Market & legal data in the tobacco alternatives sector in Switzerland

Nicotine and flavour delivery innovations driving nicotine pouch evolution globally

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 15th August 2024

From innovative flavour formulations to extended-release mechanisms and eco-friendly packaging, the globally expanding nicotine pouch industry is undergoing a transformative phase ...

Switzerland finds smoking down, use of alternatives up in 30-year survey results

Written by Freddie Dawson | 18th July 2024

Swiss authorities have released results of a 30-year study on smoking and tobacco use in the country, tracking answers to a health survey conducted from 1992 to 2022 ...

22nd Century set to fully launch VLN in South Korea after lessons learned in trial

Written by Freddie Dawson | 10th July 2024

US-based 22nd Century will move to a full roll out of its VLN brand very-low-nicotine cigarette products in the South Korean market, where it had previously launched a limited trial run ...

Haypp Group eyes opportunities for reduced-risk products in Europe

Written by Freddie Dawson | 14th December 2023

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 ...

Rise in snus use among young Swiss as government tries to curb smoking rates

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 13th November 2023

Snus is increasingly popular among Swiss consumers – particularly young male users – while cigarette smoking rates keep declining, according to the country’s latest population healthcare survey ...

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 ...

Swiss parliament may water down ban to allow tobacco advertising in print media

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 20th October 2023

Some tobacco advertising will likely be allowed to continue in Swiss print media, after legislators voted against a proposed complete ban and approved amendments suggested by SGK-S ...

PMI accelerates smoke-free growth in Q3, fuelled by Zyn nicotine pouch sales in US

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 20th October 2023

Strong sales momentum behind PMI’s Zyn nicotine pouches in the US helped drive the company’s growth in the third quarter, with US sales volume up nearly 66% on the same quarter in 2022 ...

22nd Century adjusts its 2023 revenue outlook after a rocky second quarter

Written by Freddie Dawson | 16th August 2023

22nd Century will focus on streamlining operating costs and making the marketing and sales push for its VLN cigarette products more cost efficient to address issues that have forced it to revise full-year profit guidance...

Big in Japan, unfashionable in France – how attitudes to heated tobacco vary

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 29th June 2023

Attitudes towards heated tobacco vary, even between neighbouring countries, with a range of social factors affecting market conditions – as shown by differences between France and Switzerland, Japan and South Korea ...

22nd Century banks on big plans for its VLN cigarettes in the US and beyond

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 12th May 2023

US company 22nd Century will look to expand its international interests by launching trials in Switzerland and Japan as well as relaunching its low-nicotine conventional cigarette product in South Korea ...

PMI reports positive 2022 performance, talks Iqos, Swedish Match and KT&G

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 ...

PMI reports strong Q3 results, talks smoke-free, Altria and Swedish Match

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 24th October 2022

Philip Morris International (PMI) reported strong third quarter results in terms of revenue but saw a number of setbacks in shipment volumes as it looks to meet its goal of becoming a majority smoke-free company...

Switzerland’s regions have their say on bill to ban most tobacco advertising

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 27th September 2022

The Swiss Federal Council has opened the consultation process with Switzerland’s cantons on a bill to amend the national Tobacco Products Act following a referendum on tightening advertising restrictions ...

PMI reveals 'solid performance', with significant growth in its HnB portfolio

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 22nd April 2022

Philip Morris International (PMI) saw positive numbers for the first quarter of 2022, with Iqos Iluma performing well in Japan, Switzerland and Spain ...

Heated tobacco successes help PMI stay positive as cigarette sales go on sliding

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 14th February 2022

Philip Morris International (PMI) posted positive numbers for 2021, helped by higher unit volumes in heated tobacco and outstanding initial results from its fourth-generation heated tobacco device Iqos Iluma ...

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 ...

Why does Switzerland lag behind its neighbours on tobacco control issues?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 7th January 2022

Switzerland faces two referendum votes crucial to the future of tobacco product advertising in the country ...

Switzerland to vote on two competing proposals over tobacco advertising rules

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 7th January 2022

Swiss voters will face two crucial referendums over the next few weeks on the future of tobacco product advertising in the country. The country, which ranks near the bottom of the Tobacco Control Scale in...

Switzerland moves ahead with bill to regulate heated and oral tobacco

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 4th November 2021

The Swiss Federal Assembly has adopted a longstanding bill that will implement new restrictions on tobacco-alternative products, including specific regulations on packaging and promotion ...

Swiss Assembly starts debate this month on long-anticipated tobacco bill

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 2nd December 2020

The Swiss National Council is expected to debate the country’s draft Federal Tobacco Act in a few days but a final vote on the bill, which would ban tobacco sales to minors, is unlikely...

Swiss canton adds snus and snuff to its youth sales testing programme

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 8th April 2020

The Swiss canton of Valais is to include snus and other non-combustible products in its tobacco test-purchasing programme for the first time in a widened bid to halt the sale of tobacco products to minors...

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% ...

Swiss Tobacco Prevention Fund ‘should help finance alternatives’

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 10th December 2019

Switzerland’s Tobacco Prevention Fund should finance harm reduction initiatives, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health has been told ...

Swiss upper house backs ban on tobacco sales to minors and ad restrictions

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 2nd October 2019

The upper house of the Swiss Federal Assembly, the Council of States, has approved a ban on the sale of all tobacco products to under-18s and on advertising them in magazines or online ...

COP8 fails to bring parties together on the crucial risk/benefit question

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 9th October 2018

COP8 closed its doors in Geneva with governments struggling to regulate e-cigarettes due to the lack of scientific proof on potential risks or benefits ...

ENDS and means up for debate at WHO’s COP8 gathering

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 27th September 2018

The role of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco will again be discussed next week at the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP8) to the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control...

Court lifts Switzerland’s ban on sales of e-cigs with nicotine

Written by Elba Manzanilla Zapata | 30th April 2018

The Swiss Federal Administrative Court has reportedly lifted the sales ban on nicotine-containing e-cigarettes issued in 2015 by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office...

Switzerland tries again with fresh proposal to regulate e-cigs and HnB

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 14th December 2017

The Swiss Federal Council has put forward a second draft of its proposed Tobacco Act, which aims specifically to regulate e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn (HnB)...

PMI rejects researchers’ claim that HnB is ‘smoke by any other name’

Written by Marc Beishon | 6th June 2017

PMI has responded forcefully after a Swiss research team claimed its iQOS heat-not-burn system released “the same harmful constituents of conventional cigarette smoke” ...

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