LATEST ALERTS
Combustibles
Senators tell FDA to ‘get on with it’ on menthol cigarette ban…
3rd May 2023 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Government urged to amend tobacco regulations…
3rd March 2023 - Alerts | Asia, Bangladesh |
Bill introduced to ban cooling substance in tobacco products….
3rd March 2023 - Alerts | New York, North America, United States |
South Portland approves flavour ban…
21st December 2022 - Alerts | Maine, North America, United States |
Health ministry says heated tobacco products as harmful as cigarettes…
21st December 2022 - Alerts | Paraguay, South America |
New health committee chair supports ‘polluter pays’ tax policy…
3rd November 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
FDA receives many comments on its Tobacco Program…
31st October 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Ordinance on smoking ban in age-restricted places deferred again…
23rd September 2022 - Alerts | North America, Tennessee, United States |
New CTP director prioritises warnings and flavour restrictions…
16th September 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
New legislation on single-use plastics implemented…
12th September 2022 - Alerts | Czech Republic, Europe |
Vaping association backs FDA ban on menthol cigarettes…
4th August 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Much opposition to planned menthol cigarette ban …
11th July 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
FDA suffers court defeat on ‘premium cigars’…
11th July 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Bill to restrict sales of combustible tobacco products…
21st June 2022 - Alerts | Australasia, New Zealand |
Comment period on flavour ban extended to August…
20th June 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Cigarettes to cost €47 per pack by 2040?
2nd June 2022 - Alerts | Europe, Netherlands |
Scots urged to curb littering and polluting with cigarettes…
1st June 2022 - Alerts | Europe, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Ministry reports drop of 1m smokers in five years…
23rd May 2022 - Alerts | Colombia, South America |
Bill restricting cigarettes due in Parliament…
20th May 2022 - Alerts | Australasia, New Zealand |
PMI in negotiations to acquire rival Swedish Match for a reported $15bn
10th May 2022 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) is in talks to buy European rival Swedish Match in an estimated $15bn deal that could affect both the oral and smoking tobacco markets
Harm reduction is a difficult but vital message to convey to the world’s poorest
31st March 2022 - Blog |
Broadening the appeal of tobacco harm reduction (THR) products in low- and middle-income countries can be an uphill struggle, though it arguably matters more there than anywhere else
Bid to raise age limit…
23rd February 2022 - Alerts | Idaho, North America, United States |
US ban on menthol combustibles will go ahead ‘in the spring’ despite controversy
17th February 2022 - News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that a plan to ban menthol in combustible smoking products by the end of spring 2022 “remains on track”
Court puts back date for packet warnings…
17th February 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
‘Modified risk’ VLN cigarettes ready for launch in ‘major metropolitan market’
15th February 2022 - News analysis |
22nd Century Group is to announce its full year results on 1st March, after confirming the launch of its two low-nicotine cigarettes as modified risk tobacco products
Global Trends report reveals extent of alternatives’ growing market share
12th January 2022 - News analysis |
Alternative tobacco products, including heated tobacco and nicotine pouches, have taken worldwide sales from combustibles over the past three years, with the cigarette segment declining by 5%
2021 in review: As smoking declines, tobacco alternatives take up the slack
10th January 2022 - News analysis |
2021 may have been a downer in many other areas but the year saw phenomenal growth across tobacco alternatives, including in the oral segment, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches
Health experts accuse US FDA of taking ‘backward step’ over VLN cigarettes
29th December 2021 - News analysis |
The US FDA’s marketing authorisation of two low-nicotine cigarettes as modified risk tobacco products – including a menthol cigarette – has not gone down well with public health associations or all harm reduction experts
A boost for very-low-nicotine cigarettes as US FDA grants modified risk order
23rd December 2021 - News analysis |
The prospect of very-low-nicotine cigarettes becoming the next alternative product on the US market has come a significant step closer, with the FDA issuing modified risk orders for two products from 22nd Century Group
New Zealand’s cunning birthdate-based scheme to wipe out smoking for good
22nd December 2021 - Blog , News analysis |
New Zealand has designated a cohort of young people – those who will be 14 or younger when the government’s proposed law comes into effect – who will never be old enough to smoke
Regulatory report: Venezuela, December 2021
13th December 2021 - Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
There is no comprehensive legal framework on tobacco products in Venezuela, but several resolutions regulate different aspects of the commercialisation of tobacco products
Swedish Match is ready to shake up the industry by getting out of combustibles
15th September 2021 - Blog , News analysis |
Swedish Match has announced that the company is to become 100% smoke-free by next year with the separation of its cigar business in the US, a decision that is likely to have an impact in the market
Why is the boss of Marlboro maker PMI talking up the end of smoking days?
29th July 2021 - Blog , News analysis |
Jacek Olczak, CEO of Philip Morris International (PMI), says the company could stop selling combustible cigarettes in the UK within a decade
Is plain packaging all it’s cracked up to be when it comes to stubbing out smoking?
22nd July 2021 - Blog , News analysis |
A new study by researchers from the Luiss Business School in Rome and Deloitte comes to an unexpected and counterintuitive conclusion
