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Malaysia: In a poll carried out by CodeBlue – a local newspaper specialising in health matters – with 31 MPs, 14 said that they
Jordan: In response to a query from the deputy prime minister for economic affairs on the possibility of allowing the establishment of tobacco
Kazakhstan: The Ministry of Finance is aiming to increase the minimum retail prices for heated tobacco products, media reports. If the draft amendment
Saudi Arabia: The Ministry of Rural Affairs and Housing has introduced an initial draft through the public consultation platform on the requirements for
Iraq: The Erbil Governorate in Kurdistan yesterday issued a notice prohibiting the marketing and advertising of all tobacco products through the media, either
Dominican Republic: Members of the centre-left Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), the ruling party, have reaffirmed support for a bill to regulate e-cigarettes and heated tobacco
Vietnam: In a seminar held by the Ministry of Health, Tran Thi Trang, deputy director of the legal department of the Ministry of Health, recommended
India: The Supreme Court has stayed an order by the Madras High Court that quashed the Tamil Nadu food safety commissioner’s decision to ban the manufacture, storage,
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
India: A former Parliament member has published an academic paper concluding that the national ban on heat-not-burn (HnB) products ordered by the government in
Vietnam: Ngo Khai Hoan, deputy director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said during a seminar on the regulation of new generation tobacco
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
Algeria: During an oral question session in the parliament, member of parliament (MP) Abdelkader Qouri asked the minister of industry and pharmaceutical production, Ali
Australia: The South Australia state government has proposed extending the existing restrictions on smoking in outdoor public places, press reports. The use of heated tobacco
Vietnam: The Ministry of Health has proposed a ban on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products over health concerns. According to the ministry, tobacco regulations
India: The Delhi High Court has upheld a ban imposed by the city’s Food Safety Commissioner on the manufacture, storage and sale of
Argentina: Following the recently-issued Decree 565/2023 prohibiting the importation, distribution, sale and any form of promotion and sponsorship of heated tobacco products, two Congress members from
Argentina: MP Carolina Moisés from the ruling coalition has reportedly asked the minister of health to suspend Decree 565/2023, which entered into force on
Canada: Starting 1st April, heated tobacco and oral tobacco tax will be increased from CAD9.30879 ($6.87) to CAD9.89524 ($7.30) per 50 g or a
Kyrgyzstan: The Tobacco Act states that today, 31st March, is the deadline for manufacturers and importers of heated tobacco consumables and devices for
Argentina: A Health Ministry decree came into force yesterday, banning the importation, distribution, sale and advertising of heated tobacco devices and consumables. An official ministry statement
Brazil: The director of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), Antonio Barra Torres, has told media that a resolution of the legal status of e-cigarettes and
Egypt: The Senate has passed a bill on "Treating e-cigarettes and heated tobacco reciprocally with regular cigarettes'' during its plenary session today (27th
Philippines: Last week, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued Revenue Memorandum Circular 35-2023, clarifying that the application of the 18-month transition period provided in
Cambodia: During a seminar yesterday on e-cigarettes and related products, education minister Kim Sethany told school managers to ramp up enforcement of the ban
Taiwan: Amendments to tobacco legislation banning all types of e-cigarette and regulating heated tobacco products will come into force tomorrow. Heated tobacco products will have to
Taiwan: The Health Ministry has proposed banning the use of floral, fruity, chocolate and mint-flavoured additives in tobacco products. If adopted, the measure
Pakistan: During a seminar on the impact of nicotine and heated tobacco products on public health – held on 19th March in Khyber
Bahrain: On 19th March, the minister of industry and commerce issued Decision No.26/2023, authorising the Ministry of Health to monitor the implementation of
Kyrgyzstan: The parliament approved the bill "On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of taxation" in the
Qatar: The General Customs Authority has confirmed to TobaccoIntelligence that nicotine pouches are legal and can be imported by companies for commercial purposes
China: The Healthy China Action Promotion Committee instructed enforcement agencies to "severely crack down" on illegal underage and online sales. The State Tobacco Monopoly
Paraguay: MP José Rodríguez said yesterday that his Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico (PLRA), the largest opposition party, will press for the excise duty on
Philippines: The Department of Trade and Industry’s Consumer Protection Group has warned all e-commerce platforms to comply with vaping and heated tobacco regulation, or risk facing
Egypt: Representative Ghada Ali, a member of the Nation’s Future Party (ruling party), said in a televised interview that a bill is being
Bangladesh: During an event to discuss the role of the media in tobacco control, the Development Organisation of the Rural Poor, a non-governmental
Egypt: Following a discussion on monitoring the sale of heated tobacco and vaping products, especially to minors, as well as enforcing the ban
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
Israel: The Ministry of Health has submitted its study on the use of tobacco products for the year 2021 to the Knesset (parliament).
Egypt: Tomorrow, 28th February, the Health Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives will discuss a briefing request submitted by Representative Ghada Ali
Paraguay: Last week, the government issued Decree 8878, according to which the applicable tax for heated and oral tobacco products has increased from
Chile: The government is planning to introduce a bill in March 2023 setting out a new tax for tobacco products, press reports. Heated tobacco
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
Taiwan: Customs officers at Taipei airport seized 1,138 packs of heated tobacco consumables on Sunday from passengers flying in to Taiwan, media reports. Heated
Vietnam: The Ministry of Finance is proposing an amendment to the Law on Special Consumption Tax to tax e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. It notes in its draft
Philippines: The Department of Health and Industry announced today that it was stepping up enforcement of regulations governing vaping, heated tobacco and other
India: Health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said yesterday that the central government is working on amending several laws regulating tobacco, namely the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco
Malaysia: Answering a parliamentary question, the health minister Zaliha Mustafa said yesterday that she intends soon to reintroduce the 2022 Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill,
