LATEST ALERTS
Slovenia: As set out in our compliance calendar, the excise duty applicable to heated tobacco products (HTPs) will increase tomorrow, 1st November, to €132 per
Netherlands: The House of Representatives (lower chamber of parliament) has approved the 2024 Tax Plan. It seeks to further increase the excise tax on cigarettes and
Netherlands: Members of the House of Representatives (lower chamber of parliament) submitted a motion requesting the government to investigate the possibility of imposing
Georgia: The parliamentary Healthcare and Social Affairs Committee has discussed the bill amending the current Law on Tobacco Control, seeking to postpone the regulation
Egypt: Yesterday (29th October), the House of Representatives approved a government-drafted amendment to law 67/2016 stipulating an increase in value-added taxes on tobacco
Norway: The Directorate of Health has shared two assessments with TobaccoIntelligence that rejected applications for a heated tobacco product (HTP) and a nicotine
Georgia: Two bills seeking to amend the current Law on Tobacco Control have been submitted to the parliament, media reports. Plain packaging for tobacco products is
Brazil: The director of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), Antônio Barra Torres, said in an interview that an open consultation on e-cigarettes
Netherlands: Maarten van Ooijen, the state secretary of health, has sent a letter to inform the House of Representatives on future efforts to
Ukraine: The State Tax Service has informed that e-cigarettes, e-liquids, tobacco products and devices for heating tobacco that were put on the market before law
Belgium: The Council of Ministers approved a package of ten measures to enhance tobacco control in Belgium, which includes a display ban in retail
EU: Answering a parliamentary question on the European Commission’s plans to regulate nicotine pouches in the forthcoming Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), the Commission has said
Ireland: The tax on heated tobacco has increased from €301.430 per kg to €335.322 per kg.
Latvia: The bill amending the law on the circulation of tobacco products, herbal smoking products, and electronic smoking devices and their liquids is expected to be passed
Sweden: The government has notified a bill to the European Commission’s Technical Regulations Information System (TRIS) database that aims to extend the self-monitoring
Portugal: Yesterday (23rd October), health minister Manuel Pizarro acknowledged that the country did not transpose Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 in time, press
Slovakia: Although the ban on flavoured heated tobacco products (HTPs) – other than tobacco flavour – stipulated in Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100
UK: West Sussex County Council has seized non-compliant vapour and tobacco products in the council’s latest initiative, implemented by Trading Standards and Public
EU: The ban on flavoured heated tobacco products (aside from tobacco flavour) – as stipulated in Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 – becomes applicable
Argentina: The candidate for the left-wing coalition Union for the Homeland (previously known as Everyone’s Front Party), Sergio Massa, won the first round
Lithuania: The Ministry of Finance told TobaccoIntelligence that the excise duty collected from heated tobacco products (HTPs) between January and August 2023 amounted to
US - General: Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced that it has submitted premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) and modified risk tobacco product
Finland: A survey on nicotine pouches commissioned by the Finnish public health organisation Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) conducted a total of 2,156
Sweden: The government has submitted a bill to the Swedish Legislative Council seeking its opinion on the implementation of the Commission Delegated Directive
Czech Republic: The list of tobacco products notified to the State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority this month has been updated and can
Italy: The Council of Ministers agreed on the draft for the 2024 Budget Bill, but the official proposal has not yet been introduced into Parliament.
Russia: The prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, has signed governmental resolution No. 1659 that entitles enforcement authorities to conduct unplanned inspections of tobacco and
Russia: Bill 448566-8, which would amend the Tax Code for the second time this year and increase the current tax rates starting next year,
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent its proposed rules to end the sale of menthol cigarettes and
EU: Yesterday (17th October), the European Commission adopted its 2024 Work Programme, which sets out its key initiatives for the year ahead. The
Brazil: Senator Soraya Thronicke of the opposition party Podemos has submitted a bill to the Senate to legalise heated tobacco products and herbal heated sticks.
Austria (Salzburg): The Austrian government has notified a bill to the European Commission's TRIS database to amend the Salzburg Youth Act to prohibit the
Lebanon: The Tobacco Authority has published an updated list of heated tobacco product prices in accordance with the provisions of Decree No. 151/1959, which establishes
Czech Republic: On Monday (16th October), the bill to introduce excise tax for nicotine pouches and increase taxation for heated tobacco was referred
Sweden: The government announced in the 2024 Budget Bill that it will reduce the tax on snus, while increasing taxes on cigarettes and
UK: Another consultation on creating a smoke-free generation has been launched by the government. It will consider regulating nicotine pouches as nicotine vapour products. Following
EU: Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Sara Skyttedal, from the European People’s Party (EPP), has submitted a yet-unpublished parliamentary question on the
Poland: Parliamentary elections took place in Poland on Sunday, resulting in a likely change of government. Today (17th October), with 100% of the
Slovenia: Amendments to the regulation determining the excise duty for tobacco products were published in the Official Gazette last week. The amendments, which go into effect on
Vietnam: At a seminar held last week, deputies from the Ministry of Health supported a ban on the trade and import of new tobacco products.
EU: Four members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from the European People’s Party Group (EPP) have submitted a priority written question asking whether the
Slovenia: The National Institute of Public Health has called for urgent approval of the bill that proposes to bring nicotine pouches under the Tobacco Law –
Czech Republic: On 16th October, the bill to introduce excise tax for nicotine pouches and increase taxation for heated tobacco was approved by
Finland: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has requested comments on the draft of the government's proposal to amend the Tobacco Act that seeks to regulate
Global: International E-waste Day is celebrated tomorrow (14th October). The yearly awareness-raising day initiated by the WEEE Forum, an international association of organisations
EU: In Case T-706/2022, Nicoventures Trading and Others vs Commission, challenging Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 that sets out the flavour ban for heated tobacco products (HTPs) across
Malaysia: The Ministry of Health has launched a survey to gauge public opinion on the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2023, which
EU: TobaccoIntelligence has spoken to the member of European Parliament (MEP) who leaked on social media that the European Commission will propose an
