LATEST ALERTS
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
France: The country’s caretaker administration presented an emergency finance bill to the parliament to avoid a shutdown after the country’s government and the 2025
Luxembourg: The bill transposing the EU-wide heated tobacco flavour ban and establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for nicotine pouches has been notified again to the
Indonesia: Former director of research policy and cooperation at the World Health Organization (WHO) Tikki Pangestu said that, in order to reduce the
India: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in India has introduced the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Rules,
Thailand: A parliamentary committee is finalising its report on measures to regulate e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) in an effort to protect
Bulgaria: The Ministry of Finance has presented the draft law on the 2025 State Budget. The draft envisages a tax increase on heated tobacco
Iceland: The law amending various laws on taxes and fees has been published in the Icelandic Official Gazette, and will enter into force
EU: Sixteen member states of the European Union have sent a joint letter to the European Commission urging it to propose a revision
Poland: The Ministry of Health has amended the draft regulating nicotine-free vaping products to also include nicotine pouches, press reports. The draft prohibited nicotine-free vape
India: Two members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, the ruling party), Shalini Yadav and Shehzad Poonawala, have called for stricter enforcement of anti-tobacco laws,
US - Michigan: A pair of bills have been introduced. House Bill 6235 would prohibit the advertising for sale, displaying for sale, marketing, and
UK: The Department of Health and Social Care has updated the list of notified tobacco products, including heated tobacco products and herbal products for
Netherlands: The citizens’ initiative Nicotinee – launched at the end of 2022 and declared admissible in July 2024 – which aims to prohibit the sale
China: The State Council Customs Tariff Commission recently issued the Methods for Levying Customs Duties, Value-Added Tax, and Consumption Tax on Imported Goods, effective
Russia: The Ministry of Agriculture has calculated minimum prices for nicotine-containing products for 2025. From 1st January 2025, the minimum selling price will be increased
