The regulation of tobacco-free pouches is controversial, due to its novelty but also because it is not clear under which regulatory regime these products fall. This report covers Sweden’s regulation of tobacco-free snus
TobaccoIntelligence’s head of legal analysis, Pablo Cano Trilla, considers the options for regulation of tobacco-free snus (sometimes known as “white pouch”) under existing European Union law
Swedish Match is to increase production of its tobacco-free nicotine pouch ZYN to 200m cans a year after a steep rise in demand in the US
British American Tobacco (BAT)’s “modern oral” portfolio has been one of the main drivers helping the company achieve good results in 2019 for its next-generation products category, which overall increased globally by 36.9%
Snus is booming in popularity in Norway and Denmark – especially among the young – while cigarette-smoking appears to be losing its appeal fast
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its first modified risk order for eight snus smokeless tobacco products to be sold with certain modified risk claims by Swedish Match USA
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has grated its first ever modified risk orders to eight snus products from Swedish Match, which can now be advertised as less harmful than traditional cigarettes
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld the ban on the sale of snus which has applied since 1992 in the whole EU except Sweden, which was granted an exemption under the 2014 Tobacco Products Directive (TPD)
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will have to consider again next year the possibility that snus could be a reduced-risk form of tobacco, following a series of applications from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
The New Nicotine Alliance is to join an attempt by manufacturer Swedish Match to overturn the UK’s snus ban. If successful, the bid could lead to the smokeless tobacco product being legalised throughout the EU
Swedish Match has at last obtained some answers from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its attempt to have snus smokeless tobacco products classified as modified risk
Swedish Match is contesting the European Union’s ban on snus in court
The involvement of the tobacco and pharma industries could be crucial if a new international society on nicotine studies is to make a contribution to the public health and regulation debate – but that will bring its own problems, delegates heard at a conference in Warsaw