Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 14th June 2021 || News analysis |
The British government must step up efforts to promote tobacco alternative products if it is to achieve its goal of a smoke-free society by 2030, a cross-party parliamentary committee agreed ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 9th June 2021 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) has upgraded its annual forecast with an expectation of strong growth in new categories in post-pandemic times and a planned further rollout of its heated tobacco portfolio ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 3rd June 2021 || News analysis |
The recent shake-up of the UK’s health sector with the replacement of Public Health England (PHE) is not expected to substantially change the country’s support of novel tobacco products as aids to quit smoking ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 28th May 2021 || News analysis |
The Royal College of Physicians has recommended the UK government reduce the VAT on tobacco-alternative products to 5% to encourage smokers to make the switch, and to increase the minimum legal age for sales ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 24th May 2021 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted a list of over 6m deemed new tobacco products for which it received Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTAs) by the 9th September 2020 deadline ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 20th May 2021 || News analysis |
Talks on a proposed amendment to Germany's Tobacco Act have revealed divisions within parliament and beyond on whether taxation of tobacco alternatives should be based on health promotion or tax income ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 19th May 2021 || News analysis |
Imperial Brands’ earnings in the first half of the year jumped 6.1% to £15.57bn in the midst of a process to implement a new company strategy towards tobacco alternatives ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 12th May 2021 || News analysis |
A Swedish MEP asked EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides to clarify her position after she said that oral tobacco has adverse effects “including cancers” ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 7th May 2021 || News analysis |
The information the public receives on tobacco harm reduction and whether it contributes to improving the role of tobacco-alternatives is a hot topic that divides the industry and the scientific community ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 7th May 2021 || News analysis |
A working group created by the French National Assembly to analyse the taxation of tobacco products in France is expected to deliver proposals to the government to increase the tax revenues from tobacco products ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 4th May 2021 || News analysis |
At least 184 establishments have been licensed to trade in heated tobacco and other tobacco alternatives in Jordan since they were legalised in 2019 ...
This report provides an overview of the Latvian heated tobacco market, covering market size, pricing and availability and results from our offline survey ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 30th April 2021 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced plans to ban menthol tobacco in 2022, a “significant step” towards increasing smoking cessation and reducing youth uptake ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 29th April 2021 || News analysis |
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 || 28th April 2021 || News analysis |
As elections to the Scottish Parliament approach, the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party has said e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products should be subject to the same restrictions as combustible cigarettes ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 26th April 2021 || Podcasts |
They make up one of the newest and fastest-growing categories within the tobacco market – but what is driving the phenomenal growth in snus and nicotine pouches? And what is the difference between them? ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 26th April 2021 || News analysis |
How is the heated tobacco market developing in Japan, South Korea and worldwide? And what of nicotine pouches, snus and new tobacco-related products? TobaccoIntelligence managing director Tim Phillips gives his expert view ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 21st April 2021 || News analysis |
While Brazil’s health authorities keep postponing a final decision on future regulation of tobacco alternatives, a new proposal to reinforce a nationwide ban on heated tobacco is being considered in the Chamber of Deputies ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 20th April 2021 || News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI)’s earnings were up slightly in the first quarter of 2021, boosted by a 38% increase in heated tobacco unit volume in Europe ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 16th April 2021 || News analysis |
The Spanish Ministry of Health is looking at imposing a blanket ban on the use of inhalable tobacco products – including heat-not-burn (HnB) – on outdoor bar and cafe terraces ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 14th April 2021 || News analysis |
The introduction of digital tax stamps for heated tobacco products in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since January 2021 is already resulting in the authorities taking action against non-compliant products ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 13th April 2021 || News analysis |
A British All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Vaping has urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to look more positively on new alternatives to tobacco to shape future global anti-smoking policies ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 9th April 2021 || News analysis |
Online sales of snus in the first two months of 2021 increased by 246% in Norway against the same period of 2020, according to new figures released by fintech company Klarna ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 1st April 2021 || News analysis |
Will Sheldon Q. Rolfe succeed in his legal bid to claim all the profits accrued from tobacco growing since 1613? A Virginia lawsuit could put the whole world in his hands – three times over ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 29th March 2021 || News analysis |
The eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has clamped down on tobacco usage, introducing a new set of measures including a ban on the sale and purchase of tobacco products in public places ...
TobaccoIntelligence surveyed a group of MEPs to find out their views on new nicotine products such as e-cigarettes (vaping), heated tobacco and nicotine pouches ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 24th March 2021 || News analysis |
How much politicians know about novel tobacco products has a major effect on their perceptions of safety and risk, new research by TobaccoIntelligence suggests ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 22nd March 2021 || News analysis |
The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has called for stricter regulation and public warnings about “addictive and harmful” nicotine-containing non-tobacco products ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 18th March 2021 || News analysis |
How much information the public receives from health authorities about tobacco harm reduction – and how much it helps – is a hot topic between the industry and the scientific community ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 15th March 2021 || News analysis |
A UK court has declared two patents held by British American Tobacco (BAT) for its heat-not-burn device Glo invalid after the company sued Philip Morris International (PMI) for infringement ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 10th March 2021 || News analysis |
China’s popular social media and messaging app WeChat has taken down an emoji featuring a smoking soldier after a Beijing-based anti-smoking organisation campaigned for its removal ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 8th March 2021 || News analysis |
Colombia’s Parliament is considering a bill that would impose fresh regulations on the sale and use of tobacco-alternative products, including heated tobacco ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 24th February 2021 || News analysis |
A proposal to nearly double the tax on heated tobacco in Croatia appears to be broadly backed by lawmakers, though some are urging the government to consider scientific and economic evidence ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 17th February 2021 || News analysis |
Concerns have been raised in Ukraine over a sharp increase in sales of counterfeit heated tobacco products from China following the imposition of a new tax scheme in January ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 11th February 2021 || News analysis |
Britain will have an “incredible opportunity” later this year to spread the word that appropriate regulation of tobacco alternatives saves lives, members of the UK Parliament have been told ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 9th February 2021 || News analysis |
Japan Tobacco is set to launch a new heated tobacco device by the second half of the year, despite falling revenues in its home market, in a bid to strengthen its reduced-risk portfolio ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 4th February 2021 || News analysis |
Demand for Philip Morris International (PMI)’s heated tobacco products rose in 2020, but that was not enough to save the tobacco giant from posting an overall 3.7% drop in net revenues over the year ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 2nd February 2021 || News analysis |
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 || News analysis |
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 US ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 26th January 2021 || News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) is to have a new CEO, with Jacek Olczak taking over from André Calantzopoulos after the annual shareholder meeting in May ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 14th January 2021 || News analysis |
Industry insiders and public health bodies agree the EU should make changes to the tax scheme for tobacco alternatives – but not all share the same view on what those changes should be ...
This report addresses the developments TobaccoIntelligence expects to see in regulation of heated tobacco and modern oral products around the world in 2021 ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 4th January 2021 || News analysis |
Italy has gone into 2021 with new excise duties on heated tobacco after the Senate voted in favour of an amendment included in the country’s budget bill ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 28th December 2020 || News analysis |
A joint memorandum from several government agencies laying down rules for tobacco-alternative products in the Philippines establishes new restrictions on flavours and changes to labelling requirements ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 17th December 2020 || News analysis |
A report by the National Law School of India University calls for wide-ranging reforms of the country’s Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, including raising the legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21 ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 16th December 2020 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) is planning to invest up to $25m in a factory in Kenya to manufacture Lyft nicotine pouches – under regulatory scrutiny from officials in the country ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 9th December 2020 || News analysis |
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 ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 4th December 2020 || News analysis |
The Ministry of Health has proposed that the enforcement of the provisions affecting labelling and health warnings rules should be postponed by six months ...
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