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PMI’s iQOS enters FDA process, edging closer to U.S. launch
3rd April 2017 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) has submitted its iQOS heat-not-burn system for approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Category e-Cigarettes
Higher taxes ‘would force vapers back to tobacco’, users tell Europe
15th March 2017 - News analysis |
Raising taxes on e-cigarette products would cause an increase in cross-border sales and lead to some users taking up smoking again, users told a European consultation on excise duty.
Altria ready to put millions behind digital U.S. launch of iQOS
27th February 2017 - News analysis |
Altria is set to take a digital approach to launching its iQOS heat-not-burn product in the U.S. but there will be significant costs along the way.
Asia Pacific warms to heat-not-burn, but it’s not an easy road
20th February 2017 - News analysis |
Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris International are attempting to widen their distribution of heat-not-burn (HnB) products throughout Pacific Asia, but there have been problems along the way.
NNA joins UK High Court bid to overturn European snus ban
25th January 2017 - News analysis |
The New Nicotine Alliance is to join an attempt by manufacturer Swedish Match to overturn the UK’s snus ban. If successful, the bid could lead to the smokeless tobacco product being legalised throughout the EU
Australia and New Zealand: personal imports lead the field
23rd January 2017 - Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |
The sale of e-cigarettes containing nicotine is banned in both Australia and New Zealand. Though there is a grassroots move to change this, both markets are currently led by online imports for personal use.
FDA rejects snus as modified risk – but could reconsider some aspects
14th December 2016 - News analysis |
Swedish Match has at last obtained some answers from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its attempt to have snus smokeless tobacco products classified as modified risk
PMI bids to gain first ever FDA modified-risk approval for iQOS
6th December 2016 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) this week submitted its iQOS technology for approval as a reduced-risk product by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Banning novel tobacco products could violate world trade pact, lawyers say
25th November 2016 - News analysis |
Countries that ban tobacco alternative products could be breaking world trade agreements by unfairly privileging combustibles at their expense, two lawyers have warned
Heat-not-burn products show rise in sales as more launches planned
15th November 2016 - Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |
This report is a brief overview of some of the key heated tobacco and hybrid products that are already on the market or are soon to be launched, including data on sales volumes and details of launch plans.
Heated tobacco in Europe: emerging regulation for a new category
26th October 2016 - Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
This report examines the regulation of heat-not-burn (HnB) or heated tobacco products in Europe, as well as some of the broader regulatory issues that they raise
Heat-not-burn poses novel challenge for European regulators
26th October 2016 - News analysis |
The regulatory status of heat-not-burn (HnB) products in Europe remains unclear, despite an increasing number coming to market.
JTI prepares Japan-wide Ploom Tech launch, but iQOS gains ground
29th September 2016 - News analysis |
Japan Tobacco (JTI) has ramped up production of its Ploom Tech e-cigarette in preparation for a nationwide launch across Japan, following successful trials in the city of Fukuoka
UK government to consult on taxing heat-not-burn products
19th July 2016 - News analysis |
The UK will launch a consultation on taxation for heat-not-burn products later this year.
Swedish Match hopes UK will send snus case to European court
4th July 2016 - News analysis |
Swedish Match is contesting the European Union’s ban on snus in court
Big Tobacco encouraged by research on heat-not-burn
7th December 2015 - News analysis |
Are big tobacco companies starting to favour heat-not-burn technology over e-cigarettes? While none has shown any signs of overtly stepping away from e-cigs, and such a move is unlikely, much enthusiasm and investment within the tobacco industry seems to be going toward heat-not-burn.
Russia becomes fourth territory for iQOS heat-not-burn trials
5th November 2015 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) is testing its iQOS heat-not-burn product in Russia, ECigIntelligence has confirmed.
Pax enters British and German markets with heat-not-burn
15th September 2015 - News analysis |
U.S. smoking-alternatives maker Pax Labs is bringing its Pax 2 heat-not-burn device to European markets, with the product for sale online in Germany and the UK from today and expected to be in stores by mid-October.
Pax hoping to set world alight with deluxe heat-not-burn tech
10th March 2015 - News analysis |
Pax Labs, the U.S. heat-not-burn manufacturer previously known as Ploom, today launches a new generation of its namesake device which it is positioning as “the most intelligent, premium and highest performing vaporizer in the market”.
Ploom and JTI agree to split up, divide heat-not-burn brands
17th February 2015 - News analysis |
U.S. startup Ploom and its investor Japan Tobacco International (JTI) are to end their relationship and divide Ploom’s products between them.
Reynolds wants “modified risk” status for heat-not-burn Revo
17th November 2014 - News analysis |
U.S. tobacco maker Reynolds American is preparing to test-market a heat-not-burn product which it hopes the regulator will approve as reduced-risk.
In depth: how tobacco alternatives fit into Big Tobacco’s business
9th July 2014 - Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports , Nicotine pouches market reports |
This special report takes a company-by-company look at the main Big Tobacco players and their activity in e-cigarettes and other tobacco alternatives
PMI prepares for heat-not-burn rollout, plans e-cig for 2016
2nd July 2014 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) will no longer be conspicuous in the tobacco alternatives market by its absence
‘Big Tobacco’s voice should be heard in the nicotine debate’
27th June 2014 - News analysis |
The involvement of the tobacco and pharma industries could be crucial if a new international society on nicotine studies is to make a contribution to the public health and regulation debate – but that will bring its own problems, delegates heard at a conference in Warsaw
Study questions how often them wicked nic stakeholders think of the children
1st April 2000 - News analysis |
A study published today (1st April) reveals only 13% of tobacco retailers thought of the children daily, unless they had just thrown a 20-year-old child out of their store for attempting to buy tobacco products
