Italy: Oral Tobacco, Nicotine Pouch and Heated Tobacco Regulation

This product contains two individual regulatory reports:

Italy: heated tobacco regulation

The Tobacco Products Directive (TPD)-implementing decree, Legislative Decree 6/2016, defines heated tobacco products as novel smokeless tobacco products, which are subject to more lenient regulation< than cigarettes in terms of public place usage and taxation. This report provides a detailed overview of Italy’s regulatory framework for heated tobacco and herbal heated products, covering all policy areas from product and packaging requirements to taxation and sanctions

Italy: oral tobacco and nicotine pouch regulation

A ban on all oral tobacco products except chewing tobacco is established in the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD)-implementing decree, Legislative Decree 6/2016. Nicotine pouches were regulated in February 2022 with the approval of Law 15/2022, which created a new taxable product category in legislative Decree 504/1995, bringing them under the control of the Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM). Nicotine pouches do not fall under the TPD-implementing decree, and so are not considered either tobacco or tobacco-related products. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current regulatory framework in place in Italy for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches, covering all policy areas.

These regulatory reports will provide you with:

• A clear and detailed understanding of current regulatory requirements affecting this sector in a specific jurisdiction, enabling you to be confident your business and your products are compliant.
• The ability to plan ahead for specific regulatory changes.
• Strategic understanding of the policy climate within the jurisdiction, enabling you to forecast how it might affect business development.
• Sources of further information, for example links to full texts of legislation and contact details for relevant government offices.