THAILAND TOBACCO PLAIN PACKAGING ACT (2019)

MPG Legal Department kindly shared with us their tax update on the Thailand Tobacco Plain Packaging Act (2019). The 2019 Act substitutes the 2017 Tobacco Control Act, which set the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products at 20 and banned tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion as well as the sale of single cigarettes. This new legislation goes a step further, stipulating that all tobacco products will have plain packaging by September 2019.