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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
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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
