Tobacco giants go to law in bid to stop US FDA imposing graphic warnings

Written by Barnaby Page || 10th April 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Companies

Heated tobacco

Politics & policy

Regulatory briefing

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 Amendment ...

Studies find reduced nicotine strength doesn’t lead to increased smoking

Written by Barnaby Page || 9th March 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Combustibles

Nicotine

Regulatory briefing

Further evidence that reducing the amount of nicotine in combustibles does not lead to heavier smoking may provide encouragement for those who want to see reductions legally mandated ...

US FDA opens up nicotine toothpick question with health claim warning

Written by Barnaby Page || 21st February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Regulatory briefing

Recent action by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) against a maker of nicotine-infused toothpicks highlights an obscure corner of the tobacco-alternatives business – consisting of products which are not vapour, heated tobacco or snus ...

PMI is cleared of misleading investors over Japanese prospects for IQOS

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Asia

Japan

North America

United States

Heated tobacco

IQOS

Regulatory briefing

Philip Morris International (PMI) did not deliberately mislead investors about clinical trials for its IQOS heated tobacco system or about the product’s prospects in Japan, a US federal court has ruled ...

EU states give a big thumbs up to tax harmony on heated tobacco and e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page || 12th February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Heated tobacco

Vapour

Regulatory briefing

The European Union’s member states overwhelmingly want harmonised tax policies across the EU for both heated tobacco products and e-cigarettes ...

So this is Brexit – but what does it mean for tobacco law, now or later?

Written by Barnaby Page || 3rd February 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

England

Europe

UK

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

As the UK exits Europe and enters its 11-month period of transition, what does Brexit actually mean for cross-Channel relationships, and for tobacco harm reduction? ...

WHO’s stance on harm reduction report needs updating, says report

Written by Barnaby Page || 24th January 2020 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

UK

UK

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

A change of mind by the World Health Organization (WHO) is essential if the potential of tobacco harm reduction is to be fully achieved, according to a new report from British advocacy group Knowledge•Action•Change ...

Giants reunited? What will PMI-Altria re-merger mean for the market?

Written by Barnaby Page || 5th September 2019 || Business briefing |

World

Heated tobacco

Business briefing

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 ...

Nicotine, the US surgeon general, and the true science of addiction

Written by Barnaby Page || 11th February 2019 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Nicotine

Regulatory briefing

Is nicotine really as addictive as heroin, as the US surgeon general claims? And what does that really mean, anyway? ECigIntelligence pits the scientific evidence against the easy soundbite ...

UK budget includes new tax on heated tobacco at higher than expected rate

Written by Barnaby Page || 30th October 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

UK

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

The UK will next year introduce one of Europe’s highest taxes for heated tobacco (heat-not-burn) products, following an announcement in the Chancellor’s...

Heated tobacco versus e-cigarettes: what does the future hold?

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th April 2018 || Market reports |

Asia

Japan

North America

United States

Heated tobacco

Market reports

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...

Public Health England blames the media for giving vaping a bad name

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th February 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

UK

UK

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

The latest evidence review by Public Health England credits e-cigs with helping 20,000 people a year quit smoking, and blames distorted media reporting for that figure not being a lot...

FDA committee rejects two IQOS MRTP claims, approves one

Written by Barnaby Page || 25th January 2018 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

Agency’s science committee agrees that PMI product decreases exposure to dangerous chemicals, but won’t accept broader claims of long-term risk...

Reynolds asks FDA to give Camel Snus products ‘modified risk’ status

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th December 2017 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Snus and oral

Regulatory briefing

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will have to consider again next year the possibility that snus could be a reduced-risk form of tobacco, following a series of applications from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ...

Global health group calls for HnB restrictions until science is proven

Written by Barnaby Page || 19th December 2017 || Regulatory briefing |

World

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease has called for the advertising and indoor use of heat-not-burn (HnB) products to be banned until sufficient independent research has been conducted to confirm their...

HnB v e-cigs – UK toxicity committee wants to see how they match up

Written by Barnaby Page || 18th December 2017 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

UK

UK

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

The UK government committee which this month concluded that heat-not-burn products are safer than combustibles now wants to compare them to...

Japan’s online searches for HnB outstrip American interest in vaping

Written by Barnaby Page || 16th October 2017 || Business briefing |

Asia

Japan

Heated tobacco

Business briefing

The number of Google searches in Japan for topics related to heat-not-burn has rocketed, illustrating how rapidly the new nicotine technology has gained ground in that...

FDA rejects snus as modified risk – but could reconsider some aspects

Written by Barnaby Page || 14th December 2016 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Snus and oral

Regulatory briefing

Swedish Match has at last obtained some answers from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its attempt to have snus smokeless tobacco products classified as modified risk ...

PMI bids to gain first ever FDA modified-risk approval for iQOS

Written by Barnaby Page || 6th December 2016 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

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) ...

Banning novel tobacco products could violate world trade pact, lawyers say

Written by Barnaby Page || 25th November 2016 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

North America

United States

Combustibles

Heated tobacco

Vapour

Regulatory briefing

Countries that ban tobacco alternative products could be breaking world trade agreements by unfairly privileging combustibles at their expense, two lawyers have warned ...

Swedish Match hopes UK will send snus case to European court

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th July 2016 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Sweden

UK

Snus and oral

Regulatory briefing

Swedish Match is contesting the European Union’s ban on snus in court ...

Big Tobacco encouraged by research on heat-not-burn

Written by Barnaby Page || 7th December 2015 || Business briefing |

Asia

EU

Europe

Italy

Japan

North America

Poland

Russia

Switzerland

UK

United States

Heated tobacco

Business briefing

Are big tobacco companies starting to favour heat-not-burn technology over e-cigarettes? While none has shown any signs of overtly stepping away from e-cigs, and such a move is unlikely, much enthusiasm and investment within the tobacco industry seems...

Russia becomes fourth territory for iQOS heat-not-burn trials

Written by Barnaby Page || 5th November 2015 || Business briefing |

Russia

Heated tobacco

IQOS

Business briefing

Philip Morris International (PMI) is testing its iQOS heat-not-burn product in Russia, ECigIntelligence has...

Pax hoping to set world alight with deluxe heat-not-burn tech

Written by Barnaby Page || 10th March 2015 || Business briefing |

California

North America

United States

Heated tobacco

Business briefing

Pax Labs, the U.S. heat-not-burn manufacturer previously known as Ploom, today launches a new generation of its namesake device which it is positioning as “the most intelligent, premium and highest performing vaporizer in the...

Ploom and JTI agree to split up, divide heat-not-burn brands

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th February 2015 || Business briefing |

Asia

California

Japan

North America

United States

Heated tobacco

Business briefing

U.S. startup Ploom and its investor Japan Tobacco International (JTI) are to end their relationship and divide Ploom’s products between...

Reynolds wants “modified risk” status for heat-not-burn Revo

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th November 2014 || Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Heated tobacco

Business briefing

Regulatory briefing

U.S. tobacco maker Reynolds American is preparing to test-market a heat-not-burn product which it hopes the regulator will approve as...

In depth: how tobacco alternatives fit into Big Tobacco’s business

Written by Barnaby Page || 9th July 2014 || Market reports |

Asia

EU

Europe

North America

UK

United States

World

Combustibles

Heated tobacco

Vapour

Market reports

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 ...

PMI prepares for heat-not-burn rollout, plans e-cig for 2016

Written by Barnaby Page || 2nd July 2014 || Business briefing |

Asia

Europe

Italy

North America

United States

Heated tobacco

IQOS

Vapour

Business briefing

Philip Morris International (PMI) will no longer be conspicuous in the tobacco alternatives market by its absence ...

‘Big Tobacco’s voice should be heard in the nicotine debate’

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th June 2014 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Poland

Heated tobacco

Snus and oral

Regulatory briefing

The involvement of the tobacco and pharma industries could be crucial if a new international society on nicotine studies is to make a contribution to the public health and regulation debate - but that will bring its own...