Herbal sticks will be tracked and traced the same way as traditional cigarettes and heated tobacco sticks in Italy starting from May. Industry members are hopeful this will be an effective measure against the black market.
Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) recently reviewed the characteristics of tax stamps for tobacco products, which, starting from 20th May this year, will be mandatory for heated tobacco products (HTPs) and, TobaccoIntelligence understands, now for herbal heated products (HHPs) as well.