LATEST ALERTS
US - Michigan: A number of bills were to be heard today in the Senate Committee on Regulatory Reform, including Senate Bill 572, SB
Egypt: A circular issued by the Customs Authority makes clear that the General Organisation for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) is responsible for
Kazakhstan: A small group of deputies has proposed a reduction in the excise tax rates on heated tobacco products, media reports. However, deputy
US-federal: Democratic senator from Illinois Dick Durbin has spoken on the Senate floor about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s failure to meet e-cigarette and synthetic nicotine
Saudi Arabia: The Board of Directors of the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority has issued the decision No. 570/2022 approving the amendments to
US - Federal: Brian King, the new director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) said in an
EU: The European Commission has recently published the tentative agenda for forthcoming Commission meetings, which includes the list of items that will be discussed. The revision
EU: On 21st September, the Council of the European Union Working Party on Public Health is set to discuss the Commission Delegated Directive
Sweden: Social Democrat prime minister Magdalena Andersson resigned today, conceding victory in the country’s general election to the four-party right-wing opposition bloc, led by Ulf
US - Alaska: The anti-taxation think tank Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) has applauded governor Mike Dunleavy’s decision to veto Senate Bill 45, which would
Iceland: The Ministry of Finance and Economy yesterday presented the draft Budget for 2023, which was being submitted to Parliament today. As it stands, it would bring
Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU): Following a decision by the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission, up to 200 heated tobacco consumables can be
Sweden: With more than 90% of the ballots counted from yesterday’s (11th September) national elections, the right-wing bloc formed by the Moderates, Sweden
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) enacted two circulars implementing the regulatory framework for nicotine pouches, first regulated in February 2022 through
Jordan: Today, 12th September, the House of Representatives approved the Child Rights bill. The new law considers smoking in the presence of children,
Spain: In October, for the first time in 18 years, new 25-year licences (a total of 203) to operate a state-owned tobacconist will
US - Federal: Democratic senator from Illinois Dick Durbin has called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to complete its premarket review
Iceland: Last week the Ministry of Health published amendments to Regulation 991 on the packaging of nicotine products, e-cigarettes and refills containing nicotine. The amendments extend
Czech Republic: Markéta Lavrenčíková, corporate and legal affairs manager for Imperial Brands in the Czech Republic, said in an interview that this year the
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a non-tobacco nicotine (NTN) product website that includes up-to-date information about
Malaysia: Minister of Health Khairy Jamaluddin said today, 9th September, that “if there are no obstacles, the parliamentary special select committee report [on the Tobacco and
Malaysia: The parliamentary special select committee (PSSC) responsible for assessing the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill 2022 that proposes a ban on the
Russia: The Ministry of Health is in favour of labelling vapes with a warning about their dangers and creating packaging for them containing
UK: Junior health secretary Maggie Throup said that the new Tobacco Control Plan will be published “in due course”.
Ukraine: Parliament yesterday rejected amendments N20 and N21 to Bill 5616 “On the legal protection of geographical indications for agricultural products”, which would
EU: The European Commission has set 11th October as a deadline for its preliminary review of Philip Morris International (PMI)’s $16bn takeover bid for Swedish Match,
Slovakia: The National Smoke-Free Day festival will take place tomorrow in the capital, Bratislava. Among other activities, adult visitors will reportedly be instructed
Egypt: A legal clarification has been issued by the Customs ِAuthority, imposing an additional tax on oral tobacco sold in duty-free stores. The
Bahrain: The National Bureau for Revenue announced yesterday that from 16th October all cigarettes available for sale must be marked with distinctive digital
Uruguay: Miguel Asqueta, director general of the Ministry of Health, has said that Decree 87/2021, which authorised the sale of heated tobacco products, did not
Iceland: Following the amendments to the Law on E-cigarettes and Refills to include nicotine pouches within the scope of the law, the government has
India: The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution is cracking down on advertising agencies to ensure strict compliance with the guidelines for
Iceland: An amendment to the Law on E-cigarettes and Refills requiring nicotine pouches to carry information on the amount of nicotine that they contain, as well as a health
Switzerland: The Federal Council has submitted for consultation a draft bill to amend the Tobacco Products Act after a majority of voters in a referendum in February
China (Macau): The Macau Legislative Assembly has unanimously approved a government amendment to the New Tobacco Control Law, which prohibits the manufacture, import, export, distribution
Germany: The president of the German Medical Association, Klaus Reinhardt, and the Association of Health Insurance Companies have criticised the financial package presented by health minister Karl Lauterbach to increase
Ukraine: Parliament was today due to consider Bill 5616 “on the peculiarities of the legal protection of geographical indications for agricultural products”, including
Vietnam: The Ministry of Science and Technology has issued seven National Standards on Tobacco. They apply, among other things, to filtered and unfiltered combustible
US - federal: The Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) updated the term “grandfathered tobacco product” to “pre-existing tobacco product” on all of its
Saudi Arabia: Yesterday, the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing issued a draft rule on retail, licensing and advertising of tobacco products.
Global: An investigation from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has focused on Iqos reports that the "brand contains much more nicotine than claimed"
South Korea: Today, the Ministry of Health and Welfare updated the requirements applicable to the health warnings that heated tobacco, oral tobacco and nicotine
Colombia: The representative from the Colombian Liberal Party, Julián Peinado, has introduced in the Chamber of Representatives a bill that would regulate heated
US - Alaska: Senate Bill 45 has been transmitted to the governor. This bill would raise the legal age to purchase, sell, exchange,
Chile: On 30th August, the Health Committee of the Chamber of Deputies is set to discuss Bill 12632-11. The bill, approved by the
Finland: Elina Aaltonen, a communications pharmacist from the Finnish Pharmacists' Association, has said that nicotine pouches (which are considered to be medicinal products
Slovakia: MPs from the OĽaNO government party are going to present an amendment to the Act on the Production, Labelling and Sale of
