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Anti-smoking group sues Health Canada while calling for a nicotine-free future

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 1st December 2022

An anti-smoking group is taking the Canadian government to court in a bid to force it to complete its review of the federal law governing tobacco and vaping products ...

Swedish Match and a cheaper Iqos – PMI’s ‘cunning plan’ begins to become clear

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th November 2022

There’s been plenty of speculation about PMI’s plans for its new business – but if I were an evil tobacco mastermind trying to prevent uptake of less risky products, very publicly buying Swedish Match wouldn’t...

How will new EU rules on batteries affect the tobacco alternatives industry?

Written by Dmytro Korchahin | 17th November 2022

The upcoming revision of the regulation of batteries in the EU may well have a profound effect the heated tobacco industry, with safety, sustainability and the environment all coming under the lawmakers' microscope ...

Further European launches follow Pulze success in Greece and Czech Republic

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 15th November 2022

Tobacco giant Imperial Brands has told investors that its heated tobacco device Pulze and iD consumables, continued to perform well in its pilot markets of the Czech Republic and Greece,...

The tobacco giant’s officer who sees past the politicians’ global greenwash policies

Written by Aidan Semmens | 9th November 2022

Jennifer Motles, chief sustainability officer for PMI, has urged companies of all kinds to go beyond seeing ESG (environmental, social and governance) impact reporting as a tick-box exercise ...

Big Tobacco companies on the road to leaving Russian domestic market

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 7th November 2022

Tobacco producers from around the globe plan to complete their exit from the Russian market by the end of the year by transferring business to local partners, according to recent statements made by company representatives ...

Heated tobacco flavours ban now official, and will apply throughout the EU

Written by Sergi Riudalbas | 3rd November 2022

Flavours in heated tobacco products will be banned throughout the EU after a Delegated Directive was published in the Official Journal, with no objection coming from either the Council of the European Union or the...

Nicotine pouch consumers – a UK/US comparison

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 31st October 2022

TobaccoIntelligence launched a consumer survey in May 2022 to analyse the patterns among nicotine pouch users in the UK and the US ...

Taxing novel nicotine products in Latin America – the WHO, the why and the how

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 19th October 2022

While nobody seriously argues that combustibles shouldn’t be taxed, the taxation of novel nicotine products has always been a controversial issue ...

US Gallup poll shows cigarette smoking down, cannabis consumption up

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 18th October 2022

Smoking cigarettes is going out of fashion, but having smoked cannabis is becoming much more common in the US, according to recent research conducted by analytics and polling firm Gallup ...

Coming soon to a nicotine product near you – the correlation/causation fallacy

Written by Barnaby Page | 13th October 2022

As novel nicotine products grow in popularity, it's only a matter of time before false links are drawn between them and the use of some other substance, be it cannabis or combustible tobacco or saturated...

Danish ‘mink’ elections mean questions for future nicotine prohibition policy

Written by Fernanda Tucunduva | 10th October 2022

The future viability of Denmark’s plans to ban anyone born in or after 2010 from accessing tobacco and nicotine products has been thrown into question after the country’s government has become the first ever to...

Pouches are to smoking as smartphones are to the earliest computers – discuss

Written by Barnaby Page | 5th October 2022

It’s fascinating to speculate on how the pouch market will develop. Who will use them, and why, and what will they replace? ...

Reduced risk or prolonged peril? Are views shifting on the nicotine question?

Written by Barnaby Page | 22nd September 2022

Is there any connection between people’s knowledge of reduced-risk products and their attitudes toward them? Our third survey of European Parliament members' views will show how any such connection may have altered ...

Tobacco may not be a vote-winning issue, but what a difference an election makes

Written by Barnaby Page | 15th September 2022

After the victory of right-wing parties in Sweden’s very close election this week, the country’s tobacco alternatives sector – and its customers – may well be breathing a sigh of relief ...

Europe’s tobacconists facing big changes, with new products and new regulations

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 15th September 2022

The EU’s tobacconists will need to change their identity if they are to adapt to major regulatory changes coming soon, according to a leading trade body for tobacco retailers ...

Uncertainty mixed with optimism in tobacco sector ahead of Italian elections

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 12th September 2022

Uncertainty remains high in the Italian tobacco-alternatives industry, but there is a feeling of cautious optimism as the country approaches election day on 25th September ...

What do e-cig cases tell us about where US FDA might go on other alternatives?

Written by Barnaby Page | 8th September 2022

Another day, another judgement in the saga of the US vapour industry’s cases against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – but what might the conflicting decisions mean for other smoking alternatives? ...

While other countries have gone with a flavour ban, menthol is still big in Japan

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 29th August 2022

Japan currently has no intention of following the US and Europe with a ban on menthol-flavoured tobacco products ...

Banned as a novel food? One day tobacco might be accepted as a super-food

Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 18th August 2022

While nicotine pouches are classed in the EU as food products with an unauthorised ingredient, it could be argued that there is nothing novel about tobacco, or nicotine, in food – and it could have...