13th February 2023 - Asia, Lebanon |
Lebanon: The Lebanese Tobacco Authority has published an updated list of the prices of heated tobacco products in accordance with the provisions of
13th February 2023 - Europe |
EU: As stated in our compliance calendar, after parts of it entered into force last year, most articles of "Council Directive (EU) 2020/262
13th February 2023 - North America, Ohio, United States |
US - Ohio: The Cleveland City Council is considering a city-wide ban on the sale of flavoured tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and menthol
13th February 2023 - Denmark, Europe |
Denmark: In reference to the Danish Smoking Habits 2022 Report published by the Danish Health Authority, health minister Sophie Løhde said she is
13th February 2023 - Europe |
EU: The EU Commission has issued a call for a tender on the Single Framework Contract to Provide Services to Support the Assessment
13th February 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Nottingham City Council has decided to award ÂŁ75,000 of funding to commission a behavioural research campaign to help understand vaping and smoking
13th February 2023 - Europe, Italy |
Italy: The Lazio Administrative Tribunal (TAR) has ruled on the legitimacy of the decree introducing retroactive notification fees for tobacco products, after having suspended it
Sweden: Swedish MEP Johan Nissinen said that he has noticed increased interest and a greater understanding from other MEPs about snus and nicotine pouches; however,
10th February 2023 - Estonia, Europe |
Estonia: Parliament's Social Committee will meet with industry members on 13th February to discuss the Tobacco Act Amendment Act 654 SE. The bill
10th February 2023 - North America, United States, Vermont |
US - Vermont: House Bill H204 has been introduced, which would ban the sale of tobacco products, e-liquids, or tobacco substitutes in any flavour other
10th February 2023 - Europe, Russia |
Russia: State Duma deputy Sultan Khamzaev has proposed banning tobacco product sales in fuel stations, media reports. Khamzaev addressed the appeal to the
9th February 2023 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Swindon Borough Council has announced that it has joined other local authorities in calling for the government to bring forward a new Tobacco Control
9th February 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: Health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar told a press conference that media companies were breaking the tobacco control law by indirectly advertising
8th February 2023 - Europe, Hungary |
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
7th February 2023 - Europe, Serbia |
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
7th February 2023 - Asia, Oman |
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
7th February 2023 - Europe, Hungary |
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
6th February 2023 - Denmark, Europe |
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
3rd February 2023 - Estonia, Europe |
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,
3rd February 2023 - Hawaii, North America, United States |
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
2nd February 2023 - Europe, Finland |
Finland: A working group appointed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is proposing measures to end the use of tobacco and
2nd February 2023 - Europe, Italy |
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of websites that do not comply with the long-distance sales and advertising
2nd February 2023 - Europe, Finland |
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
2nd February 2023 - Europe, Lithuania |
Lithuania: Deputy chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Seimas (parliament), Algirdas ButkeviÄŤius, has asked the minister of finance, GintarÄ— SkaistÄ—,
1st February 2023 - Europe, Sweden |
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
1st February 2023 - Asia, Thailand |
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
1st February 2023 - Europe, Russia |
Russia: Today, 1st February, is the start of the experiment introducing a system that excludes the technical possibility of selling expired products as
1st February 2023 - Europe, Hungary |
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,
1st February 2023 - Europe, Ukraine |
Ukraine: The Tobacco and Alcohol Act specifies that the manufacturer or importer of tobacco products is obliged to provide information about product ingredients to
31st January 2023 - Europe, Sweden |
Sweden: Manufacturers and importers of oral tobacco (including snus) and heated tobacco products must report sales information annually by 31st January.
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)
30th January 2023 - Europe, Portugal |
Portugal: When asked about the tax revenue collected on heated tobacco products, the Customs authority told TobaccoIntelligence that until 2022, only one brand
30th January 2023 - Europe, Slovenia |
Slovenia: Ahead of No-Cigarette Day, which takes place on 31st January, the minister of health and the National Institute of Public Health have
30th January 2023 - Africa, Egypt |
Egypt: Ashraf Hatem, chairman of the House of Representatives’ Health Committee, has argued that although novel nicotine products pose significant health risks, they
30th January 2023 - North America, Oregon, United States |
US - Oregon: Multnomah County is being sued over its ban on flavoured tobacco and vaping products, media reports. Tobacco and vaping retailers
30th January 2023 - Asia, India |
India: The health department of the state of Tamil Nadu, a southern state of 76m citizens, will appeal the recent order of the