Colombia: Oral Tobacco, Nicotine Pouch and Heated Tobacco Regulation

This product contains two individual regulatory reports:

Colombia: Oral tobacco and nicotine pouch regulation

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current regulatory regime in place in Colombia for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches.

• Oral tobacco products, including snus, fall under the scope of Colombia’s Tobacco Act.
• Nicotine pouches are not specifically regulated, but they must comply with general consumer protection regulations.

Colombia: Heated tobacco regulation

This report offers an analysis of the current regulatory framework in place for heated tobacco products in Colombia, covering all policy areas.

• Heated tobacco is subject to nearly all restrictions set out for traditional tobacco in Colombia.
• Colombian authorities have expressed a rather negative approach towards novel tobacco products in recent years, but this is very likely to change.
• Heating devices could be regulated as tobacco products. Herbal heated products are outside the tobacco framework, and this is not expected to change.

This regulatory report 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.