Antonia Di Lorenzo, Author at TobaccoIntelligence

‘More to come’ from non-combustibles – JTI has money to heat-not-burn

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 ...

PMI reports positive 2022 performance, talks Iqos, Swedish Match and KT&G

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 ...

BAT delivers another Glo-ing report, with growth across all its novel categories

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 ...

PMI announces 15-year exclusive rights to sell KT&G smoke-free products

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 3rd February 2023 || News analysis |

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 ...

Altria’s oral segment revenues slipped in 2022, but its On! pouches performed well

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 1st February 2023 || News analysis |

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 ...

US FDA green-lights three new Philip Morris heated tobacco products for Iqos

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 27th January 2023 || News analysis |

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 ...

Morocco may be ready to place further limits on tobacco use and advertising

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th January 2023 || News analysis |

Morocco is considering increasing possible fines for advertising tobacco alternatives, imposing restrictions on the public use of all tobacco products, and establishing a minimum purchase age ...

VLN cigarette sales to spread across US through deals with major distributors

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 20th January 2023 || News analysis |

US company 22nd Century Group has expanded the number of outlets for its low-nicotine cigarette VLN through partnerships with two convenience store distributors in the US ...

A good year for Big Tobacco, alternatively speaking, while rules are tightened

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 30th December 2022 || News analysis |

The year gone by saw phenomenal growth across the global market for tobacco alternatives, including in the oral segment, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches ...

New Zealand’s world-leading phase-out of smoking won’t affect heated tobacco

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 20th December 2022 || News analysis |

A new law preventing those now under the age of 14 from ever obtaining conventional cigarettes in New Zealand will have little impact on heated tobacco as it is not included in the ban ...

BAT reports ‘sustainable growth’, over 3m new consumers in non-combustibles

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 19th December 2022 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) said its “new category” business continues to drive substantial volume, revenue, and market share growth – significantly contributing to the company’s overall performance ...

PMI ready to take Swedish Match off the stock market after completing purchase

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 30th November 2022 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) now owns 93.11% of shares in Swedish Match, meaning it can now begin the process of taking the company off the stock market and making it a wholly-owned PMI subsidiary ...

PMI puts its new Bonds heat-not-burn system to the test in the Philippines

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 23rd November 2022 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) has launched its latest heat-not-burn tobacco-heating system, Bonds by Iqos, along with its compatible tobacco sticks, Blends, using the Philippines as a pilot market ...

PMI looks set for complete control over Swedish Match despite missed target

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 16th November 2022 || News analysis |

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 as if it owned all of it ...

Further European launches follow Pulze success in Greece and Czech Republic

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 15th November 2022 || News analysis |

Tobacco giant Imperial Brands has told investors that its heated tobacco device Pulze and iD consumables, continued to perform well in its pilot markets of the Czech Republic and Greece,...

22nd Century chases the tax breaks as VLN cigarettes expand across US states

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 9th November 2022 || News analysis |

VLN cigarettes could be on the market in as many as 18 US states within the next 12 months, manufacturer 22nd Century Group said during the presentation of its third quarter results ...

Japan Tobacco plans more Ploom X launches abroad after success at home

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 2nd November 2022 || News analysis |

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 in Japan ...

Swedish Match enjoys impressive Q3 US growth thanks to smoke-free products

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 31st October 2022 || News analysis |

Swedish Match has reported an 18% sales increase in the first nine months of the year, boosted by the smoke-free product segment. The company saw a continued impressive performance in the US market, where Zyn shipment volumes grew...

Altria Q3 results: net revenue falls though revenues up in oral tobacco products

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 31st October 2022 || News analysis |

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 the oral tobacco products segment ...

Altria goes into partnership with JTI to tackle US heated tobacco market

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 27th October 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

PMI raises the takeover stakes with its ‘best and final’ offer for Swedish Match

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 25th October 2022 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) has raised its public offer for its European rival Swedish Match from SEK106 ($9.52) to a final price of SEK116 ($10.42) per share in a bid to finalise its takeover ...

PMI reports strong Q3 results, talks smoke-free, Altria and Swedish Match

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th October 2022 || News analysis |

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 becoming a majority smoke-free company by 2025 ...

Altria, PMI come to a $2.7bn agreement on Iqos exclusive sales rights in the US

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 21st October 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

Switzerland’s regions have their say on bill to ban most tobacco advertising

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 27th September 2022 || News analysis |

The Swiss Federal Council has opened the consultation process with Switzerland’s cantons on a bill to amend the national Tobacco Products Act following a referendum on tightening advertising restrictions ...

Iceland’s new regulations for pouches include 2% cap on nicotine content

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 14th September 2022 || News analysis |

A cap of 20 mg/g will be applied to nicotine pouches in Iceland following an amendment to the law on e-cigarettes and refills that brings pouches under its remit ...

‘Everyone practises harm reduction, so why not for tobacco?’ ask health experts

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 13th September 2022 || News analysis |

Scientists need to communicate more effectively with politicians and the public to ensure the US overcomes a long-held prohibitionist mindset on tobacco harm reduction, according to some public health experts ...

Uncertainty mixed with optimism in tobacco sector ahead of Italian elections

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 12th September 2022 || News analysis |

Uncertainty remains high in the Italian tobacco-alternatives industry, but there is a feeling of cautious optimism as the country approaches election day on 25th September ...

22nd Century continues its VLN distribution expansion in US and beyond

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 9th September 2022 || News analysis |

US company 22nd Century Group plans to expand points-of-sale of its low-nicotine conventional cigarette VLN throughout Illinois based on solid pilot results in Chicago, and plans to sign two other distribution partnerships to launch in Colorado ...

Choice of Delnevo to head US FDA tobacco science committee is warmly received

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 1st September 2022 || News analysis |

Cristine Delnevo, the new chair of the US FDA's Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC), has been hailed as an “objective, thoughtful scientist” with an understanding of research into harm reduction ...

US FDA earns bouquets and brickbats with warning on flavoured gummies

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 31st August 2022 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s warning over flavoured nicotine gummies has been welcomed by public health organisations, while it has not gone down well with representatives of the vaping industry ...

US FDA issues first warning on flavoured nicotine gummies that ‘could kill a child’

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 23rd August 2022 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to a Florida-based manufacturer for marketing flavoured nicotine gummies – the first such warning over this type of product ...

Doing better than expected – VLN ready to expand way beyond Chicago trial

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 10th August 2022 || News analysis |

22nd Century Group has announced that its very low nicotine (VLN) cigarettes pilot in Chicago is exceeding expectations, leading the company to accelerate its launch plans ...

Welsh strategy for a smoke-free future leaves out the question of alternatives

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 4th August 2022 || News analysis |

Heated tobacco and the possible legalisation of snus are not specifically addressed in a new tobacco control strategy for the devolved UK region of Wales ...

Ploom X leads the way for JTI in Japan as popular switch to reduced risk goes on

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 3rd August 2022 || News analysis |

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has reported increases in sales of reduced-risk products, helping offset falling shipment volumes of combustible tobacco products ...

Altria’s revenue decrease so far in 2022 doesn’t deter year-end goal expectations

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 29th July 2022 || News analysis |

Altria saw $12.43bn in revenue in the first half of 2022 – a decrease of 4.1% from the same period a year ago – but was encouraged by the positive momentum of its nicotine pouch brand On! ...

BAT confident Hyper X2 can add to its Glo-ing performance in HnB and oral

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 28th July 2022 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) saw revenue from its new products category portfolio rise by 45% in the first half of the year, with good returns from its modern oral and heated tobacco portfolio ...

Continuing strong growth in nicotine pouches keeps Swedish Match on the up

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 25th July 2022 || News analysis |

Swedish Match has reported a 17% sales increase in the first half of the year, driven by smoke-free products, with solid growth for its Zyn nicotine pouches in both the US and Scandinavian markets ...

PMI releases promising results for first half of year, boosted by heated tobacco

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 22nd July 2022 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) has raised its full year outlook after it saw decent numbers over the first half of 2022 ...

EC sets out to assess big response to call for evidence towards new tobacco plan

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 18th July 2022 || News analysis |

More than 24,000 responses were received to a European Commission call for evidence on plans for the legal framework that will shape the future revised Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and Tobacco Advertising Directive ...

Sting-free shield keeps pouches in the forefront of nicotine innovation

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 7th July 2022 || News analysis |

Pouches with integrated “shields” on one side that reduce stinging and gum irritation are the latest example of how the category is leading the way in innovation among alternative nicotine products ...

Iceland awards nicotine pouches the rubber stamp of their own regulations

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th June 2022 || News analysis |

Nicotine pouches in Iceland are to be subject to their own specific rules for the first time – but they do not include a threatened flavour ban ...

UK’s Khan report pleases vape advocates, all but ignores other tobacco alternatives

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 16th June 2022 || News analysis |

Recognition of the role vaping can play in the future of public health in England has been welcomed – but there is some disappointment that the positive approach does not extend to other alternatives to smoking ...

22nd Century reports Q1 2022 results, looks to expand with VLN cigarettes

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 9th June 2022 || News analysis |

22nd Century Group has confirmed the first international shipments of very low nicotine (VLN) cigarettes to South Korea and is expecting to see significant benefits from the sales of its menthol line of VLN cigarettes as it plans...

Released Khan report advises strict measures in UK for 2030 smoke-free goal

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 9th June 2022 || News analysis |

The UK government must take further action to promote vaping products and accelerate the path to prescribed e-cigarettes if it wants to achieve its 2030 smoke-free ambition for England, according to an independent tobacco review ...

New CTP chief King expected to ‘hit the ground running’ on tobacco control

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 24th May 2022 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has appointed epidemiologist Brian King as head of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) – an appointment that has not gone down well among advocates of tobacco alternatives ...

PMI reveals ‘solid performance’, with significant growth in its HnB portfolio

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 22nd April 2022 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) saw positive numbers for the first quarter of 2022, with Iqos Iluma performing well in Japan, Switzerland and Spain ...

Steady as she goes – nothing much is set to change at the CTP on Mital’s watch

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 13th April 2022 || Blog |

What will Michele Mital’s reign as acting director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) mean in terms of policy? ...

UK government will ‘consider’ putting nicotine pouches under tobacco rules

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 29th March 2022 || News analysis |

The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published its post-implementation review of the country’s tobacco legislation ...

Brief window of change as US FDA takes charge of synthetic nicotine regulation

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 29th March 2022 || News analysis |

TobaccoIntelligence has put together a timeline outlining the major points to look out for over the summer as the US FDA brings synthetic nicotine into the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) process ...

PMI considers leaving the Russian market as it scales down operations

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo || 25th March 2022 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) has cancelled all product launches in Russia for 2022 as part of its plans to suspend investments and scale down manufacturing operations across the country ...

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