Market & regulatory data for the vapour sector in Spain

7th January 2025: Spain: The president of the anti-smoking association Nofumadores.org (non-smokers.org), Raquel Fernández, has urged the Ministry of Health to ban disposable e-cigarettes. The organisation claims that although the draft decree that would amend royal decree 579/2017 – which regulates the manufacture and sale of tobacco and related products – bans flavoured e-cigarettes, it is still uncertain whether the government will opt to follow other countries, such as Belgium, by banning disposables.
20th December 2024: Spain: The government has notified a bill proposing an excise duty on e-cigarettes to the European Commission’s TRIS system. The excise tax would be set at €0.15/ml for nicotine-free products and those containing up to and including 15 mg/ml of nicotine, and at €0.20/ml for products with a nicotine concentration exceeding 15 mg/ml.
20th December 2024: Spain: The Ministry of Health has extended the public consultation period for the draft decree that would amend royal decree 579/2017 until 22nd December. The draft decree regulates the manufacture and sale of tobacco and related products and would subject nicotine-free vaping products to the same restrictions as those containing nicotine and ban the use of flavours other than tobacco in all vaping products. It would also establish packaging restrictions and extend the places where vaping is banned. Proposals and suggestions must be sent to informacion_publica@sanidad.gob.es under the subject “DG/87/24 APORTACIONES + (name of the entity or person)”.
13th December 2024: Spain: Today is the last day of the public consultation period for the draft decree that would amend royal decree 579/2017, which regulates the manufacture and sale of tobacco and related products. The draft decree would subject nicotine-free vaping products to the same restrictions as those containing nicotine and ban the use of flavours other than tobacco in all vaping products. It would also establish packaging restrictions and extend the places where vaping is banned.
4th December 2024: Spain: Tobacco consumption is decreasing in Spain while vaping increases. According to the Ministry of Health’s 2024 Survey on Alcohol and Other Drugs in Spain (EDADES), daily tobacco consumption has decreased by 8 percentage points since 2022. On the other hand, consumption of vaping products has increased by 7 percentage points since 2022. Among those who consume vaping products, 43.9% consume nicotine-free ones, while 51.5% use nicotine-containing ones, 2.7% use products containing nicotine and cannabis, and 1.9% consume vaping products that contain cannabis only.
4th December 2024: Spain: The minister of health, Mónica García, said at the EU’s Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) that the Spanish government aims to achieve a smoke-free generation by 2040. She also said that alternatives to tobacco products and vapes must be targeted as there is more scientific evidence of their threats to health.
22nd November 2024: Spain: Yesterday (21st November), the Ministry of Health published a draft decree that would amend royal decree 579/2017, which regulates the manufacture and sale of tobacco and related products. The draft decree would subject nicotine-free vaping products to the same restrictions as those containing nicotine and ban the use of flavours other than tobacco. It would also establish neutral packaging and extend the places where vaping is banned. The draft decree will be open for public consultation from today until 13th December.
21st November 2024: EU: Italy and Romania have issued a joint statement raising concerns about the procedure of the discussions on the proposal for a revision of the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments. The two countries say they regret the failure by the European Commission to present a proper impact assessment for this act as a basis for the Council to properly assess the proposed recommendations, which is also a concern the Spanish Association of Personal Vaporiser Users (ANESVAP) raised last month. Italy and Romania also flag that many of the significant comments and amendments proposed by EU member states have not been adequately considered and included in the text.
12th November 2024: Spain: The ruling left-wing parties, Sumar and the Socialist Party (PSOE), have reached an agreement to raise the tax on tobacco products and establish an excise duty on vaping products, press reports. The measure will be included within a tax reform package. The parties aim to implement a tax amounting to €0.15 per ml for e-liquids with a nicotine concentration of less than 15 mg, or €0.20 per ml if the nicotine concentration is higher.
29th October 2024: Spain: The government aims to subject e-liquids to an excise duty, press reports. It announced that, following the measures recorded in a white paper drafted by a committee of tax experts, it intends to introduce a tax of €0.15 per ml on all e-liquids, with a supplement of €0.006 per mg of nicotine.
9th October 2024: Spain: The centre-right People's Party (PP) has introduced a motion in the Senate asking the government to develop a specific regulation for electronic cigarettes and other nicotine products, press reports. PP believes that their advertising should be further restricted and flavours should be limited.
1st October 2024: Spain: The government aims to ban disposable e-cigarettes as well as flavours, press reports. Secretary of state for health Javier Padilla announced yesterday (30th September) that a bill prohibiting disposables and further restricting vaping products will be introduced in the coming weeks. Among the new restrictions, plain packaging requirements are also expected. Alongside the drafting of the bill, the government is also working on an amendment to the Tobacco Law to further restrict public vaping and smoking.

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