Pouches drive accelerating sales and revenue for confident Swedish Match
20th July 2021 - Business briefing |
The latest figures from Swedish Match show continued momentum in smoke-free tobacco alternatives, with nicotine pouches “the driving force”
Companies
PMI is busy reinventing itself as Big Tobacco prepares for life after smoking
15th July 2021 - Blog , Business briefing |
Philip Morris International (PMI) has always been one of the frankest tobacco companies when it comes to speaking of the smoke-free future – now it is taking positive steps in a bold new direction
PMI acquisition of gums manufacturer ‘shows company strategy on alternatives’
12th July 2021 - Business briefing |
PMI’s acquisition of Fertin Pharma, a Danish manufacturer of gums and other oral products, indicates the company’s strategy to ensure “corporate survival” in the tobacco-alternatives sector, experts believe
TobaccoIntelligence global alerts database: July
9th July 2021 - Regulatory data |
All the stories from the TobaccoIntelligence regulatory Live Alerts in one user-friendly database, updated every month.
This regulatory tool consolidates all of our global regulatory Live Alerts, collected in Excel database format, allowing you to filter information by date, region, country and legislative area.
BAT pulls Velo out of German market due to uncertainty over legality of pouches
8th July 2021 - Blog , Business briefing |
British American Tobacco (BAT) is removing its Velo nicotine pouches from the German market because of a lack of clarity over their regulation both nationally and in the country’s regional states
BAT faces a fine of up to €5m over alleged covert heated tobacco advertising in Italy
11th June 2021 - Blog , Business briefing |
Italy’s antitrust regulator has opened formal procedures against British American Tobacco (BAT) for using influencers to promote an advertising campaign for Glo Hyper, and it could cost the manufacturer millions
Imperial enjoys an increase in revenue while planning for Pulze expansion
19th May 2021 - Business briefing |
Imperial Brands’ earnings in the first half of the year jumped 6.1% to £15.57bn in the midst of a process to implement a new company strategy towards tobacco alternatives
Imperial expresses new optimism on upcoming heated tobacco market trials
30th March 2021 - Business briefing |
Imperial Brands has announced that it expects to deliver its yearly objectives for 2021 and expressed optimism about the performance of its heated tobacco device Pulze
PMI aims to double Heets production by 2023
12th February 2021 - Business briefing |
PMI is spreading optimism about its “beyond nicotine” portfolio, aiming to reach $1bn revenue from tobacco-alternatives in less than five years’ time, with an expected increase in the demand of heated tobacco consumables
Altria enjoys steady growth in nicotine pouches, while Iqos rollout continues
28th January 2021 - Business briefing |
Altria has posted positive numbers for the last quarter of 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic, with a good performance for its oral portfolio but unknown figures for Iqos in the US
Imperial Brands’ five-year plan to ‘dial up focus’ on heated tobacco in Europe
28th January 2021 - Business briefing |
Imperial Brands has announced a substantial shift in strategy towards its next-generation products category, with a focus on investment in heated tobacco in Europe over the next five years
PMI insider Olczak set to take the reins and drive product transformation
26th January 2021 - Business briefing |
Philip Morris International (PMI) is to have a new CEO, with Jacek Olczak taking over from André Calantzopoulos after the annual shareholder meeting in May
Looking back over TobaccoIntelligence’s Year 1 – it wasn’t all bad news
30th December 2020 - Business briefing |
Apart from the obvious, what has 2020 brought us? And in particular, what has it brought to the world of alternative tobacco and tobacco alternatives?
BAT awaits approval to manufacture and market nicotine pouches in Kenya
16th December 2020 - Business briefing |
British American Tobacco (BAT) is planning to invest up to $25m in a factory in Kenya to manufacture Lyft nicotine pouches – under regulatory scrutiny from officials in the country
IQOS 3 is approved for sale in the US as FDA finds ‘no new concerns’
9th December 2020 - Business briefing |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a marketing order authorising the sale of Philip Morris International (PMI)’s IQOS 3 holder and charger
Stakeholders in the tobacco alternatives market – International
23rd November 2020 - Market data |
Use our newly updated directory of stakeholders in the International tobacco alternatives world to find the most relevant organisations in key markets, with full Web, email, phone and address details.
Imperial posts poor next-gen results, aims to expand oral nicotine in Europe
17th November 2020 - Business briefing |
Imperial Brands has revealed that net revenue from its next-generation portfolio declined by 27% in the year to September and announced that it will take a “more prudent approach” from now on
Altria’s oral tobacco hits high in the quarter
30th October 2020 - Business briefing |
Altria’s oral tobacco portfolio drove the numbers of the Big Tobacco company, amid “uncertainties” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
HnB growth provides the silver lining to PMI’s declining overall earnings
20th October 2020 - Business briefing |
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%
Imperial’s tobacco-alternative revenues collapse by 30% in 2020
9th October 2020 - Business briefing |
Imperial Brands has revealed that the company’s net revenue for its next-generation portfolio is around 30% lower than 2019, while the overall company revenue looks set to remain flat this year
PMI opens IQOS stores to an uncertain regulatory future in the Philippines
8th September 2020 - Business briefing |
While the Philippines debates regulations to restrict tobacco alternatives, PMFTC, the Philippine affiliate of Philip Morris International (PMI), has opened its first four IQOS stores in the Manila area
Reynolds submits last-minute PMTA application for its oral Velo Lozenges
26th August 2020 - Business briefing |
Reynolds American has submitted a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Velo nicotine lozenges to remain on the market after September
PMI starts roll-out of KT&G heated tobacco products in Russia
19th August 2020 - Business briefing |
KT&G heated tobacco products are available outside South Korea for the first time after Philip Morris International (PMI) began marketing them in Russia
JTI prepares to increase prices of HnB consumables as company revenues drop
10th August 2020 - Business briefing |
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is to increase the price of some of its heated tobacco consumables in Japan from 1st October
BAT’s modern oral portfolio increases 74% in a year
31st July 2020 - Business briefing |
BAT’s revenue from its smokeless portfolio increased by 5.7% to £9.4bn ($12.3bn) in the first six months of the year, helped by higher revenue in the modern oral segment
Oral tobacco gives a boost to Altria; announces IQOS expansion in the US
28th July 2020 - Business briefing |
Altria has reported net revenue to be down by 3.8% in Q2 2020 due to the decrease of the traditional tobacco business, though a further drop was prevented thanks to the good performance of its smokeless products in the US
Japan hits Philip Morris with record $5.1m fine for misleading IQOS ads
7th July 2020 - Regulatory briefing |
The Japanese Consumer Affairs Agency has imposed a fine of JPY552m ($5.1m) on Philip Morris Japan (PMJ) for misleading advertising of IQOS when discounts were extended beyond the allotted date
BAT predicts 7% shrinkage of HnB, pushes back next-gen revenue goal
10th June 2020 - Business briefing |
British American Tobacco (BAT) is pushing back to 2025 its goal of £5bn in revenues from its next-generation portfolio amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a decrease in heat-not-burn (HnB) business
Altria sues Reynolds, alleging Velo nicotine pouch infringes patents
8th June 2020 - Business briefing |
The Altria Group has filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against RJ Reynolds Vapor Co, a subsidiary of Reynolds American, over its Velo smokeless product
Price war in Japan as JT battles against IQOS dominance of the HnB market
3rd June 2020 - Business briefing |
Japan Tobacco (JT) and Philip Morris International (PMI) are cutting the prices of their heat-not-burn (HnB) devices in Japan and planning new product launches amid the coronavirus pandemic
Altria expects a hit from COVID-19, BAT set for heated tobacco decline
30th April 2020 - Business briefing |
Big Tobacco manufacturers are expecting the effects of COVID-19 to hit hard in the second half of the year, despite a strong performance in the first quarter
Swedish Match enjoys 35% smoke-free sales boom but predicts downturn
29th April 2020 - Business briefing |
Swedish Match’s sales of smoke-free products boomed in the first quarter of 2020, with the segment recording a 35% year-on-year increase to SEK2.508bn (€234m)
BAT takes action over heated tobacco patent in bid to ‘win race’ with PMI
27th April 2020 - Business briefing |
British American Tobacco is suing Big Tobacco rival Philip Morris International in the US and in Europe for allegedly infringing its patents with its popular heated tobacco device IQOS
PMI lowers expectation of IQOS uptake by half as lockdown hits Heets sales
22nd April 2020 - Business briefing |
Philip Morris International is braced for a significant dip in sales and use of its heated-tobacco device IQOS over the rest of 2020, with retail and travel restrictions currently imposed in nearly every country
Tobacco giants go to law in bid to stop US FDA imposing graphic warnings
10th April 2020 - Regulatory briefing |
The US tobacco industry is resisting another attempt by the FDA to impose graphic health warnings, claiming in a lawsuit that mandatory warnings would violate their rights under the First Amendment
US trade commission is called in to decide on nicotine pouch patent row
19th March 2020 - Business briefing |
The US International Trade Commission (USITC) is looking into a possible infringement of the patent for a nicotine pouch product, following a claim led by Swedish Match North America
PMI appoints a CEO for its US wing to push on with ‘smoke-free future’
9th March 2020 - Business briefing |
Philip Morris International (PMI)’s chief financial officer, Martin King, has been promoted to the newly created role of CEO for PMI America in a bid to further develop the company’s smoke-free segment
BAT reports 273% revenue increase in a year for its modern oral portfolio
28th February 2020 - Business briefing |
British American Tobacco (BAT)’s “modern oral” portfolio has been one of the main drivers helping the company achieve good results in 2019 for its next-generation products category, which overall increased globally by 36.9%
Regulatory report: US FDA put VLN cigarettes to MTRP test
21st February 2020 - 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