LATEST ALERTS
Estonia: Following amendments approved and passed in June 2023, the current tax rate for heated tobacco products (HTPs) and nicotine pouches, set at
Serbia: Following the implementation of a new e-excise system, from 1st January 2025, the tax rate per package of heated tobacco products (HTPs)
Russia: According to the tax law amendment, heated tobacco consumables will be taxed at a rate of RUB9,807 (€90) per kg from 1st
Russia: From 1st January 2025, the minimum selling price for 1 g of heated tobacco will be RUB22 (€0.20).
Belarus: According to the tax law amendment, from 1st January 2025, the tax rate per kg will be BYN370.01 (€108) for heated tobacco
Germany: Heated tobacco tax consists of pipe tobacco tax plus an additional tax, which is calculated based on traditional cigarettes and pipe tobacco.
Bulgaria: In December 2022, the parliament approved a bill to amend the Law on Excise and Tax Warehouses that gradually increases the excise
Switzerland: Heated tobacco tax will increase from 12% to 16% of the retail price. Tax on snus and nicotine pouches will increase from
Hungary: New excise rates for heated tobacco products (HTPs), herbal heated sticks and nicotine pouches will enter into force on 1st January 2025,
Iceland: An excise duty for nicotine pouches will be introduced starting 1st January 2025, following the publication in November 2024 of the law
Indonesia: The minimum retail price of heated tobacco products (HTPs) and nicotine pouches will increase from 1st January 2025, following the publication of
Belgium: Starting 1st January 2025, the sale of tobacco products, tobacco-related products and e-cigarettes in temporary points-of-sale will be prohibited.
Belgium: On 1st January 2025, the royal decree of 3rd March 2024 on the manufacture and marketing of tobacco products and herbal products
Italy: Starting 1st January 2025, the excise duty on heated tobacco products (HTPs) and herbal heated products (HHPs) will increase from 38% to
Estonia: Following amendments approved and passed in July 2024, notifications of tobacco and tobacco-related products will be subject to a fee of €5,000
Lithuania: The 2025-2027 amendments to the Excise Law increase excise duties for heated tobacco to €89.40 per 1,000 pieces in January 2025. The
Czech Republic: According to the Excise Tax Act (consolidated budget package), the heated tobacco rate will increase to CZK3.97 (€0.16) in 2025. The
Lithuania: As of 1st January 2025, displaying tobacco products and e-cigarettes in convenience stores will be prohibited; however, displays will continue to be
Netherlands: The bill amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act to completely ban oral nicotine products (such as nicotine pouches), which was approved
Slovakia: The amendment to the Act on the Production, Labelling, and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products regarding the ban on flavoured heated
Armenia: According to the Tax Code, the heated tobacco tax rate will increase from AMD3,400 ($8.45) per 1,000 pieces to AMD3,750 ($9.30) per
Kyrgyzstan: According to the Tax Code, the tax rate for heated tobacco sticks of cylindrical shape will increase from KGS2,500 ($28) per 1,000
Albania: The tax on heated tobacco and oral tobacco will increase from ALL7,750 (€78) per kg to ALL8,250 (€84) per kg.
Latvia: The Tobacco Products Act was amended in January 2024. It established that from 1st January 2025, nicotine pouch flavours other than tobacco
Moldova: The budget bill 2025 amended the Fiscal Code in order to increase the excise duty on heated tobacco products. Starting 1st January
Poland: Starting 1st January 2025, the excise duty will rise from PLN377.01 (€88) per kg of tobacco to PLN414.71 (€97) per kg of
Spain: The government has notified a bill proposing an excise duty on nicotine pouches and other nicotine products to the European Commission’s TRIS
Spain: The Ministry of Health has extended the public consultation period for the draft decree that would amend royal decree 579/2017 until 22nd December. The
Netherlands: In a letter to the parliament, state secretary for youth, prevention and sport Vincent Karremans has informed the House of Representatives about Reports on
Ukraine: According to the head of the State Service for Food and Consumer Protection, Serhiy Tkachuk, the introduction of a nicotine cap for
Netherlands: Last week, after the debate on the Nicotinee citizens’ initiative, the House of Representatives voted for a motion to have the government investigate
US - Colorado: The Denver City Council has passed the final reading of an ordinance that will ban the sale of flavoured tobacco
New Zealand: On 16th December 2024, The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill received royal assent. As of 17th December, penalties for
Lithuania: The Department of Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control (NTAKD) has reminded retailers that as of 1st January 2025 displaying tobacco products and e-cigarettes
Indonesia: The Ministry of Finance has issued regulation 96 of 2024, to take effect on 1st January 2025, press reports. The regulation sets
Sweden: British American Tobacco Sweden AB is recalling the Granit Original White Portion Large snus product, produced between 30th May and 10th November 2024, due
Vietnam: The National Assembly has issued resolution 173/2024/QH15 in which it formally asks the government to ban the production, trading, import, storage, transport and use
US - District of Columbia: Attorney general Brian Schwalb has announced that Philip Morris International (PMI)’s subsidiary Swedish Match North America (SMNA) will
Japan: The government is planning to raise the excise duty on heated tobacco products (HTPs) to the same rate as traditional cigarettes in April 2026,
New Zealand: The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill was adopted in the third and final reading. The main changes expected are zoning restrictions for
Russia: The State Duma (lower chamber of the parliament) deputies have prepared a bill banning the sale of tobacco and nicotine-containing products at
Spain: Today is the last day of the public consultation period for the draft decree that would amend royal decree 579/2017, which regulates
Estonia: Parliament has approved bill 510 SE, which introduces incremental increases to excise duties on heated tobacco products (HTPs) and nicotine pouches over
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent the proposed Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Level of Combusted Cigarettes to
Indonesia: Merrijantij Punguan Pintaria, director of Beverages, Tobacco Products and Refreshment Materials within the Ministry of Industry, said that the draft regulations introducing
Austria: The head of the tobacco monopoly administration, Hannes Hofer, expressed his concern about the lack of taxation on nicotine products, press reports. He also
Mexico: Yesterday (11th December), the Senate passed an amendment to the constitution that expressly bans the manufacture, distribution and sale of vaping products
