Laws

Act No. 375 on the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products (Tobacco Products Act)

06 Jun, 2002

Act No. 512, Smoke-Free Environments Act

06 Jun, 2007

Act No. 1020 to consolidate the law prohibiting the sale of tobacco to persons under the age of 18, and the sale of alcohol to persons under the age of 16

01 Sep, 2008

Act No. 1021 to consolidate the law prohibiting advertising, etc. about tobacco products

21 Sep, 2008

Act No. 532 to amend the law on smoke-free environments (Act No. 512 of 2007)

26 May, 2010

Act No. 707 to amend the law prohibiting the sale of tobacco to persons under the age of 18, and the sale of alcohol to persons under the age of 16

25 Jun, 2010

Decree No. 172 on limit values​​, measurement procedures, labeling, product names, etc. for tobacco products

28 Feb, 2011

Decree No. 437 to amend the decree on limit values, measurement procedures, labeling, product names, etc. for tobacco products

20 May, 2011

Law Amending the Chocolate Tax Act, Tobacco Tax Act, Beer and Wine Tax Act and Various Other Laws

21 Dec, 2011

Act No. 607 to amend the law on smoke-free environments (Act No. 512 of 2007)

18 Jun, 2012

Act No. 327 to amend the law prohibiting the sale of tobacco or alcohol to persons under 18 and the law prohibiting advertising of tobacco products

03 Mar, 2013

Act No. 541 on change of production, presentation and sale of tobacco products

29 Apr, 2015

Act No. 426 on electronic cigarettes etc.

18 May, 2016

Order No. 669 on threshold limits, health warnings and age check systems etc. of tobacco products etc.

30 May, 2016

Order No. 499 on quality, labelling, age checking systems, and advertising etc. of electronic cigarettes and refill containers etc.

30 May, 2016

Order No. 599 on declaration of electronic cigarettes and refill containers etc.

03 Jun, 2016

Note: The English translation contains the first two pages of the order only; the appendix has not been translated.

Act No. 608 on tobacco products etc.

07 Jun, 2016

Order No. 611 on declarations of tobacco products and herbal products for smoking, and declarations of new categories of tobacco products

07 Jun, 2016

Note: The English translation contains the first six pages of the order only; the appendix has not been translated.

Order No. 1064 on studies of specific additives in tobacco products and more detailed requirements for labelling and packaging of cigarettes and rolling tobacco etc.

04 Jul, 2016

Act No. 966 to consolidate the act on smoke-free environments

26 Aug, 2019

Act No. 965 to consolidate the act on tobacco products, etc.

26 Aug, 2019

Act No. 964 to consolidate the law prohibiting the sale of tobacco and alcohol to persons under 18 years of age

26 Aug, 2019

Act No. 2071 amending the Act on the Prohibition of Tobacco Advertising, etc., the Act on Tobacco Products, etc., the Act on Electronic Cigarettes, etc. and various other acts

21 Dec, 2020

Order No. 570 on the prohibition of visible placement and display, etc. of tobacco products, tobacco substitutes and herbal smoking products

11 Feb, 2021

Order No. 481 on the quality, labeling, and age verification system etc. of electronic cigarettes and refill containers etc.

18 Mar, 2021

Order No. 572 on the standardization of packaging of tobacco and herbal smoking products

22 Mar, 2021

Order No. 699 on the standardization of electronic cigarettes and refill containers with and without nicotine

19 Apr, 2021

Act No. 1633 on electronic cigarettes, etc.

18 Jun, 2021

To the best of our knowledge, all laws provided here are in effect as of October 27, 2021 unless otherwise noted.