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Hong Kong legislators raise doubts over government plans to ban heated tobacco

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 20th January 2021 || News analysis |

Lawmakers in Hong Kong who met to discuss the government’s long-delayed proposal to ban heated tobacco products remained divided on the issue ...

Change yes, but what change? EU given mixed messages on tobacco tax harmony

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 ...

Regulatory change in 2021: an assessment of future prospects

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 7th January 2021 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This report addresses the developments TobaccoIntelligence expects to see in regulation of heated tobacco and modern oral products around the world in 2021 ...

New year brings new heated tobacco taxes after Italian Senate vote

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 ...

Filipino government issues packaging restrictions amid FDA cash scandal

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 ...

Legal eagles’ report calls for reform and enforcement of India’s tobacco controls

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 ...

BAT awaits approval to manufacture and market nicotine pouches in Kenya

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 ...

IQOS 3 is approved for sale in the US as FDA finds ‘no new concerns’

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 ...

Danish health minister seeks to postpone labelling rules for nicotine pouches

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 ...

Swiss Assembly starts debate this month on long-anticipated tobacco bill

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 2nd December 2020 || News analysis |

The Swiss National Council is expected to debate the country’s draft Federal Tobacco Act in a few days but a final vote on the bill, which would ban tobacco sales to minors, is unlikely before summer 2021...

Netherlands bans the sale of tobacco products in supermarkets from 2024

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 23rd November 2020 || News analysis |

Supermarkets in the Netherlands will no longer be allowed to sell tobacco, including heated tobacco products, from 2024, health minister Paul Blokhuis has announced ...

Could products combining nicotine with CBD be a way to help smokers quit?

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 19th November 2020 || News analysis |

Nicotine and CBD are perceived as the bad guy and the good guy of health and wellness – but could putting the two together make commercial sense if it can help smokers break the habit? ...

Spain to unveil soon new regulations equating HnB with combustibles

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 18th November 2020 || News analysis |

The Spanish Ministry of Health has prepared an amendment to the Tobacco, Act including provisions on tobacco-alternative products, but implementation will depend on the COVID-19 pandemic situation ...

Imperial posts poor next-gen results, aims to expand oral nicotine in Europe

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 17th November 2020 || News analysis |

Imperial Brands has revealed that net revenue from its next-generation portfolio declined by 27% in the year to September and announced that it will take a “more prudent approach” from now on ...

Hungary set to increase tax on tobacco alternatives after EU call on cigarettes

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 6th November 2020 || News analysis |

The Hungarian government is proposing to increase taxes on tobacco-alternative products after Brussels called on the country to apply the minimum EU threshold for excise duty on cigarettes ...

Health Canada warns against using nicotine pouches, orders ZYN recall

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 3rd November 2020 || News analysis |

Canada's top health authority has issued a warning against nicotine pouches, saying they may pose “various serious health risks” to users, and ordered the recall of an unauthorised product being sold in Toronto ...

Altria’s oral tobacco hits high in the quarter

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 30th October 2020 || News analysis |

Altria’s oral tobacco portfolio drove the numbers of the Big Tobacco company, amid “uncertainties” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Regulatory report: Singapore – heated tobacco, snus, tobacco-free snus, October 2020

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 30th October 2020 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

It is prohibited to sell, use, possess for sale, import or distribute imitation tobacco products including heated tobacco products – both consumables and devices – and white pouches in Singapore ...

US elections: the uncertain landscape for the tobacco-alternatives industry

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 29th October 2020 || News analysis |

Just a few days ahead of the US elections there is a lot of uncertainty about the approach that next White House leader will have towards the tobacco-alternatives industry ...

Swedish Match’s nicotine pouches drive positive company numbers in the quarter

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 27th October 2020 || News analysis |

Swedish Match’s sales of smoke-free products jumped 23% in the third quarter of 2020, with the good performance of nicotine pouches in both US and Scandinavia as the main driver ...

How COVID-19 has affected the nicotine market, and what happens next

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 20th October 2020 || News analysis |

Our managing director, Tim Phillips, recently explained how the nicotine market has been affected by COVID-19 at the Nicotine Cannabis Strategies Europe, which took place online on 10th...

Indonesia prepares new national standard for tobacco alternatives

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 19th October 2020 || News analysis |

Indonesia’s Ministry of Industry is working towards a new national standard for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, which it beleives will benefit the tobacco-alternatives industry ...

Regulatory report: Taiwan – heated tobacco, snus, tobacco-free snus, October 2020

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 15th October 2020 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This report provides an overview of the current regulatory framework for heated tobacco and snus in Taiwan, covering both current restrictions and possible future regulations ...

Appeal delays California’s multi-million-dollar anti-tobacco campaign

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 14th October 2020 || News analysis |

The US state of California has delayed the start of a multi-million-dollar promotional campaign to discourage the public from using tobacco products, following an appeal by a previous contractor ...

French Assembly rejects call to reduce tax on heated tobacco from 2021

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 9th October 2020 || News analysis |

The Finance Committee of the French National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has rejected a proposal to cut the taxes on heated tobacco to make tobacco-alternative products more attractive to smokers ...

Ukraine proposes to include HnB by definition in its national tax code

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 8th October 2020 || News analysis |

The Ukrainian government has proposed an amendment to the country’s tax code that would add heat-not-burn (HnB) products to the definition of traditional tobacco in a bid to build “fair tax rules” ...

Regulatory report: China – legal status of oral tobacco products, September 2020

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 30th September 2020 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This report offers a summary of the current regulatory status in China of oral tobacco products, such as snus ...

Regulatory report: Russia – heated tobacco, September 2020

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 29th September 2020 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This regulatory report provides an overview of the current regime in place in Russia for heated tobacco products ...

New products behind near nine-fold increase in Swedish nicotine tax revenue

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 29th September 2020 || News analysis |

Taxes collected on “e-liquids and other nicotine products” in Sweden in 2019 amounted to SEK79.5m (€7.55m) – a figure believed to come mainly from products newly introduced into the market ...

UK to set new post-Brexit limit on HnB duty-free purchases from January

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 24th September 2020 || News analysis |

The UK government is to impose a cap from next year on the number of heated tobacco consumables that air passengers can import into the country – including from countries within the European Union ...

Regulatory report: China – heated tobacco, September 2020

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 23rd September 2020 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Heated tobacco, like any other tobacco-containing product, is considered part of the Tobacco Monopoly in China and regulated as a general tobacco product. This report provides an overview of the regulatory regime ...

Market report: high potential for heated tobacco in Czech Republic

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 22nd September 2020 || Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |

Almost a third of Czechs smoke, and with continuous declining smoking rates the national heated tobacco market has huge potential ...

German Bundesrat passes outdoor and cinema ads ban without further ado

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 21st September 2020 || News analysis |

After years of discussions within the governing coalition and campaigning by health bodies, Germany is to further restrict tobacco advertising after the Bundesrat approved the new rules without further debate ...

UAE launches app to crack down on non-compliant tobacco products

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 18th September 2020 || News analysis |

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has created a phone app to help consumers detect non-compliant tobacco products in a bid from Emirati authorities to counter tax evasion and commercial fraud as well as to protect public health ...

Heated tobacco yields 1% of tobacco tax revenue in Italy as smoking declines

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 16th September 2020 || News analysis |

Demand for tobacco products in Italy has fallen steadily over the past four years, while heated tobacco products have hugely increased their share of both total tobacco sales and tax revenues ...

Netherlands set to brings HnB under its restrictions on tobacco

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 10th September 2020 || News analysis |

The Dutch government has announced that it is planning to amend the Tobacco Act to include heat-not-burn (HnB) product under the definition of “smokeless tobacco products and related products” ...

PMI opens IQOS stores to an uncertain regulatory future in the Philippines

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 8th September 2020 || News analysis |

While the Philippines debates regulations to restrict tobacco alternatives, PMFTC, the Philippine affiliate of Philip Morris International (PMI), has opened its first four IQOS stores in the Manila area ...

Nigeria considers a switch from smoking to tobacco alternatives by 2024

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 3rd September 2020 || News analysis |

The Nigerian government is currently studying a new policy for regulations aimed at achieving a transition from combustibles to tobacco alternative products by 2024. ...

Market report: tobacco-alternative products thrive in Serbia

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 31st August 2020 || Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |

With more than a third of its population being smokers, Serba is one of the most attractive European markets for heated tobacco ...

Taiwan leaves the door open to include HnB in its Tobacco Hazards Act

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 31st August 2020 || News analysis |

A revised draft amendment to Taiwan’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act could include regulations for heated tobacco products, TobaccoIntelligence has learned ...

Health claim or no, nicotine pouches are viewed in Canada as ‘medical devices’

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 27th August 2020 || News analysis |

Health Canada appears to have changed its mind about nicotine pouches, declaring that they should be regulated as drugs even if no “explicit” claim is made for any health benefit ...

Californian bill banning flavours will not allow any exemption for snus

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 21st August 2020 || News analysis |

California is edging closing to banning flavoured tobacco products – and despite industry lobbying, state lawmakers will not make an exception for tobacco-alternative products that have modified-risk approval ...

Market report: heated tobacco market still to fully develop in Romania

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 20th August 2020 || Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |

Romania is among the European countries with the highest penetration of heated tobacco, making it a very important sales and distribution point for the two active brands in the market: IQOS and Glo ...

Regulatory report: China – modern oral products, August 2020

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 19th August 2020 || Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This report provides an analysis of national legislation on tobacco-free pouches in China ...

Latvia moves to limit tobacco alternatives and ban tobacco-free nicotine

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 18th August 2020 || News analysis |

Lawmakers in the Latvian parliament (Saeima) want a ban on tobacco-alternative products and have submitted a draft law that would crack down on nicotine pouches and heated tobacco devices ...

PHE questions whether new UK cigarette brands violate EU menthol ban

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 13th August 2020 || News analysis |

Public health authorities in England have launched an investigation into a number of cigarette products for possible violation of the menthol ban that came into force in May ...

Heated tobacco sales slump in South Korea in wake of government campaign

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 12th August 2020 || News analysis |

Sales of heated tobacco in South Korea declined in the first half of 2020, with the government attributing the lower sales to ongoing policy efforts to discourage use of tobacco-alternative products ...

Belarus implements “necessary” sale restrictions for tobacco-free snus

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 6th August 2020 || News analysis |

The Belarus government has made a first firm step towards restricting the sale of tobacco-free nicotine-containing products, including tobacco-free snus (sometimes known as "white pouch"), to minors and in some retailing spaces ...

Philippines proposes new restrictions for HnB online retailers

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 3rd August 2020 || News analysis |

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Philippines proposed new restrictions for vaping and heated tobacco products in the revised draft guidelines regulating their manufacture, importation, sale, packaging, advertising, and distribution ...

New York bill considers expanding flavour ban to nicotine pouches

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 30th July 2020 || News analysis |

New York state lawmakers are considering a bill that would extend the US state’s ban on flavoured tobacco and vaping products to nicotine pouches ...

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