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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 ...

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‘It doesn’t make sense’ – public health expert criticises Taipei’s HnB ban

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 27th December 2021

A new blanket ban in Taiwan’s capital on the sale and import of tobacco-alternative products is heavy-handed and nonsensical, an expert in the city’s medical university says ...

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New Zealand’s cunning birthdate-based scheme to wipe out smoking for good

Written by Aidan Semmens | 22nd December 2021

New Zealand has designated a cohort of young people – those who will be 14 or younger when the government’s proposed law comes into effect – who will never be old enough to smoke ...

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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? ...

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US Senate committee ditches nicotine tax from Biden’s Build Back Better Bill

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 14th December 2021

The US Senate Finance Committee has made “targeted improvements” to president Joe Biden’s $2tn social spending package – including removing the proposal of a federal tax on tobacco alternatives ...

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EU: a market overview of novel nicotine products

Written by Eva Antal | 10th December 2021

This interactive infographic provides a market overview of novel nicotine products in the European Union ...

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Poland: a market overview of novel nicotine products

Written by Eva Antal | 10th December 2021

This interactive infographic provides a market overview of novel nicotine products in Poland ...

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Germany: a market overview of novel nicotine products

Written by Eva Antal | 10th December 2021

This interactive infographic provides a market overview of novel nicotine products in Germany ...

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Czech Republic: a market overview of novel nicotine products

Written by Eva Antal | 10th December 2021

This interactive infographic provides a market overview of novel nicotine products in the Czech Republic ...

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Sweden: a market overview of novel nicotine products

Written by Eva Antal | 10th December 2021

This interactive infographic provides a market overview of novel nicotine products in Sweden ...

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Italy: a market overview of novel nicotine products

Written by Eva Antal | 10th December 2021

This interactive infographic provides a market overview of novel nicotine products in Italy ...

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Greece: a market overview of novel nicotine products

Written by Eva Antal | 10th December 2021

This interactive infographic provides a market overview of novel nicotine products in Greece ...

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Denmark: a market overview of novel nicotine products

Written by Eva Antal | 10th December 2021

This interactive infographic provides a market overview of novel nicotine products in Denmark ...

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Hungary: a market overview of novel nicotine products

Written by Eva Antal | 10th December 2021

This interactive infographic provides a market overview of novel nicotine products in Hungary ...

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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...

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How have MEPs changed in their views about new nicotine products?

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 30th November 2021

TobaccoIntelligence carried out a second survey of MEPs, following a similar survey in 2020, to find out how their views on new nicotine products – e-cigarettes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches – have changed ...

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A market snapshot of ‘novel nicotine products’ in the European Union

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 30th November 2021

The use of traditional tobacco products has been in decline across the EU in recent decades. We conducted a recent study to gauge the economic impact of novel nicotine products in Europe ...

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What caused a scrap in the Philippines government over tobacco alternatives?

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 24th November 2021

Conflict between public health and political-economic interests seems to be the main reason behind an internal dispute between the Philippine delegation to COP9 and officials at the country’s Department of Health ...

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Califf may hit the ground running – but which way will he go on nicotine?

Written by Barnaby Page | 18th November 2021

Robert Califf's expected return to head the US FDA has excited plenty of attention in the world of e-cigarettes, but there’s been much less talk about the likely impact on heated tobacco, pouches and other...

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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” ...