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New from T******Intelligence – your friendly artificial guide to everything!

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 1st April 2023

In line with our commitment to bring you the highest-quality analysis of the tobacco alternatives sector, today – 1st April – TobaccoIntelligence launches its new AI product, the Chat Personal Virtual Curator (ChatPVC) ...

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Tensions rise as menthol ban left out of budget negotiations in New York

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 27th March 2023

As budget negotiations leave out the proposed ban on menthol cigarettes, tensions rise among lawmakers, public health advocates, and business organisations. Will the ban find its way back into legislation, or is this the end...

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Environmental policies that could bring big changes to the industry – eventually

Written by Aidan Semmens | 22nd March 2023

While not related solely or specifically to tobacco products, novel or otherwise, moves in both the EU and the US towards environmental regulations are likely to have a major impact on the sector ...

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A whole new rulebook – but what do US FDA proposals really mean in practice?

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th March 2023

What the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s proposed new rule on manufacturing practices for tobacco products really means is an intriguing question. What can it tell us about the agency’s vision for future regulation?...

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FDA’s proposed product standards ‘will help the big boys by hurting small ones’

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 15th March 2023

Fears have been raised that new product standards proposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may be costly to implement and overly burdensome for smaller companies ...

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22nd Century plans growth in the US and abroad despite overall losses in 2022

Written by Freddie Dawson | 10th March 2023

US-based 22nd Century believes it is set up for a bright future with further expansion of its VLN cigarette range  into three new states and plans to be in 18 total by year’s end ...

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Single regulatory agency to oversee nicotine and tobacco industries in Russia

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 9th March 2023

The Russian Ministry of Finance announced in February that it would submit a bill to the parliament this month to establish a single regulator for the alcohol, tobacco and nicotine industries ...

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Tamarind Intelligence – analysis and data trusted by governments and beyond

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 8th March 2023

Tamarind Intelligence data continues to be an invaluable tool used by governments and NGOs around the world, contributing to a wide number of government and supra-national projects ...

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Altria swaps its Juul stake for rights to a theoretical heated tobacco system

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 6th March 2023

Altria has swapped its 35% stake in Juul Labs for heated tobacco intellectual property rights, ending an investment which plummeted in value from $12.8bn to only $250m in just over four years ...

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Europe taking on novel products as it aims for a ‘tobacco-free environment’

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 6th March 2023

A European Council recommendation due in the autumn will be “a recommendation for a tobacco-free environment, regardless of the form tobacco takes” ...

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Opinions on new nicotine products among MEPs: a survey

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 2nd March 2023

For the third year running, in late 2022 we surveyed members of the European Parliament (MEPs) about their views on new nicotine products – e-cigarettes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches. This report details our findings...

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EU lawmakers becoming less aware and less confident on novel nicotine products

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 2nd March 2023

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are less aware of key issues surrounding new nicotine products than in previous years and often less confident in their views, according to new research ...

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Altruistic Altria, or why an anti-tobacco activist has taken up the giants’ cause

Written by Aidan Semmens | 1st March 2023

Is Dave Dobbins’s switch from COO of the Truth Initiative to a role with a tobacco company a case of gamekeeper turned poacher – or is there another interpretation we can put on it? ...

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Tobacco control expert Farrelly faces a big job as science director at US CTP

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 22nd February 2023

The appointment of Matthew Farrelly as director of the Office of Science at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) comes at a potentially critical time for tobacco alternatives ...

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Regulatory differences between states reveal a lot about attitudes and approach

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th February 2023

So much attention is given to the edicts of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it’s easy to forget individual states – not to mention cities – can also have a big impact...

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‘More to come’ from non-combustibles – JTI has money to heat-not-burn

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 14th February 2023

A growing share of the Japanese heated tobacco market and the launch of the Ploom X heat-not-burn (HnB) device in the UK contributed to Japan Tobacco International (JTI) posting positive figures for 2022 ...

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Could a rapper with a hemp cigarette mean big trouble for Big Tobacco?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 9th February 2023

Could the involvement of Snoop Dogg help a Californian company to “disrupt tobacco’s nearly $1tn industry with hemp cigarettes, smoking paper and other alternatives to nicotine tobacco”? ...

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Podcast: Nicotine pouches and future developments of these new emerging products

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 3rd February 2023

They make up one of the newest and fastest-growing categories within the tobacco market – but what is driving the phenomenal growth in snus and nicotine pouches? And what is the difference between them? ...

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FDA hostility to flavours – even menthol – may not be bad news for heated tobacco

Written by Barnaby Page | 2nd February 2023

Flavours continue to be the main target of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US when it comes to novel nicotine products, it seems – and that could give heated tobacco an edge...

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Lawmakers in the Czech Republic look to regulate nicotine pouches in two acts

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 25th January 2023

The Czech Republic could extend regulations of tobacco products and e-cigarettes to nicotine pouches, put age restrictions on the sale of pouches, and regulate their composition, labelling, notification and other requirements ...