Philippines: Oral Tobacco, Nicotine Pouch and Heated Tobacco Regulation

This product contains two individual regulatory reports:

Philippines: Oral tobacco and nicotine pouch regulation

This report offers a detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place in the Philippines for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches, covering all policy areas.

• The regulations differentiate between traditional oral products and snus, with the latter being subject to less stringent rules. Republic Act (RA) 9211 puts traditional oral tobacco within the scope of tobacco products, which are defined as products entirely or partly made of tobacco leaf as a raw material, which are manufactured to be used for smoking, sucking, chewing or snuffing, such as but not limited to cigarette, cigar, pipe, shisha/hookah and chew tobacco, by executive order 106.
• Snus and nicotine pouches are considered a novel tobacco product, which are all non-combusted substances in solid or liquid form, and innovations, either made partly of tobacco leaf as raw material or containing nicotine from tobacco, intended to be used as a substitute for cigarettes or other combusted tobacco products.

Philippines: Heated tobacco regulation

This report provides detailed analysis of the current regulatory framework in place in the Philippines for heated tobacco products, covering all policy areas.

• A few changes are expected for 2024 that will increase the regulatory burden on heated tobacco producers and importers. From the beginning of the year, product certification in line with Philippines National Standards will be mandatory. In the second quarter of the year, the pictorial health warnings will be replaced with the new ones.

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.