14th September 2023 - California, North America, United States |
US - California: Bill AB 935 has passed the Senate after amendments, which have been concurred in by the House, and has now
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14th September 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Yesterday (13th September), several lords proposed Amendment 258 to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill. The amendment aims to make it a requirement
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14th September 2023 - Europe, Iceland |
Iceland: Yesterday (13th September), prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir presented the parliamentary agenda for the 154th legislative session (2023-2024). The agenda includes plans from the
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14th September 2023 - Europe, Iceland |
Iceland: The Ministry of Finance presented a bill this week that seeks to amend various laws to accommodate the 2024 Budget. The bill would
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14th September 2023 - Europe, Ukraine |
Ukraine: The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the list of articles prohibited for sending in postal items. According to the list, it is
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13th September 2023 - Europe, Italy |
Italy: Logista Italia and the Italian Federation of Tobacconists (FIT) have signed an agreement with the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) to
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13th September 2023 - Asia, Israel |
Israel: Yesterday (12th September), the Health Ministry submitted its report on smoking in Israel 2022 to the Knesset (parliament). The report states that
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13th September 2023 - Asia, Iran |
Iran: The Chamber of Guilds has issued a news release prohibiting the sale and supply in chain and franchise shops of tobacco products, including heated
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13th September 2023 - Estonia, Europe |
Estonia: Bill 223, which aims to transpose the Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100, will be discussed tomorrow in the parliament. The proposal would
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13th September 2023 - Asia, Iraq |
Iraq: The Council of Representatives has held the first reading of the Protection Against Tobacco Damage Bill, which was presented by the Health
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13th September 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Health minister Mark Butler has announced that a regulation is about to be introduced to further restrict tobacco products, including heated tobacco products.
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13th September 2023 - Europe, Romania |
Romania: Members of parliament (MPs) from the centre-right National Liberal Party (PNL) have introduced Bill 499/2023 to the Senate. The bill aims to
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13th September 2023 - Europe, Romania |
Romania: Social Democratic Party (PSD) member and president of the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house in Romania’s parliament) Alfred Simonis has submitted
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13th September 2023 - Illinois, United States |
US - General: Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois has sent a letter to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf.
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13th September 2023 - Asia, Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyzstan: The Committee on Budget, Economic and Fiscal Policy of the Jogorku Kenesh (parliament) has approved the amendment seeking to oblige all organisations
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8th September 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administrations (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has launched new resources to help applicants navigate the
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7th September 2023 - Belarus, Europe, Russia |
Russia / Belarus: British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced that it has now formally entered into an agreement to sell its Russian and Belarusian businesses
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7th September 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: Brian King, director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) spoke at the Smoker
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7th September 2023 - Europe, Montenegro |
Montenegro: At the annual meeting of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Budva, minister of health Dragoslav Šćekić warned that the country’s smoking
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6th September 2023 - Europe, Sweden |
Sweden: The Ministry of Finance has announced that, starting November 2024, the government will reduce the excise tax on snus by 20%, while
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6th September 2023 - North America, Oregon, United States |
US - Oregon: The Multnomah County Circuit Court ruled in favour of Multnomah County’s ban on flavoured tobacco and nicotine products. In January 2023, tobacco and
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6th September 2023 - Europe, Russia |
Russia: The Ministry of Industry and Trade has supported the proposal to clarify the rules for the sale of nicotine-containing products in pavilions
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EU: Nicolás González, Spanish member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), has submitted a parliamentary question asking
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5th September 2023 - Russia |
Russia: The Ministry of Finance has introduced a proposal that would require tobacco and nicotine-containing products, including heated tobacco consumables, to be marked
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5th September 2023 - Europe |
EU: Alexandr Vondra, Czech member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR), has submitted a parliamentary question
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5th September 2023 - Europe, Ukraine |
Ukraine: Bill 9315 prohibiting the sale of locally produced tobacco products, including heated and chewing tobacco, in duty-free shops was published on 2nd September. Since
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4th September 2023 - Europe, Greece |
Greece: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified tobacco products, which contains herbal heated products, heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches, among
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4th September 2023 - Europe, France |
France: Prime minister Élisabeth Borne said that the government is not planning to increase the excise duty on tobacco products for 2024 through
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4th September 2023 - Europe |
EU: The European Commission has sent a report to the European Parliament and to the Council of the European Union on the exercise of
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4th September 2023 - Europe |
EU: The request to create “an ad hoc mission to the Conference of the Parties (COP10) of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)”
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4th September 2023 - New York, North America, United States |
US - New York: As of 1st September 2023, the cigarette tax has increased to $5.35 per pack from $4.35, making New York
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4th September 2023 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: A bill amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act, seeking to completely ban nicotine pouches, has been submitted to the House of Representatives. The
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4th September 2023 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: The municipality of the Hague will look into the possibility of preventing the opening of new tobacconists, media reports. In June, the
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1st September 2023 - Europe, Finland |
Finland: The government's bill to regulate nicotine pouches under the Tobacco Act is scheduled to be brought to the parliament during the autumn session,
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31st August 2023 - Asia, Pakistan |
Pakistan: Experts and health advocates, such as the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), have urged the government
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31st August 2023 - Asia, Thailand |
Thailand: Chonnan Srikaew has been announced as Thailand's new minister of Public Health. Yesterday (30th August), he resigned as leader of the country's
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31st August 2023 - North America |
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new webinar to help online retailers respond to warning letters from
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31st August 2023 - Europe, Netherlands |
Netherlands: The outgoing cabinet has completed next year's budget negotiations. The government reportedly wants to raise excise taxes for tobacco products in 2024, but
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31st August 2023 - Europe, Ukraine |
Ukraine: Yesterday (30th August), the president signed bill 9315 prohibiting the sale of locally produced tobacco products, including heated and chewing tobacco, in duty-free
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30th August 2023 - South America, Uruguay |
Uruguay: The Chamber of Representatives – the lower house of the General Assembly – has rejected part of a bill that would impose
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29th August 2023 - World |
Global: A new standard operating procedure for measuring the nicotine, glycerol and propylene glycol content in the tobacco of heated tobacco products has been
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28th August 2023 - Europe, Ukraine |
Ukraine: The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has included two Big Tobacco companies in their list of "international sponsors of war". According
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25th August 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The coalition government has agreed on the final changes to the budget consolidation package, media reports. According to the Ministry of
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24th August 2023 - Europe |
EU: A draft report on non-communicable diseases was published on 22nd August. Among many other recommendations, it supports the ongoing revision of the
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24th August 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: The minister of health has published the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Regulations. The regulations include prohibiting elements or features
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23rd August 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: Eastern Company, the former tobacco monopoly and the country's largest tobacco producer, has disclosed that it has received offers from foreign investors to
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