On March 8,2024, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) affirmed Brookline's Tobacco-Free Generation bylaw. This regulation restricts the sale of tobacco products to anybody born on or after January 1, 2000. The court determined that…
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In accordance with the provisions of Section 5(5) of Act No. 110/1997 Coll, on Foodstuffs and Tobacco Products and Their Ingredients, the Czech Republic has issued a notification on the list of tobacco products and their ingredients.
The Lebanese Tobacco and Tobacco Inventory Department, owns a monopoly over tobacco, subject to state control. The Minister of Finance has the right to decide on selling prices for exported tobacco and intermediary royalties.
Casey Costello, New Zealand's Minister, is exploring a cigarette tax freeze and removing the excise tax on smokeless tobacco products.
Chile published a comprehensive law on January 4, 2024, aimed at regulating tobacco-related products, including electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and electronic non-nicotine systems (SESN). This law changes Law No.
On January 18, 2024, the Croatian Parliament proposes legislation to amend the Law on Restricting the Use of Tobacco and Related Products. The plan ensures that flavorings will no longer be utilized in heated tobacco products.
During an operation in the United Kingdom, over £14,000 worth of illegal vapes, cigarettes, cigars, and nicotine pouches were seized from several off-license locations.
The Luxembourg Ministry of Health and Social Security responds to a parliamentary question regarding the hazards of nicotine pouches.
The Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) published a circular on January 17, 2024, in Italy, outlined in Legislative Decree No. 504, to redetermine the features of tax stamps for tobacco and tobacco-related items.
On January 29, 2024, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which is being finalized after being proposed by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care, will allow the government to implement the new laws, create the first generation of…