Market & regulatory data for the vapour sector in Poland

23rd February 2024: Poland: Minister of health Izabela Leszczyna has announced that the ministry will start preparing a bill to ban disposable e-cigarettes, press reports. The minister said she has already received a green light from prime minister Donald Tusk. Leszczyna said the measure is aimed at protecting children from these products, as 64% of those aged 15 to 18 vape. Although the sale of vaping products to under-18s is already banned, she argued that the prohibition is "largely ineffective".
17th October 2023: Poland: Parliamentary elections took place in Poland on Sunday, resulting in a likely change of government. Today (17th October), with 100% of the votes counted, the ruling right-wing party Law and Justice (PiS) has obtained the largest amount of votes, but not the majority of seats in the Sejm (Polish Parliament lower chamber) it would need to govern. The sum of the opposition parties – the centre-right parties Civic Coalition (KO), Third Way (TD) and the left-wing Nowa Lewica (New Left) – makes a coalition government led by Civic Coalition leader Donald Tusk a feasible outcome. This will depend on whether TD decides to join the coalition government and give support to Tusk. This government switch could bring about some changes in the e-cigarettes and tobacco products arena, as Tusk’s party has advocated in the past for limiting excise tax increases. However, it is still uncertain, as none of the opposition parties have made any reference to tobacco policies in their programmes.
8th November 2022: Poland: A bill to amend the Excise Duty Act has been introduced, aimed at amending the definition of e-liquids to guarantee that all those on the market are taxed. This is in response to some retailers selling e-liquids as air fresheners in order to avoid excise duty. E-liquids are taxed in Poland whether or not they contain nicotine.
25th February 2022: Poland: On 2nd March 2022, the Senate health committee will debate the bill that intends to introduce the cultivation and collection of non-industrial hemp, press reports. According to the bill, the cultivation of medical cannabis will be allowed, but only if conducted by research institutes dependent on the Ministry of Agriculture. The bill was approved on 8th February by the Sejm (Polish lower house) and is currently pending parliamentary approval prior to being signed by the president.

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