Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 21st February 2024 || News analysis |
South Korean tobacco company KT&G reported a positive performance in its next-generation product (NGP) business over the course of 2023, despite what it called “intensified competition” ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 15th February 2024 || Blog |
With calls for a whole “Zynsurrection” in support of Zyn nicotine pouches, opposition to the rise of Zyn could end up being nothing more than a lot of noise ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 12th February 2024 || News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) delivered a positive performance last year, with smoke-free products reaching almost 40% of the company’s total net revenues as well as gross profit ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 9th February 2024 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) saw its new category products achieve profitability two years ahead of schedule supported by rapid growth in its Velo nicotine pouch ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 6th February 2024 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) has agreed to allow Philip Morris International (PMI) to re-introduce PMI’s Iqos heated tobacco device into the US marketplace ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 2nd February 2024 || News analysis |
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 for 2023 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 1st February 2024 || News analysis |
Bipartisan congressional representatives, scientists, and industry stakeholders have all expressed concerns about criticism of Zyn pouches by New York Democratic senator Chuck Schumer ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 29th January 2024 || News analysis |
British prime minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans to ban sales of previously unregulated nicotine pouches to minors and of tobacco products to anyone born on or after 1st January 2009 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 23rd January 2024 || News analysis |
Tobacco industry legal challenges to the proposed US ban on menthol-flavoured conventional cigarettes are expected but will only likely delay rather than reverse the ban, according to a legal expert ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 16th January 2024 || News analysis |
A group of US Senate Democrats is trying to push the Biden administration to take action on banning menthol-flavoured cigarettes and all flavoured cigars as soon as possible ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 15th December 2023 || News analysis |
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 among public health groups and others ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 6th December 2023 || News analysis |
Packaging restrictions introduced by an Italian health ministry decree are intended to apply only to Redmuule nicotine pouches, but similar measures may be implemented for other brands too, say the ADM ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 22nd November 2023 || News analysis |
The introduction of new packaging requirements for nicotine pouches in a decree allowing sales of one pouch brand shows authorities intended for the decree to legalise the sale of all brands, says the pouch distributor ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 15th November 2023 || News analysis |
Imperial Brands reported a performance in line with its five-year-plan expectations in the year ended 30th September 2023, with new product and market launches boosting its next-generation product (NGP) revenue ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 13th November 2023 || News analysis |
There would be no increase in Italian excise duties on heated tobacco products for the next two years under the new 2024 Budget Bill, but the proposal does set a rate rise in 2026 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 10th November 2023 || News analysis |
A British American Tobacco (BAT) subsidiary is investing a further CAD124.6m (USD90.2m) in its strategic partnership with Canadian licensed cannabis producer Organigram ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 9th November 2023 || News analysis |
The US FDA has issued a warning letter to manufacturer Nic Nac Naturals for selling unauthorised nicotine lozenges, described as “nicotine mints”, in both 3 mg and 6 mg strengths of nicotine and several flavours ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 7th November 2023 || News analysis |
US company 22nd Century has reported decreased revenues and modest sales of its VLN brand very-low-nicotine cigarette products in the third quarter of 2023, despite the continued expansion of its VLN rollout strategy ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 31st October 2023 || News analysis |
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 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 27th October 2023 || News analysis |
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 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 23rd October 2023 || News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) has submitted premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) and modified risk tobacco product applications (MRTPAs) to the US FDA for its Iqos Iluma heated tobacco products (HTPs) ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 20th October 2023 || News analysis |
Strong sales momentum behind PMI’s Zyn nicotine pouches in the US helped drive the company’s growth in the third quarter, with US sales volume up nearly 66% on the same quarter in 2022 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 12th October 2023 || Blog |
A ban on nicotine pouches in the EU does not seem far from becoming reality, as a “leaked” report from the European Commission’s bureaucrats shows they apparently want to extend the EU-wide ban on snus to tobacco-free nicotine...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 10th October 2023 || News analysis |
The UK’s plan to introduce a progressive age ban for tobacco products has been welcomed by many in the public health world, but others warn that it and other government-proposed measures might have unintended results ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 5th October 2023 || News analysis |
The European Commission (EC) reportedly wants to extend the EU-wide ban on snus to tobacco-free nicotine pouches. An EC report revealed on social media by an MEP says the oral tobacco ban has been successful ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 2nd October 2023 || News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) has launched a zero-tobacco stick called Levia for use with its heated tobacco device, Iqos. PMI is the first Big Tobacco to introduce these sticks, though others have marketed similar products ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 21st September 2023 || Blog |
The difficulties the US FDA faces regulating novel nicotine are most obvious with e-cigs, rather than other categories, partly due to the sheer number of companies and products involved, and the issue of youth usage ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 25th August 2023 || News analysis |
Educating consumers about reduced-risk alternatives to smoking is worthwhile – but encouraging them to use smoking-cessation methods should still take priority, according to the US Food and Drug Administration ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th August 2023 || News analysis |
The Israeli Ministry of Health has published plans for stricter measures that would apply to all smoking and tobacco products, in advance of a public consultation aimed at amending the Tobacco Law ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 2nd August 2023 || News analysis |
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 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 27th July 2023 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) has reported a continued positive performance of its vapour and modern oral segment but said it needs to do more work on its heated tobacco products ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 25th July 2023 || News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) reported strong momentum over the first half of the year, driven by Iqos growth and the good performance of Swedish Match, accelerating the company’s transition to a smokeless future ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 18th July 2023 || News analysis |
22nd Century Group has confirmed the launch of its VLN reduced nicotine cigarettes in California, where sales have begun in hundreds of convenience stores across the state ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 29th June 2023 || News analysis |
Attitudes towards heated tobacco vary, even between neighbouring countries, with a range of social factors affecting market conditions – as shown by differences between France and Switzerland, Japan and South Korea ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 12th May 2023 || News analysis |
US company 22nd Century will look to expand its international interests by launching trials in Switzerland and Japan as well as relaunching its low-nicotine conventional cigarette product in South Korea ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 10th May 2023 || News analysis |
The best way to reduce smoking rates is by encouraging smokers to switch to new, reduced-risk categories, according to Italian MEP Aldo Patriciello, who recommends the Swedish approach ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 9th May 2023 || News analysis |
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 and Lithuania ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 19th April 2023 || News analysis |
Expanding sales of next generation products into new markets has more than compensated Imperial Brands for the enforced loss of its Myblu e-cigarette from the US market ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 6th April 2023 || News analysis |
22nd Century Group, maker of the very low nicotine VLN brand cigarette, has announced a new three-year exclusive licence and distribution agreement with the US cannabis company Cookies ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 3rd April 2023 || News analysis |
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 a broader range of consumers and is actively...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 21st March 2023 || News analysis |
UK consumers are facing a considerable hike in the price of all tobacco products following the Spring Budget outlined last week by chancellor (finance minister) Jeremy Hunt ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 15th March 2023 || News analysis |
Fears have been raised that new product standards proposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may be costly to implement and overly burdensome for smaller companies ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 6th March 2023 || News analysis |
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 four years ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 3rd March 2023 || News analysis |
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 || News analysis |
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 the week ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 22nd February 2023 || News analysis |
The appointment of Matthew Farrelly as director of the Office of Science at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) comes at a potentially critical time for tobacco alternatives ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 14th February 2023 || News analysis |
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 figures for 2022 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 10th February 2023 || News analysis |
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 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 9th February 2023 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) enjoyed a 37% rise last year in revenues from novel products, with growing contributions across all three of its new categories, led by its brands Vuse, Velo and Glo Hyper ...
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