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Danish ‘mink’ elections mean questions for future nicotine prohibition policy

Written by Fernanda Tucunduva | 10th October 2022

The future viability of Denmark’s plans to ban anyone born in or after 2010 from accessing tobacco and nicotine products has been thrown into question after the country’s government has become the first ever to...

Pouches are to smoking as smartphones are to the earliest computers – discuss

Written by Barnaby Page | 5th October 2022

It’s fascinating to speculate on how the pouch market will develop. Who will use them, and why, and what will they replace? ...

Reduced risk or prolonged peril? Are views shifting on the nicotine question?

Written by Barnaby Page | 22nd September 2022

Is there any connection between people’s knowledge of reduced-risk products and their attitudes toward them? Our third survey of European Parliament members' views will show how any such connection may have altered ...

Tobacco may not be a vote-winning issue, but what a difference an election makes

Written by Barnaby Page | 15th September 2022

After the victory of right-wing parties in Sweden’s very close election this week, the country’s tobacco alternatives sector – and its customers – may well be breathing a sigh of relief ...

Europe’s tobacconists facing big changes, with new products and new regulations

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 15th September 2022

The EU’s tobacconists will need to change their identity if they are to adapt to major regulatory changes coming soon, according to a leading trade body for tobacco retailers ...

Uncertainty mixed with optimism in tobacco sector ahead of Italian elections

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 12th September 2022

Uncertainty remains high in the Italian tobacco-alternatives industry, but there is a feeling of cautious optimism as the country approaches election day on 25th September ...

What do e-cig cases tell us about where US FDA might go on other alternatives?

Written by Barnaby Page | 8th September 2022

Another day, another judgement in the saga of the US vapour industry’s cases against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – but what might the conflicting decisions mean for other smoking alternatives? ...

While other countries have gone with a flavour ban, menthol is still big in Japan

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 29th August 2022

Japan currently has no intention of following the US and Europe with a ban on menthol-flavoured tobacco products ...

Banned as a novel food? One day tobacco might be accepted as a super-food

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 18th August 2022

While nicotine pouches are classed in the EU as food products with an unauthorised ingredient, it could be argued that there is nothing novel about tobacco, or nicotine, in food – and it could have...

Who, and where, is the science on novel tobacco products coming from?

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th August 2022

Scientific research into novel nicotine alternatives has so far largely focused on vaping, but that is likely to change as the products become more widespread ...

Welsh strategy for a smoke-free future leaves out the question of alternatives

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 4th August 2022

Heated tobacco and the possible legalisation of snus are not specifically addressed in a new tobacco control strategy for the devolved UK region of Wales ...

Could Japan be leading the way towards the end of the combustible cigarette?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 4th August 2022

The latest financial report from Japan Tobacco International tells a tale that should make bedroom and boardroom reading for government officials, public health departments and regulators everywhere ...

Fury in the Philippines as new president lets novel tobacco bill lapse into law

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 28th July 2022

Calls for the president to veto the Philippines Vape Regulation Bill – and a change of government – failed to derail the bill, which also regulates heated tobacco and other novel tobacco products ...

EU heated tobacco flavour ban possibly delayed to extend scrutiny period

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 15th July 2022

A ban on flavoured heated tobacco products in the EU may be delayed after the Permanent Representatives Committee recommended that the Council of the European Union extend the scrutiny period by two months ...

Does the latest in the premium cigar case reveal flaws in the FDA’s judgement?

Written by Barnaby Page | 15th July 2022

You can almost hear the judge’s sigh as he wrote his latest opinion in the long-running litigation between the FDA and the cigar industry over the latter’s treatment by the 2016 final deeming rule. Here...

Malaysian minister grabs more headlines with birthdate plan to phase out nicotine

Written by Aidan Semmens | 13th July 2022

Trust a politician to come up with a memorable soundbite, a catchy slogan or a simple statement that leaps out at you from the headlines. Top prize this week to Malaysia’s health minister Khairy Jamaluddin...

Huge disparities in access to stop-smoking services across England

Written by Freddie Dawson | 8th July 2022

Public health in the north of England continues to be ignored in favour of supporting more affluent and Tory-leaning areas in the south and Midlands, according to a new survey ...

Could other countries take UK’s Khan review as a blueprint for change?

Written by Barnaby Page | 7th July 2022

Could the Khan report, which endorses the UK's positive attitude towards e-cigs also have lessons for the rest of the world, even for countries where there is far more hostility toward novel tobacco products? ...

European heated tobacco users about to lose taste with latest flavour prohibition

Written by Laura Garay Gómez | 1st July 2022

A flavour ban for heated tobacco products has been confirmed following the EU Commission’s publishing of a delegated directive amending the Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU, commonly known as the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ...

Now it’s official – but does US nicotine cut apply to more than just combustibles?

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th June 2022

Some headlines notwithstanding, it doesn’t sound like Joe Biden actually sat in the Oval Office and signed off mandatory nicotine reduction while photographers recorded the historic moment ...