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Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of nicotine pouches authorised for sale.
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France: The government has presented the Social Security Financing Bill for 2025. For now, no amendments have been proposed to increase the excise
14th October 2024 - Asia, Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia: Turki Al-Sheikh, adviser at the Royal Court under the rank of minister and the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, tweeted
14th October 2024 - Peru, South America |
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
14th October 2024 - World |
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
11th October 2024 - Central America, Costa Rica |
Costa Rica: Following the announcement of changes in the vaping and heated tobacco regulation yesterday (10th October), the government has introduced an amendment to
France: In the region of Occitanie, the first events of the “Tobacco-free month” campaign started this week. The 9th edition of this national
11th October 2024 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: Jaime Fresnedi, a member of the House of Representatives from the majority bloc Liberal Party, has filed a bill to amend the Vaporised
Portugal: The government has presented the 2025 state budget, which, unlike previous years, does not include an increase in heated tobacco taxes. However, tobacco
Finland: The parliament has adopted a proposal to amend the Tobacco Act regarding nicotine pouch regulation in the second reading. The proposal adds the definition
US - Missouri: Today, the Kansas City Council will consider an ordinance that would ban the sale and distribution of flavoured tobacco products.
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
10th October 2024 - Asia, Bangladesh |
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
10th October 2024 - Central America, Costa Rica |
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
Austria: Following the EU’s proposal for the revision of the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments to extend the existing restrictions to novel inhalable products and to
9th October 2024 - Asia, Philippines |
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
Spain: The centre-right People's Party (PP) has introduced a motion in the Senate asking the government to develop a specific regulation for electronic
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
9th October 2024 - Asia, Uzbekistan |
Uzbekistan: The chairman of the Ecological Party (a small party outside of the governing coalition), Abdushukur Khamzaev, has proposed introducing a biometric age-verification
8th October 2024 - Australasia, New Zealand |
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
8th October 2024 - Asia, Kyrgyzstan |
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
Ukraine: Bill 12091, which seeks to ban all tobacco products – including heated tobacco products (HTPs) – that have a characteristic taste and/or smell has
7th October 2024 - Canada, North America |
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
Greece: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified tobacco products. The list contains herbal heated products, heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches, among
7th October 2024 - Europe, Luxembourg |
Luxembourg: Amendments to the bill transposing the EU-wide heated tobacco flavour ban and establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for nicotine pouches have been proposed by the
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
Ukraine: The government has approved a procedure for the creation and operation of an electronic system for the circulation of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products,
France: The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new study led by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) that shows
France: The price of cigarettes and rolling tobacco is set to rise again in 2025 and 2026, press reports. France already has the
Americas: The Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) – the specialised international health agency for the region of the Americas within
4th October 2024 - Czech Republic, Europe |
Czech Republic: The State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority has updated a list of notified tobacco products and their ingredients.
India: Earlier this year, the Ministry of Finance decided not to raise the tobacco tax in the Union Budget 2024. However, a panel
3rd October 2024 - Asia, Philippines |
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
Russia: The bill amending the law “on the protection of citizens’ health from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, the consequences of tobacco consumption or
Finland: Several members of Parliament (MPs) from opposition parties are calling for stricter regulations on tobacco and nicotine products, media reports. MPs are demanding
Lithuania: Yesterday, 2nd October, the parliamentary Health Affairs Committee approved the amendment to tighten economic sanctions for selling tobacco and related products to
