LATEST ALERTS
Politics & policy
Collapse of Bulgarian government won’t bring any change in heated tobacco tax
6th July 2022 - News analysis |
Tax rates on heated tobacco products in Bulgaria will not change following the resignation of prime minister Kiril Petkov and his cabinet after they lost a vote of confidence
Health department rebels against losing power over heated tobacco…
29th June 2022 - Alerts | Asia, Philippines |
US bid to reduce nicotine in combustibles remains very light on dates and details
28th June 2022 - News analysis |
Details remain sketchy as to how and when the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s plan to impose nicotine restrictions on cigarettes is to be implemented
Now it’s official – but does US nicotine cut apply to more than just combustibles?
24th June 2022 - Blog |
Some headlines notwithstanding, it doesn’t sound like Joe Biden actually sat in the Oval Office and signed off mandatory nicotine reduction while photographers recorded the historic moment
FDA plan to reduce nicotine levels confirmed…
22nd June 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Opposition urges restrictions on nicotine pouches…
21st June 2022 - Alerts | Czech Republic, Europe |
UK’s Khan report pleases vape advocates, all but ignores other tobacco alternatives
16th June 2022 - News analysis |
Recognition of the role vaping can play in the future of public health in England has been welcomed – but there is some disappointment that the positive approach does not extend to other alternatives to smoking
How nicotine levels could become a hot issue for smokers and politicians alike
16th June 2022 - Blog |
Rumours circulating this week that the Biden administration is about to put its weight behind mandatory nicotine reduction in combustibles will have been music to the ears of 22nd Century Group, if few others
Health secretary ‘welcomes’ Khan review findings…
15th June 2022 - Blog |
UK: MP Andrew Gwynne asked health secretary Sajid Javid yesterday whether tobacco lobbyists would have any influence on the government’s overdue tobacco control plan, prevention strategy or planned response to the Khan review? Javid said the government was committed to a smoke-free 2030, which was why he commissioned the independent review. “I welcome its findings and we are carefully considering them,” he said.
White House ‘planning to cut nicotine levels’…
14th June 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Novel nicotine products can’t escape WHO’s focus on environmental impact
9th June 2022 - Blog |
Of course it was only to be expected that the World Health Organization (WHO) would include novel nicotine products in its annual condemnations for World No Tobacco Day, but the approach it took this year was significant: a focus on the environment
Czechia embraces harm reduction and plans to regulate nicotine pouches
6th June 2022 - News analysis |
The Czech Republic is set to become the main EU proponent of tobacco harm-reduction policy following a change in philosophy among leaders, and is planning to implement a new decree for nicotine pouches in the near future as a result
Nicotine pouches don’t escape WHO’s World No Tobacco Day campaign debate
3rd June 2022 - News analysis |
On international World No Tobacco Day tobacco alternatives such as pouches were not excluded from the criticisms
Health, environment damage: alternative tobacco products ‘are not the solution’
3rd June 2022 - News analysis |
Next-generation tobacco products are not the solution to damage caused by the tobacco industry to both public health and the environment, according to speakers at a World Health Organization (WHO) conference
Presidential decree bans sale of heated tobacco products…
1st June 2022 - Alerts | Mexico, North America |
Tobacco Control Advisory Council holds first session…
1st June 2022 - Alerts | Chile, South America |
Scots urged to curb littering and polluting with cigarettes…
1st June 2022 - Alerts | Europe, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Tobacco control review held back until next month…
26th May 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
MPs support vision of a ‘tobacco-free’ country…
24th May 2022 - Alerts | Asia, Bangladesh |
Labor election victory could mean a ‘crackdown’ on tobacco…
24th May 2022 - Alerts | Australasia, Australia |
Planned rewrite of EU battery rules could have a major impact on HnB devices
23rd May 2022 - News analysis |
Heat-not-burn (HnB) hardware could be in for a big shake-up in the EU over the next few years, with the environmental impact of batteries squarely in the firing line
Senate agrees to ratify WHO treaty on illicit tobacco trade…
23rd May 2022 - Alerts | Paraguay, South America |
Call for UK to promote snus and nicotine pouches to reach smoke-free 2030 goal
20th May 2022 - News analysis |
The UK government is likely to miss its 2030 smoke-free ambition for England because the government is not supporting the full range of reduced-risk products, namely snus and nicotine pouches, according to an advocate for snus and vaping
Khan gives date for his tobacco recommendations…
12th May 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Flavour ban gets House approval…
5th May 2022 - Alerts | Colorado, North America, United States |
BAT leads legal challenge to Denmark’s latest tobacco control initiative
4th May 2022 - News analysis |
A group of tobacco companies, including British American Tobacco (BAT) and its subsidiaries Nicoventures and House of Prince, have sued the Danish government over legislation which came into force in 2021
MPs discuss Smokefree 2030 ambition…
27th April 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Electrical waste reforms due ‘later this year’…
26th April 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
San Diego moves towards a ban on flavours…
26th April 2022 - Alerts | California, North America, United States |
San Diego council considers banning flavours…
25th April 2022 - Alerts | California, North America, United States |
