LATEST ALERTS
Brazil: The candidate from the left-wing Workers' Party (PT), Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, won the presidential elections with 50.9% of the votes.
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received numerous comments from a variety of industry members about certain aspects
Hong Kong: Hong Kong could reverse the ban on the re-export of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products by the end of this year,
Spain: The Ministry of Health has launched a new campaign against tobacco and vaping products. The campaign – titled "The smoke does not allow you
Uruguay: The Executive Branch issued a decree obligating tobacco companies to submit a statement indicating the number of units sold per month of each
Brazil: The director of the National Public Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), Antonio Barra Torres, told local media that the discussion about the legal
Philippines: Today (28th October), the Philippines Department of Trade and Industry is holding a virtual public consultation on implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the
UK: According to the parliamentary agenda, the publication of the government’s Tobacco Control Plan will be discussed in the House of Lords on 23rd
Georgia: Standardised plain packaging for tobacco products will become mandatory from 31st December under the Law on Tobacco Control, media reports. Tobacco importing
UK: New prime minister Rishi Sunak has reappointed Steve Barclay as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, a role he previously held from 5th
EU: The reform of the EU’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation is expected to be postponed until the end of 2023,
EU: The European Commission yesterday approved the proposed acquisition of Swedish Match by Philip Morris International (PMI), announced in May, provided PMI complies with the commitments offered. These commitments, suggested by
Austria: The federal government has presented to Parliament the Budget Accompanying Bill 2023, which would bring in a gradual increase in heated tobacco tax, starting
France: The National Assembly has adopted an amendment presented by the government to the 2023 Social Security Financing Bill which aims to introduce two tax categories for heated
EU: Due to a scheduled system upgrade, it will not be possible to notify products through the EU Common Entry Gate (EU-CEG) between 9:00 and
Philippines: The Department of Trade and Industry is to hold a virtual public consultation on Friday, 28th October, on the draft implementing rules and regulations of
Estonia: The Social Commission of the Parliament scheduled the first reading of the Tobacco Act Amendment Act 654 SE for the plenary session on 8th
US - Oregon: The Multnomah County Public Health Division has recommended that a ban on flavoured tobacco and nicotine products be passed in
US - California: A flavoured tobacco products ban referendum is on the 8th November ballot in California. Some health organisations are advocating to
UK: Yesterday, junior health secretary, Caroline Johnson, said that the government is reviewing how the powers provided by the Retained EU Law (Revocation
EU: The European Commission has published its work programme for 2023 addressing its "headline ambitions". The programme states that the Commission will continue with the
Georgia: Tobacco importing companies are demanding that the regulation for standard packaging for tobacco products in Georgia is postponed, media reports. Last week,
Slovakia: The amendment to the Act on the Production, Labeling and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products and to the Law on the
US - general: Philip Morris International (PMI) today announced an agreement with Altria to end the companies’ commercial relationship covering Iqos in the US as of
Belgium: Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke has proposed a ban on tobacco vending machines in bars, restaurants and catering facilities, allowing them only in
EU: Following a Freedom of Information request by TobaccoIntelligence, the European Commission has disclosed the comments sent by Croatia, Hungary and Sweden to the Belgian TRIS notification of a Royal Decree seeking
US - Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Superior Court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a local by-law banning the sale of tobacco products in the
EU: Swedish MEP Sara Skyttedal has submitted a parliamentary question asking the European Commission whether it intends to include new nicotine products such as nicotine pouches
EU: Sources within the European Parliament have told TobaccoIntelligence that no member of the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a press release reviewing its activities in the last months, stating: "FDA
EU: Today is the last day to submit comments on the European Commission's published draft Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 regarding
Bahrain: The Bahraini Testing and Metrology Directorate has confirmed to TobaccoIntelligence that according to the Technical Regulation of Electronic Nicotine Products it is
Philippines: The Bureau of Philippine Standards, an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, has included vaping and heated tobacco products in the
Montenegro: In 2022, authorities fined 258 people for not complying with vaping/heated tobacco/tobacco usage in bars and restaurants, local press reports. The authorities
Czech Republic: Yesterday, the national anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil held a press conference about a new action plan in the field of addiction,
Americas: The Pan American Health Organization, the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO), has published a paper on “Taxation of novel and
Czech Republic: National anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil will present a new action plan on addiction to government officials and interested members of parliament
Latvia: Yesterday, the Saeima (Latvia's parliament) approved in a second reading a bill amending the Tobacco Act. The regulation equates e-cigarettes and other
Georgia: The transition to standardised packaging for tobacco products, due to come into force on 31st December, may be postponed, media reports. It
UK: The long-awaited tobacco control plan may not be published after all, press reports. After its publication was delayed under the previous Conservative
Iceland: The Ministry of Health has told TobaccoIntelligence that, for the time being, it does not plan to issue a regulation restricting the marketing
Belgium: The government was today presenting its 2023 Budget, which was expected to include further increases in excise duty on tobacco products over the
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the retail prices and excise duties for heated tobacco consumables.
US - general: A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, “US adults’ public opinion toward R-rating labels for movies
Portugal: The government has presented its Budget for 2023, which includes a proposal to increase the specific heated tobacco tax from €0.0845 to €0.0896 per g.
Slovenia: On 5th October, the Ministry of Finance opened the comment period for a regulation that seeks to set out new applicable excise duties for heated
Iceland: The period to submit comments to the bill that would amend the Tobacco Control Act No 6 of 2002 by transposing the European Tobacco Products Directive into the Icelandic
Malaysia: Prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced that Parliament will be dissolved today, paving the way for general elections, which are reportedly expected to be held in
Germany: The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has released an updated risk assessment report about nicotine pouches. Using 44 samples, the authority concluded
