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The largest doctors’ association in the US has joined a court case accusing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of failing in its duty to issue regulations to ban menthol in tobacco products
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”
Tobacco-alternative products are considered to be banned under Mexico’s General Law for Tobacco Control; nevertheless, an informal market persists and there are proposals to bring regulation to a confused legal area
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
The final countdown is on to Wednesday’s deadline for premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs), which the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially set at 4pm Eastern Time (ET) on 9th September
The Nigerian government is currently studying a new policy for regulations aimed at achieving a transition from combustibles to tobacco alternative products by 2024.
With more than a third of its population being smokers, Serba is one of the most attractive European markets for heated tobacco
A revised draft amendment to Taiwan’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act could include regulations for heated tobacco products, TobaccoIntelligence has learned
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
Reynolds American has submitted a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Velo nicotine lozenges to remain on the market after September
According to the Ministry of Health, heated tobacco products and tobacco-free snus could be legalised and regulated in 2021 when Norway will most likely implement the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD)
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a final decision not to amend the country’s Poisons Standard – a decision which leaves the sale of heated tobacco products banned in the country
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
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
KT&G heated tobacco products are available outside South Korea for the first time after Philip Morris International (PMI) began marketing them in Russia
TobaccoIntelligence conducted a consumer survey in July 2020 in Greece in order to study heated tobacco users’ preferences, brand prevalence, and the channels where these products are popular
This report provides an analysis of national legislation on tobacco-free pouches in China
Portugal defines heated tobacco as a novel tobacco product. This report offers an overview of the current regulatory regime for heated tobacco and snus in the country
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
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
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
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is to increase the price of some of its heated tobacco consumables in Japan from 1st October
A proposal to allow the sale of non-tobacco nicotine pouches in New Zealand was left out of the final version of a new bill regulating vaping products that was adopted in parliament
TobaccoIntelligence conducted a survey, with the aim to better understand how prevalent oral tobacco products are among vapers, the reasons why – or why not – people are using oral tobacco products, along with the main reasons for doing so
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
Heated tobacco products are regulated in France as novel tobacco products. This report provides an overview of the current regulatory regime for these type of products in France
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
In the US there are no specific federal restrictions for nicotine pouches, but states may enact specific legislation regarding tobacco products without conflicting with federal law. This report examines flavour restrictions
BAT’s revenue from its smokeless portfolio increased by 5.7% to £9.4bn ($12.3bn) in the first six months of the year, helped by higher revenue in the modern oral segment
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
Altria has reported net revenue to be down by 3.8% in Q2 2020 due to the decrease of the traditional tobacco business, though a further drop was prevented thanks to the good performance of its smokeless products in the US
The Russian State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly, has passed a bill prohibiting the sales of tobacco-free nicotine products for oral use
This report explores Slovakia’s heated tobacco market, which is one of the leading heated tobacco markets in Europe, and sixth in the world in terms of heated tobacco’s market share
PMI’s earnings fell in the second quarter of 2020 due to retail and travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, but this was partially offset by higher heated tobacco unit volumes
Sweden is proposing amendments to increase the tax of snus and create a new tax on raw tobacco from 1st July 2021 to close a tax loophole on this kind of tobacco-alternative product.
The UK government will assess the possibility of allowing the sale of snus in the country once the Brexit transitional period ends and the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) no longer applies
The upcoming presidencies of the Council of the European Union have agreed to include the revision of the Directive 2011/64 on the structure and rates of excise duties applied to manufactured tobacco in their strategic agenda
The US FDA’s granting of modified risk status to PMI’s IQOS system suggests possible future competition in the tobacco alternatives market, experts have told TobaccoIntelligence
A detailed summary of the regulatory regime for heated tobacco and modern oral products in Hungary, covering product and age restrictions to labelling and packaging requirements, advertising restrictions and public usage
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Philip Morris International (PMI) modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) status for Iqos and its associated HeatSticks
The Japanese Consumer Affairs Agency has imposed a fine of JPY552m ($5.1m) on Philip Morris Japan (PMJ) for misleading advertising of Iqos when discounts were extended beyond the allotted date
The Pretoria High Court has dismissed the application by the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) to reverse the government ban on the sale of tobacco, including vapour products, following the outbreak of COVID-19
Germany’s anticipated decision to ban outdoor advertising of tobacco, including heat-not-burn (HnB) and vapour products, could cost the public finances an estimated €2.27m a year
South Korea’s health minister Park Neung-hoo has announced a fresh plan to ban advertising and promotional activities for tobacco-alternative products
TobaccoIntelligence managing news editor David Palacios joins Jon Bruford to discuss the implications and impact of the looming Tobacco Products Directive version 3 on the industry. To obtain more data and analysis for the industry, please find our latest market and regulatory reports here. If you need further details, feel free to contact us through this form or through any of our channels.
Voters in the US state of Colorado will decide in November whether to support a bill to increase taxes on tobacco after lawmakers put forward a plan for rises to be phased in over the next seven years
Hong Kong will reintroduce a bill to ban tobacco-alternative products after local elections in September. The Legislative Council ended discussions on the existing bill due to lack of time before its term ends in July
The Dutch government intends to regulate heated tobacco further by expanding the current tobacco restrictions to heat-not-burn (HnB) products
Representatives from different political parties in Italy have put forward various proposals to increase tax on tobacco-alternative products as the government seeks urgent financial responses to the COVID-19 crisis
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and two of its affiliates have filed a lawsuit trying to strike down Los Angeles County’s tobacco flavour ban adopted in 2019 and which came into effect on 1st May
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