Market & legal data of the tobacco alternative sector in Denmark

Global regulatory response to pouches and heated tobacco products ramps up

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 19th September 2024

As nations worldwide tighten their grip on nicotine pouches and heated tobacco products, a wave of regulatory changes is reshaping the market – driving industry adjustments and prompting further regulatory responses ...

Pouches could hook youth on nicotine, says US assessment of available research

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 11th July 2024

The use of nicotine pouches may lead to potential harmful consequences in young users, according to a US assessment of the not-so-extensive research so far available on the topic ...

EU countries called for flavour ban before Commission released related survey data

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 26th June 2024

Last week, 12 EU health ministers backed a paper calling on the European Commission to propose new legislation, which could include banning flavoured vapes and limiting nicotine content ...

The evolution of novel tobacco and nicotine products over the last decade

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 5th April 2024

In this part of a series of articles celebrating the tenth anniversary of Tamarind Intelligence, we look at how heated tobacco, nicotine pouches and herbal heated sticks have evolved in the past decade ...

Could Denmark’s plan to limit youth tobacco use provoke ‘a reverse outcome’?

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 24th November 2023

A new Danish government plan to curb the consumption of tobacco and nicotine among young people is facing criticism from international advocates of reduced-risk nicotine products ...

EU heated tobacco flavour ban enters into force amid controversy and criticism

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 23rd October 2023

The EU’s ban on flavours in heated tobacco applies from today, amid criticism from harm reduction advocates, tobacco companies and some European politicians who believe that it could discourage smoking cessation ...

Denmark explores stricter laws and enforcement to curb rising nicotine use

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 14th July 2023

The Danish health minister is considering increased age limits, higher prices and more severe sanctions for stores breaking the law to address rising use of nicotine products in the country ...

Danish authorities fight uphill battle with retailers over tax law compliance

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 9th June 2023

More than half of the tobacco retailers inspected by the Danish Customs and Tax Administration at the beginning of this year were found to be non-compliant with new tax rules ...

Belgian ban: nicotine and cannabinoid pouch sales to be illegal this year

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 14th April 2023

The sale of nicotine pouches in Belgium has been banned, effective later this year, on the grounds they pose a danger to public health, particularly due to their potential for addiction ...

Danish ‘mink’ elections mean questions for future nicotine prohibition policy

Written by Fernanda Tucunduva | 10th October 2022

The future viability of Denmark’s plans to ban anyone born in or after 2010 from accessing tobacco and nicotine products has been thrown into question after the country’s government has become the first ever to...

Banner ads booked by algorithm are not exempt from ban, Danish paper told

Written by Freddie Dawson | 25th July 2022

It is a publisher’s responsibility to ensure tobacco ads do not appear on a newspaper website through automated or algorithmic banner ad purchases, according to a ruling by the Danish Consumer Ombudsman ...

Swedish Match releases Q1 2022 results following $16bn takeover bid from PMI

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 12th May 2022

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...

PMI in negotiations to acquire rival Swedish Match for a reported $15bn

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 10th May 2022

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 ...

BAT leads legal challenge to Denmark's latest tobacco control initiative

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 4th May 2022

A group of tobacco companies, including British American Tobacco (BAT) and its subsidiaries Nicoventures and House of Prince, have sued the Danish government over legislation which came into force in 2021 ...

Young Danes can't tell nicotine pouches from snus, but they're using more of both

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 22nd March 2022

There has been a significant increase in the use of smoke-free tobacco products among young people in Denmark over the past ten years, according to a new report by the Danish Health Authority ...

Denmark prepares to lead Europe with its first planned tobacco-free generation

Written by Marija Obradovic | 16th March 2022

Denmark could become the first country in Europe to impose a generational limit on access to tobacco and nicotine products, with a plan to ban access to tobacco and nicotine products to anyone born in...

Swedish Match sees 2021 finish with strong growth in smoke-free products

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 21st February 2022

Swedish Match has reported an 11% sales increase in 2021 driven by the smoke-free product segment, with strong growth in the US and Scandinavia ...

Stricter vaping regulation could be good news for other alternatives in 2022

Written by Freddie Dawson | 31st January 2022

Consumers will continue to increasingly spread usage out over different alternative nicotine products partiy driven by further, stricter vaping regulation across the globe throughout 2022, TobaccoIntelligence predicts ...

TobaccoIntelligence's predictions for 2021 reviewed – how well did we do?

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 21st January 2022

TobaccoIntelligence showed excellent understanding of the industry and a capacity for accurate analysis with its 2021 predictions, most of which hit during the year ...

Healthy business? PMI completes its takeover of Vectura and Fertin Pharma

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 16th September 2021

Philip Morris International (PMI) has concluded its controversial £1.1bn takeover of UK health firm Vectura, along with that of the Danish oral-products manufacturer Fertin Pharma ...

PMI acquisition of gums manufacturer 'shows company strategy on alternatives'

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 12th July 2021

PMI’s acquisition of Fertin Pharma, a Danish manufacturer of gums and other oral products, indicates the company’s strategy to ensure “corporate survival” in the tobacco-alternatives sector, experts believe ...

Danish health minister seeks to postpone labelling rules for nicotine pouches

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 4th December 2020

The Ministry of Health has proposed that the enforcement of the provisions affecting labelling and health warnings rules should be postponed by six months ...

Swedish Match’s nicotine pouches drive positive company numbers in the quarter

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 27th October 2020

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 ...

Denmark holds back on planned flavour ban after European Commission says no

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 5th October 2020

Denmark has put on hold a proposal to extend the ban on flavours in tobacco products to hookah and chewing tobacco after the European Commission issued a negative opinion on the plan ...

BAT reports 273% revenue increase in a year for its modern oral portfolio

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 28th February 2020

British American Tobacco (BAT)'s "modern oral" portfolio has been one of the main drivers helping the company achieve good results in 2019 for its next-generation products category, which overall increased globally by 36.9% ...

Norway and Denmark give up the smoking habit, turn to snus instead

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 20th February 2020

Snus is booming in popularity in Norway and Denmark – especially among the young – while cigarette-smoking appears to be losing its appeal fast ...

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