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Egypt: Health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar told a press conference that media companies were breaking the tobacco control law by indirectly advertising
Hungary: The Supervisory Authority for Regulatory Affairs has told TobaccoIntelligence that approximately 2.6bn heated tobacco sticks and 16,009,229 g of nicotine pouches were sold in
8th February 2023 - Azerbaijan, Europe |
Azerbaijan: President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order “On strengthening state control in the field of import and production of tobacco products and
Serbia: Speaking at a conference on cancer, health minister Danica Grujičić called for public support for a ban on smoking in enclosed public places. “The
Oman: The Consumer Protection Authority has issued a decree, No. 206/2023, raising the level of fines for using or distributing oral (non-smoked) tobacco
US - New York: Governor Kathy Hochul has been criticised by state Democrats over the proposed statewide ban on tobacco and e-cigarette flavours, media reports.
7th February 2023 - Europe, Luxembourg |
Luxembourg: Opposition MPs Nancy Kemp-Arendt and Martine Hansen yesterday submitted a parliamentary question asking the Ministry of Health for sales and consumption figures for nicotine pouches. They
Hungary: The Ministry of Finance has told TobaccoIntelligence that approximately HUF63.8bn (€162.4m) was collected in taxes on heated tobacco products in 2022, while
Denmark: The government has notified a draft bill to the European Commission's TRIS database to amend the Tobacco Products Act to include a
6th February 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Junior health secretary Neil O'Brien avoided answering a question from MP Rachael Maskell about the reason for the delay in publishing an updated
Estonia: The Tax and Customs Board has told TobaccoIntelligence that the tax revenues for heated tobacco products amounted to €1,118,202 in 2021 and
US - Connecticut: Attorney general William Tong has submitted testimony in support of House Bill 6488, which would prohibit the sale of flavoured tobacco products,
US - Hawaii: House Bill 860 has been introduced, which would raise the minimum legal age to purchase and possess tobacco products and
3rd February 2023 - Europe |
EU: The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has dismissed the application for interim measures presented by the applicants in Case
3rd February 2023 - Europe |
EU: Swedish MEP for the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, Johan Nissinen, submitted a parliamentary question last week asking the European Commission whether
2nd February 2023 - Paraguay, South America |
Paraguay: Opposition member of the Chamber of Deputies José Rodríguez said that he will present a bill in Parliament seeking to increase the
Finland: A working group appointed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is proposing measures to end the use of tobacco and
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of websites that do not comply with the long-distance sales and advertising
Finland: On 31st January, the parliament approved the government's proposal HE 304/2022 amending the Finnish Tobacco Act, which seeks to add the definition
Lithuania: Deputy chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Seimas (parliament), Algirdas Butkevičius, has asked the minister of finance, Gintarė Skaistė,
Sweden: The government has notified a bill to the EU Commission TRIS database to introduce further requirements for nicotine pouch notification, labelling and
1st February 2023 - Europe |
EU: Ahead of World Cancer Day, EU commissioner for health and food safety Stella Kyriakides has spoken about the European Beating Cancer Plan
Thailand: On 31st January a Thai appeals court ordered a reduction of the fine of $4m imposed on Philip Morris International (PMI) for
1st February 2023 - Asia, Kazakhstan |
Kazakhstan: The Health Code specifies that manufacturers and importers of heated tobacco must submit reports on the results of laboratory tests on the
Russia: Today, 1st February, is the start of the experiment introducing a system that excludes the technical possibility of selling expired products as
Hungary: Tobacco- and nicotine-free herbal sticks compatible with heating devices start being taxed as of today, 1st February, at HUF35 (€0.090) per stick,
Ukraine: The Tobacco and Alcohol Act specifies that the manufacturer or importer of tobacco products is obliged to provide information about product ingredients to
Sweden: Manufacturers and importers of oral tobacco (including snus) and heated tobacco products must report sales information annually by 31st January.
31st January 2023 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: Manufacturers and importers of tobacco products must submit market data to the State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority annually by 31st
31st January 2023 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: As highlighted in the TobaccoIntelligence compliance calendar, today (31st January) is the last day for manufacturers and importers of heated tobacco products to submit their market
Latvia: The State Revenue Service has told TobaccoIntelligence that excise duty on heated tobacco products brought in €5,427,000 in 2020, €10,022,000 in 2021, and
30th January 2023 - Asia, Bangladesh |
Bangladesh: In response to the proposed amendment to ban vaping and heated tobacco products, the Bangladesh Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Traders Association (Bendsta)
Portugal: When asked about the tax revenue collected on heated tobacco products, the Customs authority told TobaccoIntelligence that until 2022, only one brand
Slovenia: Ahead of No-Cigarette Day, which takes place on 31st January, the minister of health and the National Institute of Public Health have
Egypt: Ashraf Hatem, chairman of the House of Representatives’ Health Committee, has argued that although novel nicotine products pose significant health risks, they
India: The health department of the state of Tamil Nadu, a southern state of 76m citizens, will appeal the recent order of the
27th January 2023 - North America, United States |
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the marketing of three new tobacco-flavoured heated tobacco products included in Philip
Spain: Along with medical and anti-tobacco associations from various countries, the Spanish anti-tobacco organisation "No-fumadores" is organising a campaign aimed at collecting 1m
Russia: A bill has been signed today by the president that increases the excise rates for heated tobacco consumables and omits the excise
Germany: The federal drug commissioner, Burkhard Blienert, has called for stricter rules on the advertising of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco,
26th January 2023 - Mexico, North America |
Mexico: There is a daily increase in the number of judicial constitutional appeals (“amparos” ) against the amendment of the Tobacco Act that
Belgium: Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke said he intends to ban nicotine pouches to protect kids and young people from developing nicotine addiction, local
Russia: Prime minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree on conducting an experiment to introduce a system that excludes the technical possibility of
Indonesia: Vice president Ma'ruf Amin said today that the effects of e-cigarettes would be reviewed and, if proven to be harmful to public
Indonesia: The minister of health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, said yesterday that regulations for e-cigarettes are still being discussed across ministries, press reports. The
India: The Madras High Court has quashed the decision of the commissioner of food safety of Tamil Nadu banning the manufacture, storage, transport,
Russia: Today, the Federation Council (upper chamber of the parliament) approved a bill increasing the excise rates for heated tobacco consumables and omitting
25th January 2023 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: Health advocacy groups have expressed their support for House Bill 5532, which aims to raise taxes on heated tobacco products, press reports.
