Market & regulatory data for the vapour sector in Spain

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.
17th September 2024: Spain: The Ministry of Health has launched a campaign to warn the public about the effects of vaping products. Under the title “If You Vape or Smoke, You Lose”, the campaign claims that vaping products are harmful and damaging to health. It warns that 56.6% of youth aged between 14 and 18 have tried vaping products at least once.
19th July 2024: Spain: On 17th July, the Ministry of Health opened for public consultation a bill to amend law 28/2005 on health measures against smoking and regulating the sale, supply, consumption and advertising of tobacco products. The bill seeks to implement some of the objectives set out in the Integral Plan for Smoking Prevention (PIT) 2024-2027, approved in April 2024 by the Council of Ministers. Although its specific provisions have not yet been developed, the bill seeks to improve the restrictions on advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco and related products and to introduce restrictions on the sale and consumption of electronic cigarettes with or without nicotine and herbal products for smoking. Comments can be submitted to consultapublicatabaquismo@sanidad.gob.es by 15th August.
14th June 2024: China: According to recently updated trade data from the General Administration of Customs, in April 2024, exports of e-cigarettes to Spain totalled approximately $5.89m, with a month-on-month increase of 0.61% and a year-on-year growth of 2.58%. Export volume to Spain reached about 126 tonnes, marking a significant month-on-month increase of 22.85% and a year-on-year rise of 12.54%, press reports. Meanwhile, exports of e-cigarettes to France in April amounted to around $12.72m, recording a month-on-month increase of 0.65% but a year-on-year decline of 10.02%. Export volume to France was approximately 220 tonnes, with a month-on-month decrease of 3.36% and a year-on-year growth of 4.4%, press reports.
9th April 2024: Spain: The Ministry of Health has launched a public consultation on an amendment to decree 579/2017, which regulates e-cigarettes and tobacco products. It aims to address various aspects of the regulations – including ingredients, packaging, and exposure to vaping products – and to regulate nicotine-free e-cigs. The amendment is expected to introduce neutral packaging. Ideas and proposals can be sent to consultapublicatabaquismo@sanidad.gob.es until 23rd April.
5th April 2024: Spain: Today the Ministry of Health will approve the Integral Plan for Smoking Prevention (PIT) 2024-2027, press reports. The final draft, which has not been made public yet, has incorporated 94% of the amendment proposals submitted by the autonomous regions. Among the rejected submissions were proposals aiming to treat vaping products as smoking prevention tools and to prohibit vaping in certain private places, such as cars. However, the list of public places where vaping is prohibited will be extended. The PIT is also expected to introduce a tax on vaping products.
12th March 2024: Spain: Minister of health Mónica García will present the Integral Plan for Smoking Prevention (PIT) 2024-2027 on Thursday (14th March) in front of the Public Health Commission, press reports. The plan, as it has been advanced, will impose a tax on e-cigarettes, which are currently only subject to VAT. The PIT also aims to further restrict vaping in public places.
6th March 2024: Spain: The anti-smoking organisation Nofumadores.org (non-smokers.org) has urged the government to ban disposable e-cigarettes, press reports. The organisation claims they are easily accessible to children, as they are being sold in grocery stores and pharmacies alongside other products that target youth. The organisation also reports that 23% of girls and 19% of boys aged 12 to 14 have used e-cigarettes in the last 12 months.
5th March 2024: Spain: Left-wing party Sumar, which forms part of the coalition government, has submitted a proposal asking the Ministry of Health to equate e-cigarettes – regardless of their nicotine content – with tobacco products, press reports. Currently, only nicotine-containing e-cigarettes are regulated, meaning that those without nicotine can be accessed by under-18s without any restrictions. Sumar proposes subjecting all e-cigs to specific retail licences and banning their sale through vending machines that do not have an age-verification system.
29th January 2024: Spain: Minister of health Mónica García announced on Friday (26th January) in the Chamber of Deputies (lower chamber of parliament) that a bill amending the tobacco legal framework to impose further restrictions on vaping products will be introduced in the coming months, press reports. No specific details of the bill's content have been revealed. However, the bill is expected to further restrict vaping in public places and impose more requirements on vaping products, such as neutral packaging.
12th December 2023: Spain: The Ministry of Health is aiming to further regulate electronic cigarettes and establish tougher restrictions on vaping in public places, press reports. The new regulations could also impose restrictions on the sale of nicotine-free vaping products, which are currently not regulated. Health minister Mónica García said the ministry will implement the Comprehensive Plan for the Prevention and Control of Smoking 2021-2025, which was drafted during the previous legislative term and whose recommendations and measures have not been implemented yet.
29th November 2023: Spain: The president of the southern region of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno, has announced that the sale of vaping products to minors, regardless of their nicotine content, will be prohibited in the region in 2024, press reports. While the sale of nicotine vaping products to under-18s is already prohibited at state level, no restrictions apply to the sale of nicotine-free e-cigarettes, whose use among teenagers is on the rise in the country. The measure will be implemented within the framework of a comprehensive plan aimed at tackling addictions.

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