In the future, heated tobacco products may no longer contain any flavouring. The draft of a corresponding amendment to the law on the basis of an EU directive is thus about to be adopted in the National Council following a decision by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday. Specifically, this affects the pen-shaped devices that are popular with young people, among others, with which tobacco is heated but not burned. This will then also be marked accordingly in the future. Based on the same basis, there will be no more exceptions to "information messages" and "the same combined health-related warnings" in the future, as is already mandatory for cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco, according t... [Read more]