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Balancing between adult harm reduction and youth addiction ? the debate goes on

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 2nd May 2024

The debate over the approach healthcare providers should take when it comes to suggesting alternative products to help adult patients quit smoking has been ongoing for quite some time, but it?s still controversial ...

New MEPs may usher in less conservative EU approach to novel tobacco products

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 2nd May 2024

Changes in the European Parliament composition may favour a more open approach towards harm reduction, although currently the EU Commission maintains a conservative stance, according to member of European Parliament (MEP) Radka Maxov? ...

Canada?s Indigenous communities could earn millions with tobacco tax scheme

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 30th April 2024

The Canadian government has unveiled plans to allow Indigenous governments to levy a new tax on alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, fuel and vaping products sold in their communities ...

Industry says EC not heeding its concerns in EU Tobacco Products Directive revision

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 25th April 2024

Representatives from the European tobacco industry hope the renewal of the EU Parliament, following elections in June, will bring about changes in the EU Commission (EC)?s attitude towards them ...

Survey results on nicotine usage rates among young Finns beg further digging

Written by Freddie Dawson | 18th April 2024

Use of alternative nicotine products among younger consumers in Finland is on the rise, but their tobacco use has stayed the same, a survey by the Finnish Association for Substance Abuse Prevention recently found ...

Will the next European Parliament have a milder outlook on smoking alternatives?

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 15th April 2024

Around 370m Europeans will be called to the polls in June to elect the 720 members of the next European Parliament. The outcome could reshape the narrative around harm-reduction strategies ...

The evolution of novel tobacco and nicotine products over the last decade

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 5th April 2024

In this part of a series of articles celebrating the tenth anniversary of Tamarind Intelligence, we look at how heated tobacco, nicotine pouches and herbal heated sticks have evolved in the past decade ...

PMI could be looking to help keep Austin weird and well-stocked in heated tobacco

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th April 2024

The city of Austin, in Texas, will be where Philip Morris International (PMI) first tests its Iqos 3 in the US, with testing set to go ahead within the next three months ...

Latest novel nicotine innovation could possibly evade most legal restrictions

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 1st April 2024

While novel nicotine products face increasingly tight legal restrictions and requirements in many countries, one startup believes it has come up with a product that will escape regulation entirely ...

Where will tax hikes and court rulings take the alternative tobacco market?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 21st March 2024

A recent CJEU?ruling confirmed it was OK for Germany to increase duties on heated tobacco sticks to the equivalent of 80% of the tax applied to conventional cigarettes on public health grounds ...

It?s time to talk realistically about tobacco harm reduction, says German association

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 18th March 2024

The German Association of the Tobacco Industry and New Products says we need more constructive non-political discourse about tobacco harm reduction to counter the impact of bad science on the current prohibitionist mindset ...

Poland could include tobacco-free heated products in tobacco regulation changes

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 15th March 2024

Herbal heated sticks could be brought under the Polish Excise Duty Act definition of novel tobacco products if a proposal from the Ministry of Finance goes forward ...

No ?historic decisions? made on heated tobacco products or e-cigarettes at COP10

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 14th March 2024

COP10 was to be the conference where countries finally got to grips with emerging alternative tobacco products, but none of the decisions made applied to HTPs or ENDS or their industries ...

No clear guidance on pouch marketing in Europe, so advertisers should be cautious

Written by Freddie Dawson | 14th March 2024

Rules on how companies can market nicotine pouches in Europe are no clearer, but criticisms of practices have started and are only going to increase as what can and cannot be done in major European...

UK tobacco prices to rise as chancellor hikes excise duty to accompany vape tax

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 7th March 2024

UK tobacco prices will go up as a result of an increase in excise duties announced yesterday, 6th March, by the government during its spring budget ...

Signing a petition for change? Don?t expect that to affect UK tobacco policy

Written by Freddie Dawson | 7th March 2024

It looks like nicotine pouches are gearing up to be the latest battleground for tobacco alternatives, with opposition to pouches springing up in the UK and the US ...

Zyn user vs PMI: US tobacco giant faces first big challenge to nicotine pouches

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 6th March 2024

A consumer has sued Philip Morris International (PMI) over its nicotine pouch brand, Zyn, claiming that the product is harmful and addictive to young people ...

Podcast: Stingfree founder Bengt Wiberg analyses the rising popularity of nicotine pouches among regulation

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 4th March 2024

In this podcast episode, Bengt Wiberg, founder of Swedish-based nicotine pouch brand Stingfree talks to podcast host Tiziana Cauli about the regulatory developments which may soon affect the market in Europe ...

Europe?s respiratory specialists don?t support harm reduction: is this news?

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 22nd February 2024

No smoking and no nicotine consumption at all is better for your health than quitting cigarettes without quitting nicotine, says the European Respiratory Society, stating the obvious ...

BAT and Amazon to fight ?7m sanction for ?misleading advertising? of Glo in Italy

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 20th February 2024

British American Tobacco (BAT) and Amazon are going to appeal a combined total of ?7m in sanctions for the ?misleading advertising? of Glo Hyper X2 and Glo Hyper Air heated tobacco devices in Italy ...