LATEST ALERTS
Politics & policy
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 |
State urged to follow town’s lead and ban flavours…
21st April 2022 - Alerts | Maine, North America, United States |
Bill would ban under-21s from possessing tobacco…
20th April 2022 - Alerts | New York, North America, United States |
Tobacco control review ‘coming next month’…
20th April 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Senate moves to ban imports of HnB devices…
6th April 2022 - Alerts | Mexico, North America |
‘Attractive’ tobacco accessories under the spotlight…
6th April 2022 - Alerts | Europe, Netherlands |
How a popular tax on nicotine products could turn out to be bad for the children
6th April 2022 - Blog |
A no-doubt well-meaning ballot measure enthusiastically taken up by voters just 18 months ago now has General Assembly members in the US state of Colorado tied up in a knot of their own making
Flavoured nicotine product ban ‘would hit pre-school program’…
5th April 2022 - Alerts | Colorado, North America, United States |
Mital to take over from Zeller at FDA
31st March 2022 - Alerts | United States |
UK government will ‘consider’ putting nicotine pouches under tobacco rules
29th March 2022 - News analysis |
The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published its post-implementation review of the country’s tobacco legislation
Tobacco legislation review and recommendations published…
28th March 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
MPs calls for higher age limit and Big Tobacco levy…
23rd March 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Tobacco tax rise to keep oil price stable…
22nd March 2022 - Alerts | Paraguay, South America |
Denmark prepares to lead Europe with its first planned tobacco-free generation
16th March 2022 - News analysis |
Denmark could become the first country in Europe to impose a generational limit on access to tobacco and nicotine products, with a plan to ban access to tobacco and nicotine products to anyone born in or after 2010
‘World leader’ Britain fails at the first post-Brexit hurdle on novel tobacco
16th March 2022 - Blog |
When it comes to taking advantage of Brexit’s opportunities for tobacco reform, the UK appears to have balked worse than a horse at its final Olympics pentathlon
Question raised over plans to regulate pouch sales…
15th March 2022 - Alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Regulatory report: Sweden – HnB, oral tobacco and nicotine pouches, March 2022
15th March 2022 - Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
Sweden has one of the lowest smoking rates in the EU and is the only member state where snus is allowed. Heated tobacco taxation is vague, but new regulations are being considered
Big Tobacco shuts down in Russia, lends aid to employees there and in Ukraine
14th March 2022 - News analysis |
Imperial Brands has announced that it is suspending all operations in Russia, including domestic production, and all sales and marketing activity as a result of international sanctions and the consequential severe disruption
FDA and CDC report findings on youth tobacco use…
11th March 2022 - Alerts | North America, United States |
