Market & legal data of alternative tobacco products in Europe

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% ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Italian Senators consider amendments to modify HnB excise duties from 2022

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 17th December 2021

Italian senators from different political parties have tabled a number of amendments to the Budget Bill 2022 aiming to modify the excise tax rates on heated tobacco products ...

F1 moves on from tobacco promotion as PMI and Ferrari go their separate ways

Written by Aidan Semmens | 16th December 2021

It’s the end of an era as tobacco sponsorship of Formula One racing comes to an end – again. Or does it and is it? ...

MEPs approve cancer report supporting tighter flavour restrictions

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 10th December 2021

The European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) gave the green light to a cancer report that urges the Commission to assess a ban on characterising flavours in heated tobacco ...

MEPs call on European Commission to ban flavours in heated tobacco products

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 3rd December 2021

The final report of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) is expected to ask the Commission to implement a blanket ban on “all characteristic flavours” in heated tobacco and novel tobacco products ...

How will TPD3 deal with newly emerged products? Our survey offers a few clues

Written by Barnaby Page | 2nd December 2021

Sooner or later the EU will have a new Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), and one of the big questions will be how it treats new product categories which barely existed at the time of TPD2...

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 ...

UK Tobacco Control Plan 'must tackle misinformation' about alternatives

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 18th November 2021

UK MPs have called on the government to ensure that the forthcoming Tobacco Control Plan will be taken as an opportunity to tackle misinformation around tobacco alternatives and to encourage switching ...

Early signs look promising for Imperial Brands' European heated tobacco trials

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 16th November 2021

Tobacco giant Imperial Brands has told investors that the ongoing trials of its Pulze heated tobacco device and iD consumables in Central and Eastern Europe were “progressing well” ...

Concern grows over influencers' social media promotion of tobacco products

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 10th November 2021

The misleading advertising of tobacco alternatives on social media has become a critical concern of public health groups and some governments around the world ...

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 ...

EU criticises WHO over 'unprecedented' delay in talks on tobacco alternatives

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 29th October 2021

European countries have publicly expressed disagreement with the World Health Organization (WHO)’s decision to postpone discussions of novel tobacco products, keeping them out of the upcoming COP9 ...

Sales up, profit down as Swedish Match pins high hopes on a smoke-free future

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 28th October 2021

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...

Is plain packaging of snus working in Norway? Official body raises the question

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 27th October 2021

Researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) found that plain packaging did not produce a decline in men’s snus use in Norway, with “inconclusive results” on both smoking and women’s snus use ...

Patents for HnB and smokeless tobacco products on the rise, research finds

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 18th October 2021

Patents for tobacco alternatives have been booming in recent times as tobacco companies position themselves as contributors to a smoke-free world ...

MEPs want tighter flavour restrictions and 'proportionate' tax to beat cancer

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 5th October 2021

MEPs have tabled a set of proposals to amend a draft report by the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA), calling on the European Commission to implement a flavour ban on all tobacco products ...

Survey backs EU-wide tax harmony on heated tobacco and oral nicotine

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 28th September 2021

New figures from the European Commission reveal broad support for harmonised tax rules for tobacco-alternative products ahead of the revision of a directive on the structure and rates of excise duties on tobacco ...

New junior health minister takes charge of UK policy on tobacco alternatives

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 24th September 2021

The appointment of Maggie Throup as UK public health minister comes at a potentially critical time for tobacco alternatives, with many hoping she will continue the harm reduction approach of her predecessor ...

Why have WHO FCTC COP9 novel tobacco discussions been postponed to 2023?

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 21st September 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to postpone a discussion on novel tobacco products to a face-to-face event in 2023 – a decision experts are linking to a lack of consensus on what approach...

Healthy business? PMI completes its takeover of Vectura and Fertin Pharma

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 16th September 2021

Philip Morris International (PMI) has concluded its controversial £1.1bn takeover of UK health firm Vectura, along with that of the Danish oral-products manufacturer Fertin Pharma ...

Swedish Match is ready to shake up the industry by getting out of combustibles

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...

European cancer report 'should include reference to reduced-harm products'

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 14th September 2021

Three Italian members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are hoping to introduce the concept of harm reduction into a strategy report by the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA), but the idea has not yet...

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 ...

HnB facing 'passive smoking' clampdown as German state considers new rules

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 30th August 2021

The German state of Hesse is targeting heated tobacco along with e-cigarettes in a new legislative initiative to update the current regulations covering smoking ...

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