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| Sudan | EMR | Answer not provided | تم تحديد مواد التبغ من النيكوتين وغيرخ لمصانع السجاير المحلية بالتنسيق مع هيئة المواصفات والمقباييس والكشف من قبل المواصفات فقط حيث ان الوزارة لا تمتلك تقرير الكشف | تم تحديد مادة النيكوتين لمصانع السجاير المحلية بالتنسيق مع هيئة المواصفات والمقباييس |
| Suriname | AMR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Sweden | EUR | Answer not provided | Nothing new since last report. | Sweden has implemented the requirements in Dir 2001/37/EG in the Tobacco Act (1993:581), the Tobacco Decree (2001:312). The provisions FoHMFS 2014:9 has been replaced by HSLF-FS 2016:46. https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publicerat-material/publikationsarkiv/h/hslf-fs-201646/ |
| Syrian Arab Republic | EMR | Answer not provided | هناك مواصفات قياسية سورية بشأن هذه المواضيع | هناك مواصفات قياسية سورية بشأن هذه المواضيع |
| Tajikistan | EUR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Thailand | SEA | The manufacturer or importer of tobacco products have the duty to inform the Ministry of Public Health of the particulars of components of the tobacco products and emission products as informed in accordance with the criteria, procedures and conditions prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations under TPCA 2017. Thailand has incorporated product regulation in TPCA 2017 and in Ministerial Regulation 1997. Currently, Thailand has no access to governmental tobacco laboratories; but TI is required to submit testing report of tobacco products (testing and measuring the contents of tobacco products and testing and measuring the emissions of tobacco products) from laboratories that does not owned or controlled by the tobacco industry. | The manufacturer or importer of tobacco products have the duty to inform the Ministry of Public Health of the particulars of components of the tobacco products and emission products as informed in accordance with the criteria, procedures and conditions prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations under TPCA 2017. | According to the Tobacco Control Products Act 2560 (BE 2560), which was published in the Royal Gazette on April 5, 2017 and came into force on July 4, 2017. The manufacturer or importer of tobacco products have the duty to inform the Ministry of Public Health of the particulars of components of the tobacco products and emission products as informed in accordance with the criteria, procedures and conditions prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations. |
| Timor-Leste | SEA | Report not provided | Report not provided | Answer not provided |
| Tonga | WPR | Answer not provided | Remains the same as in the last Report. Already in the Regulation but not enforced. | Remains the same as in the last Report 2016. Already in the Regulation but not enforced. |
| Trinidad and Tobago | AMR | During the reporting period, the Tobacco Control Unit sought to engage potential partners that can assist with testing as the lab under the purview of the Ministry of Health is under-resourced as this time. This is a work in progress and remains a priority of the country. In the interim, specific requirements continue to be upheld by the Unit in the review of applications for tobacco licenses. In this regard, all applications must be accompanied by a product specification sheet in addition to a material safety data sheet authorized by manufacturers. Also, all tobacco products must specify the quantities of carbon monoxide, tar and nicotine. | Products assessed by the Chemistry, Food and Drug Division of the Ministry of Health. | Products assessed by the Chemistry, Food and Drug Division of the Ministry of Health. |
| Tunisia | EMR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Le premier souci de la RNTA est daccréditer ses laboratoires conformément à la norme iso 17025 |
| Turkmenistan | EUR | Answer not provided | Тестирование, измерение и регулирование состава табачных изделий два года назад поручено Министерству здравоохранения и медицинской промышленности Туркменистана и Государственной службе «Туркменстандартлары». | Тестирование, измерение и регулирование состава табачных изделий два года назад поручено Министерству здравоохранения и медицинской промышленности Туркменистана и Государственной службе «Туркменстандартлары». |
| Tuvalu | WPR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Uganda | AFR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Ukraine | EUR | Answer not provided | No progress | No progress |
| United Arab Emirates | EMR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | EUR | In May 2020 menthol as a characterising flavour in cigarettes came into force under the Tobacco and Related Products Regulation 2016. | Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 covers provisions for the regulation of the contents of tobacco products. Public Health England is the competent authority for the tobacco products notification scheme in the UK. Notification of tobacco or herbal products for smoking information is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notification-of-tobacco-or-herbal-products-for-smoking This continues to be enforced. | The EU Tobacco Products Directive has been transposed into UK law through the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016. This legislation covers provisions for the regulation of the contents of tobacco products. Public Health England is the competent authority for the tobacco products notification scheme in the UK. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notification-of-tobacco-or-herbal-products-for-smoking |
| United Republic of Tanzania | AFR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Uzbekistan | EUR | Состав табачных изделий, а также содержание продуктов, выделяемые табачными изделиями регулируются «Общим технический регламент о табачной продукции», который утвержден постановлением Кабинета Министров Республики Узбекистан от 1 февраля 2019 г. № 74 (приложение 4). В частности, регулируется содержание смолы и никотина в дыме сигарет, а также определены предельно допустимые показатели содержания химических и микробиологических веществ в табачной продукции (пункт 6 и приложение № 2 к Техническому регламенту). Однако Технический регламент в составе табачных изделий не регулирует или не ограничивает содержание ароматизаторов. Законодательной палатой Олий Мажлиса Республики Узбекистан 25 октября 2022 года был принят новый Закон Республики Узбекистан «Об ограничении распространения и употребления алкогольной и табачной продукции», который был одобрен Сенатом Олий Мажлиса Республики Узбекистан 27 декабря 2022 года. Новый Закон, а также новые положения (статья 34), регулирующие содержание никотина в дыме сигарет и изделий с нагреваемым табаком, монооксида углерода в дыме сигарет, а также концентрацию никотина в никотинсодержащей жидкости или растворе никотина (в том числе в никотиновых жидкостях для электронных систем доставки никотина, а также в жидкостях электронных сигарет) вступят в силу спустя три месяца после подписания Президентом Узбекистана. | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Vanuatu | WPR | none testing product. process to reach out with WHO aggregated Lab in Malaysia is uneasy | All distributors should present the contents of tobacco products to MOH on annual basis. MOH has authority to demand to send samples to WHO and TobLabNet laboratories for validation ( Amendment regulations of 2016 to the Tobacco Control Act of 2008). | Report not provided |
| Venezuela | AMR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Viet Nam | WPR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Zambia | AFR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Answer not provided |
| Russian Federation | EUR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Rwanda | AFR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Currently there no in country laboratory capacity to perform the above mentioned test. Tobacco importers of tobacco products the submit a report from a third party accredited laboratory to Rwanda Standards Board. |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | AMR | Answer not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Saint Lucia | AMR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Samoa | WPR | Answer not provided | Tobacco companies are required to conduct annual testing (due ate - 31st January for each calendar year) for the main three constituents (tar, carbon monoxide and nicotine) for tobacco product testing. | Tobacco companies are required to conduct annual testing (due ate - 31st January for each calendar year) for the main three constituents (tar, carbon monoxide and nicotine) for tobacco product testing. |
| Sao Tome and Principe | AFR | Answer not provided | sin datos | sin datos |
| Saudi Arabia | EMR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Serbia | EUR | According to Law on Tobacco (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 101/05, 90/07, 95/10, 36/11, 93/12, 108/13 and 91/19), Article 74: - Starting with January 1, 2011 the cigarettes sold on the territory of the Republic of Serbia could not contain more than: 10 mg of tar per cigarette, 1 mg of nicotine per cigarette and 10 mg of carbon monoxide per cigarette. Article 75 of the same Law defines ISO standard 4387 for tar measuring, ISO 10315 for nicotine measurement and ISO 8454 for carbon monoxide. | There is no progress since the previous report in 2018. As is stated in the Law on Tobacco (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 101/05, 90/07, 95/10, 36/11, 93/12, 108/13 and 91/19), in article 74 since January 1, 2011 the cigarettes sold on the territory of the Republic of Serbia can not contain more than 10 mg of tar per cigarette, 1 mg of nicotine per cigarette and 10 mg of carbon monoxide per cigarette. Article 75 of the same Law defines ISO standard 4387 for tar measurements, ISO 10315 for nicotine measurements and ISO 8454 for carbon monoxide measurements. | There is no progress since the previous report. According to Law on Tobacco (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 101/05, 90/07, 95/10, 36/11, 93/12 and 108/13), article 74 defines that since January 1, 2011 the cigarettes sold on the territory of the Republic of Serbia could not contain more than: 10 mg of tar per cigarette, 1 mg of nicotine per cigarette and 10 mg of carbon monoxide per cigarette. Article 75 of the same Law defines ISO standard 4387 for tar measurements, ISO 10315 for nicotine measurements and ISO 8454 for carbon monoxide measurements. |
| Seychelles | AFR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Sierra Leone | AFR | Answer not provided | Sierra Leone does not have any policy in place regulating the contents and emissions of tobacco products. The Sierra Leone Standards Bureau has the capacity to test tobacco products; however no legal requirement exists for the performance of such testing. | Sierra Leone does not have any policy in place regulating the contents and emissions of tobacco products. The Sierra Leone Standards Bureau has the capacity to test tobacco products; however no legal requirement exists for the performance of such testing. |
| Singapore | WPR | Answer not provided | Tar and Nicotine limits have been lowered to from 15 to 10mg for nicotine and 1.3 to 1.0 mg for tar in 2013 | Tar and Nicotine limits have been lowered to from 15 to 10mg for nicotine and 1.3 to 1.0 mg for tar in 2013 |
| Slovakia | EUR | the regulation hasn´t changed over the last two years | At present we do not have any producers of tobacco products in our country. We apply EU and national legislation for importers, distributors and sellers : Directive 2014/40/EU on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products Law 335/2011 about tobacco products, Law 89/2016 about production , labeling and sale of tobacco products, 212/2012 Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic regulating tobacco products. | Answer not provided |
| Slovenia | EUR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Slovenia has transposed the DIRECTIVE 2014/40/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC. |
| Solomon Islands | WPR | Report not provided | The Solomon Islands Tobacco Control Regulations 2013 gazetted on the 8th of December 2013. The commencement of this piece of legislation actually came into force in January 2015. Since then regulating contents of tobacco products, especially with the two manufacturing companies we have on the ground has been very active. | The Solomon Islands Tobacco Control Regulations 2013 gazetted on the 8th of December 2013. The commencement of this piece of legislation actually came into force in January 2015. Since then regulating contents of tobacco products, especially with the two manufacturing companies we have on the ground has been very active. |
| Sri Lanka | SEA | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Nigeria | AFR | There is a draft Nigeria Industrial Standard on Waterpipe, Cigars and cigarillos, which is awaiting conclusion | The content of cigarette is regulated through the provisions of Nigerian Industrial Standard for tobacco and tobacco products. Specifications and test methods for critical parameters are provided in the standard. Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) conducts quarterly conformity assessment inspections of tobacco companies during which on-the- spot analysis of the content of samples of tobacco are carried out. Samples are also drawn for confirmatory analysis in SON laboratory. Presently, the Nigerian Industrial standard (NIS) for cigarette is being reviewed. However NIS for Shisha, Heat-no-burn, cigars, pipe tobacco, roll your own are being developed. | The content of cigarette is regulated through the provisions of Nigerian Industrial Standard for tobacco and tobacco products. Specifications and test methods for critical parameters are provided in the standard. Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) conducts quarterly conformity assessment inspections of tobacco companies during which on-the- spot analysis of the content of samples of tobacco are carried out. Samples are also drawn for confirmatory analysis in SON laboratory. Presently, the Nigerian Industrial standard (NIS) for cigarette is being reviewed. However NIS for Shisha, Heat-no-burn, cigars, pipe tobacco, roll your own are being developed. |
| Norway | EUR | Norway has regulations on ingredients and emissions based on EU Tobacco Directive 2001/37/EC. Norway is still waiting for the EU Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU to enter into force. A new regime for testing and reporting will then be implemented, the legislative amendments were adopted in 2016. | There is an ongoing process implementing the EU Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU that will contribute to the regulation of the contents of tobacco products. Entry into force in Norway expected in 2020. | There is an ongoing process implementing the EU Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU that will contribute to the regulation of the contents of tobacco products. Entry into force in Norway expected January 2019. |
| Oman | EMR | تم تحديد كية النيكوتين والقار في السجائر المباعة | صدر القرار الوزاري من وزارة التجارة والصناعه رقم 39/ 2001 في شاأن تحديد كمية النيكوتين والقطران وأول أكسيد الكربون في السجائر توجد مواصفة قياسية للسجائر | صدر القرار الوزاري من وزارة التجارة والصناعه رقم 39/ 2001 في شاأن تحديد كمية النيكوتين والقطران وأول أكسيد الكربون في السجائر |
| Pakistan | EMR | Report not provided | The regulation relevant to this matter is the ban on the import of all kinds of sheesha and flavoured tobacco to be used in sheesha, which was introduced through an SRO 970(1)/2016 by the Ministry of Commerce on 13 October 2016. The SRO only covers sheesha, and does not regulate the content of any other tobacco products. The Finance Act 2005 prescribed that no cigarette factory shall clear cigarettes unless they conform to the health standards. Pakistan lacks an independent, non-tobacco industry related accredited laboratory, capable of accurately testing contents and emissions of tobacco products. Pakistani officials met during the mission informed that there is consideration of dedicating funds for the setup of an internationally accredited laboratory to test tobacco products. | The regulation relevant to this matter is the ban on the import of all kinds of sheesha and flavoured tobacco to be used in sheesha, which was introduced through an SRO 970(1)/2016 by the Ministry of Commerce on 13 October 2016. The SRO only covers sheesha, and does not regulate the content of any other tobacco products. The Finance Act 2005 prescribed that no cigarette factory shall clear cigarettes unless they conform to the health standards. Pakistan lacks an independent, non-tobacco industry related accredited laboratory, capable of accurately testing contents and emissions of tobacco products. Pakistani officials met during the mission informed that there is consideration of dedicating funds for the setup of an internationally accredited laboratory to test tobacco products. |
| Paraguay | AMR | Se ha tenido conversaciones con laboratorios que podrían analizar los contenidos y las emisiones de productos de tabaco pero no contamos con los recursos necesarios de implementarlos. | La Ley Nº 5538/15 en su Capitulo VIII Articulo 23, faculta al Ministerio de Salud a establecer controles para el análisis de productos, medición del contenido de productos, emisiones de los productos de tabaco. La Dirección Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria se encuentra trabajando en la normativa a los efectos de incorporar los instrumentos legales para validar el análisis, medición del contenido y emisión de los productos de tabaco | La Ley Nº 5538/15 en su Capitulo VIII Articulo 23, faculta al Ministerio de Salud a establecer controles para el análisis de productos, medición del contenido de productos, emisiones de los productos de tabaco. Asi como la reglamentación de los contenidos y emisiones. |
| Peru | AMR | No se ha producido progresos | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Poland | EUR | Bureau for Chemical Substances in collaboration with Chief Sanitary Inspection conducts verification of the maximum level of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke. In years 2021-2022 248 cigarette samples were verified | In regards to the activities aiming to regulating the contents of tobacco products Poland has adopted the Article 7 of the Directive 2014/40/EU. Pursuant to art. 7c of the Polish act implementing TPD it is prohibited to place on the market, produce and import with intention to place on the market tobacco products: 1) with characterising flavour; 2) with additives, including their quantities or concentrations, which increase considerably or to a measurable degree addictiveness, toxicity or the CMR properties of the tobacco product during consumption. Moreover it is prohibited to place on the market, produce or import with intention to place on the market tobacco products which contain: 1) vitamins or other additives that create the impression that a tobacco product has a health benefit or presents reduced health risks; 2) caffeine or taurine or other additives and stimulant compounds that are associated with energy and vitality; 3) additives having colouring properties for emissions; 4) for tobacco products for smoking – additives that facilitate inhalation or nicotine uptake; 5) additives that have CMR properties in their unburnt form. In 2019 r. employees of the Bureau for Chemical Substances start the process of verifying notifications of tobacco products submitted to Poland in order to check whether there are products with vitamins or additives that have CMR properties. If that kind of additives is found Bureau for Chemical Substances will start relevant administrative proceedings. Moreover according to tobacco act it is prohibited to place on the market, to produce or import with intention to place on the market, tobacco products containing flavourings in any of their components such as filters, papers, packages, capsules or any technical features allowing modification of the smell or taste of the tobacco products concerned or their smoke intensity. Filters, papers and capsules shall not contain tobacco or nicotine. In regards to the activities aiming to regulating the emissions of tobacco products Poland has adopted Article 3 and Article 4 of TPD. Pursuant to Article 10 of the Polish Act implementing TPD maximum emission levels for tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide in the cigarette smoke of cigarettes manufactured, imported or placed on the market shall not exceed the following values: 1) for tar – 10 mg per cigarette; 2) for nicotine – 1 mg per cigarette; 3) for carbon monoxide – 10 mg per cigarette In 2018 and 2019 around 280 cigarettes were verified in order to check whether they comply with the above mentioned article. | In regards to the activities aiming to regulating the contents of tobacco products Poland has adopted the Article 7 of the Directive 2014/40/EU. Pursuant to art. 7c of the Polish act implementing TPD it is prohibited to place on the market, produce and import with intention to place on the market tobacco products: 1) with characterising flavour; 2) with additives, including their quantities or concentrations, which increase considerably or to a measurable degree addictiveness, toxicity or the CMR properties of the tobacco product during consumption. Moreover it is prohibited to place on the market, produce or import with intention to place on the market tobacco products which contain: 1) vitamins or other additives that create the impression that a tobacco product has a health benefit or presents reduced health risks; 2) caffeine or taurine or other additives and stimulant compounds that are associated with energy and vitality; 3) additives having colouring properties for emissions; 4) for tobacco products for smoking – additives that facilitate inhalation or nicotine uptake; 5) additives that have CMR properties in their unburnt form. It is prohibited to place on the market, to produce or import with intention to place on the market, tobacco products containing flavourings in any of their components such as filters, papers, packages, capsules or any technical features allowing modification of the smell or taste of the tobacco products concerned or their smoke intensity. Filters, papers and capsules shall not contain tobacco or nicotine. In regards to the activities aiming to regulating the emissions of tobacco products Poland has adopted Article 3 and Article 4 of TPD. Pursuant to Article 10 of the Polish Act implementing TPD maximum emission levels for tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide in the cigarette smoke of cigarettes manufactured, imported or placed on the market shall not exceed the following values: 1) for tar – 10 mg per cigarette; 2) for nicotine – 1 mg per cigarette; 3) for carbon monoxide – 10 mg per cigarette. |
| Portugal | EUR | No progress to report since last submission. | No significant progress was made since last submission. Portugal applies the Directive 2014/40 of 3th April of the Parliament and the European Council, transposed by the law 109/2015 of 26th of August amended by the law 63/2017 of august 3. This Directive follows the FCTC recommendations for the implementation of article 9 and 10, namely the ban on characterising flavours in cigarettes and RYO. However, these prohibition do not include additives which are essential for manufacture of tobacco products. Certain additives like vitamins, stimulants, additives with colouring properties for emissions, that facilitate smoke inhalation, or have carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMR) properties in unburnt form, are prohibited in all tobacco products. Flavours in components of the tobacco products like filters, papers, packages, capsules, are prohibited in cigarettes and RYO. Menthol flavour will be authorized until the end of 2020. The producers and tobacco importers have the obligation to disclose all tobacco ingredients to the General Directorate of Health. This entity has the obligation to disclosure the non confidential ingredients information to the public. A legal act to regulate the market entry of novel tobacco products was published in 2018 - Portaria 284/2018 of October 23. | No significant progress was made since last submission. |
| Qatar | EMR | Answer not provided | LAW NO. 10 OF 2016 ON THE CONTROL OF TOBACCO AND ITS DERIVATIVES defines all forms of tobacco and it states that Article 5 Subject to the provisions of the aforementioned Law No. 4 of 1990, the amount of tar and nicotine allowed in one cigarette shall be determined by a decision from the Minister. MOPH is requesting a specialized technical lab for testing the tobacco contents. | LAW NO. 10 OF 2016 ON THE CONTROL OF TOBACCO AND ITS DERIVATIVES defines all forms of tobacco and it states that Article 5 Subject to the provisions of the aforementioned Law No. 4 of 1990, the amount of tar and nicotine allowed in one cigarette shall be determined by a decision from the Minister. MOPH is requesting a specialized technical lab for testing the tobacco contents. |
| Republic of Korea | WPR | *Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency - Renewed ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for tobacco contents and emissions testing and management of a method of measurement of harmful substance - Establishment of a cell laboratory for tests on the tobacco harmfulness (since Nov. 2021) - Study on the Use Status of Flavored Tobacco and Its Effect on Health (Jul. 2022) *Korea Food and Drug Administration - Released additional results on contents analysis of severe lung disease inducing substances(including hemp-induced substances, Vitamin E acetate) from domestically circulated liquid type e-cigarette(Oct. 2020) | *Korea Center for Disease Control - Acquired ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for tobacco contents and emissions testing and establishment of a method of measurement of harmful substance (From Aug. 2017) - Tobacco toxicity laboratory based construction(From 2018) *Korea Food and Drug Administration - Released results on contents analysis of 11 harmful substances(including nicotine, tar) of Heated Tobacco Product(Jun. 2018) - Released results on contents analysis of severe lung disease inducing substances(including hemp-induced substances, Vitamin E acetate) from domestically circulated liquid type e-cigarette(Dec. 2019) | *Korea Center for Disease Control - Released results on contents analysis of flavoured cigarettes including cigarettes with capsule (Jan. 2017) - Acquired ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for tobacco contents and emissions testing (Aug. 2017) *Korea Food and Drug Administration - Initiated testing/analysis of nicotine, tar, and other 9 carcinogens in the Heated Tobacco Product (Aug. 2017) |
| New Zealand | WPR | The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act provides that nicotine levels in the tobacco in smoked tobacco products, must not exceed 0.8mg/g. | No changes since the last report. | No changes since the 2016 report. |
| Nicaragua | AMR | Para el análisis del contenido de tabaco, se exigen exámenes de laboratorio para todo producto que se vaya a registrar. dichos exámenes deben ser del laboratorio fabricante y deben venir apostillados del país de origen. esos son analizados por la autoridad competente. Nicaragua no cuenta con laboratorio para medición de los contenidos de tabaco. | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Niger | AFR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Netherlands | EUR | Since dec 2020, NL has implemented a number of regulations regarding the contents of tobacco products. In 2022 NL implemented legislation for neutral design of cigarettes. This for example means that cigarettes have a mandatory colour and size. From 2023, characterizing flavours for HNB products will be prohibited in accordance with the TPD. | From May 20th 2016 the new European Tobacco Product Directive is implemented in national law. New standards for regulation and contents are enforced. The Netherlands adopted maximum emissions for both cigarettes and roll your own. | From May 20th 2016 the new European Tobacco Product Directive is implemented in national law. New standards for regulation and contents are enforced. The Netherlands adopted maximum emissions for both cigarettes and roll your own. |
| Madagascar | AFR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Malaysia | WPR | We have amended regulation 8A on Retail selling Price under Control of Tobacco Product Regulation, 2004, in which, industries must submit the report on Product Specification, Content and Emission since 2021. | Since 2015, standard emission level on tobacco products as follows; 1. Nicotine 1.0mg/perstick 2. Tar 10mg/perstick 3. Carbon monoxide 10mg/per stick | Since 2015, standard emission level on tobacco products as follows; 1. Nicotine 1.0mg/perstick 2. Tar 10mg/perstick 3. Carbon monoxide 10mg/per stick |
| Maldives | SEA | Answer not provided | No progress. The regulation developed to cover Article 9, remains unpublished pending government approval | No progress. The regulation developed to cover Article 9, remains unpublished pending government approval |
| Mali | AFR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Marshall Islands | WPR | Answer not provided | Report not provided | AMENDMENTS MADE TO TOBACCO CONTROL ACT OF 2006 TO INCLUDE THE REGULATIONOF THE CONTENTS OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS. AWAITING CABINET ACTION. |
| Mauritania | AFR | Report not provided | - | - |
| Mauritius | AFR | The reporting requirements are due in 2024 | It is to be highlighted that the amendments of the current legislation have taken on board the full implementation of article 9 of the WHO FCTC and constructive steps have been initiated for the past two years to include a relevant provision in the amended regulation for the implementation of article 9. | NA |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | WPR | Answer not provided | The proposed bill for tobacco control will need to be resubmitted for review for action by congress of FSM | The proposed bill of Tobacco Control is under review for action by congress of FSM |
| Mongolia | WPR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Mozambique | AFR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Myanmar | SEA | Answer not provided | According to Article 13(b) of “The Control of smoking and consumption of tobacco product law”, production, distribution or sale of tobacco products, which are mentioning fraudulently that the toxic chemicals potency is less than the amount prescribed by the Central Board, is defined as offences. But, Myanmar still has very limited facility and capacity for testing, measuring and regulating the contents and emission of tobacco products. | According to Article 13(b) of “The Control of smoking and consumption of tobacco product law”, production, distribution or sale of tobacco products, which are mentioning fraudulently that the toxic chemicals potency is less than the amount prescribed by the Central Board, is defined as offences. But, Myanmar still has very limited facility and capacity for testing, measuring and regulating the contents and emission of tobacco products. |
| Namibia | AFR | Report not provided | Section 13 of the regulations stipulates prominently the tar and nicotines content of tobacco products to be sold in Namibia. | Report not provided |
| Nauru | WPR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Jamaica | AMR | Answer not provided | This will be addressed in the impending comprehensive legislation. | This will be addressed in the impending comprehensive legislation. |
| Jordan | EMR | Answer not provided | Little progress has been made since 2014 given the presence of representatives of the main three tobacco industries (JTI, BAT, PMI) in the committee regulating tobacco products. MOH being just one member of this committee requested the support of the FCTC to exclude the tobacco industry with no positive results up to now. A workshop was organized by FCTC/WHO/MOH in January 2019 to update regulations for cigarettes and molasses (shisha) for all members of the Jordan Standard and Metrology Organization (JSMO) committee. Yet these regulations have not been updated until now. A second workshop was organized by WHO/EMRO in July 2019 where representatives from JSMO and the Jordan FDA were invited in order to help them develop their regulations for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. During the summer and fall of 2019, JSMO and JFDA developed regulations for both e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products that MOH officially disagreed with. A study between MOH/WHO was conducted on the best PHW to be used for Jordan. PM has requested the implementation of plain-packaging (June 2019) by 2020 and USAID has been following up on this project which is currently on hold due to COVID-19. صدور المواصفة القياسية الاردنية للسجائر 2012/446 بالتعاون مع وضع اربع صور تحذيرية متغايره وخفض نسبة اول اكسيد الكربون وبالتعاون مع المواصفات والجمعية العلمية الملكية وصدور المواصفة القياسية الاردنية للتبغ (المعسل) رقم 2014/787 وتحت الاجراء هناك مواصفة قياسية جديدة لمنتجات التبغ المسخن | صدور المواصفة القياسية الاردنية للسجائر 2012/446 بالتعاون مع وضع اربع صور تحذيرية متغايره وخفض نسبة اول اكسيد الكربون وبالتعاون مع المواصفات والجمعية العلمية الملكية وصدور المواصفة القياسية الاردنية للتبغ (المعسل) رقم 2014/787 |
| Kazakhstan | EUR | Результаты по отчету позволили Минздраву формировать политику по регулированию их состава, увеличить эффективность и информативность предупреждений о вреде потребления табака для здоровья населения, наносимых на табачную продукцию и используемых в социальной рекламе. | Report not provided | Answer not provided |
| Kiribati | WPR | Not yet reported and no implementation done as no Tobacco industry here after the covid-19 pandemic | All importers of tobacco are required to submit annual reports (this is closely monitored by the Tobacco Control Point) regarding the composition and contents of tobacco products | All importers of tobacco are required to submit annual reports (this is closely monitored by the Tobacco Control Point) regarding the composition and contents of tobacco products |
| Kuwait | EMR | Answer not provided | The Standatards Administration at the Public Authority of Industry applies the specifications agreed upon in the GCC Council Standardization Organization (GSO 246) Labelilng of Packages tobacco products GSO 1415/2011/Amd 1:2014 Almeassel tobacco GSO 2051/2010 Tobacco and its products - Sijaritus GSO 1749/2011/Amd 1:2014 Almeassel tobacco fruit flavored GSO 2047/2010 Tuscan cigars and cigarettes GSO 2051/2010 Tobacco and its products - Sijaritus GSO 2390/2014 Permissible and impermissible tobacco additives GSO 2050/2010 A mixture of tobacco pipe | The Standatards Administration at the Public Authority of Industry applies the specifications agreed upon in the GCC Council Standardization Organization (GSO 246) Labelilng of Packages tobacco products GSO 1415/2011/Amd 1:2014 Almeassel tobacco GSO 2051/2010 Tobacco and its products - Sijaritus GSO 1749/2011/Amd 1:2014 Almeassel tobacco fruit flavored GSO 2047/2010 Tuscan cigars and cigarettes GSO 2051/2010 Tobacco and its products - Sijaritus GSO 2390/2014 Permissible and impermissible tobacco additives GSO 2050/2010 A mixture of tobacco pipe |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | WPR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Lebanon | EMR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Lesotho | AFR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Liberia | AFR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Answer not provided |
| Libya | EMR | لايوجد اي تنظيم وذلك نتيجة ان معظم الذي يدخل للبلاد هوعن طريق التهريب وبطرق غير مشروعة ولايتم اختباره اما التبغ المورد فهو يختبر بطريقة قانونية | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Lithuania | EUR | Answer not provided | Regulation of the contents of tobacco products is adopted in the Law on Tobacco Control Chapter II, Requirements of composition, quality and labeling of tobacco products: https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/TAR.F8090E375DA0/kWOxTjTByd | Regulation of the contents of tobacco products is adopted in the Law on Tobacco Control Chapter II, Requirements of composition, quality and labeling of tobacco products: https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/TAR.F8090E375DA0/kWOxTjTByd |
| Luxembourg | EUR | Answer not provided | Le Luxembourg envisage de faire analyser les taux démissions des produits de tabacs (TNCO) par un laboratoire agrée et indépendant, selon larticle 4 (2) de la directive 2014/40/UE. | Le Luxembourg envisage de faire analyser les taux démissions des produits de tabacs (TNCO) par un laboratoire agrée et indépendant, selon larticle 4 (2) de la directive 2014/40/UE. Modalités de mise en oeuvre en cours. |
| Eswatini | AFR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Ethiopia | AFR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| European Union | EUR | The Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU: • prohibits cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and, as of October 2023, heated tobacco products with characterising flavours, • sets maximum level for TNCO and how to measure it, • requires the tobacco industry to submit detailed reports to the Member States on the ingredients used in tobacco products, and • requires industry to carry out comprehensive studies of additives on a priority list (subject to peer review carried out by the Joint Action on Tobacco Control, allowing Member States to share their resources). The European Commission adopted implementing legislation that lays down more detailed technical rules in the area of ingredients regulation. These include: • the reporting format for tobacco ingredients and emissions, • the priority list of additives which warrant further examination, and • the rules and mechanism for determining products with characterising flavours. By Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 (applicable from 23 October 2023), Directive 2014/40/EU was amended, in order to extend the prohibition of the placing on the market of tobacco products with a characterising flavour, that already exists for cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco, to heated tobacco products. See document: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir_del/2022/2100/oj | The EU Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU: • prohibits cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco with characterising flavours (transition period for menthol shall expire in May 2020), • sets maximum level for TNCO and how to measure it, • requires the tobacco industry to submit detailed reports to the Member States on the ingredients used in tobacco products, and • requires industry to carry out comprehensive studies of additives on a priority list (subject to peer review carried out by the Joint Action on Tobacco Control, allowing Member States to share their resources). The European Commission adopted implementing legislation that lays down more detailed technical rules in the area of ingredients regulation. These include: •the reporting format for tobacco ingredients and emissions, •the priority list of additives which warrant further examination, and •the rules and mechanism for determining products with characterising flavours. | Member States had to transpose the EU Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU by May 2016. The Directive: • prohibits cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco with characterising flavours, • sets maximum level for TNCO and how to measure it, • requires the tobacco industry to submit detailed reports to the Member States on the ingredients used in tobacco products, and • requires industry to carry out comprehensive studies of additives on a priority list. The European Commission adopted implementing legislation that lays down more detailed technical rules in the area of ingredients regulation. These include: •the reporting format for tobacco ingredients and emissions, •the priority list of additives which warrant further examination, and •the rules and mechanism for determining products with characterising flavours. |
| Fiji | WPR | Report not provided | Put limits on tobacco contents of CO, nicotine and tar | Report not provided |
| Finland | EUR | In 2022, the Tobacco Act was amended by banning the sale of other products intended for flavoring tobacco products (e.g. flavour cards). However, if the products have been manufactured or released for free circulation before 1.5.2022 thay may sold and otherwise supplied to consumers until the end of April 2023. | The Tobacco Products Directive (EU/2014/40) harmonized the regulation of the contents of tobacco products in the Member States of EU. The regulation of Chapter 3 of Tobacco Act (249/2016) "Requirements and notifications concerning tobacco products" is following the regulations of the TPD. Section 10: General obligations of manufacturers and importers of tobacco products Section 11: Prohibited additives and properties Section 12: Maximum levels of emissions and methods for measuring emissions Section 14: Notifications regarding ingredients, emissions and fire safety Section 15: Notifications of modifications Section 16: Market research and sales volumes Section 17: Studies on primary additives Section 18: Enhanced reporting obligation Section 19: Derogation for small and medium-sized enterprises Section 20: Notification of a novel tobacco product Section 21: Method, format and time of submitting information on tobacco products | The Tobacco Products Directive (EU/2014/40) harmonized the regulation of the contents of tobacco products in the Member States of EU. The regulation of Chapter 3 of Tobacco Act (249/2016) "Requirements and notifications concerning tobacco products" is following the regulations of the TPD. Section 10: General obligations of manufacturers and importers of tobacco products Section 11: Prohibited additives and properties Section 12: Maximum levels of emissions and methods for measuring emissions Section 14: Notifications regarding ingredients, emissions and fire safety Section 15: Notifications of modifications Section 16: Market research and sales volumes Section 17: Studies on primary additives Section 18: Enhanced reporting obligation Section 19: Derogation for small and medium-sized enterprises Section 20: Notification of a novel tobacco product Section 21: Method, format and time of submitting information on tobacco products |
| Gambia | AFR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Ghana | AFR | tobacco industry requesting to import and sell tobacco products in Ghana, by requirements are to disclose contents and emissions of their products using Tobacco application form. | Ghana is yet to require the Tobacco Industry to report on Content to FDA and to do testing to confirm content. Ghana benefited for recent training by WHO AFRO on content disclosure and testing that gave clearer undertsanding of what has to be done | Ghana is yet to require the Tobacco Industry to report on Content to FDA and to do testing to confirm content. Ghana benefited for recent training by WHO AFRO on content disclosure and testing that gave clearer undertsanding of what has to be done |
| Greece | EUR | Answer not provided | Report not provided | Within the context of TPD article 5 implementation, we are working towards the implementation of reporting requirements of the industry to the regulatory authority. In accordance with the new European TPD, a law regulating the licensing and the contents of tobacco products is already open to public discussion and it is expected to be voted by the Parliament during the first week of September 2016. |
| Grenada | AMR | Report not provided | NA | NA |
| Guatemala | AMR | Answer not provided | Ninguno | Ninguno |
| Guinea-Bissau | AFR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Guyana | AMR | Answer not provided | The Tobacco Control Act provides measures for disclosure of content and emissions. | The Tobacco Control Act provides measures for disclosure of content and emissions. |
| Honduras | AMR | Report not provided | El IHADFA y las organizaciones o instituciones del Estado responsables de vigilar el cumplimiento de lo dispuesto en el Artículo 9 del CMCT de la OMS han trabajado de manera conjunta y existe la iniciativa de fortalecer al IHADFA con el objeto de desarrollar un laboratorio para el análisis del contenido de los productos de tabaco y de las emisiones de los mismos, para verificar la información que presenta la industria de tabaco sobre dichos productos. Desde el 2018 a la fecha no se ha logrado establecer un laboratorio para tal fin sin embargo se cuenta con el apoyo de laboratorios similares en la Universidad Nacional Autònoma de Honduras y de la Secretaria de Salud y del Ministerio Público para tales fines de análisis de los componentes y emisiones de los productos derivados del tabaco en caso de que se requieran de sus servicios profesionales. | El IHADFA y las organizaciones o instituciones del Estado responsables de vigilar el cumplimiento de lo dispuesto en el Artículo 9 del CMCT de la OMS han trabajado de manera conjunta y existe la iniciativa de fortalecer al IHADFA con el objeto de desarrollar un laboratorio para el análisis del contenido de los productos de tabaco y de las emisiones de los mismos, para verificar la información que presenta la industria de tabaco sobre dichos productos. |
| Hungary | EUR | Due to the COMMISSION’s DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) 2022/2100 of 29 June 2022 - amending Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the withdrawal of certain exemptions in respect of heated tobacco products – Hungary is intending to modify the Decree on the Production, Placing on the Market and Control of Tobacco Products, on Combined Warnings, and the Detailed Provisions on the Application of Healthcare Penalties. It is issued in the legislatory process. | A new legislation of the relevant field has been adopted: Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC. The relevant provisions of the Directive have been transposed at national level. | A new legislation of the relevant field has been adopted: Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC. The relevant provisions of the Directive have been transposed at national level. |
| Costa Rica | AMR | Se solicitó a la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) colaboración para reglamentar los resultados del análisis de las concentraciones de nicotina, alquitrán, monóxido de carbono, propilenglicol y glicerina en las emisiones de los productos de tabaco y sus derivados. Sin embargo, aún no se ha recibido respuesta. | Para poder comercializarse los productos de Tabaco en el territorio nacional deben haber presentado la declaración jurada de los ingredientes y emisiones de los productos de tabaco ante el Ministerio de Salud. Capítulo lll del Reglamento. Artículos 11-12-13-14-15. Además, este está vinculado con el de desalmacenaje de las importaciones. | Para poder comercializarse los productos de Tabaco en el territorio nacional deben haber presentado la declaración jurada de los ingredientes y emisiones de los productos de tabaco ante el Ministerio de Salud. Capítulo lll del Reglamento. Artículos 11-12-13-14-15. Además, este está vinculado con el de desalmacenaje de las importaciones. |
| Côte d'Ivoire | AFR | Answer not provided | Larticle 3 de la Loi N°2019-676 du 23 juillet 2019 fait obligation à lEtat de prendre des mesures pour lanalyse de la composition et des émissions des produits de tabac.Cependant sa mise en oeuvre est subordonnée à un texte réglementaire en cours délaboration. | Answer not provided |
| Croatia | EUR | Answer not provided | Croatia adopted Directive 2014/40/EU into the national law in May 2017. Testing and measuring the contents of tobacco products and testing and measuring the emissions of tobacco products is responsability of producers and distributers. In meantime, CIPH has accredited method for nicotine in e-liquids according to the EN ISO 17025 and that is main progress in analytics. One privat laboratory has accredited method for nicotine in e-liquids according to the EN ISO 17025 | Croatia adopted Directive 2014/40/EU into the national law in May 2017. Testing and measuring the contents of tobacco products and testing and measuring the emissions of tobacco products is responsability of producers and distributers. In meantime, CIPH has accredited method for nicotine in e-liquids according to the EN ISO 17025 and that is main progress in analytics |
| Cyprus | EUR | Answer not provided | The new EU Directive and the national legislation for tobacco control includes provision for further regulations of the contents of tobacco products eg. The banning of certain flavours. | The new EU Directive and the national legislation for tobacco control includes provision for further regulations of the contents of tobacco products eg. The banning of certain flavours. |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | SEA | Report not provided | Surveillance system to check the contents of tobacco products is in place and it conducts quality control for tobacco products locally produced and imported by strengthening the technical capacity of inspection room. The sale, export/import of tobacco products are prohibited when it fails in the quality inspection by quality inspection agency. Tobacco product should carry health warnings and content information including nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide content and strong inspection is placed on tobacco products. | Surveillance system to check the contents of tobacco products was established in the country and it conducts the quality controlling on all the tobacco products locally produced and imported by strengthening the technical capacity of inspection room. |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | AFR | arreté portant interdiction de la publicité, promotion, parrainage et de fumer dans les lieux publics (Arreté 041 du 26 Novembre 2022) | tout ceci est prévu dans larticle 114 de la loi-cadre de la santé publique. | Aucune |
| Denmark | EUR | Answer not provided | Yearly test cycles are performed in order to assess compliance with TPD and national legislation. Not all products are tested each year but are selected in such a way that over a number of years all products should be tested. | Answer not provided |
| Djibouti | EMR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Dominica | AMR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Egypt | EMR | Answer not provided | تحديد نسب النيكوتين و القطران في منتجات التبغ بالتعاون طبقا للقياسات المصريه من هيئة المواصفات و الجوده | تحديد نسب النيكوتين و القطران في منتجات التبغ بالتعاون طبقا للقياسات المصريه من هيئة المواصفات و الجوده |
| El Salvador | AMR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Equatorial Guinea | AFR | Report not provided | Report not provided | NO DISPONEMOS DE UNA LEY |
| Estonia | EUR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Brunei Darussalam | WPR | Answer not provided | There has been no change in regulation of the contents of tobacco products. Random testing was conducted once in 2015 on illicit tobacco products available in Brunei, where samples were sent to Singapore. No testing has been done since. Laboratory service for testing of tobacco products is currently not available in Brunei. | No change. |
| Bulgaria | EUR | Please note that the information above was provided during the previous reporting. | Activities 3.2.3.1. and 3.2.3.2. are carried out in accredited ISO17025: 2006 laboratory „Laboratory Testing Complex - Tobacco and Tobacco Products Institute“, a re-accreditation process is launched under ISO 17025-2018. Activities 3.2.3.3. and 3.2.3.4. take place in planned public research program with the Project "Research on tobacco and tobacco products securing the Bulgarian legislation in implementing European policies". Tobacco and Tobacco Products Institute is legally authorized by the Law on Tobacco and Tobacco Products to carry out research on tobacco. „Laboratory Testing Complex - Tobacco and Tobacco Products Institute“ is member of GoToLab and TobLabNet. | Activities 3.2.3.1. and 3.2.3.2. are carried out in accredited ISO17025: 2006 laboratory „Laboratory Testing Complex - Tobacco and Tobacco Products Institute“. Activities 3.2.3.3. and 3.2.3.4. take place in planned public research program with the Project "Research on tobacco and tobacco products securing the Bulgarian legislation in implementing European policies". Tobacco and Tobacco Products Institute is legally authorized by the Law on Tobacco and Tobacco Products to carry out research on tobacco. „Laboratory Testing Complex - Tobacco and Tobacco Products Institute“ is member of GoToLab and TobLabNet. |
| Burkina Faso | AFR | Answer not provided | - Le laboratoire national, laboratoire de référence de lOMS , fournit chaque semestre au président du comité national de lutte contre le tabac, de résultats danalyse sur des échantillons de cigarettes vendus - Les résultats de conformité du goudron et de la nicotine sont disponible ( tabac importés ou production locale) | Answer not provided |
| Burundi | AFR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Report not provided |
| Cabo Verde | AFR | Answer not provided | noous avos deja um departmente -ERIS- Entidade Reguladora Independente da Saude qui va etre responsable pour analiser les emission du contenu des produts du tabac. | nous avons établi par la loi ces mesures |
| Cambodia | WPR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Canada | AMR | NIL | In 2018, Canada amended the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act to prohibit the use of menthol and cloves in all tobacco products. The amendment came into force in November 2018. | Please refer to C238 |
| Chad | AFR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Chile | AMR | Se desarrolla una propuesta de modificación a las ley Nº 19.419 de tabaco que implica una prohibición de uso de aditivos saborizantes y aromatizantes lo que significará que una vez sea aprobada sea necesario implementar las acciones e medición de contenidos de los productos de tabaco como líquidos de dispositivos electrónicos | No se han desarrollado a la fecha acciones concretas que permitan evaluar los contenidos de los productos. No obstante se está trabajando en la actualidad en la modificación de la ley 19.419 en la que se propone una enmienda que apunta a la prohibición directa del mentol para todos los productos de tabaco. Esta propuesta de modificación se encuentra en segundo trámite constitucional | No se han desarrollado a la fecha acciones concretas que permitan evaluar los contenidos de los productos. No obstante se está trabajando en la actualidad en la modificación de la ley 19.419 en la que se propone una enmienda que apunta a la prohibición directa del mentol para todos los productos de tabaco. |
| Colombia | AMR | Sobre los reportes sobre niveles de componente de humo de los productos de tabaco, a petición del Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social, el Ministerio de Comercio logró confirmar, a través del Organismo Nacional de Acreditación (ONAC), que en Colombia no existe ningún laboratorio que permita comprobar y medir los contenidos de las emisiones de los productos de tabaco. El artículo 22 de la Ley de Control del Tabaco exige a los fabricantes e importadores que presenten cada año, siempre que el MSPS lo solicite y en la forma que lo solicite, un informe sobre los ingredientes añadidos al tabaco, así como sobre los niveles de alquitrán, nicotina y monóxido de carbono presentes en el humo del tabaco. Además, la Ley reconoce que dicha información “es secreto industrial y será tratada de forma confidencial y con absoluto secreto”. Con el fin de adoptar esta reglamentación, se viene trabajando en el ICONTEC con el Comité No. T-604 ""Tabaco y sus productos"", el cual desde su constitución en noviembre del 2014 ha desarrollado 17 sesiones. En este periodo de tiempo, se han adoptado y adapatado las siguientes Normas ISO en NTC: • NTC-ISO 10315:2016 Cigarrillos. Determinación de nicotina en la materia particulada total. Método analítico por cromatografía de gases. • NTC-ISO 10362-1:2016 Cigarrillos. Determinación de agua en la materia particulada total. Parte 1: método por cromatografía de gases. • NTC-ISO 4387:2016 Cigarrillos. Determinación de la materia particulada total y el alquitrán utilizando una máquina fumadora analítica de rutina. • NTC-ISO 3308:2016 Máquina fumadora de cigarrillos. Analítica de rutina. Definiciones y condiciones estándar. • NTC-ISO 3402:2016 Tabaco y productos del tabaco. Atmósferas para acondicionamiento y ensayo. • NTC-ISO 8454:2017 Cigarrillos. Determinación del monóxido de carbono en el humo de la corriente principal del cigarrillo. Método por análisis de infrarrojo no dispersivo. • NTC-ISO 16055:2018 Tabaco y productos del tabaco. Cigarrillo monitor. Requisitos y uso. Entre el año 2020 y 2021 se avanzó en la construcción del Análisis de Impacto Normativo de la reglamentación de contenidos y componentes, documento necesario para realizar los procesos reglamentarios según la normatividad nacional. | Sobre los reportes sobre niveles de componente de humo de los productos de tabaco, a petición del Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social, el Ministerio de Comercio logró confirmar, a través del Organismo Nacional de Acreditación (ONAC), que en Colombia no existe ningún laboratorio que permita comprobar y medir los contenidos de las emisiones de los productos de tabaco. El artículo 22 de la Ley de Control del Tabaco exige a los fabricantes e importadores que presenten cada año, siempre que el MSPS lo solicite y en la forma que lo solicite, un informe sobre los ingredientes añadidos al tabaco, así como sobre los niveles de alquitrán, nicotina y monóxido de carbono presentes en el humo del tabaco. Además, la Ley reconoce que dicha información “es secreto industrial y será tratada de forma confidencial y con absoluto secreto”. Se avanzó en un proyecto de resolución del MSPS, para regular el suministro de información por parte de los fabricantes e importadores de productos de tabaco al Gobierno Nacional. Con el fin de adoptar esta reglamentación, se gestionó ante ICONTEC la conformación del comité de tabaco para la adopción de las Normas ISO a Norma Técnica Colombiana (NTC) de las normas requeridas para la implementación del artículo 22 de la Ley. Este comité se ha denominado Comité No. T-604 "Tabaco y sus productos", el cual sesiona cada 6 meses desde noviembre del 2014. En este periodo de tiempo, se han adoptado y adapatado las siguientes Normas ISO en NTC: • NTC-ISO 10315:2016 Cigarrillos. Determinación de nicotina en la materia particulada total. Método analítico por cromatografía de gases. • NTC-ISO 10362-1:2016 Cigarrillos. Determinación de agua en la materia particulada total. Parte 1: método por cromatografía de gases. • NTC-ISO 4387:2016 Cigarrillos. Determinación de la materia particulada total y el alquitrán utilizando una máquina fumadora analítica de rutina. • NTC-ISO 3308:2016 Máquina fumadora de cigarrillos. Analítica de rutina. Definiciones y condiciones estándar. • NTC-ISO 3402:2016 Tabaco y productos del tabaco. Atmósferas para acondicionamiento y ensayo. • NTC-ISO 8454:2017 Cigarrillos. Determinación del monóxido de carbono en el humo de la corriente principal del cigarrillo. Método por análisis de infrarrojo no dispersivo. • NTC-ISO 16055:2018 Tabaco y productos del tabaco. Cigarrillo monitor. Requisitos y uso. | Sobre los reportes sobre niveles de componente de humo de los productos de tabaco, a petición del Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social, el Ministerio de Comercio logró confirmar, a través del Organismo Nacional de Acreditación (ONAC), que en Colombia no existe ningún laboratorio que permita comprobar y medir los contenidos de las emisiones de los productos de tabaco. |
| Comoros | AFR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Congo | AFR | so | La loi de 2012 relative à la lutte antitabac le prévoit dans son article 10 et 11 mais jamais appliqué. | Report not provided |
| Australia | WPR | Articles 9 & 10 will become relevant to Australia's domestic policy agenda in light of the Australian Government’s tobacco control reforms announced in November 2022 which propose bring a greater domestic focus on product regulation. | Being considered as part of the current thematic review of tobacco control legislation. | Tasmanian legislation and Ministerial declarations in the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria have prohibited the retail sale of fruit and confectionary flavoured cigarettes. Relevant Ministerial declarations are published in the relevant state and territory government Gazette. Western Australian legislation currently prohibits the display of these products, and a Bill is currently before the State Parliament which includes provisions to align with other jurisdictions. The Australian Government Department of Health is in the early stage of considering options and developing a regulation impact statement for implementation of the WHO FCTC Partial Guidelines for Article 9 (relating to regulation of the contents of tobacco products) and Article 10 (relating to regulation of tobacco product disclosures), to reduce the harmful effects of tobacco use. |
| Austria | EUR | Answer not provided | Following the transposition of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD II) into national law, the Austrian Tobacco Act was amanded in May 2016 concerning the regulation of the contents/emission of tobacco products including related products such as e-cigarettes (in particular: ban of products with characterising flavours, transitional period for flavoured products with market share < 3 %, prohibition of certain additives e.g. vitamins, caffeine etc., limited regulations for smokeless tobacco products, waterpipes etc); oral tobacco or chewing tobacco products are prohibited in Austria. | Following the transposition of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD II) into national law, the Austrian Tobacco Act was amanded in May 2016 concerning the regulation of the contents/emission of tobacco products including novel tobacco products such as e-cigarettes (in particular: ban of products with characterising flavours, transitional period for flavoured products with market share < 3 %, prohibition of certain additives e.g. vitamins, caffeine etc., limited regulations for smokeless tobacco products, except snus). |
| Azerbaijan | EUR | Answer not provided | There are no updates. | Answer not provided |
| Bangladesh | SEA | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Barbados | AMR | Answer not provided | Report not provided | No progress within the last 2 years |
| Belize | AMR | Answer not provided | Not much progress has been made since the Draft National Tobacco Bill and Policy has not been approved and passed by the National Assembly. | Report not provided |
| Benin | AFR | tous les importateurs qui commercialisent le tabac au Bénin ont obligation de faire analyser les produits du tabac a vendre au Bénin dans le laboratoire de santé publique de Ouagadougou | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Bhutan | SEA | Answer not provided | Report not provided | Cultivate, Harvest, Manufacture, sale, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco products are banned. The content of tobacco and tobacco products is measured only for the purpose of import for personal consumption. |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | AMR | Se observa la reglamentación en la ley Nº1280 | Se esta trabajando el Reglamento de la LEY DE PREVENCIÓN Y CONTROL AL CONSUMO DE LOS PRODUCTOS DE TABACO | La propuesta de Ley actualizada y presentada por el Organo Legislativo, contempla la reglamentación del contenido de productos de tabaco, haciendo principal hincapié en saborizantes. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | EUR | For the Federation of BiH: Enforced new Law on control and limited use of tobacco, tobacco products and other smoking products in the Federation of BIH ("Official Gazette of the Federation of BIH", No. 38/22). | Regulating the content and emissions of tobacco products is covered by the Federation of BiH and the Republic of Srpskas tobacco control laws and bylaws through which is mandatory to use information on content of tobacco product and publish it on packages of all tobacco products. In lack of independent laboratories for testing and measuring the contents of tobacco products, main testing and measuring of content of tobacco products is covered by domestic or foreign tobacco products manufacturers. | Regulation of the content and emissions of tobacco products is covered by Federation BiH and Republic of Srpskas tobacco control laws and bylaws through which is mandatory to use information on content of tobacco product and publish it on packages of all tobacco products. In lack of independent laboratories for testing and measuring the contents of tobacco products, main testing and measuring of content of tobacco products is covered by domestic or foreign tobacco products manufacturers. |
| Botswana | AFR | Answer not provided | International guidelines and standards are used in this case. The repeal of the Tobacco Control Bill addressed article 9 in a comprehensive way. If found necessary, a standard (specification) will be developed. | International guidelines and standards are used in this case. The repeal of the Tobacco Control Bill addressed article 9 in a comprehensive way. If found necessary, a standard (specification) will be developed. |
| Brazil | AMR | Answer not provided | Inclusions began on May/2018 As the legislation changed on May/2018 we just really implemented the proogress described on the previous report. • Expansion of the obligation to analyze emissions of products for other types of tobacco products, in addition to cigarettes; • Inclusion of informations that must be a part in the analytical reports presented at the time products market authorization and market authorization renewal of renewal; • Increase the list of substances submitted by tobacco industry to Anvisa. | • Clearer definitions of the different types of tobacco products; • Expansion of the obligation to analyze emissions of products for other types of tobacco products, in addition to cigarettes; • Inclusion of new information that must be contained in the analytical reports presented at the time of registration / renewal of registration; • Increase the list of substances submitted by tobacco industry to Anvisa. |
| Algeria | AFR | Elaboration d'un projet de decret pour reglementer la compostion des produits du tabac ; projet en cours de l'etude | modification du décret exécutif de 2004 relatif à la réglementation et la fabrication des produits du tabac. | élaboration de nouvelles dispositions sur la composition des produits du tabac en vue de compléter et modifier le décret exécutif de 2004 relatif à la réglementation et la fabrication des produits du tabac. |
| Andorra | EUR | Actualmente estamos trabajando en la modificación de la ley del control del tabaco para dar cumplimiento al art. 9 | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Angola | AFR | Answer not provided | Report not provided | The tests and measurements on manufactured tobacco products are being carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture. |
| Antigua and Barbuda | AMR | Answer not provided | This Article of the FCTC is embodied in our legislation but regulations are not complete | Report not provided |
| France | EUR | La directive sur les produits du tabac (2014/40/UE) fixe des règles relatives à la fabrication, la présentation et la vente des produits du tabac et produits connexes. La directive impose aux fabricants et importateurs de déclarer ces produits auprès des autorités compétentes des États membres avant leur commercialisation. La composition, les émissions, les données toxicologiques sur les ingrédients, des études approfondies pour certains additifs ainsi que des données de marché doivent être transmises. En France l’Anses a été désignée pour recueillir ces informations et les analyser, en identifiant et en évaluant les dangers des substances chimiques auxquelles le consommateur ou son entourage sont exposés lors de l’utilisation de ces produits. L’Anses assure d’autre part une mission d’information en rendant publiques les listes des produits commercialisés qui ont été déclarés ainsi que les informations non confidentielles contenues dans les dossiers, notamment des données relatives à la composition des produits. L’ANSES produit annuellement des reports concernant les ingrédients, la composition et la conformité de produits sur le marché. Tous ces rapports sont disponibles sur le site de l’ANSES : https://www.anses.fr/fr/content/les-produits-du-tabac-et-produits-connexes | Depuis 2016, l’Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail ( ANSES) , a pour mission d’évaluer les dangers et risques liés aux substances des produits du tabac et du vapotage (ingrédients et émissions), d’assurer une surveillance et de réaliser la publication en ligne des informations qui ne relèvent pas du secret industriel et commercial. Fin 2019, plus de 2500 produits du tabac figurent dans la base comme étant déclarés pour être commercialisés France ( plus de 28 000 pour le vapotage). | En 2016 ont été transposées en droit français les mesures de réglementation de la composition des produits prévues dans la Directive Européenne des produits du tabac. - Interdiction de la vente, la distribution ou loffre à titre gratuit de cigarettes dont les teneurs maximales en goudron, en nicotine et en monoxyde de carbone des émissions sont supérieures à des teneurs fixées par arrêté du ministre chargé de la santé. - Interdiction de la vente, la distribution ou loffre à titre gratuit de cigarettes et de tabac à rouler : 1° Aromatisés ayant une odeur ou un goût clairement identifiable avant ou pendant la consommation, autre que ceux du tabac ; 2° Dont les filtres, le papier, les capsules, le conditionnement ou tout autre composant contiennent du tabac, de la nicotine ou des arômes ; 3° Contenant tout dispositif technique permettant de modifier lodeur ou le goût des produits du tabac ou leur intensité de combustion ; 4° Contenant des vitamines ou dautres additifs laissant entendre quun produit du tabac a des effets bénéfiques sur la santé ou que les risques quil présente pour la santé ont été réduits ; 5° Contenant de la caféine, de la taurine ou dautres additifs et stimulants associés à lénergie et à la vitalité ; 6° Contenant des additifs qui confèrent des propriétés colorantes aux émissions de fumée ; 7° Contenant des additifs qui facilitent linhalation ou labsorption de nicotine ; 8° Contenant des additifs qui, sans combustion, ont des propriétés cancérogènes, mutagènes ou toxiques pour la reproduction humaine ; 9° Contenant des additifs dans des quantités qui augmentent, lors de la consommation, de manière significative ou mesurable, leurs effets toxiques ou leffet de dépendance quils engendrent. |
| Ecuador | AMR | En marzo de 2021, el Ministerio de Salud Pública emitió el Acuerdo Ministerial 00102-2023. Establecer directrices relacionadas con el régimen administrativo en el marco de la vigilancia y control de productos de tabaco y otros productos accesorios y afines. El objetivo de este Acuerdo Ministerial es verificar que dichos productos de consumo humano cumplan con todos los requisitos previstos en el marco jurídico vigente para su distribución, comercialización y expendio, independientemente del lugar en el que se distribuyan, comercialicen o expendan. | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Cook Islands | WPR | Answer not provided | No change since the last report | No change since the last report |
| China | WPR | 按照《健康中国行动（2019-2030年）》对控烟行动的要求，推进烟草制品成分管制和信息披露。 1.研究建立完善的烟草制品成分管制和信息披露制度：持续开展履约相关研究，对世卫组织最高优先级成分清单的卷烟成分和释放物的方法进行验证，对新型烟草制品成分和释放物分析方法的适用性进行研究。 2.强化国家级烟草制品监督监测的独立性和权威性：加强国家级独立第三方实验室的基础条件建设与科技投入。 3.完善烟草制品安全性检测评估体系：加强烟草与烟碱相关基础科学研究，开展传统产品与新型烟草制品潜在致瘾性和评价方法研究。 | 1.对WHO 烟草网络实验室（TobLabNet）推荐的烟草制品有害成分（3种湿润剂）的测定方法SOP进行了实验室内和实验室间的验证。 2.对烟草制品释放物中的焦油、烟碱和一氧化碳等成分进行检测；对烟草制品成分和烟用材料有关成分进行检测；对市售烟草制品烟丝中尼古丁、烟丝氨、湿润剂含量进行了检测。 3.依据《公约》第三届缔约方大会报告中初步确定3种烟草制品成分和9种烟气释放物作为信息披露和成分管制的优先监管成分，开展烟草制品中重点指标检测方法开发。开发电子烟油中尼古丁含量的检测方法。 4.开展烟碱致瘾性研究。 | 1．对WHO建议的9种优先级关注成分开展了检测方法研究；参与了世界卫生组织烟草实验室网络（TobLabNet）技术标准的研究工作；对世界卫生组织烟草网络实验室推荐的烟草制品有害成分测定方法SOP(烟丝氨、尼古丁、烟草特有亚硝胺（TSNAs)）等进行了实验室内和实验室间的验证；参与SOP方法在新型烟草制品（加热不燃烧型）中的适用性研究；对卷烟烟气中挥发性有机化合物、羰基化合物项目提供了方法验证和数据分析。 2．根据相关法律、规定及标准，开发了烟草制品中增香剂、农药残留的检测方法；对烟用纸张等组成成分进行分析； 3．对烟草释放物焦油、烟碱和一氧化碳等进行监管，对市售烟草制品中的尼古丁、烟丝胺含量进行了监控； 4. 中国疾病预防控制中心环境与健康相关产品安全所作为世界卫生组织烟草测试实验室网络成员，不断加强实验室能力建设，参与建立了烟草成分和释放物检测方法，以及烟草释放物VOC的方法验证。 |
| Central African Republic | AFR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Cameroon | AFR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Belgium | EUR | Belgium has specified the ban on additives that facilitate inhalation in tobacco products that are inhaled, resulting in a complete ban of menthol (and related ingredients) in these products. | La nouvelle directive européenne 2014/40/UE est dapplication depuis le 20 mai 2016. larrêté royal transposant cette directive a été modifié en avril 2019 pour sajuster à la réalité de terrain et éviter certains contournements de législation par lindustrie. Au sujet des ingrédients, des dispositions interdisants certains aditifs et permettant de modifier l’intensité de combustion, la couleur des émissions, l’odeur, ou le goût des produits à base de tabac ont été élargies aux éléments techniques, tels les filtres et papiers. | La nouvelle directive européenne 2014/40/UE est dapplication depuis le 20 mai 2016. |
| Belarus | EUR | Report not provided | Принят и с 15 мая 2016 года вступил в силу технический регламент Таможенного союза "Технический регламент на табачную продукцию" (ТР ТС 035/2014). В настоящее время продолжается работа над проектом решения Совета Евразийской экономической комиссии «Об утверждении формы отчета о составе реализованных на территории государства – члена Евразийского экономического союза в течение отчетного календарного года табачных изделий и выделяемых ими веществах» | . Принят и с 15 мая 2016 года вступил в силу технический регламент Таможенного союза "Технический регламент на табачную продукцию" (ТР ТС 035/2014). В настоящее время продолжается работа над проектом решения Совета Евразийской экономической комиссии «Об утверждении формы отчета о составе реализованных на территории государства – члена Евразийского экономического союза в течение отчетного календарного года табачных изделий и выделяемых ими веществах» |
| Bahrain (Kingdom of) | EMR | Law no 8 of 2009 states that tobacco products have to be inspected before entry to Bahrain and checked for compliance with GCC specifications for tobacco products, any not compliant products are denied access to Bahrain. Testing of tobacco products is being done in the Public Health Directorate lab in Ministry of Health. Manufacturers are required to submit annual report about the content and emissions of their products. | By end of 2015, tobacco testing lab was established in Public Health Directorate laboratory. the lab is equipped with machines to test smoking tobacco (cigarettes) contents and emissions. Currently we requested machines to fully test other types of tobacco products such as Dokha and water pipe. | By end of 2015, tobacco testing lab was established in Public Health Directorate laboratory. the lab is equipped with machines to test smoking tobacco (cigarettes)contents and emissions. They are still trying to provide machines to fully test other types of tobacco products such as Dokha and water pipe. |
| Bahamas | AMR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Armenia | EUR | Answer not provided | In the framework of the Article 9 it is regulated by these technical regulations: On Transitional Provisions of the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union “Technical Regulations for Tobacco Products” (TR TS 035/2014) and Government resolution #540‐N as of April 28, 2005 o approving the technical regulation on tobacco. | Report not provided |
| Albania | EUR | Answer not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Afghanistan | EMR | Report not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Uruguay | AMR | Desde 2008 el decreto reglamentario 284/008 de la Ley 18256 prohíbe que los productos de tabaco contengan amoniaco y establece la declaración trimestral de contenidos tóxicos (nicotina y alquitrán). Desde enero 2023 (declaración del último trimestre 2022) se realiza en formato electrónico y se exige a todos los productos de tabaco que se comercializan en el país. | Es un objetivo y se ha comenzado ha trabajar en la posibilidad de reglamentar sobre aditivos y saborizantes. | Actualmente se está trabajando en la posibilidad de reglamentar sobre aditivos y saborizantes. |
| Philippines | WPR | (no data provided from items C231 to C245) | The passage of Republic Act No. 11467 is an advancement in tobacco product regulation, as it reinforces the regulatory purview of the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the industry of ENDS/ENNDS and HTPs. | Answer not provided |
| Papua New Guinea | WPR | These provisions are still in draft. Yet to finalized and enforced. | The Tobacco Control Act 2016 provides for the testing of the Constituents and labeling of the constituent. | The Tobacco Control Act 2016 provides for the testing of the Constituents and labeling of the constituent. |
| Panama | AMR | Luego del intento de regular los contenidos y emisiones de productos de tabaco realizados en el 2019, no se han realizado nuevos esfuerzos al respecto ya que se ha priorizado el incremento de los impuestos y la aprobación del empaquetado sencillo, mismos que aún están pendientes de debate en Asamblea Nacional de Diputados. Los intentos relativos a los artículos 9 y 10 se incluyeron en el proyecto de Ley 136 tomando como base las disposiciones de sus directrices. Esta gestión fue obstaculizada por la amplia y nutrida representación de la IT que participó con su equipo técnico, abogados, asesores, lobistas y otros aliados interfiriendo con el debate, en ese momento también estuvieron representantes de la Cámara de Comercio de Panamá quienes manifestaron su oposición marcada a muchos puntos del proyecto. El 30 de octubre de 2018 se aprueba en primer debate el Texto Único del proyecto de Ley 136 con modificaciones surgidas que mejoraban algunos aspectos del texto original que se mantenía bastante integro en el texto único aprobado. El 26 de marzo de 2019 el pleno de la Asamblea Nacional de Diputados aprueba en segundo debate el Proyecto de Ley 136 con cerca de 30 modificaciones que no fueron consultadas al MINSA como autoridad competente para la implementación del CMCT, estas modificaciones alejaban el proyecto de Ley de sus objetivos originales. El 29 de marzo se aprueba el precitado proyecto en III debate. Como parte del proceso de aprobación legislativa, el proyecto de Ley 136 es enviado a la Presidencia de la República para su firma o veto. El 15 de abril de 2019 el MINSA a solicitud del Ministerio de la Presidencia, emite opinión solicitando el veto total del proyecto de Ley 136 por razones de inconveniencia e inexequibilidad, al infringir el siguiente ordenamiento jurídico nacional e internacional: 1. Constitución Política de la República de Panamá, artículos 4, 17, 32, 50, 109, 118, 163, 167 2. Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales, artículos 12 y 12.2 3. Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos, artículo 12,13,15,16 y 22 4. La Observación General No.14 del Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales 5. La Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos de 1948, menciona a la salud como parte del derecho a un nivel de vida adecuado (artículo 25). 6. DECISIÓN FCTC/COP7(26) Cooperación internacional en la aplicación del CMCT de la OMS, incluidos los derechos humanos 7. Ley 40 de 7 de julio de 2004, que aprueba el Convenio Marco de la OMS para el control del tabacoArtículos 5, 6 al 14, 15 al 17: 8. Ley 66 de 10 de noviembre de 1947, que aprueba el Código Sanitario Artículos 1 y 3 9. Ley 13 de 24 de enero de 2008, que adopta medidas para el control del tabaco y sus efectos nocivos en la salud, artículos 1,2,4,14,18,24,26 y 29 10. Ley 40 de 16 de noviembre de 2006, la cual modifica y adiciona artículos a la Ley 66 de 1947, que aprueba el Código Sanitario, artículos 2 y 4 11. Ley 38 de 31 de julio de 2000, Procedimiento Administrativo en general, artículo 34 12. Ley 27 de 2016, Por la cual se aprueba el Protocolo para la Eliminación del Comercio Ilícito de Productos de Tabaco, adoptado en Seúl, el 12 de noviembre de 2012, artículos 6,8,9,12 y 16 13. Decreto Ejecutivo 230 de 6 de mayo de 2008, que reglamenta la Ley 13 de 24 de enero de 2008, artículo 14 y 26 14. Decreto Ejecutivo 178 de 2018, que modifica artículos del decreto ejecutivo N° 63 de 27 de febrero de 2003, que crea el Consejo Nacional para la Salud sin tabaco y dicta otras disposiciones en materia de control de productos de tabaco. 15. Decreto Ejecutivo 611 de 2010, que modifica el artículo 18 del decreto ejecutivo 230 de 6 de mayo de 2008, que reglamenta la ley 13 de 24 de enero de 2008. 16. Decreto Ejecutivo 119 de 2017, que aprueba la Política Nacional de Salud, sus objetivos estratégicos y líneas de acción para el período 2016-2025. 17. Resolución 0953 de 2018, por la cual se declara improcedente la comercialización de los producto de tabaco calentados en la República de Panamá, 18. Resolución 2742 de 2017 por la cual se establece que, para la República de Panamá, los sistemas electrónicos de administración o no de nicotina. Dicha disposición fue aprobada en tercer debate por la Asamblea Nacional de Diputados, pero su contenido no cumplía con las disposiciones del CMCT por lo que a solicitud del Ministerio de Salud fue vetada parcialmente por la Presidencia de la República en junio de 2019. El Proyecto de Ley no ha sido sancionado y reposa en la Asamblea Nacional de Diputados y por procedimiento legislativo se tendría que trabajar un nuevo proyecto ya que hubo cambio del pleno de la Asamblea Nacional. Como se ha mencionado antes, se ha priorizado el incremento de los impuestos y la aprobación del empaquetado sencillo. | En la Comisión de Salud de la Asamblea Nacional de Diputados se presentó el proyecto de Ley 136 mediante el cual se lograría implementar las disposiciones de los artículos 9 y 10 del CMCT y sus directrices. Sin embargo, no se ha podido avanzar en la implementación de estas disposiciones debido a que durante varios primer debate (3), en la Comisión de Salud estuvo presente una amplia y nutrida representación de la IT que participó con su equipo técnico, abogados, asesores, lobistas y otros aliados interfiriendo con el debate. También estuvieron representantes de la Cámara de Comercio de Panamá quienes manifestaron su oposición marcada a muchos puntos del proyecto. En el mes de junio de 2017, después de varios años en espera se retoma el debate del proyecto y se pasa a una subcomisión técnica que estuvo sesionando hasta el mes de enero de 2018, tras lo cual el diputado Presidente de la Sub Comisión presentó su informe ante el pleno de la Comisión de Salud, pero no se dio continuidad al proceso hasta octubre de 2018. El 30 de octubre de 2018 se aprueba en primer debate el Texto Único del proyecto de Ley 136 con modificaciones surgidas que mejoraban algunos aspectos del texto original que se mantenía bastante integro en el texto único aprobado. El 26 de marzo de 2019 el pleno de la Asamblea Nacional de Diputados aprueba en segundo debate el Proyecto de Ley 136 con cerca de 30 modificaciones que no fueron consultadas al MINSA como autoridad competente para la implementación del CMCT, estas modificaciones alejaban el proyecto de Ley de sus objetivos originales. El 29 de marzo se aprueba el precitado proyecto en III debate. Como parte del proceso de aprobación legislativa, el proyecto de Ley 136 es enviado a la Presidencia de la República para su firma o veto. El 15 de abril de 2019 el MINSA a solicitud del Ministerio de la Presidencia, emite opinión solicitando el veto total del proyecto de Ley 136 por razones de inconveniencia e inexequibilidad, al infringir el siguiente ordenamiento jurídico nacional e internacional: 1. Constitución Política de la República de Panamá, artículos 4, 17, 32, 50, 109, 118, 163, 167 2. Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales, artículos 12 y 12.2 3. Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos, artículo 12,13,15,16 y 22 4. La Observación General No.14 del Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales 5. La Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos de 1948, menciona a la salud como parte del derecho a un nivel de vida adecuado (artículo 25). 6. DECISIÓN FCTC/COP7(26) Cooperación internacional en la aplicación del CMCT de la OMS, incluidos los derechos humanos 7. Ley 40 de 7 de julio de 2004, que aprueba el Convenio Marco de la OMS para el control del tabaco Artículos 5, 6 al 14, 15 al 17: 8. Ley 66 de 10 de noviembre de 1947, que aprueba el Código Sanitario Artículos 1 y 3 9. Ley 13 de 24 de enero de 2008, que adopta medidas para el control del tabaco y sus efectos nocivos en la salud, artículos 1,2,4,14,18,24,26 y 29 10. Ley 40 de 16 de noviembre de 2006, la cual modifica y adiciona artículos a la Ley 66 de 1947, que aprueba el Código Sanitario, artículos 2 y 4 11. Ley 38 de 31 de julio de 2000, Procedimiento Administrativo en general, artículo 34 12. Ley 27 de 2016, Por la cual se aprueba el Protocolo para la Eliminación del Comercio Ilícito de Productos de Tabaco, adoptado en Seúl, el 12 de noviembre de 2012, artículos 6,8,9,12 y 16 13. Decreto Ejecutivo 230 de 6 de mayo de 2008, que reglamenta la Ley 13 de 24 de enero de 2008, artículo 14 y 26 14. Decreto Ejecutivo 178 de 2018, que modifica artículos del decreto ejecutivo N° 63 de 27 de febrero de 2003, que crea el Consejo Nacional para la Salud sin tabaco y dicta otras disposiciones en materia de control de productos de tabaco. 15. Decreto Ejecutivo 611 de 2010, que modifica el artículo 18 del decreto ejecutivo 230 de 6 de mayo de 2008, que reglamenta la ley 13 de 24 de enero de 2008. 16. Decreto Ejecutivo 119 de 2017, que aprueba la Política Nacional de Salud, sus objetivos estratégicos y líneas de acción para el período 2016-2025. 17. Resolución 0953 de 2018, por la cual se declara improcedente la comercialización de los productos de tabaco calentados en la República de Panamá, 18. Resolución 2742 de 2017 por la cual se establece que, para la República de Panamá, los sistemas electrónicos de administración o no de nicotina. Actualmente, esta disposición fue aprobada en tercer debate por la Asamblea Nacional de Diputados, pero su contenido no cumplía con las disposiciones del CMCT por lo que a solicitud del Ministerio de Salud fue vetada parcialmente por la Presidencia de la República en junio de 2019. El Proyecto de Ley no ha sido sancionado y reposa en la Asamblea Nacional de Diputados. | En la Comisión de Salud de la Asamblea Nacional de Diputados se presentó un proyecto de Ley mediante el cual se lograría implementar las disposiciones de los artículos 9 y 10 del CMCT y sus directrices. Sin embargo, no se ha podido avanzar en el debate de la propuesta debido a que durante el primer debate, en la Comisión de Salud estuvo presente una amplia y nutrida representación de la IT que participó con su equipo técnico, abogados, asesores, lobistas y otros aliados interfiriendo con el debate. También estuvieron representantes de la Cámara de Comercio de Panamá quienes manifestaron su oposición marcada a muchos puntos del proyecto. En el mes de junio de 2017, después de varios años en espera se retoma el debate del proyecto y se pasa a una subcomisión técnica que estuvo sesionando hasta el mes de enero de 2018, tras lo cual el diputado Presidente de la Sub Comisión presentará su informe ante el pleno de la Comisión de Salud. Actualmente, estamos a la espera de que se fije fecha para la presentación del precitado informe y que los diputados que integran la Comisión de Salud emitan sus opiniones de aceptación o rechazo al informe. Si la votación es favorable el proyecto pasaría a II debate en el Pleno de la Asamblea. |
| Palau | WPR | Answer not provided | Amendments to Palau comprehensive tobacco control legislation have been submitted to the congress. Provisions to comply with FCTC Articles 9 & 10 are included in the amendments. | little progress to report at this time |
| Niue | WPR | Report not provided | Under the new Act - testing reports are required from tobacco industry/importers | Report not provided |
| Montenegro | EUR | An initiative was launched to establish a laboratory and purchase a machine, which would enable the control of the content of tobacco products that are put into circulation on the Montenegrin market. In this way, the obligations that are defined by the Law, as well as the information marked on the packs of tobacco products, would be controlled. This initiative is supported by the FCTC Secretariat (WHO) and assistance in implementation has been promised. | By the Law it is regulated the testing and measuring of content of tobacco products, with a very precisely defined quantity which products individually may contain. Measures to control the contents of tobacco products, under the Act shall be implemented by the Institute of Public Health. So far, the Institute was unable to provide the necessary equipment, which is the main reason why this measure prescribed by the Act, have not yet implemented. All vendors of tobacco products are required to submit to the Institute of Public Health reports on the contents of tobacco products that are distributed on the territory of Montenegro, and on the basis this reports Institute for Public health prepare global report and submit it to the Ministry of Health. | By the Law it is regulated the testing and measuring of content of tobacco products, with a very precisely defined quantity which products individually may contain. Measures to control the contents of tobacco products, under the Act shall be implemented by the Institute of Public Health. So far, the Institute was unable to provide the necessary equipment, which is the main reason why this measure prescribed by the Act, have not yet implemented. All vendors of tobacco products are required to submit to the Institute of Public Health reports on the contents of tobacco products that are distributed on the territory of Montenegro, and on the basis this reports Institute for Public health prepare global report and submit it to the Ministry of Health. |
| Mexico | AMR | N/A | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Malta | EUR | Answer not provided | Report not provided | Legislation to label, monitor and sampling the contents. |
| Latvia | EUR | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Kyrgyzstan | EUR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Kenya | AFR | We have trained 8 laboratory experts from various government institutions to enable the country to set up an extensive tobacco product testing laboratory(ries) in Kenya. We are yet to finalize the capacity building including purchase of equipment and reagents. We have also expanded the membership of Article 9 &10 Technical working group to include these trained officers. | Report not provided | Answer not provided |
| Japan | WPR | Answer not provided | National Institute of Public Health measures the contents and emissions of tobacco products and develops methods of measurements. | National Institute of Public Health measures the contents and emissions of tobacco products and develops methods of measurements. |
| Iceland | EUR | Answer not provided | No new laws or regulations in this field. Regulation on health warnings on tobacco products and measurement and a maximum of harmful substances: http://www.reglugerd.is/interpro/dkm/WebGuard.nsf/key2/790-2011 Ongoing preparation for implementing European directive 2014/40 ESB. There have been law cases in Norway and Lichtenstein that has delayed the process of implementing directive 2014/40. These cases have now been resulted and implementing process can continue. | No new laws or regulations in this field. Regulation on health warnings on tobacco products and measurement and a maximum of harmful substances: http://www.reglugerd.is/interpro/dkm/WebGuard.nsf/key2/790-2011 Ongoing preparation for implementing European directive 2014/40 ESB. |
| Guinea | AFR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Germany | EUR | Ingredients in tobacco products are regulated according to Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU. | Ingredients in tobacco products are regulated according to Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU. | Ingredients in tobacco products are regulated according to Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU. |
| Georgia | EUR | N/A | Tobacco control legislative entail the provisions on the rules of measuring and reporting of the contents and emissions of tobacco products. The relevant Order of the Minister of Health is approved which regulate measuring the contents and emissions is in place however the regulation on restricting additives or flavorings in tobacco products is not in place. | newly adopted tobacco control amendments entail the provisions on the rules of measuring and reporting of the contents and emissions of tobacco products. the relevant Order of the Minister of Health is being prepared and is in the process of approval. the regulation about measuring the contents and emissions is in place however the regulation on restricting additives or flavorings in tobacco products is not in place. |
| Gabon | AFR | Le processus débute à peine, est embryonnaire. Cependant, et grâce au financement de l'OMS, le Labratoire National a été identifié et deux responsables de cette structure ont bénéficié d'un renforcement de capacités sous forme de voyages d'études (Burkina Faso et Singapour). | Aucun progrès na été réalisé dans ce domaine. | Answer not provided |
| Zimbabwe | AFR | Report not provided | No progress has been made in this area | No progress has been made in this area |
| Spain | EUR | Answer not provided | Mediante el RD 579/2017 se prohíben los cigarrillos y el tabaco de liar con aromas característicos. También se obliga a la industria a informar pormenorizadamente sobre los ingredientes que utiliza en sus productos (en particular, los cigarrillos y el tabaco de liar). Se establecen nuevas obligaciones de comunicación y de realización de ensayos junto con la realización de estudios adicionales sobre aditivos. | Mediante el nuevo RD 579/2017 se prohíben los cigarrillos y el tabaco de liar con aromas característicos. También se obliga a la industria a informar pormenorizadamente sobre los ingredientes que utiliza en sus productos (en particular, los cigarrillos y el tabaco de liar). Se establecen nuevas obligaciones de comunicación y de realización de ensayos junto con la realización de estudios adicionales sobre aditivos. |
| South Africa | AFR | Answer not provided | Report not provided | Current regulations include disclosure of the amount of nicotine and tar, and not other contents. All cigarettes sold in South Africa since November 2013 have to comply with reduced ignition propensity standards |
| Czechia | EUR | There has been no change of the legislation regarding regulation of the contents of tobacco products in the past two years. Regarding the enforcement of the ban of the characterizing flavour in cigarettes and RYO, the Czech Republic made a progress. In 2021, the competent authority has initiated two procedures to determine the characterising flavour of cigarettes containing small amount of menthol and other ingredients. There is no accredited laboratory and method for the determination of the characterising flavour that the Czech competent authority can use. Therefore, the independent advisory panel has been asked to provide their opinion. The consultation of the independent advisory panel is still ongoing in both procedures and no decision has been taken yet. | Regulation of the contents of tobacco products is included in following national law: • Act No. 110/1997 Coll. on Foodstuffs and Tobacco Products, on the amendment and additions to some related acts, as amended subsequently • Decree No. 261/2016 Coll. on Tobacco Products (providing the list of prohibited additives of tobacco products) This is a national act of law implementing the current EU Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU). The revision of the mentioned law was done in 2016. Main reason was the transposition of Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC, to the national law. The Directive includes among others provisions regarding regulation of the contents of tobacco products. | Regulation of the contents of tobacco products is included in following national laws: • Act No. 110/1997 Coll. on Foodstuffs and Tobacco Products, on the amendment and additions to some related acts, as amended subsequently • Decree No. 261/2016 Coll. on Tobacco Products (providing the list of prohibited additives of tobacco products) This is a national law implementing the current EU Tobacco Products Directive (Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC), which has been revised accordingly following the transposition of the Directive. Transposition process of the Directive to the aforementioned law was finished in 2016.The Directive includes among others provisions regarding regulation of the contents of tobacco products. |
| Republic of North Macedonia | EUR | Report not provided | New Law for tobacco, tobacco products and other similar products, from 24 April 2019 | Answer not provided |
| Türkiye | EUR | There has been no regulation regarding with the contents of tobacco products in the last two years | The Articles 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the “Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding Production Types, Labelling and Supervision of Tobacco Products” published in the Official Gazette dated 01/03/2019 no 30701 have been related with the regulation of ingredients and emissions. The Article 9 says; “Regulation of ingredients Article 9-(1) Cigarette and roll your own tobacco having a characterizing flavor shall not be supplied to the market. (2) Tobacco products containing the following additives shall not be placed on the market: (a) vitamins or other additives that create the impression that a tobacco product has a health benefit or presents reduced health risks; (b) caffeine or taurine or other additives and stimulant compounds that are associated with energy and vitality; (c) additives having colouring properties for emissions; (d) for tobacco products for smoking, additives that facilitate inhalation or nicotine uptake; (e) additives that have carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic properties in unburnt form. (3) Cigarette and roll your own tobacco containing flavourings in any of their components such as filters, papers, packages, capsules or any technical features allowing modification of the smell or taste of the tobacco products concerned or their smoke intensity shall not be placed on the market. Filters, papers and capsules shall not contain tobacco or nicotine. (4) If approved by the Ministry; the terms and conditions laid down in the Regulation for Recording, Evaluation, Permission and Restriction of Chemicals, published in Turkish Official Gazette dated 23/6/2015 and repeating numbered 30105, shall be applied to tobacco products also. (5) The Ministry shall, on the basis of scientific evidence, prohibits the placing on the market of tobacco products containing additives in quantities that increase the toxic or addictive effect, or the carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic properties of a tobacco product at the stage of consumption to a significant or measureable degree. (6) The Ministry may charge proportionate fees to manufacturers for assessing whether a tobacco product has a characterising flavour, whether prohibited additives or flavourings are used and whether a tobacco product contains additives in quantities that increase to a significant and measurable degree the toxic or addictive effect or the carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic properties of the tobacco product concerned. (7) Other than preservatives and moisturizers, no additives shall be used in production of -roll your own tobacco. (8) A regulation shall be made by the Ministry regarding the application of this article.” | 11 ingredients were banned in 2016 since they were either carcinogenic or mutagenic. |
| Yemen | EMR | Answer not provided | Report not provided | Answer not provided |
| Togo | AFR | Un arrêté fixant les teneurs maximales en goudron, nicotine et monoxyde de carbone a été signé le 10 février 2022 et inséré au journal officiel de la république en date du 24 juin 2022. | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Senegal | AFR | Answer not provided | Les articles 4 et 5 de a loi exigent que l’industrie du tabac communique aux autorités gouvernementales les informations relatives à la composition et aux émissions des produits du tabac. | Les articles 4 et 5 de a loi exigent que l’industrie du tabac communique aux autorités gouvernementales les informations relatives à la composition et aux émissions des produits du tabac. |
| San Marino | EUR | Answer not provided | Report not provided | All tobacco products are imported from Italy. |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | AMR | Report not provided | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Romania | EUR | According to Law no 201/2016 legal provisions were established for the level of emissions, measuring methods and reporting obligations. | Report not provided | Report not provided |
| Republic of Moldova | EUR | Answer not provided | According to the Law 278, nicotine content should not exceed 1 mg per cigarette, to 10 mg tar per cigarette and carbon monoxide 10 mg per cigarette. Law also contain general provisions on testing emissions. Developed a sanitary regulation on ingredients in tobacco products, which contain a list of all ingredients allowed for manufacturing of cigarettes. | According to the Law 278, nicotine content should not exceed 1 mg per cigarette, to 10 mg tar per cigarette and carbon monoxide 10 mg per cigarette. Law also contain general provisions on testing emissions. Developed a sanitary regulation on ingredients in tobacco products, which contain a list of all ingredients allowed for manufacturing of cigarettes. |
| India | SEA | Section 11 of the Tobacco Control Act of India (COTPA-2003) mandates setting up of tobacco product testing laboratories. National Tobacco Testing Laboratories (NTTLs) have been established at Central Drug Testing Laboratory (CDTL), Mumbai, Regional Drug Testing Laboratory (RDTL), Guwahati and apex lab at National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR), Noida for testing tobacco products. Testing of tobacco products is being undertaken. These laboratories are first of their kind in the whole of South-East Asia region and would engage in generation of information on a variety of smoking and smokeless tobacco products currently consumed in India and the neighbouring countries. | Section 11 of the Tobacco Control Act of India (COTPA-2003) mandates setting up of tobacco product testing laboratories. National Tobacco Testing Laboratories (NTTLs) have been established at Central Drug Testing Laboratory (CDTL), Mumbai, Regional Drug Testing Laboratory (RDTL), Guwahati and apex lab at National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR), Noida for testing tobacco products. Small Testing of tobacco products has been initiated. Staff has been recruited and first phase training has been provided for the National Tobacco Testing Laboratories (NTTLs) staff. | Section 11 of the Tobacco Control Act of India (COTPA-2003) mandates setting up of tobacco product testing laboratories. National Tobacco Testing Laboratories (NTTLs) have been established at Central Drug Testing Laboratory (CDTL), Mumbai, Regional Drug Testing Laboratory (RDTL), Guwahati and apex lab at National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR), Noida for testing tobacco products. Small Testing of tobacco products has been initiated. Staff has been recruited and first phase training has been provided for the National Tobacco Testing Laboratories (NTTLs) staff. |
| Ireland | EUR | Regulated under the EU Tobacco Products Directive which was transposed in Irish law in 2016. | Tobacco Products continue to be monitored by the Health Service Executive and the Health and Safety Authority in Ireland. | In compliance with E.U. Law |
| Italy | EUR | Answer not provided | The Legislative decree n.6/2016 adopted the European Directive 40/2014/UE which regulate, ingredients, additives, emissions, characterising flavours of tobacco products and e-cigarettes liquids. Italy is participating to the Joint Action on Tobacco Control (2017-2020) focused on the analysis of the notification provided from manufacturers and importers to the EU-CEG database. | The Legislative decree n.6/2016 adopted the European Directive 40/2014/UE which regulate, ingredients, additives, emissions, characterising flavours of tobacco products and e-cigarettes liquids. Italy is participating to the Joint Action on Tobacco Control (2017-2020) focused on the analysi of the notification provided from manufacturers and importers to the EU-CEG database. |
| Nepal | SEA | Answer not provided | Answer not provided | Answer not provided |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | EMR | National and technical committee have been established to review and revise the standards and regulate tobacco content. Currently regulating tobacco flavor is a priority which is doing under supervision of the Ministry of Health | Major analytical devices has been purchased in imported to equip two University labs for testing tobacco. These devices are installing. A report on current situation has been developed with cooperation of WR country office, highlighting the gaps and the way forward to enhance implementation of these Articles. | - Necessary equipment to establish tobacco control reference lab has been purchased - Revising standards on tobacco products has been started |
| Iraq | EMR | Answer not provided | There is no changes in the regulation regarding article 9 of FCTC since last report, the only new thing is, Iraq nominate a candidate to join the team of expert to discuss this article. | Answer not provided |
| Israel | EUR | Report not provided | since October 2018, Electronic cigarettes and E-liquids nicotine content must not exceed 20 mg p. All tobacco and smoking products manufacturers and importers must test its products for ingredients and emissions in order to report the findings to the Ministry. | Report not provided |