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EU anti-cancer plan accused of ‘shutting the door’ on smokers trying to quit

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th March 2021

As European health ministers met to discuss the EU’s Beating Cancer Plan, one influential organisation has pleaded for a rethink of its attitude toward alternative nicotine products ...

China’s popular WeChat platform kills off ‘cool’ smoking soldier emoji

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 10th March 2021

China’s popular social media and messaging app WeChat has taken down an emoji featuring a smoking soldier after a Beijing-based anti-smoking organisation campaigned for its removal ...

European Ombudsman tells Commission to come clean over tobacco meetings

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 2nd March 2021

The European Ombudsman has accused the European Commission of failing to “proactively publish” details of all its interactions with the tobacco industry ...

Ukraine’s HnB tax hike blamed for ‘inevitable’ boom in bootleg sales

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 17th February 2021

Concerns have been raised in Ukraine over a sharp increase in sales of counterfeit heated tobacco products from China following the imposition of a new tax scheme in January ...

UK should take the harm reduction message to WHO conference, MPs told

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 11th February 2021

Britain will have an “incredible opportunity” later this year to spread the word that appropriate regulation of tobacco alternatives saves lives, members of the UK Parliament have been told ...

US attorneys ask the FDA to urgently ban menthol cigarettes

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 29th January 2021

A coalition of US attorneys called on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban menthol cigarettes “in the best interest of the public” and no longer delay a process that has been on...

Looking back over TobaccoIntelligence’s Year 1 – it wasn’t all bad news

Written by Aidan Semmens | 30th December 2020

Apart from the obvious, what has 2020 brought us? And in particular, what has it brought to the world of alternative tobacco and tobacco alternatives? ...

Filipino government issues packaging restrictions amid FDA cash scandal

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 28th December 2020

A joint memorandum from several government agencies laying down rules for tobacco-alternative products in the Philippines establishes new restrictions on flavours and changes to labelling requirements ...

UK tobacco regulation review likely after Brexit deal signed

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 24th December 2020

After the eleventh-hour agreement of a Brexit deal on Christmas Eve, one of the first key issues for the go-it-alone UK to tackle will be the review of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations (TRPR) ...

Could products combining nicotine with CBD be a way to help smokers quit?

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 19th November 2020

Nicotine and CBD are perceived as the bad guy and the good guy of health and wellness – but could putting the two together make commercial sense if it can help smokers break the habit?...

Hungary set to increase tax on tobacco alternatives after EU call on cigarettes

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 6th November 2020

The Hungarian government is proposing to increase taxes on tobacco-alternative products after Brussels called on the country to apply the minimum EU threshold for excise duty on cigarettes ...

How COVID-19 has affected the nicotine market, and what happens next

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 20th October 2020

Our managing director, Tim Phillips, recently explained how the nicotine market has been affected by COVID-19 at the Nicotine Cannabis Strategies Europe, which took place online on 10th...

French Assembly rejects call to reduce tax on heated tobacco from 2021

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 9th October 2020

The Finance Committee of the French National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has rejected a proposal to cut the taxes on heated tobacco to make tobacco-alternative products more attractive to smokers ...

PMI opens IQOS stores to an uncertain regulatory future in the Philippines

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 8th September 2020

While the Philippines debates regulations to restrict tobacco alternatives, PMFTC, the Philippine affiliate of Philip Morris International (PMI), has opened its first four IQOS stores in the Manila area ...

It’s still ‘poison’: Australia confirms the permanent prohibition of heated tobacco

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 25th August 2020

The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a final decision not to amend the country’s Poisons Standard – a decision which leaves the sale of heated tobacco products banned in the country ...

PMI starts roll-out of KT&G heated tobacco products in Russia

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 19th August 2020

KT&G heated tobacco products are available outside South Korea for the first time after Philip Morris International (PMI) began marketing them in Russia ...

Russian Duma passes bill banning tobacco-free white pouches

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 24th July 2020

The Russian State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly, has passed a bill prohibiting the sales of tobacco-free nicotine products for oral use ...

South African high court dismisses application to reverse cigarette ban

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 3rd July 2020

The Pretoria High Court has dismissed the application by the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) to reverse the government ban on the sale of tobacco, including vapour products, following the outbreak of COVID-19 ...

Podcast: the future of the Tobacco Products Directive and EU taxation

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 1st July 2020

TobaccoIntelligence managing news editor David Palacios joins Jon Bruford to discuss the implications and impact of the looming Tobacco Products Directive version 3 on the industry. To obtain more data and analysis for the industry,...

Italian lawmakers propose HnB tax increase to help out health service

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 22nd June 2020

Representatives from different political parties in Italy have put forward various proposals to increase tax on tobacco-alternative products as the government seeks urgent financial responses to the COVID-19 crisis ...