Regulation and legislation
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Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Approved amendment strengthens age control of tobacco sales...
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Law amendments approved to protect youth from vaping…
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Public consultation launched on e-cig regulations...
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Provisional coalition agreement reached...
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First batch of DTI-approved products listed...
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Draft amendment to Tax Code to revise tobacco product tax rates adopted...
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Preparation to review smoke-free environments recommendation ‘well advanced’…
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This report provides detailed analysis of the regulatory framework in place in Serbia for heated tobacco and herbal heated products, covering all policy areas…
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Bill aims to tax nicotine raw materials...
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ANC loses majority in National Assembly...
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Developments in the alternatives category in some Latin American countries may feed new hopes for legality and regulation. However, the majority keep heading towards stringent regulations or prohibitions…
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Nicotine pouch ban for under-18s now in force...
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Health ministry starts work on amending Public Health Act...
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CNCT files complaint against marketing and sale of nic pouches...
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Finance Committee supports Tax Code amendment for tobacco products...
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Public consultations launched over tobacco and vape legislation...
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Relative harm is a far more important consideration than absolute harm when it comes to deciding whether to use e-cigarettes to quit smoking, according to addiction specialist Garrett McGovern…
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If the EU had embraced harm reduction from the outset, it would have already achieved its smoke-free goals, according to Swedish member of European Parliament (MEP) Johan Nissinen…
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Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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FDA says synthetic nicotine potentially more addictive than nicotine itself...
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Amendment to limit products from other EU member states for personal use...
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Health ministers call for strict EU-wide regulations on novel nicotine products...
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Nicotine-free citizens’ initiative presented to House...
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This report provides analysis of the current regulatory framework in place in Malta for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches, covering all policy areas…
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Ministry of Health warns about influence of tobacco industry on children...
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This report provides a detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place in Malta for heated tobacco products, covering all policy areas…
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UK prime minister Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban bill is likely to be scrapped after it was not mentioned in the final business in the House of Commons following Sunak’s call for a snap general election…
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Tobacco imports from Russia and Belarus to be banned...
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CDTFA publishes new tax rate for tobacco products...
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Alternative nicotine product directory bill heads to governor...
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Lower Austria calls for national nicotine pouch regulations...
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Tobacco product register amendment adopted in third reading…
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A law to regulate vaping, heated tobacco and oral nicotine products in Colombia for the first time was signed into law by president Gustavo Petro on 9th May. Products are now legal, with some restrictions…
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The Dutch House of Representatives gave the green light to a proposal seeking to ban nicotine pouches completely in a move that seems to illustrate how the Netherlands is becoming increasingly anti–novel nicotine…
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Council adopts ecodesign for sustainable products regulation proposal...
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HTP tax to increase from 1st June, along with new tax for herbal sticks...
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Cabinet of Ministers approves new regulations for heated tobacco...
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Updated list of notified tobacco products contains HTPs...
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The Polish Ministry of Health has released a new draft bill that regulates heated tobacco products (HTPs) in the country for the first time and introduces a new definition of HTPs into the country’s legislation…
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WHO report accuses tobacco industry of seeking to hook world’s youth…
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In a victory for Panama’s heated tobacco and vaping industries, the country’s Supreme Court declared a 2022 law unconstitutional that completely banned e-cigarettes as well as heated tobacco and similar devices…
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Council adopts proposal for corporate sustainability due diligence...
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No plans for smoke-free generation or tobacco tax hike, says government...
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Tobacco and Vapes Bill won’t pass before July election...
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A rise in support for radical and nationalist right-wing parties across Europe is not expected to dismantle the existing grand coalition of political groups during the upcoming elections for members of European Parliament, analysts suggest…
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UK snap general elections on 4th July could affect tobacco products industry...
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Government approves draft amendment that would increase nic pouch tax...
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Ireland will look to raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products to 21, affecting heated tobacco products but not (yet) nioctine pouches or vapour products…