British health ministry puts e-cigs at heart of anti-smoking plans

Written by Freddie Dawson || 18th July 2017 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

EU

Europe

UK

UK

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

UK Department of Health wants e-cigs excluded from smoke-free policies, a clear path to medical licensing – and maybe even a review of Britain’s TPD...

New Zealand ready to allow e-cigs but still stands firm against HnB

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 7th June 2017 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

New Zealand

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

New Zealand looks set to amend the law to allow nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be sold in the country – but not to permit HnB...

UK government asks how it should define HnB for tax purposes

Written by Freddie Dawson || 23rd May 2017 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

EU

Europe

UK

UK

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

As heated tobacco products pose new questions for regulators, the UK government is holding a public consultation on potential tax...

PMI faces legal challenge to its right to sell iQOS in New Zealand

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 23rd May 2017 || Regulatory briefing |

Australasia

New Zealand

Heated tobacco

IQOS

Regulatory briefing

Philip Morris International (PMI) has run into legal trouble in New Zealand, where the health ministry has taken the company to court for attempting to sell its iQOS heat-not-burn device in the...

Higher taxes ‘would force vapers back to tobacco’, users tell Europe

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 15th March 2017 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Italy

Poland

UK

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

Raising taxes on e-cigarette products would cause an increase in cross-border sales and lead to some users taking up smoking again, users told a European consultation on excise...

NNA joins UK High Court bid to overturn European snus ban

Written by David Palacios Rubio || 25th January 2017 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Sweden

UK

Snus and oral

Regulatory briefing

The New Nicotine Alliance is to join an attempt by manufacturer Swedish Match to overturn the UK’s snus ban. If successful, the bid could lead to the smokeless tobacco product being legalised throughout the EU ...

FDA rejects snus as modified risk – but could reconsider some aspects

Written by Barnaby Page || 14th December 2016 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Snus and oral

Regulatory briefing

Swedish Match has at last obtained some answers from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its attempt to have snus smokeless tobacco products classified as modified risk ...

PMI bids to gain first ever FDA modified-risk approval for iQOS

Written by Barnaby Page || 6th December 2016 || Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

Philip Morris International (PMI) this week submitted its iQOS technology for approval as a reduced-risk product by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Banning novel tobacco products could violate world trade pact, lawyers say

Written by Barnaby Page || 25th November 2016 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

North America

United States

Combustibles

Heated tobacco

Vapour

Regulatory briefing

Countries that ban tobacco alternative products could be breaking world trade agreements by unfairly privileging combustibles at their expense, two lawyers have warned ...

Heat-not-burn poses novel challenge for European regulators

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 26th October 2016 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

The regulatory status of heat-not-burn (HnB) products in Europe remains unclear, despite an increasing number coming to...

UK government to consult on taxing heat-not-burn products

Written by Freddie Dawson || 19th July 2016 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

UK

UK

Heated tobacco

Regulatory briefing

The UK will launch a consultation on taxation for heat-not-burn products later this...

Swedish Match hopes UK will send snus case to European court

Written by Barnaby Page || 4th July 2016 || Regulatory briefing |

EU

Europe

Sweden

UK

Snus and oral

Regulatory briefing

Swedish Match is contesting the European Union’s ban on snus in court ...

Reynolds wants “modified risk” status for heat-not-burn Revo

Written by Barnaby Page || 17th November 2014 || Business briefing , Regulatory briefing |

North America

United States

Heated tobacco

Business briefing

Regulatory briefing

U.S. tobacco maker Reynolds American is preparing to test-market a heat-not-burn product which it hopes the regulator will approve as...

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

Written by Barnaby Page || 27th June 2014 || Regulatory briefing |

Europe

Poland

Heated tobacco

Snus and oral

Regulatory briefing

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 bring its own...