LATEST ALERTS
Lithuania: The Ministry of Finance has prepared the 2025–2027 draft amendments to the Excise Law, seeking to further increase excise duties on tobacco and
Slovakia: Yesterday (27th February), president Zuzana Čaputová signed an amendment to the Act on the Production, Labelling, and Sale of Tobacco and Related
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of retail prices and excise duties for heated tobacco consumables and herbal
New Zealand: The government has introduced the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill, which will repeal parts of the tobacco control legislation passed by
Norway: The Health Directorate has ordered Swedish Match and Snushjem to cease sending out newsletters and posting on social media, as these practices
South Africa: The National Treasury has opened the 2024 Draft Rates Bill for public comment. The bill increases heated tobacco tax from ZAR7.80 ($0.40) per ten
EU: Today, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG-Santé) has published an updated roadmap for the implementation of Europe's Beating
US - Iowa: House Study Bill (HSB) 725 has been introduced, which would establish a definition of heated tobacco products (HTPs). HSB 725
Lithuania: The Ministry of Economy and Innovation’s Department of Internal Trade Policy adviser has confirmed to TobaccoIntelligence that the draft amendment to the
South Africa: The minister of finance, Enoch Godongwana, said in his 2024 budget speech that the ministry will increase tobacco excise duties by
Netherlands: The highest court, the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal, has reversed fines worth approximately €9.4m that were imposed on 11 tobacco manufacturers
Southeast Asia: Today, director of the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia region Saima Wazed called on countries to intensify efforts to control
Malta: According to minister of health Jo Etienne Abela, the first "specific" tobacco control strategy is being developed. The strategy will include measures
US - West Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 863 has been introduced. SB 863 would levy a tax on heated tobacco products (HTPs). These products
Netherlands: The Trimbos Institute, a nonprofit research organisation in Utrecht, has issued a new heated tobacco fact sheet saying the claim that heated
Sweden: The government has agreed to introduce a bill to reduce the excise tax on snus by 20%, while increasing taxes on traditional cigarettes and
US - Utah: House Bill 566 has been introduced, which would make it unlawful to give, distribute, sell or offer for sale the
US - California: Assembly Bill 3218 has been introduced, which would require the attorney general to establish and maintain a list of tobacco
US - New York: Bill A 9224 has been introduced, which would prohibit the sale of tobacco products and vapour products within 500 ft
Egypt: Following the Ministry of Trade and Industry decision 503/2023, the Egyptian Organization for Standards and Quality (EOS) has published the Procedural and Financial Regulations for
US - Maine: The Hallowell City Council voted to end the sale of flavoured nicotine products, including menthol, in the city. Hallowell, with a population
US - Alabama: Senate bill (SB) 96 has been introduced, which would define heated tobacco products (HTPs) for state law purposes. Accordingly, an HTP
Global: The tenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)
Italy: The Market and Competition Authority (AGCM) has fined British American Tobacco (BAT) €6m and Amazon €1m for misleading advertising of the heated tobacco
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of nicotine pouches authorised for sale.
Slovakia: Yesterday (13th February), the National Council (Parliament) approved the amendment to the Act on the Production, Labelling, and Sale of Tobacco and
Malaysia: Wan Saiful Wan Jan, member of parliament (MP) for the opposition party Perikatan Nasional (PN), has reportedly urged the government to issue the
EU: During last week's plenary debate at the European Parliament on the lack of transparency between the European Commission (EC) and the tobacco industry, member of the
Turkey: First Lady Emine Erdoğan has tweeted against the use of heated tobacco and e-cigarettes, saying that these products are hazardous not only to
Philippines: A bill to regulate the manufacture and export of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco was filed in the House of Representatives by Joey Salceda, of
Brazil: Today is the last day to participate in the public consultation to review the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa)'s resolution 46/2009, which bans heated tobacco
Iraq: The Nineveh health directorate of the Ministry of Health issued an order prohibiting the entry of heated tobacco products and e-cigarettes onto
Canada - British Columbia: The provincial government has decided to restrict the sale of nicotine pouches exclusively to pharmacies on a non-prescription basis. Effective
Egypt: During a TV interview, Mahmoud Shalabi, secretary of fatwa at the Egyptian Fatwa House, addressed the religious perspective on heated tobacco and
EU: Tomorrow (8th February), the European Parliament will debate, in plenary, the lack of transparency between the European Commission (EC) and the tobacco
EU: The request for a preliminary reference procedure sent by the Irish High Court to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the validity of Commission
Lithuania: The National Stop Smoking Helpline (1819) has started to operate, giving free advice to residents who want to quit smoking, media reports. By establishing this line,
Israel: Tomorrow (6th February), the Knesset Economic Committee will meet to discuss a bill that would place further advertising and packaging restrictions on
US - Mississippi: House Bill 856 has been introduced. It would increase the tax rate on cigarettes from $0.034 to $0.059 per cigarette in
Czech Republic: The State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority has updated the list of notified tobacco products and their ingredients.
US - General: Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced that it has reached a global settlement with British American Tobacco (BAT) that resolves all ongoing
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of retail prices and excise duties for heated tobacco consumables and herbal heated products.
Bulgaria: Following the transposing of the EU Commission Delegated Directive 2022/2100, Maria Kusheva from the Institute for Tobacco and Tobacco Products at the Ministry of
Ukraine: In the first reading of a bill seeking to change the existing Law On State Regulation of Production and Circulation of Ethyl Alcohol, Cognac
EU: At today's exchange of views between the members of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Public Health and health commissioner Stella Kyriakides, some MEPs asked the
EU: The revised Council recommendation on smoke-free environments was not presented during yesterday's conference on Europe's Beating Cancer Plan, as originally expected. The revision featured in
Slovakia: The tobacco tax rate for smokeless tobacco products (a tax category for heated tobacco products) has increased from €187.80 per kg to €211.30 per
EU: The European Commission has released the report titled "Beating Cancer Inequalities in the EU," with its primary objective being to investigate cancer prevention
