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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking to appoint a new company to provide public communication services to the agency’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP)
The new year looks certain to become another significant one for the tobacco-alternatives industry across the globe, with a bunch of new regulations on the horizon
This report addresses the developments TobaccoIntelligence expects to see in regulation of heated tobacco and modern oral products around the world in 2021
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
All advertising and public use of heated tobacco systems should be banned by governments, a World Health Organization (WHO) committee has suggested
Apart from the obvious, what has 2020 brought us? And in particular, what has it brought to the world of alternative tobacco and tobacco alternatives?
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
After the eleventh-hour agreement of a Brexit deal on Christmas Eve, one of the first key issues for the go-it-alone UK to tackle will be the review of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations (TRPR)
This report analyses the current and likely near-future regulatory framework for nicotine pouches in Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, and Michigan – the sixth to tenth largest in the US by population
Norway’s majority coalition parties have agreed to drop 25% of the excise duties on snus in a bid to stop people buying it in from neighbouring Sweden
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
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
The Serbian government is proposing to increase tobacco taxes, including those levied on heat-not-burn (HnB) products
This report looks at the regulatory framework for nicotine pouches in the five largest US states by population. A similar report will follow, covering the next five largest states
A standard setting up new health warnings and packaging requirements for heated tobacco products in Saudi Arabia was introduced in September 2020. This report covers the regulatory regime for these products in Saudi Arabia
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
US president-elect Joe Biden has unexpectedly named California attorney general Xavier Becerra as his choice for the vital role of heading the massive Health and Human Services (HHS) Department
The Ministry of Health has proposed that the enforcement of the provisions affecting labelling and health warnings rules should be postponed by six months
The modern oral tobacco market in Russia faces difficult times now, with all oral nicotine-containing products officially banned. Despite this, online retailers are still selling them
Tobacco pouches (snus) are banned throughout the EU except in Sweden. However, there is no EU-level regulation of pouches that contain nicotine but not tobacco – and they are the subject of this report
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
A survey has concluded that reduced-risk claims for snus are understood by smokers, but better wording and genuine statements from independent sources – not tobacco companies – would improve their credibility
The Portuguese market is already one of the most developed heat-not-burn markets worldwide. This reports offers an overview
A proposed amendment to Taiwan’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act could ban e-cigarettes but leave the way open for a large heated tobacco market to develop
The Control of Tobacco Products Regulations 2004 stipulates explicit terms for the sale, import, public place usage and manufacture of tobacco products in Malaysia, however the regime is highly focused on cigarettes
Italy’s draft budget for 2021 does not include any provision – for now – on taxing heated tobacco products, despite calls from health authorities and members of the country’s Senate
Supermarkets in the Netherlands will no longer be allowed to sell tobacco, including heated tobacco products, from 2024, health minister Paul Blokhuis has announced
This full-length report provides an in-depth analysis of how the top heated tobacco brands in Japan use social media platforms
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?
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
Heated tobacco products, including devices, are considered tobacco products in Israel and come under tobacco regulation. This report offers a detailed view of the current regime for these products
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
This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory regime in Sweden for heated tobacco, snus, and tobacco-free nicotine pouches
The European Parliament approved by an overwhelming majority the EU health policy programme for the period 2021-2017 aimed at tackling some of the main health issues in Europe, including tobacco policy
Synthetic nicotine, created from chemicals in a lab, not derived from tobacco, is not a specifically regulated product in the US so its legal status is subject to interpretation, as outlined in detail in this report
An Australian Senate committee to inquire into tobacco harm reduction strategies will meet for the first time in Canberra on Friday, and again week later in Sydney
High smoking rates and a strict regulated e-cigarette sector may be principal driving forces behind heated tobacco’s success in Poland. This report offers an overview of the country’s heated tobacco market
The purchase by BAT of nicotine pouch brand Dryft to “strengthen” its modern oral portfolio in the US is an opportunity for both to increase their share of the market
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
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
The Norwegian government is proposing an increase of 3.7% in the tax applied to snus from 2021 with the aim to “limit health problems”, but the minority government must find an ally in the national Parliament (Storting) to implement such measure
Altria’s oral tobacco portfolio drove the numbers of the Big Tobacco company, amid “uncertainties” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
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
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 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
Heated tobacco products, according to the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), are categorised in Lithuania as novel smokeless tobacco products. This report offers an overview of current regulation for these products
Greece transposed the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) into domestic legislation through Law 4419/2016, adopted on 20th September 2016. This report covers regulation for heated tobacco and modern oral products
The tax authorities in Brussels are to give a final decision on introducing a new harmonised tax scheme for heated tobacco products in a year’s time, amid calls for action from top EU institutions
While Philip Morris International (PMI)’s earnings fell slightly in the third quarter of the year due to the ongoing COVID-19 challenges, shipments of the company’s heated tobacco units were up by 18.7%
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 September.
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