LATEST ALERTS
Philippines: As of 1st January 2024, the tax on heated tobacco consumables has increased by 5% to PHP35 ($0.63) per pack of 20.
New Zealand: As of 1st January 2024, the tax on heated tobacco has increased to NZD1,555.23 ($967) per kg.
Egypt: The Ministry of Trade and Industry has issued decision 498/2023 and decision 503/2023, approving two standards proposed originally by the Egyptian Organization
Tunisia: The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has issued circular 31/2023, which prohibits tobacco use in all buildings and headquarters of
Egypt: The Supreme Council of Universities has decided to ban the use of heated tobacco and e-cigarettes on university campuses, press reports. The
Oman: The Consumer Protection Authority has issued decree 756/2023, raising administrative fines for using or distributing heated tobacco products and e-cigarettes. The minimum
Portugal: The bill that transposes Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 was approved by the president, press reports. The bill introduces a definition for heated tobacco
Portugal: In December 2023, the State Budget 2024 was published in the Official Gazette. The budget increased heated tobacco tax from €0.0896 per g to
Bulgaria: As of 1st January 2024, heated tobacco tax has increased to BGN331 (€169) per kg and nicotine pouch tax to BGN95 (€48) per kg.
Albania: As of 1st January 2024, tax on heated tobacco and oral tobacco has increased to ALL7,750 (€74) per kg.
Slovenia: The Ministry of Finance has opened for consultation a bill that would introduce a tax on herbal heated sticks compatible with heated tobacco devices
Iceland: The law amending various laws to accommodate the 2024 Budget was published in the Official Gazette on 27th December 2023. The bill increases
North Macedonia: Pursuant to amendments to the Excise Duty Law approved in October 2023, herbal heated sticks compatible with heated tobacco devices are now subject to
Indonesia: As recorded in our compliance calendar, the applicable tax on tobacco products and nicotine pouches has increased. As of 1st January 2024,
Chile: Law 21,642 amending the Tobacco Law to explicitly include heated tobacco products (HTPs) was published in the Official Gazette on 4th January 2024. The law
Lithuania: On 23rd December 2023, the Seimas (parliament) adopted the amendment to the Code of Administrative Offences seeking to increase sanctions for the
Lithuania: The parliament approved the proposal that seeks to allow tobacco manufacturers and traders to support state institutions in the fight against smuggling
Ukraine: According to the amended Advertising Act, the product placement of tobacco products and heating devices in audiovisual media and on video-sharing platforms (exclusively to
Norway: Parliament has definitively approved bill 125L, which implements a flavour ban and introduces plain packaging for heated tobacco products (HTPs) starting 1st January
Tunisia: The deadline to place health warnings covering 70% of the packaging on tobacco and vapour products is 31st December.
Global: Several EU and international markets will see a rise in heated tobacco taxes on 1st January 2024, including Indonesia, Bulgaria, Russia and
Lebanon: The Tobacco Authority has published an updated list of heated tobacco product prices as stipulated in the provisions of decree 151/1959, which establishes
Slovakia: A government bill that seeks to change several laws in connection with the improvement of the state of public finances – including the
Netherlands: The Netherlands has notified an amendment to the Tobacco and Smoking Products Regulation to the European Commission's TRIS system. The amendment would
US - Federal: US senators sent a letter to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf urging the FDA’s Center for
Finland: According to a study by the Institute of Health and Welfare (THL), additional measures should be implemented to achieve the goal of the
Denmark: The Danish Safety Technology Authority has told TobaccoIntelligence there are no rules or definitions that apply directly to herbal heated products. However, the
US - New Jersey: S 2667, which would prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes, has been amended by the Senate. The amendment has
Czech Republic: The State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority has updated a list of notified tobacco products and their ingredients.
US - Maine: The Falmouth Town Council voted 5-2 to impose a flavour ban on the sale of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, that will
EU: Yesterday (13th December) the European Parliament adopted the report on non-communicable diseases. With it, the European Parliament “considers that electronic cigarettes could allow
Ukraine: The head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax and customs policy intends to register a bill to change the existing law on state
Lithuania: The Law and Order Committee of the Seimas (parliament) has approved the amendment to the Code of Administrative Offences that seeks to
Uruguay: The Administrative Tribunal has unanimously rejected the appeal brought by the Uruguayan Tobacco Association to annul a decree authorising the sale of heated tobacco, press reports.
Bulgaria: The bill transposing EU Commission Delegated Directive 2022/2100, which bans heated tobacco flavours and adds packaging restrictions depending on whether the product is considered smoking or
Luxembourg: The government has notified a bill amending the tobacco law to the European Commission's TRIS system. It would transpose the EU-wide heated
New Zealand: Associate health minister Casey Costello, who is responsible for policy relating to smoking and vaping in the new coalition government, said
Greece: Law 5073/2023 introducing a tax on herbal heated products and nicotine pouches was published in the Official Gazette on 11th December. The tax
Lithuania: Yesterday (12th December), the parliament approved a proposal that seeks to allow tobacco manufacturers and traders to support state institutions in the
Malaysia: In late November, Parliament passed the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2023, which creates a regulatory framework for e-cigarettes
Kazakhstan: Several members of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of the Parliament) have proposed an amendment prohibiting tobacco companies in Kazakhstan from engaging in
Argentina: The Ministry of Health has rejected two administrative appeals against decree 565/2023, which prohibits the importation, distribution, sale and any form of promotion and
Spain: The Ministry of Health is aiming to further regulate electronic cigarettes and new tobacco products and establish tougher restrictions on using those products
EU: The European Parliament will discuss in plenary this Wednesday (13th December) the report on non-communicable diseases. If approved, the European Parliament would "consider that electronic
Greece: Last week, the parliament approved the bill that seeks to introduce a tax on herbal heated products and nicotine pouches. The tax for herbal heated
EU: Answering a parliamentary question on the forthcoming revision of the recommendation on smoke-free environments, the European Commission has said that the revised recommendation will
Luxembourg: The Ministry of Health has told TobaccoIntelligence that herbal heated products fall within the category of new tobacco products, and therefore they need
