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Indonesia: The Indonesian Farmers’ Association (HKTI) has asked the government not to ratify the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO
China: The State Tobacco Monopoly Administration has released the “2024 Version of Tobacco Monopoly Licence Application Document Formats” to enhance the management of tobacco licences.
Bangladesh: A recent report on two decades of tobacco control in Southeast Asia highlighted Bangladesh’s success in implementing measures under the World Health Organization Framework
Pakistan: A civil society initiative addressing women has been organised by the Pakistan Girl Guides Association to launch the Pakistan Girls Empowerment Forum. Among
India: Several public health initiatives have been launched across the country that emphasise the connection between tobacco and cancer. Mizoram’s health minister, Pi
Vietnam: The Ministry of Health, in coordination with relevant agencies, has launched a communication campaign through mass media agencies to clarify misconceptions about
Bangladesh: Nari Maitree, a development non-governmental organisation (NGO), held a round table on 9th October to emphasise the role of journalists in advancing
Norway: The government has introduced the 2025 Budget Bill to the parliament. The bill seeks to increase the excise duty on snus to
Poland: Health minister Izabela Leszczyna has said the next session of the Council of Ministers will discuss two draft amendments to the Tobacco Act,
Pakistan: The Peshawar High Court has temporarily suspended the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s plan to impose a cess (tax) on tobacco transported from other provinces.
India: On 11th October, a national consultation addressed the need for standardising tobacco testing laboratories, specifically focusing on the measurement of tar, nicotine
India: The Tobacco Board has initiated the registration process for processors, manufacturers and exporters of Virginia Tobacco for 2025 by setting 1st November 2024
Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education, in collaboration with the Tobacco Control Centre at Hamad Medical Corporation, organised an awareness campaign
EU: Today, the Council has adopted a new regulation on the classification, labelling, and packaging of chemical substances (CLP), updating the existing 2008 EU legislation. The
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of nicotine pouches authorised for sale.
France: The government has presented the Social Security Financing Bill for 2025. For now, no amendments have been proposed to increase the excise
Saudi Arabia: Turki Al-Sheikh, adviser at the Royal Court under the rank of minister and the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, tweeted
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Uzbekistan: The chairman of the Ecological Party (a small party outside of the governing coalition), Abdushukur Khamzaev, has proposed introducing a biometric age-verification
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
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
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
