This report focuses on the heated tobacco industry, providing an overview and analysis of different aspects, such as the launch of major brands and pricing strategies, market size, and the...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 27th February 2024
Nicotine pouches seemed to be the universal positive for Big Tobacco in 2023, with oral tobacco categories making increasingly important contributions to all the companies involved in that area ...
Oral tobacco continues to make an increasingly important contribution to Altria’s numbers – a trend the firm expects to continue, it said as it reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results...
Looking back, 2023 just might be viewed as the turning-point year in alternatives to cigarettes, but in which direction things turn remains to be seen ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 15th December 2023
The Biden administration will take more time to review the US FDA's proposed rule to ban menthol cigarettes, which is now to be delayed until at least 2024, raising concerns...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) enjoyed a solid performance in the third quarter of the year, partially related to its Ploom X heated tobacco product geographic expansion ...
Altria saw a “resilient” performance over the course of the first nine months of 2023, the company said as it reported its results for the third quarter of the year...
Altria reported a solid performance in the first half of 2023 despite lower net revenues, partially offset by higher revenue in the oral tobacco segment ...
Sales of HeatSticks could ironically end up benefitting from a US legal battle lost by their manufacturer Philip Morris and other leading tobacco companies ...
Lawyers for RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company call the US Food and Drug Administration’s defence of its graphic cigarette warnings “half-hearted” in a new legal brief ...
This report explores the current intellectual property lawsuits in the US, beginning with a table providing summary information on the cases themselves, followed by a deeper analysis of the lawsuits...
US tobacco giant Altria is to pay $235m to settle at least 6,000 state and federal cases related to Juul, ending most of the suits it is still facing in...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) enjoyed a solid performance in the first three months of the year, boosted by a successful launch of its Ploom X heat-not-burn (HnB) device in Italy...
Tobacco companies are not doing enough to transition to reduced risk products and are not phasing out conventional cigarettes quickly enough, according to the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW)...
US tobacco giant Altria closed the first quarter of 2023 with a slight fall in its net revenues compared with the same period last year, while it recorded an increase...
Altria will launch two new smoke-free products, a heated tobacco capsule called Swic and a new addition to its existing nicotine pouch brand, On! Plus, in a move to address...
Altria has swapped its 35% stake in Juul Labs for heated tobacco intellectual property rights, ending an investment which plummeted in value from $12.8bn to only $250m in just over...
The significance Big Tobacco companies are placing on novel tobacco products is demonstrated by the continued international expansion many are undertaking ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 28th February 2023
Altria is reported to be in advanced talks to buy e-cigarette company Njoy for around $2.75bn.No deal has been finalised, but an official announcement is possible by the end of...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 14th February 2023
A growing share of the Japanese heated tobacco market and the launch of the Ploom X heat-not-burn (HnB) device in the UK contributed to Japan Tobacco International (JTI) posting positive...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 10th February 2023
Philip Morris International (PMI) reports an overall positive performance in 2022, boosted by growth in its Iqos business, with revenues and shipment volumes slightly up for the year ...
Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced its long-term exclusive rights to sell KT&G’s smoke-free products in more than 30 markets, excluding South Korea ...
US-based tobacco giant Altria’s net revenues in the oral tobacco segment fell slightly in 2022 despite its nicotine pouch brand On! reporting a positive performance ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised the marketing of three new tobacco-flavoured heated tobacco products from Philip Morris Products’s supplemental PMTAs ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 30th December 2022
The year gone by saw phenomenal growth across the global market for tobacco alternatives, including in the oral segment, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 16th November 2022
Philip Morris International (PMI)’s decision to go ahead with the purchase of all offered Swedish Match shares, despite falling short of its 90% target, means it may run the business...
Japan Tobacco (JT) has posted positive figures for the first nine months of the year, boosted by continued growth in the reduced-risk product category fuelled by the success of Ploom X...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 1st November 2022
EU antitrust regulators have conditionally approved the takeover of Swedish nicotine pouch specialist Swedish Match by the tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) for an estimated €16bn ...
Fewer people smoking has led to US cigarette maker Altria continuing to see a decrease in revenue over the third quarter of 2022, partially offset by higher net revenues in...
Tobacco giants Altria and JT Group are to form a joint venture to market in the US heated tobacco stick products owned and developed by either company ...
Philip Morris International (PMI) reported strong third quarter results in terms of revenue but saw a number of setbacks in shipment volumes as it looks to meet its goal of...
US cigarette maker Altria has made a $2.7bn agreement with Philip Morris International (PMI) on the exclusive rights to sell Iqos heated tobacco products in the US ...
PMI agrees to buy Altria out of US Iqos partnership ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 20th October 2022
Swedish Match was the clear winner in this year’s Tobacco Transformation Index, which ranks major tobacco companies on their shift toward reduced-risk products ...
Flavours in nicotine pouches could become the next contentious issue for tobacco alternatives, following a similar route to e-liquid flavours, experts say ...
Innovation in nicotine pouches – better release profile, longer lasting flavour and effect – is coming from an unexpected area... the remarkable world of concrete ...
Philip Morris International (PMI) is in talks to buy European rival Swedish Match in an estimated $15bn deal that could affect both the oral and smoking tobacco markets ...
Is Dave Dobbins’s switch from COO of the Truth Initiative to a role with a tobacco company a case of gamekeeper turned poacher – or is there another interpretation we...
Heated tobacco has played a big part in eliminating smoking in Japan, not just nibbling away at the edges of smoking prevalence but severely reducing the presence of the combustible...
The $16bn takeover of Swedish Match by Philip Morris International (PMI) now seems more likely to happen than not (at least as of today; these things are never certain until...
A new study suggests awareness of nicotine pouches among young US adult smokers is high, given the low market penetration of oral tobacco products in the country ...
TobaccoIntelligence showed excellent understanding of the industry and a capacity for accurate analysis with its 2021 predictions, most of which hit during the year ...
Alternative tobacco products, including heated tobacco and nicotine pouches, have taken worldwide sales from combustibles over the past three years, with the cigarette segment declining by 5% ...
2021 may have been a downer in many other areas but the year saw phenomenal growth across tobacco alternatives, including in the oral segment, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches ...
Robert Califf's expected return to head the US FDA has excited plenty of attention in the world of e-cigarettes, but there’s been much less talk about the likely impact on...
Altria posted a 4.7% revenue decline in the third quarter of the year, mainly driven by the continuing poor performance of its smokable segment but neutralised by the growth of...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued marketing authorisation for four mint-flavoured oral tobacco products that were withdrawn from the US market in 2019 ...
PMI and its distributor Altria Group must stop importing Iqos consumables in the US, according to a ruling issued by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 2nd September 2021
Sales of nicotine pouches in the US have risen 300 times higher over the five years since they entered the US market in 2016, according to figures released by the...
Altria has presented positive numbers for the first half of the year, while also announcing a delay in further expansion of Iqos consumables in the US until a patent infringement...
PMI’s acquisition of Fertin Pharma, a Danish manufacturer of gums and other oral products, indicates the company’s strategy to ensure “corporate survival” in the tobacco-alternatives sector, experts believe ...
A judge of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) believes Philip Morris International (PMI)’s Iqos heated tobacco sticks infringe patents owned by British American Tobacco (BAT) ...
Altria has confirmed its full-year guidance for 2021 and full acquisition of its nicotine pouches business despite a dip in total company earnings for the first quarter of the year...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 2nd February 2021
A patent infringement hearing at the US International Trade Commission (ITC) could result in Philip Morris International (PMI) being barred from importing its Iqos consumables into the US ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 28th January 2021
Altria has posted positive numbers for the last quarter of 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic, with a good performance for its oral portfolio but unknown figures for Iqos in the...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 7th January 2021
The new year looks certain to become another significant one for the tobacco-alternatives industry across the globe, with a bunch of new regulations on the horizon ...
Apart from the obvious, what has 2020 brought us? And in particular, what has it brought to the world of alternative tobacco and tobacco alternatives? ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 9th December 2020
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a marketing order authorising the sale of Philip Morris International (PMI)’s IQOS 3 holder and charger ...
BAT’s revenue from its smokeless portfolio increased by 5.7% to £9.4bn ($12.3bn) in the first six months of the year, helped by higher revenue in the modern oral segment ...
Altria has reported net revenue to be down by 3.8% in Q2 2020 due to the decrease of the traditional tobacco business, though a further drop was prevented thanks to...
The US FDA's granting of modified risk status to PMI's IQOS system suggests possible future competition in the tobacco alternatives market, experts have told TobaccoIntelligence ...
The Altria Group has filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against RJ Reynolds Vapor Co, a subsidiary of Reynolds American, over its Velo smokeless product ...
Altria has submitted premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for 35 varieties of its On! nicotine pouches ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked a judge to postpone the effective date of its new rule imposing graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging ...
Big Tobacco manufacturers are expecting the effects of COVID-19 to hit hard in the second half of the year, despite a strong performance in the first quarter ...
Written by Hèctor Rodríguez Tubau | 10th March 2021
This report on traditional retail in the US is based on a TobaccoIntelligence survey of the prime potential distribution points for modern oral products, particularly fuel stations, head shops and...
Written by Hèctor Rodríguez Tubau | 3rd December 2020
The modern oral tobacco market in Russia faces difficult times now, with all oral nicotine-containing products officially banned. Despite this, online retailers are still selling them ...
US tobacco giant Altria has appointed Billy Gifford as CEO. Gifford, previously vice-chairman and CFO, steps up to take over as CEO from Howard Willard, who is retiring after 28...
The US tobacco industry is resisting another attempt by the FDA to impose graphic health warnings, claiming in a lawsuit that mandatory warnings would violate their rights under the First...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested a 120-day extension to the deadline for premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) due to the challenges that the coronavirus outbreak is...
Philip Morris International (PMI)’s chief financial officer, Martin King, has been promoted to the newly created role of CEO for PMI America in a bid to further develop the company’s...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 1st November 2019
Altria’s global net revenues rose 0.3% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2019 to $6.86bn, primarily due to higher net revenues in the smokeless products...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 17th October 2019
PMI has posted an 84.8% year-on-year increase in heated tobacco shipments in the third quarter of 2019 to nearly 16bn units, while its shipments of conventional cigarettes went down by...
TobaccoIntelligence considers the effects the possible re-merger of Philip Morris International (PMI) and Altria might have on the combustible and alternatives markets in the US and beyond ...
British American Tobacco’s (BAT) net revenue rose 4.6% in the first half of 2019, driven by growing demand for next-generation products such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco ...
There have been mixed reactions from within the industry to the FDA decision to allow PMI’s heated-tobacco device IQOS and its associated consumables onto the US market ...
The US FDA has given its approval for Philip Morris International (PMI)’s IQOS in the US, along with its associated consumables ― the first heated-tobacco products to be so approved...
British American Tobacco’s (BAT) 2018 financial results were driven by its reduced risk portfolio, which includes products such as Vuse and Vype and Glo ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 1st February 2019
The 2018 results from the Altria Group revealed a slump in sales of combustibles. The company is now turning its attention to alternative sectors such as cannabis and Juul, and...
British American Tobacco (BAT) may get two heated-tobacco products onto the US market before IQOS can be launched there, thanks to its decision to take a different route to FDA...
British American Tobacco (BAT) has a chance to steal a march on its Big Tobacco rivals in the heated-tobacco market after the company became the first to receive approval to...
While sales of traditional cigarettes continue to decline worldwide, PMI is increasingly relying on its heated-tobacco device IQOS to buoy up its financial results, particularly through sales in Japan and...
Heated tobacco is grabbing headlines, but what else will it seize? We examine a number of market and regulatory scenarios with greatly differing outcomes for both heat-not-burn products and...
Written by Stavroula Anastasopoulou | 17th April 2018
In this special report, ECigIntelligence looks at how heated tobacco (heat-not-burn) and hybrid products are gaining ground in the world’s tobacco and vapour...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 16th February 2018
As tobacco giants Philip Morris International (PMI) and Japan Tobacco (JT) have been hit by falling tobacco sales, revenues from their e-cigarette and heat-not-burn (HnB) portfolios have increased ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 27th December 2017
ECigIntelligence’s review of the year gone by reflects the big stories of the e-cigarette world in 2017, the trends in regulation, the developing and diverging markets, the science and innovation,...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 20th November 2017
Big Tobacco is moving towards a smoke-free future, with all the leading companies indicating a focus in 2018 on next generation products, whether e-cigarettes or heated tobacco...
The US FDA has missed its own 180-day deadline for replying to the premarket tobacco application (PMTA) by Philip Morris International for its IQOS heated tobacco...
Written by Berta Camps Bisbal | 14th September 2017
As PMI’s iQOS comes under consideration by the US FDA, we examine the hurdles it – and other – heated tobacco and e-cigarette products will have to clear to obtain...
Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 14th September 2017
The American Vaping Association has written to FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb urging him to approve PMI’s heated tobacco product iQOS for sale in the...
The $49.4bn takeover of Reynolds American by British American Tobacco (BAT) is set to go through next week after being approved by shareholders of both...
Philip Morris International (PMI) this week submitted its iQOS technology for approval as a reduced-risk product by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
This special report takes a company-by-company look at the main Big Tobacco players and their activity in e-cigarettes and other tobacco alternatives ...