Regulation and legislation

Fears have been raised that new product standards proposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may be costly to implement and overly burdensome for smaller companies…

This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework in place for heated tobacco products in Bulgaria, covering all policy areas…

This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework in place for heated tobacco products in Algeria, covering all policy areas…

This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework in place for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches in Algeria, covering all policy areas…

The Russian Ministry of Finance announced in February that it would submit a bill to the parliament this month to establish a single regulator for the alcohol, tobacco and nicotine industries…

Continuing tax increases, raising the age limit to 20, restrictions on imports, and further extensions of smoke-free environments are among ideas being considered in Finland for all tobacco-related products…

The aim of this report is to analyse legal developments in the European Union related to the environment that are most likely to impact the tobacco and nicotine sector, such as waste management and the phasing out of certain batteries…

Tobacco companies wait for a judicial verdict on the validity of an EU directive outlawing heated tobacco flavours across Europe, but the ban has already come into effect…

For the third year running, in late 2022 we surveyed members of the European Parliament (MEPs) about their views on new nicotine products – e-cigarettes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches. This report details our findings…

This report provides a comprehensive summary of the import and export regulations in place for smokeless tobacco products – oral tobacco and nicotine pouches – in the US…

This report provides a comprehensive summary of the import and export regulations in place for heated tobacco products in the US, including FDA and Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau requirements…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced its plans to address the recommendations put forward in a damning independent review of its Center for Tobacco Products (CTP)…

This report provides a detailed overview of heated tobacco regulation in Canada, at a federal level, covering all policy areas…

This report offers a summary of the current regulatory framework in place for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches in Canada, at a federal level…

Members of Mexico’s tobacco, restaurant and retail industries say an executive order laying down new regulations for the tobacco industry is unconstitutional and will be brought down in court…

This regulatory report provides a detailed overview of the current framework in place for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches in the Netherlands, as well as the possible upcoming changes to the regulations for these products…

This report offers a comprehensive overview of the regulatory framework in place in the Netherlands for heated tobacco, covering all policy areas…

So much attention is given to the edicts of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it’s easy to forget individual states – not to mention cities – can also have a big impact on the regulation of novel nicotine products…

A French anti-smoking group has called for a ban on non-tobacco flavours in all nicotine products as well as for the regulation of nicotine pouch advertising, while accusing PMI of flouting advertising rules…