This report presents the conclusions reached and recommendations made by the members of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation (TobReg) at its seventh meeting in December 2013, during which it reviewed background papers specially commissioned for the meeting, and which dealt, respectively, with the following four themes: Novel tobacco products, including potential reduced exposure products ; Smokeless tobacco products: research needs and regulatory recommendations ; Reduced ignition propensity cigarettes: research needs and regulatory recommendations and Non-exhaustive priority list of toxic contents and emissions of tobacco products.