En Nigeria, las bolsas de nicotina son legales, así como su venta, compra en línea y uso. No existen restricciones en cuanto a la variedad de sabores disponibles. Sin embargo, se aplican algunas limitaciones: no se permiten declaraciones de beneficios para la salud y el contenido de nicotina está limitado a menos de 16,6 mg por bolsa. La tasa de impuesto especial varía entre el 10 % y el 50 % del impuesto aplicado a los cigarrillos.
Promoción de productos
- Anti Smoking Global Index. Nicotine Pouches. Available at: https://antismoking.global/world-map. Accessed: 9 April 2025.
Regulación
| Year | Value | Reference/Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Permitidos | 1A |
| 2024 | Permitidos | 1B |
- Country Fact Sheets. (2022, April). Tobacco Transformation Index. https://tobaccotransformationindex.org/country-comparison/
- Anti Smoking Global Index. Nicotine Pouches. Available at: https://antismoking.global/world-map. Accessed: 9 April 2025.
- Anti Smoking Global Index. Nicotine Pouches. Available at: https://antismoking.global/world-map. Accessed: 9 April 2025.
Disponibilidad
- Anti Smoking Global Index. Nicotine Pouches. Available at: https://antismoking.global/world-map. Accessed: 9 April 2025.
- Information is not available or lack of reliable sources.
Regulaciones y restricciones
- Anti Smoking Global Index. Nicotine Pouches. Available at: https://antismoking.global/world-map. Accessed: 9 April 2025.
- All flavours are allowed.
Impuesto
- Anti Smoking Global Index. Nicotine Pouches. Available at: https://antismoking.global/world-map. Accessed: 9 April 2025.
- Excise taxes are between 10% and 50% of those levied on cigarettes.
Publications
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