Written by Tiziana Cauli || 17th August 2023 || News analysis |
The US government is opposing a bill that would prevent the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from enforcing a ban on menthol cigarettes it proposed last year ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 7th August 2023 || News analysis |
Tobacco-free herbal sticks are expected to continue growing in popularity thanks to potential price and flavour range advantages over heated tobacco products ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 2nd August 2023 || News analysis |
Seven out of ten people worldwide – five times as many as in 2007 – are protected against tobacco-related health issues by sound regulatory policies, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 19th July 2023 || News analysis |
Lobbyists for tobacco alternatives have urged Spanish voters to back centre and right-leaning parties in the 23rd July elections, fearing further tough regulations if the current government remains in power ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 27th June 2023 || News analysis |
UK-based tobacco group Imperial Brands has acquired a range of nicotine pouch products from Canadian manufacturer TJP Labs for £65m, and said the move would facilitate its entry into the US modern oral nicotine market ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 15th June 2023 || Blog |
A recent public consultation launched by the European Commission to evaluate the revision of Europe’s tobacco laws has raised criticism among respondents who said questions were biased against lower-risk nicotine-based smoking alternatives ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 14th June 2023 || News analysis |
A Swedish medical expert’s presentation on the use of snus has been strongly criticised by members of the European Parliament (MEPs), who accused him of promoting a harmful nicotine product ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 11th May 2023 || News analysis |
US tobacco giant Altria is to pay $235m to settle at least 6,000 state and federal cases related to Juul, ending most of the suits it is still facing in relation to the e-cigarette company ...
US tobacco giant Altria closed the first quarter of 2023 with a slight fall in its net revenues compared with the same period last year, while it recorded an increase in its adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS)...
While most European Parliament members (MEPs) are likely to take a conservative approach to the revision of tobacco regulations, some are more open to acknowledging a positive role for alternatives to smoking ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 25th April 2023 || News analysis |
Czech MEP Radka Maxová says it is impossible to predict the final outcome of the EU debate on revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), but “the trend in EU legislation is clear: abolitionism” ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 3rd March 2023 || News analysis |
Tobacco companies wait for a judicial verdict on the validity of an EU directive outlawing heated tobacco flavours across Europe, but the ban has already come into effect ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 28th February 2023 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced its plans to address the recommendations put forward in a damning independent review of its Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 15th February 2023 || News analysis |
A French anti-smoking group has called for a ban on non-tobacco flavours in all nicotine products as well as for the regulation of nicotine pouch advertising, while accusing PMI of flouting advertising rules ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 19th January 2023 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) from Canadian manufacturer TJP Labs for its L!X nicotine pouches ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 29th November 2022 || News analysis |
Taxes on tobacco are set to rise across Europe and may be extended to alternative products, including heated tobacco. TobaccoIntelligence analysts consider how this will apply in various different EU member states ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 3rd November 2022 || News analysis |
Tobacco taxes will rise across Europe and be extended to novel products, according to a draft of the impact assessment for the new Tobacco Excise Directive which the European Commission is set to present in December ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 1st November 2022 || News analysis |
The forthcoming debate in the European Parliament over the review of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) could be very heated, with its outcome anything but certain ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 18th October 2022 || News analysis |
Smoking cigarettes is going out of fashion, but having smoked cannabis is becoming much more common in the US, according to recent research conducted by analytics and polling firm Gallup ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 29th September 2022 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) has again bet on the cannabis industry as it looks to diversify its portfolio as part of its plan to transition to a smoke-free future ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 5th September 2022 || News analysis |
A proposed US ban on menthol cigarettes and flavoured cigars, which would also apply to heated tobacco products – currently regulated as conventional cigarettes – has stirred up strong passions either way ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 11th August 2022 || News analysis |
The fate of two laws feared by Spain’s tobacco and vaping industries is in doubt due to a tight political calendar and uncertainty over future regulation at EU level ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 26th July 2022 || News analysis |
The tobacco industry has little faith that the upcoming external review of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) will help fix faults in the US FDA department's regulation of new tobacco and alternative products ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 12th May 2022 || News analysis |
Swedish Match saw its smoke-free portfolio continuing to drive sales as well as increase operating profits in the first quarter of 2022, compared with the same period in 2021, and attributed this positive performance to “strong momentum for...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 11th May 2022 || News analysis |
The board of Swedish Match has asked shareholders of the Scandinavian nicotine pouch maker to accept a $16bn takeover offer from tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 10th May 2022 || News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) is in talks to buy European rival Swedish Match in an estimated $15bn deal that could affect both the oral and smoking tobacco markets ...
The FDA is looking to ban menthol-flavoured cigarettes and all characterising flavours other than tobacco in cigars – a move that would also likely eliminate the possibility of flavours in products such as heated tobacco ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 29th April 2022 || News analysis |
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) saw its revenues increase by 6.2% to JPY581.5bn ($4.5bn) in the first quarter of 2022, despite uncertainties over its business in Russia, compared with 5.3% growth to JPY547.3bn ($4.2bn) in the same period of...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 6th April 2022 || News analysis |
A new study suggests awareness of nicotine pouches among young US adult smokers is high, given the low market penetration of oral tobacco products in the country ...