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BAT reacts to Italian health authorities’ surprise suspension of Velo pouch sales
22nd January 2024 - News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) did not expect the temporary sales suspension of its Velo nicotine pouches in Italy, ordered by health authorities, and is prepared to take action to protect its rights
Herbal sticks are growing in popularity, but regulators might change their future
10th January 2024 - Blog , News analysis |
Herbal heated sticks are spreading worldwide as a replacement for conventional smoking as well as an alternative to heated tobacco products
Spotlight on laws, bans and environment as tobacco alternatives trend up in 2023
28th December 2023 - News analysis |
Looking back, 2023 just might be viewed as the turning-point year in alternatives to cigarettes, but in which direction things turn remains to be seen
Haypp Group eyes opportunities for reduced-risk products in Europe
14th December 2023 - News analysis |
Haypp Group, an online retailer of reduced-risk products, will look to expand into new categories and European markets following the success of a vaping pilot in the UK
Czech Republic: nicotine pouch market snapshot, November 2023
30th November 2023 - Market reports , Nicotine pouches market reports , Nicotine pouches market snapshots |
This market snapshot offers an overview of the rapidly expanding nicotine pouch market in the Czech Republic, covering retail channels, pricing and product characteristics
Sale of 22nd Century’s hemp/cannabis business shifts revenue focus to tobacco
29th November 2023 - News analysis |
US-based 22nd Century will sell its hemp/cannabis subsidiary, GVB Biopharma, to an entity affiliated with current GVB employees and will use the sale proceeds to pay off debt and further deleverage its balance sheet
Demand for KT&G’s next-gen products contributes to record-high Q3 revenues
22nd November 2023 - News analysis |
KT&G reported record-high quarterly revenues for the third quarter of 2023, with a significant contribution from its next generation product (NGP) category, as part of its release on the quarter’s financial results
Switzerland: nicotine pouch market snapshot, November 2023
17th November 2023 - Market reports , Nicotine pouches market reports , Nicotine pouches market snapshots |
This market snapshot offers an overview of the nicotine pouch market in Switzerland, covering retail channels, pricing and product characteristics
Imperial on track with five-year plan, thanks to NGP growth and new launches
15th November 2023 - News analysis |
Imperial Brands reported a performance in line with its five-year-plan expectations in the year ended 30th September 2023, with new product and market launches boosting its next-generation product (NGP) revenue
BAT banks on growing Canadian cannabis company with $90m boost
10th November 2023 - News analysis |
A British American Tobacco (BAT) subsidiary is investing a further CAD124.6m (USD90.2m) in its strategic partnership with Canadian licensed cannabis producer Organigram
The tricky partnership of tobacco companies and research funding
9th November 2023 - Blog |
The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World has ended its relationship with Philip Morris International, bringing to a close one of the tobacco company’s many efforts to distance itself from its own best-selling products
Foundation for a Smoke-Free World parts ways with PMI, plans to change its name
8th November 2023 - News analysis |
The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) has severed its connection with tobacco company Philip Morris International (PMI) and will soon change its name, its new CEO Cliff Douglas has announced
22nd Century sees lower revenues despite continued VLN expansion
7th November 2023 - News analysis |
US company 22nd Century has reported decreased revenues and modest sales of its VLN brand very-low-nicotine cigarette products in the third quarter of 2023, despite the continued expansion of its VLN rollout strategy
Ploom X international expansion has helped to boost JTI’s Q3 performance
31st October 2023 - News analysis |
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) enjoyed a solid performance in the third quarter of the year, partially related to its Ploom X heated tobacco product geographic expansion
Altria reports year-to-date ‘resilient’ performance and progress with On!
27th October 2023 - News analysis |
Altria saw a “resilient” performance over the course of the first nine months of 2023, the company said as it reported its results for the third quarter of the year
PMI urges FDA to prioritise review of Iqos Iluma modified risk tobacco products
23rd October 2023 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) has submitted premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) and modified risk tobacco product applications (MRTPAs) to the US FDA for its Iqos Iluma heated tobacco products (HTPs)
PMI accelerates smoke-free growth in Q3, fuelled by Zyn nicotine pouch sales in US
20th October 2023 - News analysis |
Strong sales momentum behind PMI’s Zyn nicotine pouches in the US helped drive the company’s growth in the third quarter, with US sales volume up nearly 66% on the same quarter in 2022
How might major companies deal with the EU heated tobacco flavour ban?
19th October 2023 - Blog |
A recent TobaccoIntelligence report highlights just how important avoiding the EU heated tobacco flavour ban is to companies that provide such products and what they might do about it
Weekly regulatory podcast: 9th-13th October
17th October 2023 - Regulatory alerts podcasts |
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products
Potential impact of EU heated tobacco flavour ban: consumer survey analysis
13th October 2023 - Heated tobacco market reports |
This report focuses on the potential impact on heated tobacco consumers of the upcoming ban on flavoured tobacco-containing heated tobacco sticks in the European Union
Herbal sticks are Big Tobacco’s flavour of the moment, but what’s the end-game?
5th October 2023 - Blog |
It looks like herbal sticks for heated tobacco devices have really hit the big time. And by big time, read Big Tobacco. Both BAT and PMI have launched a nicotine-containing tobacco-free stick
Launch of PMI’s first non-tobacco stick raises regulatory questions
2nd October 2023 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) has launched a zero-tobacco stick called Levia for use with its heated tobacco device, Iqos. PMI is the first Big Tobacco to introduce these sticks, though others have marketed similar products
Canadian tobacco regulation review may include requiring manufacturers to pay
22nd September 2023 - News analysis |
The Canadian government has begun a legislative review of the country’s tobacco legislation, saying it wants to reduce the number of smokers nationwide
PMI ups its investment in its Romanian plant for smoke-free products to $730m
13th September 2023 - News analysis |
Global tobacco group Philip Morris International (PMI) is scaling up the investment in its Romanian smoke-free product factory to $730m (€680m)
Podcast: Present and future trends in vape, heated tobacco and nicotine pouch products
13th September 2023 - Podcasts |
In this podcast we speak to Aron Byrne-Carter, whose company NGP Trends provides businesses with valuable technical insights on the latest developments across vape, heated tobacco and nicotine pouch products
Dutch tobacco law loophole leads to Formula 1 confusion and confrontation
31st August 2023 - Blog |
The Netherlands has been praised by the World Health Organization for its tobacco control policies, but a legal loophole has been fuelling harsh confrontation between local health organisations and a Formula 1 team
KT&G’s next-generation products enjoy over 70% sales growth worldwide
21st August 2023 - News analysis |
KT&G anticipates that alternative nicotine products will continue to make up greater proportions of its sales, the company said during a presentation of its second-quarter results
22nd Century adjusts its 2023 revenue outlook after a rocky second quarter
16th August 2023 - News analysis |
22nd Century will focus on streamlining operating costs and making the marketing and sales push for its VLN cigarette products more cost efficient to address issues that have forced it to revise full-year profit guidance
Altria reports solid oral tobacco segment performance despite lower revenues
2nd August 2023 - News analysis |
Altria reported a solid performance in the first half of 2023 despite lower net revenues, partially offset by higher revenue in the oral tobacco segment
HeatSticks could be Philip Morris’s silver lining after court ruling on cigarettes
1st August 2023 - News analysis |
Sales of HeatSticks could ironically end up benefitting from a US legal battle lost by their manufacturer Philip Morris and other leading tobacco companies
RJ Reynolds wants judge’s rejection of US FDA’s graphic health warnings upheld
31st July 2023 - News analysis |
Lawyers for RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company call the US Food and Drug Administration’s defence of its graphic cigarette warnings “half-hearted” in a new legal brief
‘Must do better’ – BAT boss gives Hyper 2 a less than Glo-ing half-term report
27th July 2023 - News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) has reported a continued positive performance of its vapour and modern oral segment but said it needs to do more work on its heated tobacco products
PMI admits it can’t quit Russia due to international financial regulations
26th July 2023 - News analysis |
More than 15 months after pledging to “scale down” its activities in Russia, Philip Morris International (PMI) has said it can’t pull out of the Russian market
Iluma to the fore as PMI builds up a head of steam towards its smoke-free future
25th July 2023 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) reported strong momentum over the first half of the year, driven by Iqos growth and the good performance of Swedish Match, accelerating the company’s transition to a smokeless future
UK’s Kingsway Capital seeks exit from stake in UAE’s AIR as AIR looks to IPO
21st July 2023 - News analysis |
Dubai-based tobacco company Advanced Inhalation Rituals is planning to go public next year and has invited banks to pitch for roles in its IPO, as parent company Kingsway Capital seeks to sell its stake
At your convenience – now smokers in California are offered the low-nic option
18th July 2023 - News analysis |
22nd Century Group has confirmed the launch of its VLN reduced nicotine cigarettes in California, where sales have begun in hundreds of convenience stores across the state
Imperial Brands acquires TJP Labs nicotine pouch product range for £65m
27th June 2023 - News analysis |
UK-based tobacco group Imperial Brands has acquired a range of nicotine pouch products from Canadian manufacturer TJP Labs for £65m, and said the move would facilitate its entry into the US modern oral nicotine market
High smoking rates expected to keep boosting heated tobacco in Ukraine
23rd June 2023 - News analysis |
Increased smoking rates could mean a boon for heated tobacco brands in Ukraine, analysts predict, and overall demand for heated tobacco products is expected to increase
Intellectual property and trademark lawsuits in the US
22nd May 2023 - Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
This report explores the current intellectual property lawsuits in the US, beginning with a table providing summary information on the cases themselves, followed by a deeper analysis of the lawsuits with key arguments
22nd Century banks on big plans for its VLN cigarettes in the US and beyond
12th May 2023 - News analysis |
US company 22nd Century will look to expand its international interests by launching trials in Switzerland and Japan as well as relaunching its low-nicotine conventional cigarette product in South Korea
Altria puts most remaining Juul cases behind it with $235m court settlement
11th May 2023 - News analysis |
US tobacco giant Altria is to pay $235m to settle at least 6,000 state and federal cases related to Juul, ending most of the suits it is still facing in relation to the e-cigarette company
Big Tobacco ‘moving too slowly’ to fulfil the FSFW’s mission of ending smoking
9th May 2023 - News analysis |
Tobacco companies are not doing enough to transition to reduced risk products and are not phasing out conventional cigarettes quickly enough, according to the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW)
Weekly regulatory podcast: 1st-5th May
9th May 2023 - Regulatory alerts podcasts |
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products
Altria reports that it’s ‘off to a strong start’ to 2023 after a season of change
4th May 2023 - News analysis |
US tobacco giant Altria closed the first quarter of 2023 with a slight fall in its net revenues compared with the same period last year, while it recorded an increase in its adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS)
Weekly regulatory podcast: 24th-28th April
3rd May 2023 - Regulatory alerts podcasts |
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products
