Market and legal data for the vapour sector in Lebanon

28th February 2025: Middle East: The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean posted that, while smoking rates in the region are declining, there is still significant room for improvement. The WHO urged its Eastern Mediterranean Region member states to strengthen tobacco control measures, including smoking bans in public places, prominent health warnings, and enhanced support services for smoking cessation. Notably, the thread makes no reference to novel tobacco products such as e-cigarettes or heated tobacco products.
25th January 2024: Lebanon: Nassif Seklaoui, general manager of the Lebanese Tobacco and Tombacs Authority (RLTT), spoke during a conference against raising the taxation on tobacco products in Lebanon. Seklaoui said the calls to raise taxation surprised him, as the black market in Lebanon is one of the largest in the world and increasing taxes would only expand it, press reports. Decree 877/2015 legalised vaping products and subjected them to the tobacco regime.

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