The new smoking laws are part of a four-year phasing-out period that stems from the new EU Tobacco Product Directive (TPD) regulations which came into effect on May 19, 2014, and became applicable in EU countries on May 20, 2016. So far, flavoured cigarettes had been restricted to packs of 20, but as of May … Continue reading UK: Menthol Cigarettes Have Been Banned as of May 20th