LATEST ALERTS
Philippines: Senator Sherwin Gatchalian from the majority bloc Nationalist People’s Coalition party has filed Senate Resolution 1243, calling for an investigation into revenue
Taiwan: The application and review status for the health risk assessment of heated tobacco products (HTPs) published by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW)
Hungary: The law amending the Excise Tax Law to increase the applicable tax on heated tobacco consumables and herbal heated sticks from HUF35
EU: Today, the Council of the European Union adopted the European Commission (EC)’s proposal to review the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments. The proposal
Ireland: With all the votes counted, the main ruling party, Fianna Fáil, has once again obtained the largest number of seats, 48, at
Finland: A new government proposal to amend the Tobacco Act has been submitted to the European Commission’s TRIS system. The new proposal seeks to add
Global: The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) on the international plastics treaty, which was supposed to be the last one, was
Russia: The State Duma chairman, Vyacheslav Volodin, has said via his Telegram channel that the State Duma (lower chamber of parliament) has begun
Vietnam: The National Assembly unanimously agreed to ban the production, trading, import, storage, transportation, and use of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco from 2025.
US - Massachusetts: Three state senators have announced their intention to file a new bill in the 2025-26 legislative session to generationally phase out the
Ukraine: Bill 12251 on amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On State Regulation of the Production and Circulation of Ethyl Alcohol, Alcohol Distillates, Bioethanol,
Global: The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) on the international plastics treaty is currently taking place in Busan, South Korea,
EU: The European Parliament has voted against adopting a position on the European Commission’s proposal to review the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments. The cause seems to
US - California: The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration has released comprehensive tax guidance on tobacco products, outlining new laws that
Czech Republic: In the statement by the Czech Republic on the subject of the EU Council recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments replacing
France: A joint committee composed of deputies and senators approved the 2025 Security Budget Bill, which includes an increase in taxes on heated
EU: Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will hold the oral hearing on case C-759/23 concerning the validity of Commission Delegated Directive
Slovenia: The rules on the reporting of tobacco and related products and flavourings in electronic cigarettes and refill containers have recently been published
Hungary: The parliament has passed the bill amending the Excise Tax Law to increase the applicable tax on heated tobacco consumables and herbal heated
Ukraine: The Parliament Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy has supported the government’s bill (proposed in March) on increasing excise taxes on tobacco
EU: Today, the European Parliament approved the new European Commission, 370 votes in favour out of 688, with 36 abstentions and 282 votes against.
Cyprus: An inquiry into the Cypriot Pharmaceutical Agency about the decision to classify nicotine pouches as pharmaceutical products has resulted in a confirmation
UK: Yesterday (26th November) the House of Commons, the lower chamber of the UK parliament, approved in a second reading the Tobacco and Vapes
New Zealand: The minister of health has published an action plan “Getting to Smokefree 2025: The final push to achieve the Smokefree 2025
Monaco: Minister of health and social affairs Christophe Robino has announced the government’s intention to ban nicotine pouches, following the example set by
US - Federal: The US Supreme Court has rejected hearing a tobacco industry challenge to graphic health warnings on cigarette packs and advertisements required under
Finland: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has requested opinions on the new version of a bill that seeks to regulate nicotine pouches in
Germany: Last week, the Munich Administrative Court ruled that a campaign by Philip Morris International’s German subsidiary constituted indirect advertising for tobacco and
US - Massachusetts: The Northampton Board of Health has approved a proposal banning the sale of nicotine pouches in convenience stores, according to
Luxembourg: The Chamber of Commerce has issued an opinion on the bill transposing the EU-wide heated tobacco flavour ban and establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for
France: The Senate has approved an amendment to the 2025 Social Security Budget Bill that introduces a tax on nicotine pouches. The excise
Russia: The director of the Department for the Development of Domestic Trade of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Nikita Kuznetsov, said that
Finland: Last week, the Finnish government reached a consensus on the new version of the bill seeking to regulate nicotine pouches in the country
Taiwan: The application and review status for the health risk assessment of heated tobacco products (HTPs) published by the Ministry of Health and
Spain: Yesterday (21st November), the Ministry of Health published a draft decree that would amend royal decree 579/2017, which regulates the manufacture and
EU: Yesterday, 20th November, the European Parliament adopted a motion for a resolution on the Council’s recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments. In
EU: The main political groups in the European Parliament – the European People’s Party (EPP), the Socialists & Democrats, and the centrist Renew
EU: Italy and Romania have issued a joint statement raising concerns about the procedure of the discussions on the proposal for a revision of the 2009
EU: The proposal for a revision of the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments is scheduled to be approved by the EU Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 3rd
Iceland: The parliament has approved the bill amending the Law on Alcohol and Tobacco Tax to introduce an excise duty on nicotine pouches. The Ministry of Finance’s proposal initially sought to
US - General: A class action has been filed in federal court against Swedish Match North America, subsidiary of Philip Morris International (PMI), for
New Zealand: The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill, expected to come into force in November, was adopted in the second reading last week.
Thailand: On 15th November, the Tobacco Authority of Thailand hosted an event welcoming Paopoom Rojanasakul, deputy minister of finance, who – along with
US - Ohio: Columbus city attorney Zach Klein is suing a tobacco retailer for alleged repeated under-age tobacco sales and sales of flavoured
US - Federal: President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F Kennedy Jr. for the position of secretary of the Department of Health and Human
Indonesia: Concerns over the draft regulations setting out plain packaging requirements for tobacco and nicotine products continue to grow in Indonesia. Willy Aditya of the NasDem
Global: The World Health Organization (WHO) 2025 World No Tobacco Day campaign, “Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry Tactics on Tobacco and Nicotine Products”, will
Lithuania: Yesterday (12th November), the parliament approved in the final vote the amendment to tighten economic sanctions for the sale of tobacco and
Peru: The bill regulating tobacco, vaping and other nicotine products, such as pouches, was published yesterday (12th November) in the State Bulletin and
Russia: The Government Legislative Commission supports bill 650932-8 that would block information on the online retail sale of tobacco- and nicotine-containing products in
