LATEST ALERTS
Austria: The Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection has notified an ordinance to the European Commission’s TRIS database with the
EU: A group of EU organisations has called on the European Commission (EC) to accelerate the implementation of the European Beating Cancer (BeCa) Plan
EU: The European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) have decided
Portugal: In an explanatory note to the 2025 State Budget, the Ministry of Environment and Energy stated that a licence will be issued for the
UK: Today, the government has launched a public consultation seeking evidence on standardised packaging for all tobacco products, including heated tobacco consumables and
Sweden: The Public Health Agency has updated the publicly available list of heated tobacco products (HTPs), oral tobacco products and herbal heated products (HHPs) authorised for sale.
France: The National Assembly Finance Committee is discussing amendments to the 2025 Budget Bill to introduce an excise tax on nicotine pouches and increase
Czech Republic: The State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority has updated a list of notified tobacco products and their ingredients.
Cyprus: The Pharmaceutical Services of the Ministry of Health has decided to classify nicotine pouches as pharmaceutical products in light of the absence of
UK: Today, minister of health Wes Streeting introduced the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in the House of Commons (lower chamber of Parliament). The bill largely
EU: Tomorrow (6th November), the Committee of the Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States to the European Union (Coreper), the
Estonia: Parliament is currently discussing bill 510 SE, which proposes incremental increases to excise duties on heated tobacco products (HTPs) and nicotine pouches
Hungary: The Ministry of Finance has introduced a bill to the parliament that would increase the applicable tax on heated tobacco and herbal heated sticks
Greece: The Ministry of Health has updated the list of notified tobacco products. The list contains herbal heated products, heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches,
Belarus: The National Assembly (a lower chamber of parliament) has adopted in the first reading a bill “amending the tax law” that would
Finland: The EPT network , which unites over 60 national social and health organisations that want to prevent and reduce substance abuse, has announced a
Poland: The minister of health, Izabela Leszczyna, has said in an interview with press that the ministry is working on a bill to
Poland: Yesterday (30th October), the Senate passed the amendment to the Excise Duty Act, increasing the excise rates on e-liquids from 2025. Last week, the
France: During an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien, minister of health Geneviève Darrieussecq announced an upcoming ban on nicotine pouches, explaining that
France: On 21st October, the National Assembly began reviewing the revenue section of the 2025 Social Security Budget Bill. Initially set to conclude
Netherlands: The Dutch government has reacted positively to the European Commission (EC)’s plan to extend the existing smoke-free areas and concludes that many of
Slovakia: The Ministry of Finance has told TobaccoIntelligence that the tax revenues for heated tobacco products in 2021, 2022 and 2023 amounted to
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.
EU: The date of the oral hearing before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) regarding Case C-759/23 on the validity of Commission Delegated Directive
France: A group of independent deputies and representatives from the overseas territories has presented an amendment to the 2025 Budget Bill proposing the transfer
Russia: The Ministry of Health supports a bill that seeks to ban the sale of tobacco- and nicotine-containing products and devices for their consumption
France: As Parliament debates the 2025 Finance and Social Security Financing bills, the Alliance Against Tobacco (ACT) issued a call to action, highlighting
Switzerland: The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (FOCBS), when asked about tax revenue collection, told TobaccoIntelligence that heated tobacco products, nicotine pouches
Netherlands: The bill amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act to completely ban oral nicotine products (such as nicotine pouches), which was approved by
Estonia: The parliamentary Social Committee has resumed discussions on bill 223, which aims to transpose the Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100. The bill is
EU: The Spanish Association of Personal Vaporiser Users (ANESVAP) has written to the European Ombudsman urging it to compel the European Commission (EC) to
Austria: The Tax and Customs Authority has told TobaccoIntelligence that €12.5m was raised in tax revenue from heated tobacco in 2021, €28.7m in 2022 and €38.6m
EU: The commissioner-designate for health and animal welfare, Olivér Várhelyi, has answered the questions that the European Parliament will put forward during his confirmation hearing
Portugal: The Tax and Customs Authority has told TobaccoIntelligence that €67.6m was raised in tax revenue from heated tobacco in 2021, €113.6m in
Switzerland: The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (FOCBS) has told TobaccoIntelligence that both nicotine pouches and snus are taxed like chewing tobacco,
UK: Minister of health Wes Streeting has said the Labour government will introduce the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to Parliament before Christmas this
Serbia: The Serbian government has implemented a new e-excise system, which is managed by the Ministry of Finance and contains information relating to excisable products,
Poland: The Sejm (lower chamber of parliament) has passed the amendment to the Excise Duty Act increasing the excise rates on heated tobacco products (HTPs)
Finland: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has said that the revised bill to regulate nicotine pouches could be approved in about three months
France: A group of Les Républicains senators has proposed a new bill that aims to establish a clear legal framework for nicotine pouches,
Switzerland: The National Council's Commission for Social Security and Health has approved the partial revision of the Tobacco Products Act, which introduces restrictions on the
Finland: Sydänliitto (the Swedish Heart Association) is pleased that the proposal to regulate nicotine pouches is going to be revised, but urges the
France: The association Alliance Against Tobacco (ACT) has taken legal action against the French government to denounce “the insufficient controls and sanctions” for tobacconists who sell
Italy: The government has published a legislative decree establishing a new tax category for inhalation products without combustion, made from solid substances other than tobacco,
Lithuania: Yesterday (17th October), the parliament approved the amendment to tighten economic sanctions for the sale of tobacco and related products to under-18s
Finland: Social security minister Sanni Grahn-Laasonen has announced that the government intends to introduce a revised proposal on nicotine pouch regulation to the
EU: The European Ombudsman has told TobaccoIntelligence that its final position on case 517/2024/FA will be reached within the next few weeks. The
Iceland: The Ministry of Finance has opened a draft bill for consultation that would amend the Law on Alcohol and Tobacco Tax to introduce a
Switzerland: The Federal Council has adopted an ordinance amending the Tobacco Tax Act that will raise taxes on heated tobacco products and snus. For heated
UK: Answering a parliamentary question on whether the new Labour government will incorporate the amendments to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill that were proposed during
