The Federal Tobacco Products Act and the Tobacco Products Ordinance entered into force on 1st October 2024, regulating heated tobacco similarly to traditional tobacco products in Switzerland.
A tobacco product is defined as “a product consisting of or containing leaf parts of plants of the genus Nicotiana ( tobacco) and intended for smoking, inhalation after heating or sniffing”. This wide category includes a tobacco product for heating, defined as any “device for inhaling emissions of a product containing tobacco heated by an external source of energy, as well as the refill material for this device”.
This report provides detailed analysis of heated tobacco and herbal heated product regulation in Switzerland, covering all policy areas from taxation and market access to advertising and sales channels.
