The Presidency of the Republic of Paraguay adopted Decree 4624, on 29 December 2020, which modifies Decree 7606/2017 that regulates Law 5538 on tobacco control. The new decree regulates the consumption of tobacco products, including heated tobacco products and electronic cigarettes, with or without nicotine; consumption of these products can only occur in open-air places or areas where there is no crowd or assembly of people or where there are no passageways for non-smokers.

The municipality of the city of Milan, in northern Italy, has recently issued a regulation that might prove of interest to the tobacco control community.

On 6 October 2020, the Senate resolved to establish a Select Committee on Tobacco Harm Reduction (the Committee). The Committee was in charge of inquiring into and reporting on tobacco reduction strategies, with particular reference to the following:

(a) the treatment of nicotine vaping products (electronic cigarettes and smokeless tobacco) in developed countries similar to Australia (such as the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the European Union and United States), including but not limited to legislative and regulatory frameworks;