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Politics & policy
City may take advantage of governor’s move on local flavour bans…
10th January 2023 - Alerts | North America, Ohio, United States |
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
Measures are ‘being considered’, but no change is likely in Australian HnB policy
22nd December 2022 - News analysis |
Australian authorities have not announced any change in policy on heated tobacco in the run-up to a new national tobacco plan. This has left the status of heat-not-burn (HnB) products unchanged
Doubts galore as Russia reconsiders all its tax options for tobacco alternatives
21st December 2022 - News analysis |
In its latest move to regulate the market for tobacco alternatives, the Russian government is proposing to increase excise rates on heated tobacco sticks – but there are competing proposals
Analysis of the TobaccoIntelligence US legislators’ database
16th December 2022 - Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
This report will examine the US legislators’ database, which contains information of the state legislators’ past legislative moves over the last four years
Botswana prepares to implement new ‘life-saving’ restrictions on tobacco
13th December 2022 - News analysis |
Proposed tobacco regulations in Botswana that would restrict the sale and marketing of tobacco – including heated tobacco products – but leave vaping products unaffected have been hailed by public health experts
Anti-smoking group sues Health Canada while calling for a nicotine-free future
1st December 2022 - News analysis |
An anti-smoking group is taking the Canadian government to court in a bid to force it to complete its review of the federal law governing tobacco and vaping products
Regulatory database: international stakeholders in the tobacco alternatives market
30th November 2022 - Heated tobacco regulatory data , Nicotine pouches regulatory data , Regulatory data |
TobaccoIntelligence’s international directory of stakeholders in the alternative tobacco sector allows you to find the most relevant organisations in key markets, with full web, email, phone and address details.
How heated tobacco taxes are set to rise as European nations set new parameters
29th November 2022 - News analysis |
Taxes on tobacco are set to rise across Europe and may be extended to alternative products, including heated tobacco. TobaccoIntelligence analysts consider how this will apply in various different EU member states
AG announces grants to tackle illegal tobacco product sales…
28th November 2022 - Alerts | California, North America, United States |
Californian voters come out strongly in favour of banning tobacco flavours
24th November 2022 - News analysis |
In one of many skirmishes over proposed flavour bans popping up around the US, Californians have voted to approve Proposition 31, upholding a 2020 law that would prohibit the sale of certain flavoured tobacco products
The Red Wave that wasn’t turns out an electoral letdown for US tobacco industry
24th November 2022 - News analysis |
Disappointment for the Republican Party, who were expecting great things from the US midterm elections, was also disappointment for a tobacco industry looking forward to a kinder legislative environment had the vote gone as predicted
Doubts raised over whether Tobacco Control Plan will ever appear…
24th November 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Tobacco Control Plan to be discussed this week…
21st November 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Sweden’s shift to the right could be good news for tobacco alternatives industry
15th November 2022 - News analysis |
Sweden’s general election in September was potentially a win for the alternative tobacco products industry, with the new right-wing minority government likely to take a more lenient stance than its predecessor
EAEU members take WHO advice on ‘harmful’ heated tobacco…
9th November 2022 - Alerts | Armenia, Asia, Belarus, Europe, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
The tobacco giant’s officer who sees past the politicians’ global greenwash policies
9th November 2022 - Blog |
Jennifer Motles, chief sustainability officer for PMI, has urged companies of all kinds to go beyond seeing ESG (environmental, social and governance) impact reporting as a tick-box exercise
Voters opt for state-wide ban on flavoured tobacco…
9th November 2022 - Alerts | California, North America, United States |
Committee hears government view on heated tobacco proposals…
9th November 2022 - Alerts | Chile, South America |
Flavour ban goes to the public vote…
8th November 2022 - Alerts | California, North America, United States |
Big Tobacco companies on the road to leaving Russian domestic market
7th November 2022 - News analysis |
Tobacco producers from around the globe plan to complete their exit from the Russian market by the end of the year by transferring business to local partners, according to recent statements made by company representatives
US midterm elections and their potential impact on state tobacco/nicotine policy
7th November 2022 - Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
This November, elections will be held: legislative races will be conducted in 46 states and governor races will be held in 36. This report analyses the potential outcomes and how it could affect tobacco/nicotine policies in each state
US midterm elections: a look at the forecast outcomes and what’s at stake
4th November 2022 - News analysis |
The 8th November US midterm elections are just around the corner, and while the Republicans are favoured to win the majority, regardless of the outcome, things will change dramatically
How US midterm election results could affect tobacco and vaping legislation
4th November 2022 - News analysis |
With the 8th November US midterm elections getting closer by the day, it looks like Republicans will seize control of Capitol Hill – overall good news for the tobacco and vaping industries
EU Commission reveals its preferences for higher taxes on tobacco products
3rd November 2022 - News analysis |
Tobacco taxes will rise across Europe and be extended to novel products, according to a draft of the impact assessment for the new Tobacco Excise Directive which the European Commission is set to present in December
Talks of potential flavour ban in Columbus…
3rd November 2022 - Alerts | North America, Ohio, United States |
New health committee chair supports ‘polluter pays’ tax policy…
3rd November 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
‘It will be hotly contested’: what to expect from the EU debate over the new TPD
1st November 2022 - News analysis |
The forthcoming debate in the European Parliament over the review of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) could be very heated, with its outcome anything but certain
