LATEST ALERTS
Slovenia: The Slovenian Market Inspectorate has issued a call to all tobacco retailers urging them to comply with the legal requirements and not sell
Vietnam: The Ministry of Health wants to increase measures to enforce the ban on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) and has proposed
EU: The European Commission has developed new proposals (Omnibus packages) that would simplify some EU rules. One of the aims is to make sustainability reporting
Hungary: The Ministry of Construction and Transport has opened a draft decree for consultation that would allow tobacco retailers and wholesalers to present
Austria: Following the right-wing Freedom Party’s failure to form a governing coalition with the Austria People’s Party (centre-right) earlier this month, the Austria
Myanmar: The Ministry of Health and Population announced stricter enforcement of the 2011 Tobacco Control and Regulation Act in the wake of recent violations
France: France has notified a draft decree banning oral nicotine products, including pouches, pastes, liquids, gums and lozenges, to the European Commision through
United Arab Emirates: Dubai Municipality has launched monitoring campaigns and field inspections in markets, malls, and food establishments during the Islamic month of Ramadan (28th
Bangladesh: Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the chief adviser for the Ministry of Health, has said that the government will pass the Tobacco
Jordan: Today, the Ministry of Health released the results of the national survey on tobacco, which was conducted as part of the national strategy
EU: Today, the Working Party on Tax Questions, a preparatory body of the Council of the European Union, is discussing the challenges of
Belgium: Sanne van Looy, a member of the New Flemish Alliance (NVA), has expressed the will to restart a tobacco waste reduction project
Bahrain: The House of Representatives Public Utilities and Environment Committee approved a motion urging the government to step up the enforcement of ministerial
Poland: A bill imposing an excise duty on nicotine pouches was passed at the Sejm (lower chamber of the parliament) on its third vote by
United Arab Emirates: The Federal Tax Authority issued ministerial resolution 1/2025 introducing new Harmonised System (HS) code classifications for electronic heating devices used with
Poland: The Sejm (lower chamber of the parliament) has passed the bill that transposes Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 and bans flavours in heated tobacco
Pakistan: A recent study has revealed that over 400 cigarette brands, accounting for more than half of total cigarette sales, are being sold in violation
Colombia: The Chamber of Representatives (lower house of the parliament) has approved bill 228/2024 in a second debate. The bill proposes a tax
Germany: The centre-right Christian Democratic Union of Germany/Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CDU/CSU) alliance, led by Friedrich Merz, won the federal elections with
Uzbekistan: The Law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Connection with the Improvement of the Alcohol and
India: The Indian government may increase the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on tobacco products, currently taxed at 28%. One of the options
United Arab Emirates: The Federal Tax Authority announced in a press release yesterday (20th February) that it conducted more than 93,000 inspection visits to local
China: In an analysis on the tenth anniversary of Beijing’s tobacco control framework, the authorities report that the smoking rate among those aged
Portugal: The Tax and Customs Authority has updated the list of approved and non-approved tobacco products in force, which includes nicotine-containing e-liquids. The total
Pakistan: Mukhtar Ahmed Bharath, coordinator to the prime minister on health, has approved the proposal to revive the Tobacco Control Cell, reaffirming his
US - Florida: House Bill 785 has been introduced that would expand existing tobacco product definitions to explicitly include heated tobacco products (HTPs). The
France: The Paris Criminal Court has fined the French subsidiary of Philip Morris and its former president Jeanne Pollès €500,000 and €50,000, respectively. The company
Indonesia: The head of the Ministry of Health’s Tobacco Disease Control Working Team, Benget Saragih, has advocated for the approval of the draft
EU, Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia: The comments and detailed opinions provided by the European Commission, the Czech Republic, Poland,
EU: Today, the European Parliament Committee on Public Health (SANT) held an exchange of views with the Polish minister of health, Izabela Leszczyna,
France: On 18th February, the Senate definitively adopted the 2025 Social Security Budget Bill, and no new excise tax has been introduced for nicotine
Chile: The developing decree of law 21,642 has been published in the country’s official journal today. The decree and the law will both
US - Georgia: House Bill 96 has been introduced. The bill would amend Georgia’s tobacco tax law by increasing the excise tax on
Bangladesh: The government is developing a policy to control the production and cultivation of tobacco across the country. Farida Akhter, advisor to the government on
US - Iowa: Senate Bill 1137 has been introduced. It would impose a tax on certain nicotine products, including e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches. For
US - Arkansas: Senate Bill 252 has been introduced. It would establish a new directory system managed by Arkansas Tobacco Control, requiring manufacturers to
Portugal: The Single-Use Plastics Management Association (ÚNICO) has been granted a licence to operate Portugal’s first extended producer responsibility system for managing waste
Russia: The government is actively discussing reforms in the tobacco trade, focusing on tougher liability for counterfeit sales. Instead of fines, violators may
Philippines: The Health Care Providers Alliance Against Covid (HPAAC) has called on the Senate to reject bill 11360, which seeks to replace the
Gulf Cooperation Council: The Technical Committee for Tobacco Products of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Standardization Organization (GSO) has preliminarily approved a standard introducing flavour
Algeria: The General Directorate of Taxes has sent a clarification note to its regional directors at the state level, detailing the list of activities that
Thailand: The E-Cigarette Policy Committee within the Thai parliament is preparing a proposal for a regulation to prevent the tobacco industry from interfering
Panama: The Ministry of Health (Minsa) has regulated the sale, use, and advertising of vaping products, heated tobacco products, and nicotine pouches through resolution
Ukraine: The Bureau of Economic Security reported an incident involving a man who was detained at the Polish border while trying to smuggle over
US - Federal: The Trump administration has begun reducing the federal workforce, affecting agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers
South Korea: The two main political parties in the parliament, the People Power Party (ruling party) and the Democratic Party of Korea (opposition
Philippines: The Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI), a trade association, supports a tax proposal that would replace the annual 5% hike on tobacco and
Chile: The Ministry of Health has confirmed to TobaccoIntelligence that the developing decree of law 21,642 has been recently approved by the relevant
France: On 12th February, the National Assembly adopted, without a vote, a new reading of the “expenditure” part and the entire 2025 Social Security
