Saatja: Aive Telling - SOM Saatmisaeg: reede, 11. oktoober 2024 12:03 Adressaat: katre.jaakson@mfa.ee Teema: FW: tobacco products Tere Saadan vastuse kolleegide küsimusele. What are the restrictions in your country: * in the means of sale (e.g. prohibition of sales in vending machines, prohibition of online sales); Sales in vending machines and all kind of distance sale is prohibited. Additionally, in retail outlets we have point of sale display ban for Tobacco and related products. * as to the age of the consumer (prohibition of sales to minors); The minimal age of consumer is 18 years. * as to the possibility and place of advertising tobacco products (cigarettes, novelty tobacco products), electronic cigarettes with nicotine liquid and nicotine-free liquid, nicotine sachets, possibly other products that do not contain tobacco or nicotine and that are intended to replace tobacco products but are not medicinal? Are in your country any products prohibited from being placed on the market? All kind of advertising of Tobacco and related products is prohibited in Estonia. Lugupidamisega Aive Telling keskkonnatervishoiu poliitika juht Aive.Telling@sm.ee Sotsiaalministeerium Suur-Ameerika 1 10122 Tallinn www.sm.ee Saatja: SM kantselei info Saadetud: 09.10.2024 15:48 Adressaat: Teema: FW: tobacco products From: Katre Jaakson <> Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 2:11 PMTo: Kristiina Kaasik - SOM <>Subject: FW: tobacco products Tere Palume Sotsiaalministeeriumi abi küsimustele vastamisel. Tervitades Katre Jaakson EL őiguse büroo From: Ratkowska Aneta <> Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 1:14 PMTo: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; JUR 2. büroo <>; Heli Hirsik <>; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Ma ?ngeles <>; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; SE: SALBORN HODGSON Mia <>; ; SE: SB EUK PILOT SE <>Cc: Malczewska Mirosława <>; Lachowicz Jacek <>Subject: tobacco products Dear EU Pilot Team, in view of the legislative work on the regulation of the market for novelty tobacco products and other tobacco substitutes, our department has been asked to urgently prepare information on the regulations being introduced in other EU Member States in this respect. We would therefore like to kindly ask you to provide us with information on the following questions. What are the restrictions in your country: * in the means of sale (e.g. prohibition of sales in vending machines, prohibition of online sales); * as to the age of the consumer (prohibition of sales to minors); * as to the possibility and place of advertising tobacco products (cigarettes, novelty tobacco products), electronic cigarettes with nicotine liquid and nicotine-free liquid, nicotine sachets, possibly other products that do not contain tobacco or nicotine and that are intended to replace tobacco products but are not medicinal? Are in your country any products prohibited from being placed on the market? We only have TRIS information for Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Slovenia but this does not provide the full picture of the overall regulation necessary for our analysis. We apologise for the short deadline and would appreciate any information by Friday 11.10.2024 by the end of the business day if possible. Yours sincerely Aneta Dr ANETA RATKOWSKA Naczelnik wydziału Wydział do Spraw Ogólnych i KoordynacyjnychDepartament Prawa Unii Europejskiej +48 728 410 312Al.Ujazdowskie 1/3, 00-583 Warszaw