Starting tomorrow, a bill prohibiting the import, export, production, storage, wholesale and retail sale, and use of electronic cigarettes and their components comes into force.
Modern.az reports that the bill on amendments to the law "On Tobacco and Tobacco Products," discussed in the Milli Majlis, comes into force tomorrow.
According to the new law, nicotine-containing electronic cigarettes are included in the definition of tobacco products.
Thus, an electronic cigarette is a product intended for the inhalation of nicotine-containing or non-nicotine-containing vapor into the human p, with the exception of food products, tobacco products, medicines, and medical devices, and intended for use via a device with or without a mouthpiece or other components, including a cartridge and a flask. The flask of electronic cigarettes can be used once or several times, or they can be refilled with disposable cartridges.
At the same time, heated tobacco products will not be considered electronic cigarettes.
It was emphasized that a heated tobacco product is a product consisting of tobacco (tobacco mixture) and non-tobacco components used in its production, intended for the inhalation of nicotine-containing aerosol, generated during the heating process without ignition and without the formation of tobacco smoke, into the human p.
It was stated that the clarification of concepts and the definition of new concepts will allow for more precise classification and differentiation of tobacco products, including heated tobacco products, as well as electronic cigarettes, in legal application.
At the same time, within the framework of harmonization, relevant amendments are being made to the Tax Code and the law "On Advertising." This includes the removal of "disposable electronic cigarettes" and "liquids for electronic cigarettes" from the list of excisable goods and, consequently, the abolition of tax rates, as well as the adaptation of the advertising ban to the new concepts.
It should be noted that although the ban was planned to come into force on January 1, according to the amendment made at the suggestion of Azər Əmiraslanov, Chairman of the Economic Policy Committee, the ban on electronic cigarettes will come into force on April 1, 2026, starting tomorrow.
