Heated tobacco consumables are considered a novel tobacco product. However, the device used to heat the consumable element is regulated as a consumer product.
Law 109/2015 categorises tobacco products as follows:
- A tobacco product is any product intended to be smoked, inhaled, sucked or chewed, provided that it is, even if partially, made of tobacco, whether genetically modified or not
- A smokeless tobacco product means a tobacco product that does not involve a combustion process, including chewing tobacco, snuff and tobacco for oral use
- Novel tobacco products are tobacco products other than a cigarette, roll-your-own cigarette tobacco, pipe tobacco, waterpipe tobacco, cigar, cigarillos, chewing tobacco, nasal tobacco (snuff) or oral tobacco, and which were marketed after 19th May 2014.
This report provides detailed analysis of the regulatory framework in place in Portugal for heated tobacco and herbal heated products, covering all policy areas from taxation and product restrictions to advertising and notification.
