A grammage limitation was introduced for tobacco products.

Limitations have been imposed on the supply of crushed tobacco products for hookahs, pipes and vines to the market in terms of diversity of weights.

The announcements of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry regarding the technical regulations for cigars and cigarillos, hookah tobacco products, roll-your-own tobacco products and pipe tobacco products were published in the Official Gazette and came into force.

With these regulations, it became mandatory to comply with the standards for these products determined by the Turkish Standards Institute (TSE).

Consequently, the standards TS 13599 Crushed Rolling Tobacco Product, TS 13445 Hookah Tobacco Product, TS 13569 Pipe Tobacco Product and TS 13444 Cigars and Cigars, which are among the technical regulations that must be followed when marketing products of tobacco due to the fight against illegal trade and market demands, were approved by the TSE, through which notifications of existing technical regulations that required compliance with the aforementioned standards were abolished.

With the new communications, deadlines have been set for the transition period, with provisions regarding the reintroduction of tobacco products in the specified categories in accordance with the aforementioned TS rules, and administrative sanctions that will be applied in case of non-compliance.

DETERMINED WEIGHTS

In this context, restrictions were imposed on the supply to the market of hookah tobacco, pipe tobacco and chopped tobacco products in terms of diversity of weights.

The unflavored hookah tobacco product may be offered to the market in single weight packages, only in 100 gram packages, and the flavored hookah tobacco product may only be in 25 gram packages.

Traditional roll-your-own tobacco products and blends can be marketed in packs of 50 and 100 grams, cut roll-your-own tobacco products made from a single type of tobacco can be marketed in packs of 50, 100 and 200 grams, and Pipe tobacco can be sold in packages of 50 and 100 grams.

In addition, cigars and cigarillos can be packaged in a maximum of 25 pieces.

Within the scope of previous communications, these products could be offered to the market in more optional weights.

Companies will be able to market types of tobacco products that do not comply with the current TSE standards until the end of this year. Products in different weights will be available on the market until June 30, 2024. (BRITISH AUTOMOBILE CLUB)