The draft Act amending the Restriction on the Use of Tobacco Products and Related Products Act

Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection (TBT); Protection of human health or safety (TBT)

Tobacco Products and Related Products 

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24 - TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR INHALATION WITHOUT COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE CONTAINING PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR THE INTAKE OF NICOTINE INTO THE HUMAN BODY

65.160 - Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment

Human health

The draft of the Act amending the Restriction on the Use of Tobacco Products and Related Products Act in Article 3 of Restriction on the Use of Tobacco Products and Related Products Act (hereinafter: ZOUTPI) supplements the definitions of electronic cigarettes and refill containers, so that they also refer to nicotine-free products. All requirements of the directive and ZOUTPI (Article 26) thus also apply to nicotine-free electronic cigarettes and to nicotine-free refill containers.In Article 3 of the ZOUTPI, the definition of herbal product for smoking is supplemented. In addition to the combustion process, it also includes the heating process.In the third paragraph of Article 26 of the ZOUTPI, a provision is added so that the liquid or any other nicotine or nicotine-free filler in electronic cigarettes or refill containers shall not contain any flavourings, except for the taste and smell of tobacco or menthol. Flavorings or substances that will be allowed in electronic cigarettes and refill containers will be determined by the Minister of Health within three months of the Act entering into force.

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