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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
Decision upheld against PMI accused of underhanded advertising in Lithuania
28th April 2023 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International has failed to overturn a decision by Lithuanian authorities that advertising for Iqos devices constitutes tobacco advertising
PMI reports good numbers, positive momentum of Iqos and Zyn in the US
28th April 2023 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International will focus on heated tobacco and nicotine pouches as the alternatives that can help it meet its goal of becoming a majority smoke-free revenue company by 2025
Weekly regulatory podcast: 17th-21st April
25th April 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
Heated tobacco and modern oral flavours make up for Imperial’s US vaping blow
19th April 2023 - News analysis |
Expanding sales of next generation products into new markets has more than compensated Imperial Brands for the enforced loss of its Myblu e-cigarette from the US market
Big Tobacco appears to be in no hurry to pull out of Russia over Ukraine invasion
12th April 2023 - News analysis |
Global tobacco majors are not hurrying to leave the Russian market and suffer the multi-billion dollar losses that might potentially be associated with such an exodus
VLN maker ready to hand out the Cookies in tie-up with US cannabis company
6th April 2023 - News analysis |
22nd Century Group, maker of the very low nicotine VLN brand cigarette, has announced a new three-year exclusive licence and distribution agreement with the US cannabis company Cookies
Altria unveils new products and new goals for its US smoke-free portfolio
3rd April 2023 - News analysis |
Altria will launch two new smoke-free products, a heated tobacco capsule called Swic and a new addition to its existing nicotine pouch brand, On! Plus, in a move to address a broader range of consumers and is actively considering international expansion
Caffeine and cannabis pouches could be part of Altria’s new growth strategy
31st March 2023 - News analysis |
Altria is considering including cannabis as well as caffeine pouches in its offering of non-nicotine products as part of its growth strategy
22nd Century plans growth in the US and abroad despite overall losses in 2022
10th March 2023 - News analysis |
US-based 22nd Century believes it is set up for a bright future with further expansion of its VLN cigarette range into three new states and plans to be in 18 total by year’s end
It’s now official – Altria buying Njoy for $2.75bn…
7th March 2023 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Altria swaps its Juul stake for rights to a theoretical heated tobacco system
6th March 2023 - News analysis |
Altria has swapped its 35% stake in Juul Labs for heated tobacco intellectual property rights, ending an investment which plummeted in value from $12.8bn to only $250m in just over four years
Altria confirms its exit from Juul investment…
6th March 2023 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Update on Philip Morris Products vs ITC federal case…
3rd March 2023 - Alerts | North America, United States |
More challenges to EU heated tobacco flavour ban during wait for CJEU verdict
3rd March 2023 - News analysis |
Tobacco companies wait for a judicial verdict on the validity of an EU directive outlawing heated tobacco flavours across Europe, but the ban has already come into effect
Big Tobacco remains in love with novelty as it heads towards a smokeless future
3rd March 2023 - News analysis |
The significance Big Tobacco companies are placing on novel tobacco products is demonstrated by the continued international expansion many are undertaking
Altruistic Altria, or why an anti-tobacco activist has taken up the giants’ cause
1st March 2023 - Blog |
Is Dave Dobbins’s switch from COO of the Truth Initiative to a role with a tobacco company a case of gamekeeper turned poacher – or is there another interpretation we can put on it?
Altria ‘in $2.75bn bid to buy e-cigarette maker Njoy’ while dropping Juul
28th February 2023 - News analysis |
Altria is reported to be in advanced talks to buy e-cigarette company Njoy for around $2.75bn.No deal has been finalised, but an official announcement is possible by the end of the week
‘More to come’ from non-combustibles – JTI has money to heat-not-burn
14th February 2023 - News analysis |
A growing share of the Japanese heated tobacco market and the launch of the Ploom X heat-not-burn (HnB) device in the UK contributed to Japan Tobacco International (JTI) posting positive figures for 2022
PMI reports positive 2022 performance, talks Iqos, Swedish Match and KT&G
10th February 2023 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) reports an overall positive performance in 2022, boosted by growth in its Iqos business, with revenues and shipment volumes slightly up for the year
PMI announces 15-year exclusive rights to sell KT&G smoke-free products
3rd February 2023 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced its long-term exclusive rights to sell KT&G’s smoke-free products in more than 30 markets, excluding South Korea
Altria’s oral segment revenues slipped in 2022, but its On! pouches performed well
1st February 2023 - News analysis |
US-based tobacco giant Altria’s net revenues in the oral tobacco segment fell slightly in 2022 despite its nicotine pouch brand On! reporting a positive performance
US FDA green-lights three new Philip Morris heated tobacco products for Iqos
27th January 2023 - News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised the marketing of three new tobacco-flavoured heated tobacco products from Philip Morris Products’s supplemental PMTAs
Ukrainian regulator takes legal action to investigate PMI’s advertising of Iqos
20th January 2023 - News analysis |
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has taken a case against Philip Morris Sales and Distribution for violating unfair competition laws, the regulator announced earlier this month
Denmark: nicotine pouch market snapshot, January 2023
12th January 2023 - Market reports , Nicotine pouches market reports , Nicotine pouches market snapshots |
This market snapshot offers an overview of the nicotine pouch market in Denmark, covering retail channels, pricing and product characteristics
A good year for Big Tobacco, alternatively speaking, while rules are tightened
30th December 2022 - News analysis |
The year gone by saw phenomenal growth across the global market for tobacco alternatives, including in the oral segment, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches
BAT reports ‘sustainable growth’, over 3m new consumers in non-combustibles
19th December 2022 - News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) said its “new category” business continues to drive substantial volume, revenue, and market share growth – significantly contributing to the company’s overall performance
