The Seimas on Thursday banned the sale of heated tobacco products with an added aroma or flavour in Lithuania as of October 23.
The respective amendments to the Law on Control of Tobacco, Tobacco Products and Related Products were passed with 103 votes in favour, one against, and four abstentions.
The Seimas also banned the sale of heated tobacco products containing additives that may enhance or modify their smell, taste, or smoke intensity. This currently only applies to cigarettes and rolling tobacco.
Moreover, the Lithuanian parliament scrapped the exemption from the health warning requirement that is currently in place for heated tobacco products.
Health warnings are required by a European Commission directive. Lithuania has until July 23 to adopt the restrictions that are aimed at reducing the use of these products.
Wholesale trade in heated tobacco products jumped by 27.3 percent in Lithuania last year, according to data from the State Tax Inspectorate.
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