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Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education, in collaboration with the Tobacco Control Centre at Hamad Medical Corporation, organised an awareness campaign
Saudi Arabia: Turki Al-Sheikh, adviser at the Royal Court under the rank of minister and the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, tweeted
Algeria: The Finance Bill for the fiscal year 2025 has been presented to the parliament. Under the proposed bill, corporate entities producing oral tobacco will
Global: International E-waste Day is celebrated today (14th October). The yearly awareness-raising day initiated by the WEEE Forum – an international association of organisations of
Costa Rica: Following the announcement of changes in the vaping and heated tobacco regulation yesterday (10th October), the government has introduced an amendment to
Philippines: Jaime Fresnedi, a member of the House of Representatives from the majority bloc Liberal Party, has filed a bill to amend the Vaporised
Indonesia: A high-ranking Ministry of Health official has criticised the decision to not increase tobacco taxes in 2025. Head of the Ministry of
India: On 8th October, Morigaon district magistrate Devashish Sharma declared all premises known as “mandaps” in the district used for the Durga Puja festival
Bangladesh: A round-table discussion on creating a “tobacco-free Bangladesh” emphasised the need for greater media involvement in reducing tobacco use, along with amendments to
Pakistan: The Initiative on Risk Reduction and Dependable Alternatives held a round-table conference in Peshawar on 2nd October to discuss effective tobacco harm-reduction
Pakistan: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) has called on the government to regulate emerging addictive nicotine
India: A study by Indian health economists has found that reducing tobacco consumption could temporarily lower gross domestic product (GDP) and employment but result in
India: India has the highest rate of oral cancer caused by smokeless tobacco and betel/areca nut use in South Asia, according to a study from
Costa Rica: A regulation to law 10066 on e-cigarettes with and without nicotine and heated tobacco was signed by the president and the Ministry of
Philippines: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed into law the Anti-Agricultural Sabotage Act (Republic Act 12022), which provides a definition of smuggled tobacco – explicitly
Taiwan: The Ministry of Health and Welfare’s draft law on “Prohibited Additives in Tobacco Products” finished its public notice period yesterday, 8th October, gathering over
Pakistan: An expert from the Coalition for Tobacco Control Pakistan has called for urgent reforms to include smokeless tobacco in the country’s tobacco
India: The top official of Health and Family Welfare in Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, defended the new regulation requiring stores to obtain
Uzbekistan: The chairman of the Ecological Party (a small party outside of the governing coalition), Abdushukur Khamzaev, has proposed introducing a biometric age-verification
New Zealand: Health authorities have told TobaccoIntelligence that the requirements for selling reusable vaping products with removable batteries and child-safety mechanisms, which entered into
Kyrgyzstan: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has proposed imposing a six-month ban on the import, transit and re-export of cigarettes to Kyrgyzstan
India: According to recent findings from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), the absence of effective tobacco control policies has left youth in Kashmir increasingly
Canada: Convenience store firms Mac’s Convenience Stores, Couche-Tard, and Parkland have filed appeals with federal courts to overturn federal regulations that restrict the sale
India: A study published in the Indian Journal of Tuberculosis revealed that no secondary schools in Pimpri-Chinchwad city (which has a population of
Vietnam: During a workshop held on 3rd October, the Ministry of Health proposed that the government should issue a resolution supporting a ban on
Egypt: The Ministry of Health has released a series of warnings about the dangers of tobacco use, saying that the use of inhalable
Americas: The Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) – the specialised international health agency for the region of the Americas within
India: Earlier this year, the Ministry of Finance decided not to raise the tobacco tax in the Union Budget 2024. However, a panel
Philippines: Following the publication of amendments to the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Republic Act 11900 (Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act), which
Pakistan: The Action to Counter Illicit Trade (ACT) Alliance, a coalition of civil society organisations, has accused the local tobacco industry of avoiding taxes by
India: The Indian Dental Association has launched a tobacco-cessation certification programme in Kashmir to train professionals with the skills to help patients quit
New Zealand: The requirements for selling reusable vaping products that have removable batteries and child-safety mechanisms, which entered into force on 1st October
Bangladesh: The National Board of Revenue’s Large Taxpayers Unit has issued a notice to British American Tobacco (BAT) Bangladesh for a tax recovery of BDT2.1bn
Bangladesh: Health experts have proposed a nationwide ban on e-cigarettes, alongside increasing taxes on tobacco products, tightening tobacco control laws and halting advertising campaigns
Pakistan: Health experts have called on state authorities to implement stricter regulations to curb the rising use of e-cigarettes, vapes and nicotine products,
Morocco: Authenticity and Modernity Party member of parliament (MP) Abdellatif Al Zaim has submitted a written question to the minister of industry and
Vietnam: Following the introduction of a draft law on special consumption tax to increase taxes on tobacco products with two options of taxes, the
Malaysia: Today, the Ministry of Health issued today the set of regulations developing the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024, putting the
Philippines: According to our compliance calendar, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) revenue regulations 16-2024, which updates floor prices of heated tobacco products (HTPs),
Philippines: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has published amendments to the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Republic Act 11900, which regulated e-cigarettes,
New Zealand: The parliament has extended the deadline for public submissions on the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill (No. 2) to
Pakistan: The public health lobbying group Concerned Mothers has met with members of parliament to advocate for a ban on novel nicotine products. The
Bangladesh: At the Anti-Tobacco Youth Convention 2024, participants proposed amendments to the draft Tobacco Control Law aimed at reducing tobacco use. Key proposals included banning
Indonesia: Health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said yesterday (25th September) that after the industry backlash on the plain packaging provisions set out in the draft regulations developing
Bangladesh: Non-governmental organisation (NGO) Dhaka Ahsania Mission has emphasised the need to amplify the voices of young people to reduce tobacco consumption at
Pakistan: A public health non-governmental organisation (NGO) has criticised a proposal allowing Pakistani cigarette manufacturers to produce packs containing fewer than 20 cigarettes for
New Zealand: In a forum organised by Health Coalition Aotearoa, associate health minister Casey Costello said they are committed to achieving the Smokefree 2025
Malaysia: Yesterday (24th September), minister of health Dzulkefly Ahmad posted on social media that the implementing regulations of the Control of Smoking Products for
Indonesia: The Ministry of Trade has reportedly warned that the plain packaging requirements for tobacco and nicotine products – which were set out in the
