Businesses that lead product innovation with what the consumer wants will be one step ahead when it comes to taking a next-generation product to market – particularly when making PMTAs in the US ...
Oral tobacco continued to significantly contribute to Altria’s numbers in the first half of the year, with encouraging results from its On! nicotine pouch brand and positive On! Plus growth prospects ...
British American Tobacco reported a drop in first-half revenue, offset by the continued growth of new categories. BAT expects new-category revenue to be weighted in the second half of 2024, driven by phased launches ...
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 ...
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 ...
Santa opening an advent calendar and people taste-testing nicotine pouches on TikTok is not acceptable marketing, says the Swedish Consumer Agency, which is suing Westridge Group for breaking the legal requirements for nicotine product ads...
If the EU had embraced harm reduction from the outset, it would have already achieved its smoke-free goals, according to Swedish member of European Parliament (MEP) Johan Nissinen ...
Changes in the European Parliament composition may favour a more open approach towards harm reduction, although currently the EU Commission maintains a conservative stance, according to member of European Parliament (MEP) Radka Maxová ...
Some 370m Europeans will be called to the polls in June to elect the 720 members of the next European Parliament, and the outcome could shed light on the future of nicotine pouches ...
The Swedish government is taking the slightly unusual step of proposing a tax reduction of 20% on snus while increasing taxes on traditional cigarettes and smoking tobacco products ...
An influential European Union report, “Beating Cancer Inequalities in the EU”, has taken a cautious, generally pessimistic view on tobacco alternatives ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 31st January 2024
Swedish sources worry strong domestic support for products like snus will be lost when one delegation represents the EU as a whole at the upcoming COP10 international tobacco control conference ...
Haypp Group, an online retailer of reduced-risk products, will look to expand into new categories and European markets following the success of a vaping pilot in the UK ...
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 ...
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 ...
Reduced-risk nicotine products are competing with combustibles and lowering smoking rates, rather than encouraging consumers towards them, according to a new international study ...
The European Commission (EC) reportedly wants to extend the EU-wide ban on snus to tobacco-free nicotine pouches. An EC report revealed on social media by an MEP says the oral tobacco ban has been successful...
Altria reported a solid performance in the first half of 2023 despite lower net revenues, partially offset by higher revenue in the oral tobacco segment ...
A Swedish medical expert’s presentation on the use of snus has been strongly criticised by members of the European Parliament (MEPs), who accused him of promoting a harmful nicotine product ...
British American Tobacco (BAT) will petition Belgium’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, to annul a royal decree set to ban the sale of nicotine pouches from 1st October ...
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...
The best way to reduce smoking rates is by encouraging smokers to switch to new, reduced-risk categories, according to Italian MEP Aldo Patriciello, who recommends the Swedish approach ...
Tobacco companies are not doing enough to transition to reduced risk products and are not phasing out conventional cigarettes quickly enough, according to the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) ...
While most European Parliament members (MEPs) are likely to take a conservative approach to the revision of tobacco regulations, some are more open to acknowledging a positive role for alternatives to smoking ...
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 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 10th February 2023
Philip Morris International (PMI) reports an overall positive performance in 2022, boosted by growth in its Iqos business, with revenues and shipment volumes slightly up for the year ...
British American Tobacco (BAT) enjoyed a 37% rise last year in revenues from novel products, with growing contributions across all three of its new categories, led by its brands Vuse, Velo and Glo Hyper ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 30th November 2022
Philip Morris International (PMI) now owns 93.11% of shares in Swedish Match, meaning it can now begin the process of taking the company off the stock market and making it a wholly-owned PMI subsidiary ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 16th November 2022
Philip Morris International (PMI)’s decision to go ahead with the purchase of all offered Swedish Match shares, despite falling short of its 90% target, means it may run the business as if it owned all...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 15th November 2022
Sweden’s general election in September was potentially a win for the alternative tobacco products industry, with the new right-wing minority government likely to take a more lenient stance than its predecessor ...
Philip Morris International (PMI) has confirmed that it will go ahead and accept all Swedish Match shares that have been tendered to it despite not achieving its 90% minimum stake threshold ...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 1st November 2022
EU antitrust regulators have conditionally approved the takeover of Swedish nicotine pouch specialist Swedish Match by the tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) for an estimated €16bn ...
Swedish Match has reported an 18% sales increase in the first nine months of the year, boosted by the smoke-free product segment. The company saw a continued impressive performance in the US market, where Zyn...
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 14th October 2022
Dryft, which contends it was forced to sell out of the US nicotine pouch market because of alleged frivolous lawsuits from major nicotine pouch producer Swedish Match, may have an edge in the upcoming court...
Swedish Match was the clear winner in this year’s Tobacco Transformation Index, which ranks major tobacco companies on their shift toward reduced-risk products ...
Swedish Match has reported a 17% sales increase in the first half of the year, driven by smoke-free products, with solid growth for its Zyn nicotine pouches in both the US and Scandinavian markets ...
Pouches with integrated “shields” on one side that reduce stinging and gum irritation are the latest example of how the category is leading the way in innovation among alternative nicotine products ...
Innovation in nicotine pouches – better release profile, longer lasting flavour and effect – is coming from an unexpected area... the remarkable world of concrete ...
Limits similar to those already found on tobacco products such as cigarettes and snus will now also apply to tobacco-free nicotine products after Sweden’s parliament, the Riksdag, voted to modify legislation ...
The UK government is likely to miss its 2030 smoke-free ambition for England because the government is not supporting the full range of reduced-risk products, namely snus and nicotine pouches, according to an advocate for snus...
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...
The board of Swedish Match has asked shareholders of the Scandinavian nicotine pouch maker to accept a $16bn takeover offer from tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) ...
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 ...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 10th February 2022
Approval of applications to sell new nicotine products in Norway appears to be a difficult proposition, according to Swedish Match, which had its application for an oral nicotine pouch rejected ...
Alternative tobacco products, including heated tobacco and nicotine pouches, have taken worldwide sales from combustibles over the past three years, with the cigarette segment declining by 5% ...
Swedish Match has reported 9% growth in global sales in the first nine months of 2021, driven by its smoke-free portfolio in the US and Scandinavia, but profit and market share have not lived up...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 15th September 2021
Swedish Match has announced that the company is to become 100% smoke-free by next year with the separation of its cigar business in the US, a decision that is likely to have an impact in...