Regulatory report: Austria

Austrian legislation regulates both nicotine-free and nicotine-containing products, going further than the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). E-cigs qualify as tobacco-related products, a category to which belongs also novel tobacco products such as heated tobacco and herbal smoking products. This report provides a detailed summary of how e-cigs are regulated in Austria, covering all aspects of law from product and labelling and packaging restrictions, to advertising, notification and public usage.