Freddie Dawson, Author at TobaccoIntelligence

How might major companies deal with the EU heated tobacco flavour ban?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th October 2023 || Blog |

A recent TobaccoIntelligence report highlights just how important avoiding the EU heated tobacco flavour ban is to companies that provide such products and what they might do about it ...

Among England’s smokers, northerners are the biggest quitters, new study says

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th October 2023 || News analysis |

The north of England has the country’s highest level of success in quitting smoking, despite being severely underserved by cessation services, according to a new analysis of quitters who self-reported sucess to the NHS ...

Potential for convergence of HT and vape technologies discussed at GTNF in Seoul

Written by Freddie Dawson || 13th October 2023 || News analysis |

Future innovation in vaping and tobacco alternatives is likely to involve environmental improvements and prevention of youth usage, said speakers at the Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum ...

GTNF speakers say evidence should drive nicotine legislation, not public pressure

Written by Freddie Dawson || 12th October 2023 || News analysis |

Public pressure can drive legislators to make populist decisions on nicotine product regulation that are not based on evidence, warned speakers at the recent Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum (GTNF) in Seoul ...

Herbal sticks are Big Tobacco’s flavour of the moment, but what’s the end-game?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 5th October 2023 || Blog |

It looks like herbal sticks for heated tobacco devices have really hit the big time. And by big time, read Big Tobacco. Both BAT and PMI have launched a nicotine-containing tobacco-free stick ...

UK ASA not a fan of influencers peddling nicotine, but where’s the regulation?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 14th September 2023 || Blog |

Social media influencers to market nicotine pouches has been drawing media attention, but the marketing of pouches in the UK remains rather unregulated ...

KT&G’s next-generation products enjoy over 70% sales growth worldwide

Written by Freddie Dawson || 21st August 2023 || News analysis |

KT&G anticipates that alternative nicotine products will continue to make up greater proportions of its sales, the company said during a presentation of its second-quarter results ...

FDA issues warning letter over corn-husk-based product containing nicotine

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th August 2023 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to Amarillo Snuff over its smokeless nicotine product that uses corn husks instead of tobacco leaves ...

22nd Century adjusts its 2023 revenue outlook after a rocky second quarter

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th August 2023 || News analysis |

22nd Century will focus on streamlining operating costs and making the marketing and sales push for its VLN cigarette products more cost efficient to address issues that have forced it to revise full-year profit guidance ...

Japan Tobacco ready to put unexpected revenue boost back into heated tobacco

Written by Freddie Dawson || 3rd August 2023 || News analysis |

Japan Tobacco (JT) is to ramp up investment in its production of heated tobacco sticks over the second half of 2023 after reporting better than expected results for the first six months of the year ...

PMI admits it can’t quit Russia due to international financial regulations

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th July 2023 || News analysis |

More than 15 months after pledging to “scale down” its activities in Russia, Philip Morris International (PMI) has said it can’t pull out of the Russian market ...

US FDA CTP checks itself to move forward in response to Reagan-Udall report

Written by Freddie Dawson || 3rd July 2023 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration Center for Tobacco Products has published milestones to expect as it continues to address issues brought up by the Reagan-Udall Foundation’s recent report ...

Big Tobacco ‘moving too slowly’ to fulfil the FSFW’s mission of ending smoking

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th May 2023 || News analysis |

Tobacco companies are not doing enough to transition to reduced risk products and are not phasing out conventional cigarettes quickly enough, according to the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) ...

PMI reports good numbers, positive momentum of Iqos and Zyn in the US

Written by Freddie Dawson || 28th April 2023 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International will focus on heated tobacco and nicotine pouches as the alternatives that can help it meet its goal of becoming a majority smoke-free revenue company by 2025 ...

Models in ads for heated tobacco must both look and be over 25, UK ASA rules

Written by Freddie Dawson || 23rd March 2023 || News analysis |

Companies dealing in tobacco products must be extremely careful with all age-related details when it comes to website illustrations and endorsements, a new UK ruling demonstrates ...

22nd Century plans growth in the US and abroad despite overall losses in 2022

Written by Freddie Dawson || 10th March 2023 || News analysis |

US-based 22nd Century believes it is set up for a bright future with further expansion of its VLN cigarette range into three new states and plans to be in 18 total by year’s end ...

Could a rapper with a hemp cigarette mean big trouble for Big Tobacco?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th February 2023 || Blog |

Could the involvement of Snoop Dogg help a Californian company to “disrupt tobacco’s nearly $1tn industry with hemp cigarettes, smoking paper and other alternatives to nicotine tobacco”? ...

Boom in novel tobacco products outstrips vaping growth – exactly as we foresaw

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th January 2023 || Blog |

TobaccoIntelligence predicted a year ago that increasing restrictions and taxes on vaping products would drive more users to other tobacco alternatives in 2022. And it does appear that this has been the case ...

PMI proceeds with Swedish Match offer despite falling short of take-up target

Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th November 2022 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) has confirmed that it will go ahead and accept all Swedish Match shares that have been tendered to it despite not achieving its 90% minimum stake threshold ...

‘Misleading and irresponsible’ – UK ASA rules on ads for cigarette flavour additive

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th July 2022 || News analysis |

A new way to add flavours to conventional cigarettes has gained publicity after being criticised by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ...

Banner ads booked by algorithm are not exempt from ban, Danish paper told

Written by Freddie Dawson || 25th July 2022 || News analysis |

It is a publisher’s responsibility to ensure tobacco ads do not appear on a newspaper website through automated or algorithmic banner ad purchases, according to a ruling by the Danish Consumer Ombudsman ...

US FDA chief Califf places ‘stressed’ and ‘challenged’ CTP under external review

Written by Freddie Dawson || 20th July 2022 || News analysis |

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf has authorised an external review of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), citing a “series of challenges that have...stressed the agency’s operations” ...

Huge disparities in access to stop-smoking services across England

Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th July 2022 || News analysis |

Public health in the north of England continues to be ignored in favour of supporting more affluent and Tory-leaning areas in the south and Midlands, according to a new survey ...

Snus ‘better than WHO policy’ at cutting smoking deaths, says study author

Written by Freddie Dawson || 4th July 2022 || News analysis |

The author of a new study linking snus with smoking cessation has called on the World Health Organization “to move from rejecting tobacco harm reduction to promoting it” ...

Are flavours in pouches set to be the next battleground for tobacco alternatives?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th June 2022 || News analysis |

Flavours in nicotine pouches could become the next contentious issue for tobacco alternatives, following a similar route to e-liquid flavours, experts say ...

Swedish innovator proposes concrete solution to nicotine pouch drawbacks

Written by Freddie Dawson || 27th June 2022 || News analysis |

Innovation in nicotine pouches – better release profile, longer lasting flavour and effect – is coming from an unexpected area... the remarkable world of concrete ...

Health, environment damage: alternative tobacco products ‘are not the solution’

Written by Freddie Dawson || 3rd June 2022 || News analysis |

Next-generation tobacco products are not the solution to damage caused by the tobacco industry to both public health and the environment, according to speakers at a World Health Organization (WHO) conference ...

EU ban on flavours in heated tobacco seen as likely to be adopted ‘soon’

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th May 2022 || News analysis |

The EU Commission told TobaccoIntelligence that progress on the process to institute the prohibition on flavours was underway and that the latest step is expected to be finalised “soon” ...

‘World leader’ Britain fails at the first post-Brexit hurdle on novel tobacco

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th March 2022 || Blog |

When it comes to taking advantage of Brexit's opportunities for tobacco reform, the UK appears to have balked worse than a horse at its final Olympics pentathlon ...

Changes to Norwegian rules unlikely to have much impact on the market

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th February 2022 || Blog , News analysis |

Recent changes to Norwegian regulations are unlikely to have a significant impact on the country’s tobacco alternatives market ...

Stricter vaping regulation could be good news for other alternatives in 2022

Written by Freddie Dawson || 31st January 2022 || News analysis |

Consumers will continue to increasingly spread usage out over different alternative nicotine products partiy driven by further, stricter vaping regulation across the globe throughout 2022, TobaccoIntelligence predicts ...

US International Trade Commission rejects PMI bid to resume Iqos imports

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th January 2022 || News analysis |

Philip Morris’s bid to resume importing and selling its Iqos heat-not-burn (HnB) device in the US has failed ...

Why does Switzerland lag behind its neighbours on tobacco control issues?

Written by Freddie Dawson || 7th January 2022 || Blog , News analysis |

Switzerland faces two referendum votes crucial to the future of tobacco product advertising in the country ...

Pandemic causes US state legislatures to shut down or shut the doors

Written by Freddie Dawson || 1st April 2020 || News analysis |

Legislative measures are on hold in half the states of the US due to the COVID-19 emergency, with most suspending activity until at least mid-April ...

MPs back easing of e-cig regulation – but leave the door open to taxes

Written by Freddie Dawson || 17th August 2018 || News analysis |

Conclusions and recommendations from the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee investigation into e-cigarettes have confirmed yet again the UK’s status as the most vape-friendly major...

UK’s tax plans include a new category for heated tobacco

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th July 2018 || News analysis |

Heated-tobacco products are to receive their own taxation category and rate in the UK. A rate and commencement date for the duty on tobacco consumables for heat-not-burn (HnB) products will be announced in the autumn budget ...

Japanese firm launches independent rival device to heat IQOS Heets

Written by Freddie Dawson || 4th July 2018 || News analysis |

A new heated-tobacco device which uses PMI’s tobacco consumables Heets will be officially launched on the Japanese market later this month by Jouz, a new independent...

Scots to consult on their vision for a tobacco-free future

Written by Freddie Dawson || 27th June 2018 || News analysis |

The Scottish government will consult on a range of new regulations for reduced-risk products, including further restrictions on e-cig advertising, banning some flavours in Hnb products, and banning their public...

Hong Kong moves towards legal HnB, while keeping e-cigs tightly controlled

Written by Freddie Dawson || 20th June 2018 || News analysis |

Hong Kong plans to regulate HnB products in the same way as conventional cigarettes, lifting a rarely-enforced ban. But the current heavy restrictions on nicotine-containing e-cigarettes will...

New Zealand gives the all-clear to vaping and HnB – but ads are out

Written by Freddie Dawson || 16th May 2018 || News analysis |

E-cigarettes and heated tobacco can continue to be sold in New Zealand under current regulations, the country’s government has formally...

Big in Japan – now JTI and BAT plan to make heated tobacco even bigger

Written by Freddie Dawson || 7th May 2018 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) and Japan Tobacco International (JTI) are both planning further investment in reduced-risk products following successful Japanese...

UK ministers consider advertising policy – both their own and PMI’s

Written by Freddie Dawson || 30th April 2018 || News analysis |

The UK government is keeping an eye on the advertising of heated tobacco products such as IQOS, while defending reduced budgets for its own smoking cessation...

Legal victory means PMI can sell Heets in New Zealand after all

Written by Freddie Dawson || 29th March 2018 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) has won the right to sell and market heat-not-burn Heets sticks in New Zealand in a surprise legal ruling against the Ministry of...

BAT now claims to be biggest reduced-risk tobacco company in the world

Written by Freddie Dawson || 23rd February 2018 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco claims to be the largest reduced-risk product company in the world following its acquisition of Reynolds American and says it will build on this through a variety of HnB, moist tobacco and oral tobacco...

Heat-not-burn products rise as cigarette sales fall in Japan

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th February 2018 || News analysis |

Reduced-risk products have severely impacted sales of conventional cigarettes in Japan, according to Japan Tobacco. The firm says the total value of cigarette sales fell by 12.5% in 2017 ...

KT&G launches HnB Lil in South Korea, challenging IQOS and Glo on price

Written by Freddie Dawson || 8th November 2017 || News analysis |

The biggest tobacco company in South Korea, KT&G, has launched its own heat-not-burn (HnB) device into the rapidly expanding tobacco alternatives market in the country, where it will compete with PMI’s IQOS and BAT’s...

Boom in IQOS figures reveals HnB’s rising share of world tobacco market

Written by Freddie Dawson || 26th October 2017 || News analysis |

Heated tobacco continues to take up a greater and greater share of the total world tobacco market, according to new figures from Philip Morris International (PMI) outlining the success of its IQOS...

South Korea proposes HnB tax almost equal to tobacco

Written by Freddie Dawson || 23rd October 2017 || News analysis |

A new tax proposal for heat-not-burn (HnB) products in South Korea could leave them more expensive than their traditional cigarette...

BAT launches Glo and Dunhill Neostiks on the South Korean HnB market

Written by Freddie Dawson || 17th August 2017 || News analysis |

British American Tobacco (BAT) has launched its Glo device in South Korea, joining Philip Morris International (PMI)'s iQOS in what could be a lively market for heated tobacco...

Ireland “should not implement e-cigarette tax”, ministry says

Written by Freddie Dawson || 9th August 2017 || News analysis |

The Republic of Ireland is unlikely to introduce a tax on e-cigarettes or e-liquid in the near future, recent documents...

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