The US FDA has given its approval for Philip Morris International (PMI)’s IQOS in the US, along with its associated consumables ― the first heated-tobacco products to be so approved
PMI has announced the worldwide launch of two new IQOS devices during a series of events in Japan. The iQOS 3 and iQOS Multi feature quicker charging and longer battery life
What are heated-tobacco products and why has there been a resurgence of interest in them? How do they work? Are they like e-cigs and how are they different from smoking? These questions – and more – are answered in this short guide.
In this in-depth market report, we examine closely the results of a survey conducted by TobaccoIntelligence into the habits and opinions of heated tobacco (HnB) users in a growing and competitive South Korean market
While sales of traditional cigarettes continue to decline worldwide, PMI is increasingly relying on its heated-tobacco device IQOS to buoy up its financial results, particularly through sales in Japan and Korea
Japan has been at the forefront of the growing heated tobacco market, and in this report ECigIntelligence looks at the marketing conditions and compares the leading brands
Two heated tobacco brands have been launched in Russia by Big Tobacco: IQOS from PMI and BAT’s Glo. And all the signs are that the products are gradually gaining in interest and popularity in one of the world’s largest tobacco markets
Philip Morris International (PMI) has won the right to sell and market heat-not-burn Heets sticks in New Zealand in a surprise legal ruling against the Ministry of Health
Philip Morris International has ceased production of traditional cigarettes at its Papastratos factory in the Athens suburb of Aspropyrgos in Greece, which will now manufacture only Heets, the tobacco sticks for IQOS
The budget plan making its way through a host of Japanese parliamentary committees includes a staggered series of tax rises for heated tobacco products as well as combustible cigarettes – and Japan Tobacco could suffer most
BAT has chosen to seek market authorisation in the US for its heat-not-burn product Glo on the basis of its “substantial equivalence” to a previous product, Eclipse – but what are the pitfalls and the advantages in this approach? …
As tobacco giants Philip Morris International (PMI) and Japan Tobacco (JT) have been hit by falling tobacco sales, revenues from their e-cigarette and heat-not-burn (HnB) portfolios have increased
The IQOS heated tobacco system is on sale across Southeast Asia, despite doubts over its legality in a number of countries, and the official disapproval of its maker, PMI
Agency’s science committee agrees that PMI product decreases exposure to dangerous chemicals, but won’t accept broader claims of long-term risk reduction
Web traffic has a strong correlation to sales and sales growth of the consummables inside heated tobacco products. The analysis of web traffic data therefore gives us a good indication of the direction of movement of the category and the likely growth going forwards. This report aims to gauge the success of heated tobacco products by analysing traffic to the manufacturers’ websites.
Heated tobacco continues to take up a greater and greater share of the total world tobacco market, according to new figures from Philip Morris International (PMI) outlining the success of its IQOS device
The US FDA has missed its own 180-day deadline for replying to the premarket tobacco application (PMTA) by Philip Morris International for its IQOS heated tobacco products
The American Vaping Association has written to FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb urging him to approve PMI’s heated tobacco product iQOS for sale in the US
As PMI’s iQOS comes under consideration by the US FDA, we examine the hurdles it – and other – heated tobacco and e-cigarette products will have to clear to obtain authorisation for commercialisation and reduced-risk claims.
New research shines a little light on how Japanese consumers are reacting to iQOS, and how HnB products compare with both combustibles and e-cigarettes on the crucial question of nicotine delivery.
Altria is set to take a digital approach to launching its iQOS heat-not-burn product in the U.S. but there will be significant costs along the way.