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    Dubai seizes 35 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes, cosmetics, and electronics in largest crackdown

    Dubai seizes 35 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes, cosmetics, and electronics in largest crackdown

    12 Aug 2025

    Dubai Customs has seized more than 35 tonnes of counterfeit, smuggled, and substandard goods from across all air cargo centres in Dubai. The exceptional security and inspection campaign, described...

    Japan's Osaka city bans street smoking ahead of Expo 2025

    Japan's Osaka city bans street smoking ahead of Expo 2025

    27 Jan 2025

    The Japanese city of Osaka on Monday imposed a smoking ban on public streets as part of efforts to become more visitor-friendly ahead of this year's World Expo. Around...

    New Zealand will ban disposable e-cigarettes to stop minors' smoking habit

    New Zealand will ban disposable e-cigarettes to stop minors' smoking habit

    20 Mar 2024

    New Zealand said on Wednesday it will ban disposable e-cigarettes, or vapes, and raise financial penalties for those who sell such products to minors. The move comes less than...

    14.6 million tobacco packets seized in UAE that did not bear digital tax stamps

    14.6 million tobacco packets seized in UAE that did not bear digital tax stamps

    04 Oct 2023

    Hazem Helmy, Staff Reporter The Federal Tax Authority revealed that it seized 14,610,784 packets of illegal tobacco that did not bear “digital tax stamps” registered in its electronic system...

    Smokers in Egypt consume $1.7b worth of cigarettes in nine months

    Smokers in Egypt consume $1.7b worth of cigarettes in nine months

    30 May 2023

    Gulf Today Report According to new semi-official statistics, total cigarette sales in Egypt during the past nine months amounted to about 55 billion Egyptian pounds ($1.7 billion), with an...

    UAE Rehabilitation Authority warns of the harmful effects of electronic cigarettes

    UAE Rehabilitation Authority warns of the harmful effects of electronic cigarettes

    11 Apr 2023

    Maitha Al Ketbi, Staff Reporter The National Rehabilitation Center warned of the dangers of smoking electronic cigarettes and their products, as they stimulate addictive behaviour and harm health because...

    Nine put behind bars for stealing cigarettes worth Dhs2.25m

    Nine put behind bars for stealing cigarettes worth Dhs2.25m

    19 Feb 2023

    Mohammed Yaseen, Staff Reporter The Dubai Criminal Court sentenced a gang of nine Asians to six months in jail to be followed by deportation and fined them Dhs2.25 million...

    Gang of five jailed, fined for stealing cigarette boxes worth Dhs700,000 from Ras Al Khor warehouse

    Gang of five jailed, fined for stealing cigarette boxes worth Dhs700,000 from Ras Al Khor warehouse

    01 Feb 2023

    Mohammed Yaseen, Staff Reporter The Dubai Criminal Court sentenced a gang of five Asians to one year in jail to be followed by deportation and fined them Dhs700,000 for...

    FTA conducts 2,707 field inspection visits in Q1

    FTA conducts 2,707 field inspection visits in Q1

    26 Apr 2021

    Business Bureau, Gulf Today The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has conducted more than 2,707 field inspection visits in cooperation with the competent authorities through 35 inspection campaigns across UAE...

    Sale of cigarettes not bearing Digital Tax Stamps prohibited in UAE

    Sale of cigarettes not bearing Digital Tax Stamps prohibited in UAE

    31 Jul 2019

    The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) announced that the sale and possession of all types of cigarettes not bearing the Digital Tax Stamps will be prohibited across UAE markets starting...

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