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Italian?health ministry says IQOS ?reduced-risk? claim is unproven
9th June 2020 - News analysis |
The reduced-risk potential of IQOS compared with combustible cigarettes cannot be ascertained, according to Italy?s Ministry of Health
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Good but could be better ? 2018 no longer looks quite as rosy for BAT
17th October 2018 - News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) has lowered its expectations of its heated tobacco and vaping products this year ? but still anticipates continuing growth
Advantage BAT in the race to open up US for heated tobacco
30th July 2018 - News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) has a chance to steal a march on its Big Tobacco rivals in the heated-tobacco market after the company became the first to receive approval to sell a heat-not-burn device in the US
Beyond Kungfu ? China Tobacco ready to move further into vapour and HnB
18th June 2018 - News analysis |
China Tobacco, the Chinese state monopoly, looks set to increase its involvement in alternative products, including both e-cigarettes and heated tobacco ? possibly in co-operation with major foreign companies
Big in Japan ? now JTI and BAT plan to make heated tobacco even bigger
7th May 2018 - News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) and Japan Tobacco International (JTI) are both planning further investment in reduced-risk products following successful Japanese launches
Substantial equivalence: Eclipse and Glo ? same difference?
1st March 2018 - Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
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? …
FDA publishes requested amendments to PMI?s IQOS application
26th February 2018 - News analysis |
The US FDA has made some public amendments to PMI?s reduced risk applications for IQOS and three types of Marlboro HeatSticks products
BAT now claims to be biggest reduced-risk tobacco company in the world
23rd February 2018 - News analysis |
British American Tobacco claims to be the largest reduced-risk product company in the world following its acquisition of Reynolds American and says it will build on this through a variety of HnB, moist tobacco and oral tobacco brands
FDA committee rejects two IQOS MRTP claims, approves one
25th January 2018 - News analysis |
Agency?s science committee agrees that PMI product decreases exposure to dangerous chemicals, but won?t accept broader claims of long-term risk reduction
Global health group calls for HnB restrictions until science is proven
19th December 2017 - News analysis |
The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease has called for the advertising and indoor use of heat-not-burn (HnB) products to be banned until sufficient independent research has been conducted to confirm their safety
HnB v e-cigs ? UK toxicity committee wants to see how they match up
18th December 2017 - News analysis |
The UK government committee which this month concluded that heat-not-burn products are safer than combustibles now wants to compare them to e-cigarettes
BAT launches Glo and Dunhill Neostiks on the South Korean HnB market
17th August 2017 - News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) has launched its Glo device in South Korea, joining Philip Morris International (PMI)’s iQOS in what could be a lively market for heated tobacco products
BAT?s $49bn Reynolds takeover is on ? with big reduced-risk potential
20th July 2017 - News analysis |
The $49.4bn takeover of Reynolds American by British American Tobacco (BAT) is set to go through next week after being approved by shareholders of both companies.
PMI rejects researchers? claim that HnB is ?smoke by any other name?
6th June 2017 - News analysis |
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?
UK government asks how it should define HnB for tax purposes
23rd May 2017 - News analysis |
As heated tobacco products pose new questions for regulators, the UK government is holding a public consultation on potential tax regimes.
PMI faces legal challenge to its right to sell iQOS in New Zealand
23rd May 2017 - News analysis |
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 country.
Altria ready to put millions behind digital U.S. launch of iQOS
27th February 2017 - News analysis |
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.
Asia Pacific warms to heat-not-burn, but it?s not an easy road
20th February 2017 - News analysis |
Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris International are attempting to widen their distribution of heat-not-burn (HnB) products throughout Pacific Asia, but there have been problems along the way.
Big Tobacco encouraged by research on heat-not-burn
7th December 2015 - News analysis |
Are big tobacco companies starting to favour heat-not-burn technology over e-cigarettes? While none has shown any signs of overtly stepping away from e-cigs, and such a move is unlikely, much enthusiasm and investment within the tobacco industry seems to be going toward heat-not-burn.
Russia becomes fourth territory for iQOS heat-not-burn trials
5th November 2015 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) is testing its iQOS heat-not-burn product in Russia, ECigIntelligence has confirmed.
Ploom and JTI agree to split up, divide heat-not-burn brands
17th February 2015 - News analysis |
U.S. startup Ploom and its investor Japan Tobacco International (JTI) are to end their relationship and divide Ploom?s products between them.
