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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 ...

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Boom in novel tobacco products outstrips vaping growth – exactly as we foresaw

Written by Freddie Dawson | 18th January 2023

TobaccoIntelligence predicted a year ago that increasing restrictions and taxes on vaping products would drive more users to other tobacco alternatives in 2022. And it does appear that this has been the case ...

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Health warning: ‘science’ so badly flawed it should never have been published

Written by Barnaby Page | 11th January 2023

There remains a worryingly large amount of research on novel nicotine products which makes casual, almost always negative, assumptions...and the occasional item so faulty it should never have been published at all ...

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Roman court to settle battle over JTI’s claim low-level menthol isn’t a flavour

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 11th January 2023

An upcoming court ruling in Rome could help to determine whether a European Commission directive prohibiting the addition of a “characterising flavour” to conventional cigarettes is sufficiently clear ...

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US survey reveals no post-pandemic bounce back in teenage nicotine use

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 5th January 2023

Nicotine use among US adolescents remained stable in 2022, after a significant decrease in 2020 and 2021, according to a national survey ...

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Of headaches, pirates, and how far weed is growing as cigarette smoking declines

Written by Aidan Semmens | 5th January 2023

Correlation is not causation, but it’s tempting to see a meaningful pattern in figures showing that US adults (particularly the younger ones) are smoking less tobacco and using more cannabis ...

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A good year for Big Tobacco, alternatively speaking, while rules are tightened

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 30th December 2022

The year gone by saw phenomenal growth across the global market for tobacco alternatives, including in the oral segment, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches ...

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A world first for New Zealand – but what does a generational cigarette ban mean?

Written by Barnaby Page | 22nd December 2022

New Zealand’s ban on cigarette sales to people born after 1st January 2009 may look like a dry run for complete prohibition. But there’s a crucial difference ...

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BAT reports ‘sustainable growth’, over 3m new consumers in non-combustibles

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 19th December 2022

British American Tobacco (BAT) said its “new category” business continues to drive substantial volume, revenue, and market share growth – significantly contributing to the company’s overall performance ...

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The genie’s out of the bottle – it’s time the pros and antis got their heads together

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th December 2022

Many companies, some countries, and of course consumers in their millions are making headway in replacing combustible tobacco with safer alternatives…but what’s holding back the others? ...