdom, including oral
India: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has published new?rules in the Gazette of India setting out new text and graphic health
Philippines: In response to a request from the president?s office for comments and recommendations on the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Bill
United Arab Emirates: The UAE Federal Tax Authority has issued a press release stressing its commitment to enforcing ?the Digital Tax Stamp (DTS)
Jordan: The House of Representatives has referred a government-drafted bill of child rights to a joint committee of the Women and Family Affairs
Malaysia:?A?poll of 40 members of Malaysia?s lower parliamentary chamber the Dewan Rakyat found only 12 said they would vote in favour of a
Malaysia: The Cabinet yesterday approved the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill that sets out to?ban?the sale of tobacco products to anyone born in
Philippines:?The Presidential Office has confirmed to TobaccoIntelligence that it received the?Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Bill, which will further regulate heated tobacco products, on
Saudi Arabia: The National Committee for Tobacco Control has tweeted that the Islamic pilgrimage season, the Hajj, is an opportunity to quit smoking,
Pakistan: The government has raised the threshold under which expensive cigarette brands are taxed at the same time it has raised the excise
Malaysia: The minister of health said today, 8th July, that the bill banning the sale of tobacco products to all those born after
Saudi Arabia: The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority ?has introduced an initial draft through the Public Consultation Platform, proposing amendments to the executive
Philippines: Presidential spokesperson Trixie Cruz-Angeles has told reporters that the new president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, has given no indication of whether or not
Kazakhstan: Jamilya Sadykova, leader of the national coalition ?For a Smoke-Free Kazakhstan?, is suing Philip Morris Kazakhstan over sponsorship and inappropriate advertising of
Vietnam:?Luu Binh Pyong, a member of the one-party National Assembly, has criticised?the loose management of novel tobacco products and spoken out against a
Philippines: After campaigning in a televised briefing against?the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Bill, the Department of Health has issued a statement urging president
Cambodia: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports issued guidelines on the prevention of the use of heated tobacco products in public and
Philippines:?The Department of Health has asked?charities, clubs and community organisations in a?televised briefing to help it campaign against the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation
Bangladesh: A proposed amendment to the Smoking and Using of Tobacco Products (Control) Act entails a ban on production, import, and sales of
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
Oman:?The Omani Consumer Protection Authority today published a warning stressing its commitment to enforcing the ban on alternative (smokeless) tobacco products. It announced
Kazakhstan: The concept of harm reduction, as well as the regulation of new nicotine products, has been discussed at the first Eurasian nicotine
Kazakhstan: The organisation League of Consumers of Kazakhstan has launched an online petition against a sharp increase in excise taxes on heated tobacco.
Philippines:?The Supreme Court has?upheld?a ruling recognising the regulatory authority of the Department of Health (DOH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over
Uzbekistan: The Senate has rejected a bill to restrict distribution and use of alcohol and tobacco products, saying it needs to be clarified
China (Macau):? Today, the Legislative Council of Macau?supported?the government?amendment?to the New Tobacco Control Law, which prohibits the manufacture, sales, import and export of
Philippines: Following the call from medical groups for president Rodrigo Duterte to veto the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation bill, health secretary Francisco Duque
Kazakhstan: The Mazhilis (lower chamber) of the Parliament adopted a bill in the second reading to introduce changes to the Tax Code, media
Philippines: Several medical groups renewed their call for president Rodrigo Duterte to veto the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Bill, press reports. The bill
Indonesia:?The director of prevention and control of non-communicable diseases within the Ministry of Health called yesterday for cross-party involvement in the ratification of
Kazakhstan: Members of the parliament have demanded a revision of excise taxes on tobacco products, media reports. According to the deputies, a differentiated
Israel: The Knesset (parliament) has given the final approval to the Bill on Restriction on Advertising and Marketing of Tobacco and Smoking Products.
United Arab Emirates: The Ministry of Health?confirmed?yesterday the application of the?Law 15/2009 on Tobacco Control and its executive regulations on heated tobacco products,
Malaysia: The deputy minister of health said yesterday, 31st May, that the bill banning the sales of vaping products to anyone born
India: On 23rd May, Tamil Nadu ? a state in the south of India with a population of more than 70m ? renewed
Philippines: Yesterday (25th May), measures from the Republic Act 11467/20?and?Executive Order 106/20 regarding heated tobacco activities entered into force. A licence will be
Kazakhstan: Yesterday (25th May), during the plenary session of the Mazhilis (lower chamber) of the Parliament, the minister of national economy, Alibek Kuantirov,
Bangladesh: Around 40 members of Parliament have signed a declaration vowing to achieve a ?tobacco-free Bangladesh? by 2040,?fulfilling a ?visionary statement? made by
Malaysia: The minister of health is reviewing the possibility of imposing plain packaging on tobacco products and a ban on their display in
