E-cigarettes in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic: The Ministry of Finance has published a bill which would introduce a tax of CZK10 (€0.42) per ml on e-cig refills, regardless of nicotine content, from January 2024.

Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has updated the publicly available list of notified herbal products for smoking, e-cigarettes and refills.

Czech Republic: The e-cigarette retailers group the Chamber of Electronic Vaping has criticised the government’s plan, announced last week, to tax vaping products. The group says it goes against the principle of harm reduction as it might increase the use of traditional cigarettes. Robert Hrdlička, president of the chamber, said that if the tax was really necessary, it should be based on the nicotine content.

Czech Republic: National anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil has told reporters that an overdue action plan on addiction will be sent to the government by the end of March. The plan, which was to have been presented at the end of the last year, includes proposals for new taxation of addictive substances – reportedly including an excise tax for e-cigarettes, at a lower rate than for traditional cigarettes.

Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has updated the publicly available list of notified herbal products for smoking, e-cigarettes and refill containers.

Czech Republic: Regular checks by regional public health officials in the city of Olomouc have seized “a significant number” of wrongly labelled disposable e-cigarettes containing more than the permitted dose of nicotine, media reports. Two fines of CZK8,000 (€335) were imposed on the sellers.