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Czech Republic: Last week, the Senate Committee on Health unanimously supported the amendment to the law on the protection of health from the
Sweden: Swedish MEP Johan Nissinen said that he has noticed increased interest and a greater understanding from other MEPs about snus and nicotine pouches; however,
Estonia: Parliament's Social Committee will meet with industry members on 13th February to discuss the Tobacco Act Amendment Act 654 SE. The bill
Russia: State Duma deputy Sultan Khamzaev has proposed banning tobacco product sales in fuel stations, media reports. Khamzaev addressed the appeal to the
UK: Swindon Borough Council has announced that it has joined other local authorities in calling for the government to bring forward a new Tobacco Control
Hungary: The Supervisory Authority for Regulatory Affairs has told TobaccoIntelligence that approximately 2.6bn heated tobacco sticks and 16,009,229 g of nicotine pouches were sold in
Azerbaijan: President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order “On strengthening state control in the field of import and production of tobacco products and
Serbia: Speaking at a conference on cancer, health minister Danica Grujičić called for public support for a ban on smoking in enclosed public places. “The
Luxembourg: Opposition MPs Nancy Kemp-Arendt and Martine Hansen yesterday submitted a parliamentary question asking the Ministry of Health for sales and consumption figures for nicotine pouches. They
Hungary: The Ministry of Finance has told TobaccoIntelligence that approximately HUF63.8bn (€162.4m) was collected in taxes on heated tobacco products in 2022, while
Denmark: The government has notified a draft bill to the European Commission's TRIS database to amend the Tobacco Products Act to include a
UK: Junior health secretary Neil O'Brien avoided answering a question from MP Rachael Maskell about the reason for the delay in publishing an updated
Estonia: The Tax and Customs Board has told TobaccoIntelligence that the tax revenues for heated tobacco products amounted to €1,118,202 in 2021 and
EU: The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has dismissed the application for interim measures presented by the applicants in Case
EU: Swedish MEP for the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, Johan Nissinen, submitted a parliamentary question last week asking the European Commission whether
Finland: A working group appointed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is proposing measures to end the use of tobacco and
Italy: The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has updated the list of websites that do not comply with the long-distance sales and advertising
Finland: On 31st January, the parliament approved the government's proposal HE 304/2022 amending the Finnish Tobacco Act, which seeks to add the definition
Lithuania: Deputy chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Seimas (parliament), Algirdas Butkevičius, has asked the minister of finance, Gintarė Skaistė,
Sweden: The government has notified a bill to the EU Commission TRIS database to introduce further requirements for nicotine pouch notification, labelling and
EU: Ahead of World Cancer Day, EU commissioner for health and food safety Stella Kyriakides has spoken about the European Beating Cancer Plan
Russia: Today, 1st February, is the start of the experiment introducing a system that excludes the technical possibility of selling expired products as
Hungary: Tobacco- and nicotine-free herbal sticks compatible with heating devices start being taxed as of today, 1st February, at HUF35 (€0.090) per stick,
Ukraine: The Tobacco and Alcohol Act specifies that the manufacturer or importer of tobacco products is obliged to provide information about product ingredients to
Sweden: Manufacturers and importers of oral tobacco (including snus) and heated tobacco products must report sales information annually by 31st January.
Czech Republic: Manufacturers and importers of tobacco products must submit market data to the State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority annually by 31st
Latvia: The State Revenue Service has told TobaccoIntelligence that excise duty on heated tobacco products brought in €5,427,000 in 2020, €10,022,000 in 2021, and
Portugal: When asked about the tax revenue collected on heated tobacco products, the Customs authority told TobaccoIntelligence that until 2022, only one brand
Slovenia: Ahead of No-Cigarette Day, which takes place on 31st January, the minister of health and the National Institute of Public Health have
Spain: Along with medical and anti-tobacco associations from various countries, the Spanish anti-tobacco organisation "No-fumadores" is organising a campaign aimed at collecting 1m
Russia: A bill has been signed today by the president that increases the excise rates for heated tobacco consumables and omits the excise
Germany: The federal drug commissioner, Burkhard Blienert, has called for stricter rules on the advertising of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco,
Belgium: Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke said he intends to ban nicotine pouches to protect kids and young people from developing nicotine addiction, local
Russia: Prime minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree on conducting an experiment to introduce a system that excludes the technical possibility of
Russia: Today, the Federation Council (upper chamber of the parliament) approved a bill increasing the excise rates for heated tobacco consumables and omitting
Finland: Yesterday, 24th January, Parliament approved in the first reading the content of the bill contained in the government's proposal HE 304/2022, amending
Russia: Today the Federation Council (upper chamber of the parliament) Committee on Economic Policy supported a bill increasing the excise rates for heated
Sweden: The government has notified through the EU TRIS database a bill to implement further restrictions on notification, advertising, labelling and packaging of nicotine pouches. The standstill
Czech Republic: A Ministry of Health draft decree on tobacco-free nicotine pouches has been notified to the EU TRIS system. It seeks to
Bulgaria: Members of We Continue the Change, a centrist party with the second most seats in Parliament, have presented a bill to amend
Germany: The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) presented a third amendment to the Tobacco Products Law draft, which will transpose the flavour ban
Italy: Health minister Orazio Schillaci told a meeting of the Chamber of Deputies Social Affairs Committee that he intends to update the anti-smoking law by
UK: Junior health minister Neil O’Brien said yesterday that the government has no current plans to implement further tobacco harm reduction strategies. He also said that because the government
Russia: Parliament’s lower chamber, the State Duma, today fully adopted the government’s proposed tax amendments, media reports. Assuming they also pass the Federation Council,
EU: An application to the European Court of Justice by Nicoventures and five others to annul the EU-wide flavour ban for heated tobacco products imposed
UK: In answer to a parliamentary question about when the new tobacco control plan and a response to the Khan review would be published, junior health
Russia: The State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes has backed the government’s tax amendments, media reports. Under the plan, if adopted, excise
Netherlands: Today, 16th January, is the last day of the public consultation on the ban of tobacco-free nicotine products for oral use, such
EU: As highlighted in our compliance calendar, the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) “Call to achieve a tobacco-free environment and the first European tobacco-free generation by
