Last updated: January 23, 2024
Regulatory Framework
For these Main Policies, has the government taken specific action to regulate heated tobacco products?
Yes
Analysis
HTPs are currently regulated under the Law No. 2899-IV on Measures to Prevent and Reduce the Consumption of Tobacco Products and their Harmful Influence on the Population’s Health, the Law No. 481/95 on the State Regulation of Production and Circulation of Ethyl Alcohol, Cognac and Fruit Alcohols, Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco Products, and the Law No. 270/96-BP on Advertising, as “smokeless tobacco products,” “tobacco products,” “devices for the consumption of tobacco products without their combustion,” “heated tobacco products (HTP) by means of electronically controlled heaters,” or "heat-not-burn tobacco products."