LATEST ALERTS
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,
Greece: Parliament last week approved a bill implementing the EU-wide heated tobacco flavour ban set out in Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100. The ban will come into force on 23rd
Finland: The Finnish Medicines Agency (Fimea) has reassessed nicotine pouches and decided they can no longer be classified as medicines unless they are
Ukraine: The Ministry of Finance has announced the government’s approval of changes to the regulation on excise tax stamps, increasing the stamp fees.
Czech Republic: The Chamber of Deputies (the lower chamber of Parliament) has approved at third reading a bill to transpose the EU flavour ban
Czech Republic: Yesterday, the government approved the 2023-2025 Addiction Policy Action Plan, setting topics that the country should prioritise in this period, media
Greece: A bill seeking to implement the EU-wide heated tobacco flavour ban set out in Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 into the national legislative framework
Norway: The Ministry of Health has presented a public health report that introduces a new national tobacco strategy. The government will consider banning
UK: Yesterday, MP Bob Blackman submitted a private members bill seeking to impose tobacco retail licences, which would also be required for heated tobacco
Netherlands: Under the Law amending some tax laws and some other laws (Tax Plan 2023), from tomorrow (1st April) there will be an
Austria: As approved in the Budget Accompanying Bill 2023, starting tomorrow (1st April), the tax on heated tobacco will increase from €149 per kg to
Slovenia: A 30-day public consultation ends today on a Ministry of Health bill to bring nicotine pouches under the Tobacco Law, making them subject to age, sales
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
Bulgaria: The Customs authority has told TobaccoIntelligence that BGN55,308,468 (€28.27m) was collected in tax on heated tobacco products in 2020; BGN44,932,636 (€22.96m) in 2021;
Switzerland: A study conducted last year by the Swiss Addiction Foundation, funded by the Federal Office of Public Health and involving 9,345 students, found 4% of boys
Denmark: The Social Democratic Party – the governing party with the most seats in the parliament – is planning to ban flavoured nicotine
Bulgaria: The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are creating a working group to draft an amendment to the Child Protection Act
Lithuania: The Department of Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control has issued a reminder that from 1st April 2023, under order no. V-1815/3D-771, tetrahydrocannabinol
UK: Junior health secretary Neil O'Brien has said that there is currently no evidence that young people move from using vapes to tobacco
EU: The EU Commission proposal for the Green Claims Directive requires companies to substantiate claims about environmental footprint with the standard quantifying methods. The
UK: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that the heated tobacco retailer Neafs breached the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) code by
Czech Republic: An amendment to the Act on the Protection of Health from the Harmful Effects of Addictive Substances comes into force today,
UK: The government will unveil a set of proposals in the coming weeks aimed at realising the goal of a “Smokefree 2030” and responding
UK: Lancashire Police and Trading Standards officers last week seized 1,024 counterfeit e-cigarettes and tobacco products in the town of Preston. Together they would
Malta: A petition calling for heated tobacco to be legalised, published on the parliamentary website, will be open for signatures until 12th May.
Italy: The Council of Ministers has adopted a bill to delegate a tax reform to the government. Among other things, it aims to review the administrative
Bulgaria: The Ministry of Finance has presented a draft Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Tax-Insurance Procedural Code, introducing a tax for "tobacco substitutes
EU: EU environment ministers, particularly from Italy and Belgium, want more flexibility in implementing the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, proposed by the
Netherlands: Since the minister of infrastructure and water management highlighted the problems around cigarette filters, the government has engaged an independent research and
Netherlands: After an inspection of 25 outlets in the Hague, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) found that the inspected
Netherlands: The House of Representatives has approved a motion calling on the government to introduce licensing requirements for tobacco sales outlets, media reports.
Finland: The Ministry of Finance has confirmed to TobaccoIntelligence that heated tobacco products have been subject to excise tax since 1st January 2022,
EU: The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) last week gave a preliminary ruling, as requested by the German Federal Court of Justice,
EU: Answering questions from MEPs Johan Nissinen of the right-wing Sweden Democrats and Anne-Sophie Pelletier of the French Left on when the proposal reviewing the Tobacco Excise
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has published a notice issued to retailers last week telling them to suspend sales of nicotine pouches until the
Lithuania: The Ministry of Health is looking to implement the Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 with an amendment to the Law on Tobacco
Serbia: Health minister, Danica Grujičić, told local media that the proposal to amend the Law on the Protection of People from Smoke Exposure
UK: At yesterday's debate, the National No Smoking Day, MPs asked the health secretary exactly when the response to the Khan review will be
Russia: Yesterday, a bill on the state regulation of production and circulation of tobacco and nicotine-containing products was approved by the Russian government,
Russia: The government agenda for today includes a discussion on a proposal concerning the production, licensing and packaging requirements for tobacco and nicotine products.
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.
UK: Asked in Parliament about a possible “smoke-free fund” to be paid for by the tobacco industry to boost public health budgets, junior
Czech Republic: National anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil has told reporters that an overdue action plan on addiction will be sent to the government by the end
Estonia: The Ministry of Social Affairs has drawn up a bill to amend the Tobacco Act, introducting a definition for heated tobacco, equating heated
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has told retailers to suspend the sale of nicotine pouches until the Ministry of Health has analysed
Czech Republic: An amendment to the Act on the Protection of Health from the Harmful Effects of Addictive Substances will come into force
Italy: The Ministry of Health will present a bill to Parliament soon to eliminate smoking rooms in public places and extend the smoking
Luxembourg: Answering a parliamentary question on consumption figures and legal status of nicotine pouches, health minister Paulette Lenert today confirmed that neither national tobacco laws nor any
Italy: Health minister Orazio Schillaci said that nicotine pouches are harmful to health and that he has started a procedure to suspend their
