Market & legal data in the tobacco alternatives sector in Poland

Polish industry concerned over planned prohibition of synthetic nicotine pouches

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 18th November 2024

Poland’s health minister, Izabela Leszczyna, has announced that her ministry is drafting legislation to ban synthetic nicotine pouches as well as e-cigarettes with flavours ...

Strong NGP growth keeps Imperial in line with forecasts ahead of November results

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 10th October 2024

Imperial Brands reported trading in line with expectations, driven by robust growth in its tobacco segment and next generation products, as it prepares to give its full-year results in November ...

Poland to apply significant price hike on tobacco heating devices from next year

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 8th October 2024

The Polish government has unveiled plans to extend the country’s excise tax to tobacco heating devices, to be adopted by the Council of Ministers in the fourth quarter of 2024 and take effect in the...

PMI’s Zyn and Iqos see robust growth, despite supply issues and EU flavour ban

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 23rd July 2024

Philip Morris International recorded an outstanding second-quarter and first-half performance, with strong contributions from Iqos and Zyn – despite supply constraints and the EU flavour ban ...

Polish finance ministry eyes tax hikes on novel and conventional tobacco products

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 16th July 2024

The Polish Ministry of Finance has unveiled plans to amend the country’s excise tax legislation, declaring it will significantly increase the rates on e-liquids, novel tobacco products (NTPs), cigarettes and tobacco in 2025 ...

Ditching smoking for ENDS products may improve oral health, Italian study finds

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 12th July 2024

Users of smoke-free nicotine products may enjoy better dental health than tobacco smokers, according to a study that found electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) to be associated with a lower accumulation of dental plaque ...

Poland set to regulate HTPs for first time to obtain product data and test results

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 24th May 2024

The Polish Ministry of Health has released a new draft bill that regulates heated tobacco products (HTPs) in the country for the first time and introduces a new definition of HTPs into the country’s legislation ...

Moves to apply excise tax to nicotine pouches for the first time in Poland

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 17th May 2024

The Polish Ministry of Finance has released a legislative proposal which indicates that an excise tax will be imposed on nicotine pouches for the first time – with support from tobacco companies ...

Next-gen product innovation bolsters Imperial Brands’ half-yearly revenue

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 15th May 2024

Imperial Brands delivered a solid performance for the first half of the year ended 31st March 2024, boosted by scaling up its existing footprint and stepping up innovation across all next-generation product categories ...

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 ...

Poland could include tobacco-free heated products in tobacco regulation changes

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 15th March 2024

Herbal heated sticks could be brought under the Polish Excise Duty Act definition of novel tobacco products if a proposal from the Ministry of Finance goes forward ...

BAT subsidiaries continue trying to get EU heated tobacco flavour ban annulled

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 25th January 2024

An appeal on the EU heated tobacco product flavour ban – brought by UK-based Nicoventures Trading and other BAT subsidiaries to the Court of Justice of the European Union is unlikely to succeed ...

Herbal sticks are growing in popularity, but regulators might change their future

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 10th January 2024

Herbal heated sticks are spreading worldwide as a replacement for conventional smoking as well as an alternative to heated tobacco products ...

Ploom X international expansion has helped to boost JTI’s Q3 performance

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 31st October 2023

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) enjoyed a solid performance in the third quarter of the year, partially related to its Ploom X heated tobacco product geographic expansion ...

New coalition government may ease taxes on tobacco alternatives in Poland

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 26th October 2023

A coalition of centre-right, liberal, and left-wing forces is the most likely to form a new government in Poland before the end of the year, following elections held on 15th October ...

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 ...

Are herbal heated sticks set to replace heated tobacco products in Europe?

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 7th August 2023

Tobacco-free herbal sticks are expected to continue growing in popularity thanks to potential price and flavour range advantages over heated tobacco products ...

Man on a mission to counter ‘nicotine illiteracy’ and aid smokers everywhere

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 19th May 2023

Taking nicotine out of a tobacco context and inspiring confidence in the role it can play in harm reduction is the goal of Sudhanshu Patwardhan, medical director at the UK Centre for Health Research and...

PMI releases promising results for first half of year, boosted by heated tobacco

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 22nd July 2022

Philip Morris International (PMI) has raised its full year outlook after it saw decent numbers over the first half of 2022 ...

Are flavours in pouches set to be the next battleground for tobacco alternatives?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 30th June 2022

Flavours in nicotine pouches could become the next contentious issue for tobacco alternatives, following a similar route to e-liquid flavours, experts say ...

Meta-analysis study emphasises the lack of high-quality research into HnB

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th January 2022

The heated tobacco sector has, compared with its cousin vapour, always suffered from a lack of scientific research and from the perception that most of what does exist is industry-funded ...

Poland draws closer to raising HnB tax by 2022, with further annual increases

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 26th November 2021

A proposal in Poland to increase excise duties applying to innovative tobacco products, including heated tobacco, was passed by the parliament (Sejm) and is now waiting for the decision of the Senate ...

Nations miss the deadline to implement EU's directive on single-use plastics

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 6th September 2021

Few countries hit the deadline for implementing the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUP) to reduce the environmental impact of certain plastics – including those in heated tobacco filters – TobaccoIntelligence has found ...

Nicotine events still on the calendar while others fall victim to COVID-19

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 16th March 2020

Organisers of two major conferences and exhibitions on nicotine delivery are hoping the events can still go ahead despite the global coronavirus outbreak and a number of other event cancellations and postponements ...

HnB and e-liquids bring manufacturing boost to Eastern Europe

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 4th July 2018

E-cigarette manufacturers and tobacco giants are increasing investment in Central and Eastern Europe, building new plants or expanding existing ones to meet growing demand for new tobacco alternatives ...

‘Big Tobacco’s voice should be heard in the nicotine debate’

Written by Barnaby Page | 27th June 2014

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...

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