Technical Regulations for Tobacco Products, Federal Law No. 268-FZ of December 22, 2008

COMMENTS: The Technical Regulations for Tobacco Products, Federal Law No. 268-FZ, are comprehensive, covering a range of topics including, but not limited to: definitions of several key terms; ingredients; packaging and labeling; and compliance and enforcement.

The health warning requirements for smokeless tobacco products remain in place; however, the requirements for smoked tobacco products were replaced by those contained in the Eurasian Economic Commission Technical Regulations for Tobacco Products (TR TC 035/2015).

To the best of our knowledge, all laws provided here are in effect as of July 27, 2024 unless otherwise noted.