Smoking

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Tobacco

05.August 2026 IN THE

There are twice as many smokers in Serbia than in the European Union

While the number of smokers in the European Union has decreased significantly in recent decades, Serbia is still among the record holders in terms of the number of users of tobacco products.

Serbia is counted among the countries where tobacco is among the cheapest in Europe

Cigarettes

14.July 2026 NR

Serbs still smoke relatively cheaply

How does Serbia stand in Europe when cigarette prices are compared? Where is the cheapest and where is the most expensive?

12.July 2026 MLJ

24.852 electronic cigarettes were withdrawn from the Serbian market

The Agricultural Inspection of the Ministry of Agriculture conducted an extraordinary inspection of electronic cigarettes, after which 24.852 electronic cigarettes of various flavors were withdrawn from the Serbian market, the estimated value of which is around 24 million dinars.

Tobacco products in Serbia remain a guarantee of earnings, and excise taxes come in handy for the country in times of crisis.

Smoking

27.October 2025 NR

A must have for cigars: Only tobacco flourishes in Serbia

All tobacco producers in Serbia are earning more and more, and the state plans to increase the excise tax

Electronic cigarettes and health

27.January 2025 Ma. J.

What is a "vape tongue" and can you get burned?

Although an increasing number of medical experts warn of the negative effects of vaping, there is still not enough scientific research

Health

20.November 2024 B. B.

Can snus and nicotine pouches replace cigarettes in Serbia?

Of the citizens of Serbia in Europe, only Bulgarians smoke more, while at the same time smokeless nicotine products are conquering the rest of Europe and the world

The suffering of smokers

23.August 2024 NR

Will the Belgrade airport allow smoking again?

Currently, smoking is not allowed anywhere in the terminals of the airport "Nikola Tesla", while previously it was possible in a smoky area. The airport told "Vreme" that their special permit from the Ministry of Health has expired, but they are looking for a solution

Smoking

21.May 2024. DW

Lung cancer: Those who gave up cigarettes and switched to electronic ones were not very happy

Many people have ditched cigarettes by switching to enjoying the nicotine vapor from e-cigarettes. But now a study from South Korea shows that they were not so happy - their risk of lung cancer only increased

Environment

17.march 2024 Tijana Stanic

Serbia: Throwing pickpockets on the street is punishable - in theory

Millions of cigarette butts end up on the streets of Serbian cities every day. The fine for throwing on the street is 10.000 dinars, but the punishment of unscrupulous smokers is an extremely rare event.

Health

26.September 2023 MJ

WHO: Tobacco industry relentlessly targets young people

The World Health Organization said that the tobacco industry's products have become accessible to young people through the sale of disposable cigarettes and e-cigarettes, which often lack health warnings.

Legislation

23.April 2023. AB

Electronic cigarettes: In nicotine vapor

The sale of cigarettes is prohibited to those under the age of 18, while the law still allows them to buy electronic cigarettes. However, electronic cigarettes are also harmful to health and cause nicotine addiction

Society

16.march 2023 Ivona Simonović

No smoking: In a bluish cloud of tobacco smoke

Cafe "Skver" in Vračar is one of the few "green oases" in Belgrade, a meeting place for non-smokers where they can drink coffee without smelling of tobacco smoke and without thinking about the consequences of passive smoking.

National No Tobacco Day

31.January 2023 MN

Smoking kills: A habit bordering on vice

In Serbia, the National No Tobacco Day is celebrated today under the slogan "Every cigarette is harmful". The most frequently used tobacco products are cigarettes, which are smoked daily by 27,1 percent of the population over the age of 15. Twenty or more cigarettes a day are smoked by 15,8 citizens of Serbia. Many smokers, even if they want to, cannot get rid of their addiction to bluish smoke, which for them is a pleasure bordering on a vice.

On this day / Enjoyment time / "Time" 10

15.November 2022 Milos Vasic

Another smoke…

On this day in 1492, Christopher Columbus recorded the first surviving note about tobacco in his diary. It is known that at least three of Columbus's sailors came home as smokers, and 1516 is usually cited as the year of the introduction of tobacco to the Old World, when the Frenchman Jean Nico (hence: nicotine) imported the first quantities. In Elizabethan England, smoking was hanged; Mikhail Flodorovich, the first emperor of the Romanov dynasty, cut off smokers' noses, and Sultan Murat IV cut off their heads

Side effects

10.November 2010 Teofil Pančić

Aerial question

On the one hand, my non-smoking nose is looking forward to cleaner air; on the other, my libertarian heart is afraid not to offend someone else's right