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Ireland's Budget raises tobacco and vape duties — pouches left unnamedBudget 2027 adds €1 to cigarettes and 20 cents per millilitre to e-liquid duty. Nicotine pouches got no mention — which keeps their tax status in Ireland unresolved.
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Ireland's festival cigarette ban skipped nicotine pouches — industry ran giveaways at three major eventsVelo and Nordic Spirit ran free-tin stands at Electric Picnic and other Irish festivals this summer, exploiting a legal gap: Ireland's ban on selling cigarettes and vapes at temporary premises doesn't cover pouches. The pouch bill introducing under-18 sales restrictions can be enacted after 7 October.
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ALP Signs Matchroom Boxing as First Major U.K. PartnerTucker Carlson's ALP has inked a deal with Matchroom Boxing, marking its first major partnership in the U.K. and Ireland as it pushes into European markets.
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Sweden's election just put the EU's nicotine pouch tax on holdThe EU has pushed its vote on tobacco and nicotine tax changes from October to November, confirming that Sweden's post-election stalemate is stalling the bloc's first-ever nicotine pouch tax. Sweden remains the holdout — and under unanimity rules, it only takes one.
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Ireland's new bill puts nicotine pouches under rules for the first timeIreland has never had specific rules for nicotine pouches. A bill now moving through parliament would ban their sale to under-18s, prohibit advertising and point-of-sale display, and "future-proof" the law to cover any new nicotine product. It cleared the Dáil in late June 2026 and is in the Seanad — not yet law.