Policy Update: Could the EU Move Toward Pre-Market Authorisation for Novel Nicotine Products?
The European Union is reassessing whether its tobacco and nicotine framework remains fit for a market that has changed significantly since the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) was adopted. Nicotine pouches, e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products and other novel products have expanded rapidly, creating regulatory questions that the existing framework does not address consistently. One possibility receiving…