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Combustibles
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
A ‘significant step’ – FDA moves to ban menthol cigarettes in the US
30th April 2021 - News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced plans to ban menthol tobacco in 2022, a “significant step” towards increasing smoking cessation and reducing youth uptake
Netherlands bans the sale of tobacco products in supermarkets from 2024
23rd November 2020 - News analysis |
Supermarkets in the Netherlands will no longer be allowed to sell tobacco, including heated tobacco products, from 2024, health minister Paul Blokhuis has announced
HnB growth provides the silver lining to PMI’s declining overall earnings
20th October 2020 - News analysis |
While Philip Morris International (PMI)’s earnings fell slightly in the third quarter of the year due to the ongoing COVID-19 challenges, shipments of the company’s heated tobacco units were up by 18.7%
Heated tobacco yields 1% of tobacco tax revenue in Italy as smoking declines
16th September 2020 - News analysis |
Demand for tobacco products in Italy has fallen steadily over the past four years, while heated tobacco products have hugely increased their share of both total tobacco sales and tax revenues
The doctor will sue you now: AMA joins court action against FDA on menthol
14th September 2020 - News analysis |
The largest doctors’ association in the US has joined a court case accusing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of failing in its duty to issue regulations to ban menthol in tobacco products
Nigeria considers a switch from smoking to tobacco alternatives by 2024
3rd September 2020 - News analysis |
The Nigerian government is currently studying a new policy for regulations aimed at achieving a transition from combustibles to tobacco alternative products by 2024.
PHE questions whether new UK cigarette brands violate EU menthol ban
13th August 2020 - News analysis |
Public health authorities in England have launched an investigation into a number of cigarette products for possible violation of the menthol ban that came into force in May
Sweden proposes snus tax rise and new rules on distance sales
20th July 2020 - News analysis |
Sweden is proposing amendments to increase the tax of snus and create a new tax on raw tobacco from 1st July 2021 to close a tax loophole on this kind of tobacco-alternative product.
Post-Brexit Britain may be prepared to scrap the prohibition of snus
15th July 2020 - News analysis |
The UK government will assess the possibility of allowing the sale of snus in the country once the Brexit transitional period ends and the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) no longer applies
Market report: modern oral products in US, Q2 2020
15th June 2020 - Market reports , Nicotine pouches market reports |
This report covers the US role as a modern oral tobacco product player, examining snus, tobacco-free nicotine pouches and all-free products
Retailers face puzzle of what to stock as EU menthol cigarette ban looms
12th May 2020 - News analysis |
Retailers in Europe are playing a guessing game as they plan how to fill the gap on the shelves with new tobacco-alternative products in preparation for the fast-approaching ban on menthol cigarettes
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COVID-19 news round-up
30th April 2020 - News analysis |
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Regulatory report: menthol ban soon to be implemented in the EU
23rd March 2020 - Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
In May a new ban will come into force in the EU, prohibiting menthol-flavoured cigarettes and RYO tobacco. This report provides an overview
Studies find reduced nicotine strength doesn’t lead to increased smoking
9th March 2020 - News analysis |
Further evidence that reducing the amount of nicotine in combustibles does not lead to heavier smoking may provide encouragement for those who want to see reductions legally mandated
Regulatory report: US FDA puts VLN cigarettes to MRTP test
21st February 2020 - Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
What benefit might there be in very low nicotine combustible cigarettes? That is the essential question the US FDA must answer in assessing a modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) application from 22nd Century Group for its VLN products
Norway and Denmark give up the smoking habit, turn to snus instead
20th February 2020 - News analysis |
Snus is booming in popularity in Norway and Denmark – especially among the young – while cigarette-smoking appears to be losing its appeal fast
Is Australia ready to rethink its approach to reduced-risk products?
19th February 2020 - News analysis |
For several decades, Australia’s political and medical establishments have taken a hard line against smoking; but do developments like heated tobacco call for a different approach? …
Could menthol cigarette ban boost uptake of heated tobacco products?
18th February 2020 - News analysis |
The upcoming ban on menthol cigarettes across Europe may create opportunities for increased adoption of alternative tobacco products, such as heated tobacco
US Senate raises legal purchasing age for tobacco products from 18 to 21
20th December 2019 - News analysis |
The US Senate has passed an act which raises the minimum sale or purchase age for tobacco products from 18 to 21 nationwide
Spanish campaign attacks smoking and alternatives in one blast
19th September 2019 - News analysis |
A new anti-smoking campaign by the Spanish government takes on smoking, vaping, heated tobacco and hookahs under the motto “El tabaco ata y te mata” (“Tobacco ties and kills you”)
Altria revises US cigarette industry volume down; vapour drives revenues
31st July 2019 - News analysis |
US tobacco company Altria has revised its expectations for the US cigarette industry downwards, with a predicted decline up to 6% through 2023
Next-generation products drive profits for British American Tobacco
1st March 2019 - News analysis |
British American Tobacco’s (BAT) 2018 financial results were driven by its reduced risk portfolio, which includes products such as Vuse and Vype and Glo
The future is not in combustibles, as Altria’s sales continue to decline
1st February 2019 - News analysis |
The 2018 results from the Altria Group revealed a slump in sales of combustibles. The company is now turning its attention to alternative sectors such as cannabis and Juul, and preparing for the US launch of IQOS
FDA moves on nicotine levels in combustibles, leaving e-cigs alone
15th March 2018 - News analysis |
The US FDA has taken a step closer to regulating nicotine levels in combustible cigarettes, but excluded vapour products from its proposals, even predicting a low-nicotine regime might encourage smokers toward electronic alternatives
The FDA’s new philosophy: ‘We need to take a fresh look at nicotine’
31st July 2017 - News analysis |
Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the US FDA, appeared on Friday to go further than any federal official – or most politicians – previously had in supporting alternative nicotine products for harm reduction
Banning novel tobacco products could violate world trade pact, lawyers say
25th November 2016 - News analysis |
Countries that ban tobacco alternative products could be breaking world trade agreements by unfairly privileging combustibles at their expense, two lawyers have warned
In depth: how tobacco alternatives fit into Big Tobacco’s business
9th July 2014 - Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports , Nicotine pouches market reports |
This special report takes a company-by-company look at the main Big Tobacco players and their activity in e-cigarettes and other tobacco alternatives
