Market & legal data for the vapour sector in the Netherlands

13th March 2025: Netherlands: The state secretary for youth, prevention, and sports, Vincent Karremans, has informed the House of Representatives about the government’s action plan to protect young people from vaping. The action plan has three tracks that the government will concentrate on in the short term: combating illegal trade (including better support of enforcement); preventing people from starting to vape (including information about the harmfulness of vapes, reducing the number of points-of-sale, and exploring raising the age limit for all products with nicotine to 21 years); and encouraging people to stop vaping. The government will also continuously investigate possible new measures and implement them.
5th February 2025: Netherlands: In January 2025, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) seized nearly 66,000 illegal flavoured vapes and e-liquids from seven locations across Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Almere, and Eindhoven. The sellers face fines and will be responsible for the costs of destroying the confiscated products.
24th January 2025: Netherlands: A recently published decree has amended the Tobacco and Smoking Products Decree in relation to the introduction of standard packaging for cigars and electronic vaping products. According to the decree, cigars and e-cigarettes may only be sold in neutral packaging in the Netherlands from 1st July 2025.
20th December 2024: Netherlands: In a letter to the parliament, state secretary for youth, prevention and sport Vincent Karremans has informed the House of Representatives about Reports on Compliance with the Alcohol Act and the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act. The letter contains the results of the national compliance investigation on the age limit for alcohol and tobacco sales. This investigation is carried out every two years and provides insights into the extent to which young people can buy alcohol and tobacco via test purchases. The letter concludes that figures show young people can still easily obtain alcohol and tobacco as well as e-cigarettes. Supervising compliance with the age limit for the sale of tobacco and e-cigarettes, in the period from July 2023 to June 2024, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) carried out 2,305 test purchase inspections. In 26% of the cases, a violation was found, and a measure was imposed.
20th December 2024: Netherlands: The bill amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act to completely ban oral nicotine products (such as nicotine pouches), which was approved by the Senate on 1st October, enters into force on 1st January 2025. The bill also seeks to regulate nicotine products that do not contain tobacco but that can be used as an alternative to tobacco products (such as nicotine gels, stones, herbal heated products, etc.) – in addition to e-cigarettes and herbal smoking products, which are already regulated. This means the advertising ban, the age limit and other sales restrictions for these products will apply to other tobacco-free nicotine products.
19th December 2024: Netherlands: Last week, after the debate on the Nicotinee citizens’ initiative, the House of Representatives voted for a motion to have the government investigate a potential ban on the sale of nicotine products to individuals born on or after 1st January 2012, media reports. The House of Representatives also called for increased cooperation among enforcement authorities with regard to the Tobacco Act. The government is to provide clarity on this motion before summer. Additionally, nine other motions were adopted aimed at tougher regulations on the tobacco industry, improving smoking-cessation programmes for young people, expanding bans on smoking and vaping, and registering health issues related to vaping.
5th December 2024: Netherlands: The citizens’ initiative Nicotinee – launched at the end of 2022 and declared admissible in July 2024 – which aims to prohibit the sale of all nicotine-containing products to consumers born on or after 1st January 2012, will be debated in the House of Representatives next Thursday (12th December), media reports.
12th November 2024: Netherlands: The bill amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act to completely ban oral nicotine products (such as nicotine pouches), which was approved by the Senate on 1st October, enters into force on the 1st January 2025. The bill also seeks to regulate nicotine products that do not contain tobacco but that can be used as an alternative to tobacco products (such as nicotine gels, stones, herbal heated products, etc.) – in addition to e-cigarettes and herbal smoking products, which are already regulated. This means the advertising ban, the age limit and other sales restrictions for these products will apply to other tobacco-free nicotine products.
6th November 2024: Netherlands: The Hague District Court upheld the Dutch flavour ban on e-cigarettes, dismissing British American Tobacco (BAT)'s claims against it. While the ban does interfere with the EU principle of free movement of goods, the court determined that it is necessary and proportionate for public health reasons.
29th October 2024: Netherlands: The Dutch government has reacted positively to the European Commission (EC)’s plan to extend the existing smoke-free areas and concludes that many of these proposals are already being implemented.
24th October 2024: Netherlands: The bill amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Act to completely ban oral nicotine products (such as nicotine pouches), which was approved by the Senate on 1st October, was published in the Official Gazette last week. The bill also seeks to regulate nicotine products that do not contain tobacco but that can be used as an alternative to tobacco products, other than e-cigarettes and herbal smoking products (such as nicotine gels, stones, herbal heated products etc.), which means that the advertising ban, the age limit and other sales restrictions for these products will apply. The date this enters into force date is to be determined by royal decree.
24th October 2024: Netherlands: During the Amsterdam Dance Event, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) discovered five street vendors selling illegal flavoured vapes. The NVWA is preparing a report on the vendors, which typically results in fines ranging from €450 to €2,250.

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