News analysis for professionals in the alternative tobacco sector

Despite revenue decrease in Q1, Altria believes business is on track for the year

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 2nd May 2022

Altria saw $5.9bn in revenue in Q1 2022 – a decrease from both Q4 2021 ($6.25bn) and by 2.4% compared to Q1 2021 ...

JTI reports strong Q1 performance despite uncertainties over Ukraine war

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 29th April 2022

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) saw its revenues increase by 6.2% to JPY581.5bn ($4.5bn) in the first quarter of 2022, despite uncertainties over its business in Russia, compared with 5.3% growth to JPY547.3bn ($4.2bn) in the...

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 ...

Reynolds awaits reply on appeal of Los Angeles County flavour ban decision

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 22nd April 2022

A reply from Los Angeles County lawyers is expected soon, after RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company and two other tobacco companies asked a federal appellate court to review its earlier affirmation of the county’s ban on...

BAT increases its investment in cannabis as it continues to look beyond nicotine

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 13th April 2022

British American Tobacco (BAT) has invested a further CAD6.3m (USD5.03m) in the Canadian cannabis company Organigram, thereby increasing its stake from 18.8% to 19.5% ...

Study finds considerable awareness of nicotine pouches among young US adults

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 6th April 2022

A new study suggests awareness of nicotine pouches among young US adult smokers is high, given the low market penetration of oral tobacco products in the country ...

Synthetic nicotine – a manufactured scare story with nothing to be afraid of

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 31st March 2022

While synthetic nicotine has become the focus of much controversy, demonised as a public health risk, its currently poor reputation derives more from bureaucracy than from the substance itself ...

UK government will 'consider' putting nicotine pouches under tobacco rules

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 29th March 2022

The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published its post-implementation review of the country’s tobacco legislation ...

Brief window of change as US FDA takes charge of synthetic nicotine regulation

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 29th March 2022

TobaccoIntelligence has put together a timeline outlining the major points to look out for over the summer as the US FDA brings synthetic nicotine into the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) process ...

PMI considers leaving the Russian market as it scales down operations

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 25th March 2022

Philip Morris International (PMI) has cancelled all product launches in Russia for 2022 as part of its plans to suspend investments and scale down manufacturing operations across the country ...

FDA authorises legal US sale of Logic’s heated tobacco product Vapeleaf

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 25th March 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the marketing of Logic Technology Development’s heated tobacco product Vapeleaf ...

No 2 Mital looks the most likely choice to succeed outgoing CTP director Zeller

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 25th March 2022

Michele Mital, deputy director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) since 2018, looks the most likely candidate to take over from retiring director Mitch Zeller ...

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...

PMI allowed to make modified risk claims in US for Iqos 3 but import ban stands

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 15th March 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is allowing Philip Morris International (PMI) to market its Iqos 3 heated tobacco device with some reduced risk claims ...

Big Tobacco shuts down in Russia, lends aid to employees there and in Ukraine

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 14th March 2022

Imperial Brands has announced that it is suspending all operations in Russia, including domestic production, and all sales and marketing activity as a result of international sanctions and the consequential severe disruption ...

HnB takes more than 30% of the Japanese tobacco market for the first time ever

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 8th March 2022

Heat-not-burn (HnB) products took more than a third of the total tobacco market in Japan for the first time, in the last quarter of 2021, as the shift from traditional cigarettes continued ...

Finland moves forward with efforts to limit tobacco and nicotine use by 2030

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 4th March 2022

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has appointed a working group tasked with submitting proposals for new legislation and other measures ...

22nd Century expands its VLN cigarettes in the US, and moves into South Korea

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 3rd March 2022

US company 22nd Century reports its full-year results for 2021, with a company loss but increased net sales, and plans for expansion for its VLN cigarettes both domestically and internationally ...

Iceland’s bill to regulate nicotine pouches as e-cigs due in parliament in March

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 2nd March 2022

Iceland’s delayed bill to regulate nicotine pouches under similar rules to those proposed for e-cigarettes and refills will be introduced to parliament in March ...

What science should we be following on novel tobacco products – and how far?

Written by Barnaby Page | 2nd March 2022

“Following the science” is one of the most misleading, clichés of the pandemic, and both advocates and enemies of novel tobacco products need to be cautious of claiming to do the same thing ...

UK will not modify tobacco regulations to legalise snus, health minister says

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 1st March 2022

Snus is likely to remain banned in the UK after a health minister said it is not expected to be part of the UK’s upcoming tobacco control plan ...

Italy regulates nicotine pouch sales, with notification and tax requirements

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 28th February 2022

Nicotine pouches will officially be allowed to enter the Italian market following approval of a bill by the country’s Senate ...

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 ...

Europe adopts compromise position on reduced risk products to beat cancer

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 21st February 2022

The European Parliament has adopted the BECA report – the first time a European institution has formally acknowledged reduced risk products could play a role in smoking cessation – with some caveats ...

US ban on menthol combustibles will go ahead 'in the spring' despite controversy

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 17th February 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that a plan to ban menthol in combustible smoking products by the end of spring 2022 "remains on track" ...

Do sin taxes achieve the desired effect, or do they add up to a temptation to sin?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 17th February 2022

Whatever the motives behind it, punitive or would-be persuasive taxation has many of the same drawbacks as prohibition ...

BAT enjoys big rises in revenue from novel categories, led by modern oral

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 17th February 2022

British American Tobacco (BAT) saw revenue from its new products category portfolio rise by 42.4% in 2021 to £2.05bn, driven in part by an increase in sales of its modern oral products ...

JTI puts heated tobacco growth at the heart of its plans for a reduced risk future

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 16th February 2022

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) will look to prioritise heated tobacco as part of its commitment to break even on its reduced risk portfolio (RRP) by 2027 ...

'Modified risk' VLN cigarettes ready for launch in 'major metropolitan market'

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 15th February 2022

22nd Century Group is to announce its full year results on 1st March, after confirming the launch of its two low-nicotine cigarettes as modified risk tobacco products ...

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 ...

Swedish Match says Norwegian approval could be hard to get after pouch rejection

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 ...

Changes to Norwegian rules unlikely to have much impact on the market

Written by Freddie Dawson | 9th February 2022

Recent changes to Norwegian regulations are unlikely to have a significant impact on the country’s tobacco alternatives market ...

MEPs prepare for first full parliamentary debate on European 'beating cancer' plan

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 8th February 2022

The European Parliament’s first debate on the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA)’s report into how to strengthen Europe’s fight against cancer will take place on 15th February ...

Philippine doctors urge president to veto novel tobacco bill over addiction fears

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 3rd February 2022

The Philippine College of Physicians is lobbying against a bill to regulate vaping and novel tobacco products. They object to a lower age limit and the removal of flavour restrictions ...

How the success or failure of VLNCs could affect regulation of alternatives

Written by Barnaby Page | 3rd February 2022

Acceptance by the US FDA of very-low-nicotine cigarettes as a modified risk product may be controversial, even bizarre, but it will be worth seeing how they perform in the market – and how that may...

Norway's rule change could open the way to a new market for HnB and pouches

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 1st February 2022

Could a new regulation allowing companies to apply for permission to sell new tobacco and nicotine products open the Norwegian market to heated tobacco and oral nicotine pouches? ...

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 ...

Altria revenue decline compensated for by uptick in oral tobacco in late 2021

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 28th January 2022

Tobacco giant Altria’s net revenues slightly declined in 2021, partially offset by growth in the company’s oral tobacco products segment ...

US International Trade Commission rejects PMI bid to resume Iqos imports

Written by Freddie Dawson | 26th January 2022

Philip Morris’s bid to resume importing and selling its Iqos heat-not-burn (HnB) device in the US has failed ...

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 ...

Taiwan close to legalising heated tobacco products, with controls

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 20th January 2022

Draft amendments to the Taiwan Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act are awaiting approval by the parliament. They will include the legalisation of heated tobacco products, with controls on sales ...

Are heated tobacco products a threat to vaping or a complementary product?

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 20th January 2022

Some vapers appear to be switching to heated tobacco products, but should vaping and heated tobacco be viewed as complementary alternatives or competitors ...

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 ...

Global Trends report reveals extent of alternatives' growing market share

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 12th January 2022

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% ...

2021 in review: As smoking declines, tobacco alternatives take up the slack

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 10th January 2022

2021 may have been a downer in many other areas but the year saw phenomenal growth across tobacco alternatives, including in the oral segment, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches ...

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...

Health experts accuse US FDA of taking 'backward step' over VLN cigarettes

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 29th December 2021

The US FDA’s marketing authorisation of two low-nicotine cigarettes as modified risk tobacco products – including a menthol cigarette – has not gone down well with public health associations or all harm reduction experts ...

‘It doesn’t make sense’ – public health expert criticises Taipei’s HnB ban

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 27th December 2021

A new blanket ban in Taiwan’s capital on the sale and import of tobacco-alternative products is heavy-handed and nonsensical, an expert in the city’s medical university says ...

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