LATEST ALERTS

Mississippi - United States Bill introduced to create ENDS public directory ...
Hawaii - United States Bill to ban sale of flavoured nicotine products introduced ...
Georgia US - United States Two bills aiming to hike cigarette tax would apply to heated tobacco ...
Connecticut - United States Bill seeks to impose 75% tax on non-tobacco nic products ...
Philippines Bill proposes suspension of tobacco tax hike ...
Indonesia Draft regulations on plain packaging under reconsideration ...
Poland Draft bill aims to restrict flavours and nic content in pouches ...
Finland Draft pouch regulations criticised on flavours and nicotine limit ...
United States FDA issues first-ever marketing approval of pouches to Zyn ...
Egypt Committee to be set up to enforce Prevention of Smoking Law ...
Russia Draft decree aims to stop sales of nic products below minimum price ...
Europe New health commissioner outlines policy priorities ...

View all

Americas

Global business and regulatory news covering the alternative tobacco industry

17th January 2025

US FDA allows marketing of Zyn nicotine pouches and flavours other than tobacco

16th January 2025

Could 2025 be the year for heated tobacco regulation in Argentina and the EAEU?

15th January 2025

US FDA’s proposal to cap nicotine in cigarettes approaches final hurdles

More News analysis

Daily regulatory updates of the tobacco alternative sector. It includes weekly podcasts and monthly compilations

20th January 2025: US - Mississippi: House Bill (HB) 916 has been introduced. HB 916 would create public state directories for both cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products. The bill would require manufacturers to pay a fee for each of their products and provide detailed information about these products, including brand names, flavours, and proof of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing authorisation or premarket tobacco product application. If the bill is passed, only products listed in the official directory can be sold in Mississippi from 1st October 2025.
20th January 2025: US - Hawaii: Senate Bill (SB) 972 has been introduced. SB 972 aims to prohibit the sale of flavoured nicotine products in Hawaii, starting 1st January 2026. The legislation defines “flavoured nicotine products” as any nicotine product with a distinguishable taste or smell other than tobacco, including fruit, menthol, mint, chocolate and candy flavours. The bill would make it unlawful for retailers to sell flavoured nicotine products or to mislabel e-liquid products as nicotine-free.
20th January 2025: US - Georgia: Two bills have been introduced that would increase the tax rate on cigarettes. House Bill 83 would increase tax from $0.37 to $0.57 per pack of 20 cigarettes, while House Bill 96 would increase the tax rate to $1.37 per pack. Heated tobacco products fall under the category of cigarettes.
20th January 2025: US - Connecticut: Senate Bill (SB) 792 has been introduced. SB 792 would impose an excise tax of 75% on the sale of non-tobacco nicotine products.
17th January 2025: US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the marketing of 20 Zyn nicotine pouch products, marking its first-ever approval of this category. The agency’s review determined that these products contain significantly fewer harmful chemicals than cigarettes and most other smokeless tobacco products, presenting a lower risk of cancer and serious health conditions. The FDA also assessed youth usage data, concluding that – despite rising sales – youth use of nicotine pouches remains low. Notably, this is the first time flavoured products beyond tobacco, mint and menthol – such as chill, cinnamon, citrus and coffee – have received premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) authorisation. For more on this see our news analysis.
15th January 2025: US - Vermont: Following the release of last month's Vermont Young Adult Survey 2024, which shows an increase in non-smoking tobacco use among young adults from 5% in 2022 to 9% in 2024, state officials are attributing this rise to the growing popularity of nicotine pouches. Officials have announced that the state is already studying appropriate policies to address the emergence of these products, emphasising that “the tobacco industry targets teens and young adults”. Although Vermont's legislature passed a ban on flavoured vapes, the measure was vetoed by the state governor, who argued that such a policy would be hypocritical given the state's allowance of flavoured cannabis and alcohol products.
15th January 2025: US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule that aims to set a maximum nicotine level to reduce the addictiveness of cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products. The maximum limit would be 0.7 mg/g, a significant reduction of approximately 95% compared to the current level of around 12 mg/g or more found in cigarettes. The proposed rule would not include e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches, or heated tobacco products. In fact, heated tobacco products are specifically excluded from the rule, even though they are legally classified as a “cigarette” – just as Iqos is. The rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 16th January 2025.
15th January 2025: US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has released an overview of the center's accomplishments and regulatory efforts in tobacco control over the past year. According to the overview, the FDA has employed a variety of enforcement tools, including warning letters and civil money penalty complaints. In 2024, the FDA issued warning letters to 50 manufacturers and distributors, as well as more than 430 retailers. CTP director Brian King also highlighted that current tobacco product use among youth has reached its lowest level in 25 years, driven by a nearly 70% reduction in e-cigarette use among middle and high school students over the past five years.
15th January 2025: US - New York: Assembly Bill A1709 has been introduced. A1709 would prohibit the sale of any vapour or tobacco products that contain the substance N-Ethyl-p-menthane-3-carboxamide, which creates a cooling sensation similar to menthol.
15th January 2025: US - New York: Assembly Bill A1687 has been introduced. A1687 would prohibit the packaging, sale and distribution of confectionery and candy designed to resemble a tobacco product.
14th January 2025: US - Indiana: House Bill (HB) 1410 has been introduced. HB 1410 would ban the sale of flavoured tobacco products – which includes electronic cigarettes, chewing tobacco and other nicotine-based products with characterising flavours – in Indiana from 1st July 2025.
13th January 2025: US - Maine: Governor Janet Mills released her biennial budget proposal, which includes a plan to raise the state’s cigarette tax rate. Highlighting that Maine’s cigarette tax, set at $2 per pack since 2005, has not been updated in nearly two decades, Mills has proposed increasing it to $3 per pack. She pointed out that Maine currently has the lowest cigarette tax and the highest adult smoking rate in the region. TobaccoIntelligence understands that heated tobacco consumables are taxed as cigarettes in the state since they fall under the definition of “cigarette”.

Full-length in-depth reports with detailed data and analysis for individual markets around the world

14th August 2024

Latin America: nicotine pouch market overview, August 2024

10th May 2023

A journey analysis of vaping and nicotine pouch usage: a UK-US comparison

1st March 2023

US: consumer survey – a journey analysis of tobacco alternative usage

More Market reports

Regulatory reports

Detailed legal reports outlining industry regulation, analysis of the laws, and compliance requirements

7th January 2025

Peru: oral tobacco and nicotine pouch regulation, January 2025

3rd January 2025

Peru: heated tobacco and herbal heated product regulation, January 2025

2nd January 2025

Top changes that matter in this month’s Policy Radar update, Oct – Nov 2024

More Regulatory reports

Market data outputs, statistics and forecasts in interactive and downloadable format

21st November 2024

Nicotine pouch market sizes

12th November 2024

Heated tobacco markets database

17th October 2024

Heated tobacco pricing tracker

More Market data

Regulatory data

Up-to-date information about current regulations around the world

17th January 2025

TobaccoIntelligence compliance calendar

30th December 2024

Regulatory database: global alerts round-up, December

19th December 2024

Tamarind Intelligence Policy Radar, November

More Regulatory data

Sign up to our newsletter

Stay up-to-date with key market trends and regulatory news and receive complimentary data on a regular basis.

"*" indicates required fields

Corporate Email*

Name*

Name

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.