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Heated tobacco products and all other electronic smoking alternatives, such as e-cigarettes, will almost certainly remain banned in Brazil following a unanimous vote by the board of Anvisa, the country’s health agency
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
This report asks and answers questions regarding US federal regulation on nicotine pouches, reviewing current law, looking at what stands to change, and clearing up what could happen if state and federal legislation clash
Pouches with integrated “shields” on one side that reduce stinging and gum irritation are the latest example of how the category is leading the way in innovation among alternative nicotine products
Could the Khan report, which endorses the UK’s positive attitude towards e-cigs also have lessons for the rest of the world, even for countries where there is far more hostility toward novel tobacco products?
This report examines the activity around the two main heated tobacco brands – Iqos and Glo – on the most important social networks in Poland, as well as opinions expressed online by Polish users about the brands
Tax rates on heated tobacco products in Bulgaria will not change following the resignation of prime minister Kiril Petkov and his cabinet after they lost a vote of confidence
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”
A flavour ban for heated tobacco products has been confirmed following the EU Commission’s publishing of a delegated directive amending the Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU, commonly known as the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD)
This report offers a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework in place for nicotine pouches and oral tobacco in South Africa, covering both current and possible future regulation across all policy areas
Flavours in nicotine pouches could become the next contentious issue for tobacco alternatives, following a similar route to e-liquid flavours, experts say
Details remain sketchy as to how and when the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s plan to impose nicotine restrictions on cigarettes is to be implemented
Innovation in nicotine pouches – better release profile, longer lasting flavour and effect – is coming from an unexpected area… the remarkable world of concrete
Nicotine pouches in Iceland are to be subject to their own specific rules for the first time – but they do not include a threatened flavour ban
Some headlines notwithstanding, it doesn’t sound like Joe Biden actually sat in the Oval Office and signed off mandatory nicotine reduction while photographers recorded the historic moment
Limits similar to those already found on tobacco products such as cigarettes and snus will now also apply to tobacco-free nicotine products after Sweden’s parliament, the Riksdag, voted to modify legislation
Recognition of the role vaping can play in the future of public health in England has been welcomed – but there is some disappointment that the positive approach does not extend to other alternatives to smoking
Rumours circulating this week that the Biden administration is about to put its weight behind mandatory nicotine reduction in combustibles will have been music to the ears of 22nd Century Group, if few others
Health Canada has put forward a plan for new packaging restrictions for tobacco products, including rotating health-related messages, as well as bigger health warnings on heated tobacco
This report offers a detailed overview of the regulatory framework in place for heated tobacco in South Africa, covering both current and possible future restrictions across all policy areas, including taxation, notification, advertising and more
This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework for nicotine pouches and oral tobacco in North Macedonia, covering all policy areas from taxation and notification to advertising and packaging requirements
This report offers a detailed overview of the regulatory framework for heated tobacco products in North Macedonia, covering all areas from taxation and notification to advertising, labelling and retail channel restrictions
This report provides a summary of the current regulatory framework in place for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches in Taiwan, covering all policy areas from taxation and advertising to labelling, notification and retail channels
New regulations that came into force at the end of April will make it hard for Hong Kong to achieve its 2025 smoking reduction targets, one concerned harm reduction association claims
This report offers a comprehensive overview of the current framework in place for tobacco products in Taiwan, as well as the potential future framework for heated tobacco products should the bill amending the Tobacco Harm Control Act be adopted
Dutch authorities want to bring in a range of regulations intended to limit the popularity of novel tobacco products such as nicotine pouches
This report offers a detailed summary of the current regulatory framework for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches in the Czech Republic
Of course it was only to be expected that the World Health Organization (WHO) would include novel nicotine products in its annual condemnations for World No Tobacco Day, but the approach it took this year was significant: a focus on the environment
22nd Century Group has confirmed the first international shipments of very low nicotine (VLN) cigarettes to South Korea and is expecting to see significant benefits from the sales of its menthol line of VLN cigarettes as it plans an expansion of sales and distribution in the US beyond its initial trial in Chicago, Illinois
The UK government must take further action to promote vaping products and accelerate the path to prescribed e-cigarettes if it wants to achieve its 2030 smoke-free ambition for England, according to an independent tobacco review
Heated tobacco is a smokeless tobacco product, but it is largely regulated as traditional tobacco across different policy areas in the Czech Republic. This report covers all policy areas regulating heated tobacco products
This report offers a detailed overview of the current regulatory regime in place in Ireland for heated tobacco, oral tobacco and nicotine pouches, and predicts any future changes to those regulations
The Czech Republic is set to become the main EU proponent of tobacco harm-reduction policy following a change in philosophy among leaders, and is planning to implement a new decree for nicotine pouches in the near future as a result
On international World No Tobacco Day tobacco alternatives such as pouches were not excluded from the criticisms
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
Germany is one of the leading heat-not-burn (HnB) markets in the world, and is the country with the fifth largest market size globally according to TobaccoIntelligence’s database. This report presents the most important findings from a survey we conducted in the first quarter of 2022
Most tobacco companies are keen to be seen supporting the concept of harm reduction, especially through reduced-risk products like e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn and pouches. But how far is their support for the idea actually having an effect on their activities right now, as well as their future direction?
This report analyses whether US states are considering the different harm profiles of tobacco products when taxing them, in order to encourage consumption of lower-risk products
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s rejection of a new Covid-19 vaccine on anti-tobacco grounds will almost certainly end up having a negative impact on public health – particularly in the developing world
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has appointed epidemiologist Brian King as head of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) – an appointment that has not gone down well among advocates of tobacco alternatives
TobaccoIntelligence analysed three of the most visited nicotine pouch online retailers at a European level. This report outlines our findings
Heat-not-burn (HnB) hardware could be in for a big shake-up in the EU over the next few years, with the environmental impact of batteries squarely in the firing line
The UK government is likely to miss its 2030 smoke-free ambition for England because the government is not supporting the full range of reduced-risk products, namely snus and nicotine pouches, according to an advocate for snus and vaping
Speaking at the launch of the seventh edition of the Atlas, US public health scholar Jeffrey Drope suggested that new nicotine technologies are “a huge distraction” which have “confused governments, the public health community and the public”
On 13th April 2022 the Belgian Competition Authority’s decision-making body, the Competition College, imposed fines totalling €36m on four major cigarette manufacturers for practices that restricted competition
This report offers a detailed overview of the current regulatory regime in place in New Zealand for heated tobacco, oral tobacco and nicotine pouches
This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework in place in China for heated and oral tobacco, and nicotine pouches
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 the US smoke-free business”
The $16bn takeover of Swedish Match by Philip Morris International (PMI) now seems more likely to happen than not (at least as of today; these things are never certain until the last signature is signed)
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)
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