Italy: One new flavour of heated tobacco consumables has been notified to the Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM), which has also updated the excise duty on
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France: A bill laying down emergency measures to mitigate the public effects of inflation and the energy crisis has been approved after just one reading by
4th August 2022 - North America, United States |
3rd August 2022 - North America, United States |
US - general: British American Tobacco (BAT) subsidiary Dryft Sciences has brought an anti-trust suit in the US District Court for the Central District of California,
3rd August 2022 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has prepared a draft decree to implement the regulation of nicotine pouches and submitted it for a
2nd August 2022 - Colombia, South America |
Colombia: The incoming government is planning to impose a specific excise duty on heated tobacco. President-elect Gustavo Petro and the National Federation of Departments (FND) have
2nd August 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: Today, 2nd August, is the deadline for the submission of electronic or written comments to the dockets on the FDA’s proposed flavour ban
2nd August 2022 - Asia, Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyzstan: The Ministry of Economy and Finance has put forward for public discussion a draft resolution on minimum retail prices for tobacco and
Romania: The new excise duty on heated tobacco has entered into force today. The new tax amounts to RON594.97 (€120) per kg in 2022. In the coming
Ukraine: Bill 7597 seeking to allow smoking, vaping and consumption of heated tobacco in specially designated places in restaurants and bars and/or in
US - California: As of 25th July, it’s unlawful to sell flavoured tobacco to anyone in the unincorporated areas of Sacramento County. The
Ukraine: Petition No. 22/147290 aiming to prohibit smoking on balconies and from the windows of apartment buildings has been published. If it collects
France: The Senate should tomorrow discuss a bill laying down emergency measures to mitigate the effects of inflation and the energy crisis on the French
Portugal: Tomorrow is the last day to participate in a public consultation on the 2030 National Strategy for the Fight against Cancer. Among measures
Indonesia: Government officials and stakeholders met yesterday to discuss revising the tobacco framework, Government Regulation 109 of 2012, press reports. Deputy health minister of
Malaysia: The Bipartisan Parliamentary Committee on Health, Science and Innovation has recommended that the proposed generational ban on purchase of tobacco products should be delayed for
28th July 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill, which would ban the sale of smoking products to anyone born after
28th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: A group of 19 US senators have signed a letter to FDA commissioner Robert Califf in support of the FDA’s proposed rules
Iceland: Tomorrow is the last day to submit comments on the Ministry of Health’s planned amendments to the Tobacco Control Act following the incorporation of the EU
Vietnam: During a symposium yesterday on new tobacco products, the Ministry of Health objected to a proposal put forward by the Ministry of Industry and Trade
UK - Wales: The Welsh government yesterday published its tobacco control strategy, aimed at reducing the adult (16+) smoking rate to 5% or less
27th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: Matt Holman, director of the Office of Science at the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is leaving immediately to
27th July 2022 - Australasia, New Zealand |
New Zealand: The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill was approved at its first reading in Parliament. The bill is aimed primarily at
US - New York: Senate Bill 4142 has been signed into law by governor Kathy Hochul. The bill makes smoking on all state-owned beaches and
26th July 2022 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: The Bureau of Internal Revenue has published an updated list of registered importers of heated tobacco products. According to the authority, any
26th July 2022 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: The Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Bill (Vape Bill), which introduces further regulation of vaping and heated tobacco products, has lapsed into law
25th July 2022 - Europe |
Europe: A period of consultation on amendments to the EU Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation opened on Friday, 22nd July, and will run
Italy: The Lazio Administrative Tribunal (TAR) has temporarily suspended a decree introducing retroactive notification fees for tobacco products due by 30th July following an appeal by the vaping
Malaysia: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin today tweeted that, after having taken into account all the opinions expressed in stakeholder engagement sessions, sales of tobacco products
25th July 2022 - Asia, United Arab Emirates |
United Arab Emirates: The Public Prosecution authority has published a warning on Instagram that the sale, distribution and promotion of tobacco products to
25th July 2022 - Asia, Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia: The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority has published an updated list of goods that cannot be imported into the kingdom, including oral
Italy: Prime minister Mario Draghi has submitted his resignation and dissolved Parliament after the right-wing parties withdrew their support in the Senate. The next
India: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has published new rules in the Gazette of India setting out new text and graphic health
22nd July 2022 - Europe, United Kingdom |
UK: Yesterday, 21st July, Sandwell Trading Standards announced results of recent inspections resulting in the seizure of more than £64,000 worth of illegal
22nd July 2022 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: In response to a request from the president’s office for comments and recommendations on the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Bill
22nd July 2022 - Asia, United Arab Emirates |
United Arab Emirates: The UAE Federal Tax Authority has issued a press release stressing its commitment to enforcing the Digital Tax Stamp (DTS)
Denmark: The Consumer Ombudsman reported to the police that a newspaper advertised a brand of nicotine pouches in violation of the Tobacco Advertising Act, which
US - Michigan: House Bill (HB) 6108 has been signed into law by the governor. This bill amends state law to raise the legal
22nd July 2022 - Paraguay, South America |
Paraguay: On 18th July 2022 president Mario Abdo approved Paraguay’s ratification of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, an international treaty
Jordan: The House of Representatives has referred a government-drafted bill of child rights to a joint committee of the Women and Family Affairs
21st July 2022 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The government has rejected recent parliamentary proposals to ban the sale of nicotine pouches to under-18s and to introduce public place
20th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - federal: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf has ordered an external review of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP),
Malaysia: A poll of 40 members of Malaysia’s lower parliamentary chamber the Dewan Rakyat found only 12 said they would vote in favour of a
20th July 2022 - Russia |
Russia: The bill setting future tax rates has been adopted and published, increasing excise rates for for heated tobacco consumables and devices from
20th July 2022 - Europe |
EU: Polish MEP Krzysztof Jurgiel of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group last week submitted a parliamentary question to the European Commission questioning the Commission’s right
US - California: Attorney general Rob Bonta yesterday announced $22m in state funding for local government agencies to tackle the illegal sale of tobacco products,
Ireland: The Oireachtas (parliament) Joint Health Committee is considering regulating nicotine pouches and heated tobacco. The committee has published a report containing submissions by
19th July 2022 - North America, United States |
US - general: Major tobacco companies have reached a settlement with the US Department of Justice regarding tobacco-related health messages at retail locations,