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More than 70% of traders in Belgium ignored the ban on selling cigarettes to minors (under 18) during a series of recent spot checks, according to recent government statistics.
Following a two-year postponement of a draft for the new Tobacco Excise Directive (TED), the EU’s new batch of commissioners can finally be expected to tackle the thorny issue of tobacco regulatio
Some 13% of cigarettes smoked in Belgium are illegal, resulting in an estimated loss of €435m to the state in excise duties, according to a report by KPMG commissioned by Philip Morris Internation
Some 65% of smokers in Europe believe that EU decision makers do not consider the impact to smokers when deciding rules and regulations on tobacco and nicotine-containing products.
A new bill has expanded the list of public places in which smoking is prohibited to include amusement parks, zoos, playgrounds, children’s farms and sports grounds.
As the price of a packet of cigarettes rises by 25% and the cost of vaping peaks with a new tax, PMI Benelux Managing Director Miguel Matos insists the company is equally committed to the governme
Belgium’s public health institute has issued a stark warning about ambitions to drastically reduce the population’s tobacco consumption by 2040.
Smoke-free products such as electronic cigarettes and vaping devices are no longer a novelty, but how they are regulated around the world is a continually changing story.
Belgium is now in the top 10 EU nations consuming illicit tobacco. One in 10 cigarettes smoked in the country in 2022 were illegal, a figure that has doubled in one year.
