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Regulatory report: Egypt – HnB, oral tobacco and nicotine pouches, February 2022
7th February 2022 - Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
Heated tobacco is included in Egypt’s existing tobacco laws. Oral tobacco may be covered too, but nicotine pouches are unregulated. Forthcoming licences will allow production of heated tobacco
Global Trends report reveals extent of alternatives’ growing market share
12th January 2022 - News analysis |
Alternative tobacco products, including heated tobacco and nicotine pouches, have taken worldwide sales from combustibles over the past three years, with the cigarette segment declining by 5%
New Zealand’s cunning birthdate-based scheme to wipe out smoking for good
22nd December 2021 - Blog , News analysis |
New Zealand has designated a cohort of young people – those who will be 14 or younger when the government’s proposed law comes into effect – who will never be old enough to smoke
Regulatory report: Venezuela, December 2021
13th December 2021 - Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |
There is no comprehensive legal framework on tobacco products in Venezuela, but several resolutions regulate different aspects of the commercialisation of tobacco products
Filipino government issues packaging restrictions amid FDA cash scandal
28th December 2020 - News analysis |
A joint memorandum from several government agencies laying down rules for tobacco-alternative products in the Philippines establishes new restrictions on flavours and changes to labelling requirements
Future of HnB remains unclear as Taiwan debates possible e-cigarette ban
26th November 2020 - News analysis |
A proposed amendment to Taiwan’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act could ban e-cigarettes but leave the way open for a large heated tobacco market to develop
Indonesia prepares new national standard for tobacco alternatives
19th October 2020 - News analysis |
Indonesia’s Ministry of Industry is working towards a new national standard for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, which it beleives will benefit the tobacco-alternatives industry
German Bundesrat passes outdoor and cinema ads ban without further ado
21st September 2020 - News analysis |
After years of discussions within the governing coalition and campaigning by health bodies, Germany is to further restrict tobacco advertising after the Bundesrat approved the new rules without further debate
Sweden proposes snus tax rise and new rules on distance sales
20th July 2020 - News analysis |
Sweden is proposing amendments to increase the tax of snus and create a new tax on raw tobacco from 1st July 2021 to close a tax loophole on this kind of tobacco-alternative product.
South African high court dismisses application to reverse cigarette ban
3rd July 2020 - News analysis |
The Pretoria High Court has dismissed the application by the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) to reverse the government ban on the sale of tobacco, including vapour products, following the outbreak of COVID-19
South Korea prepares to crack down on tobacco alternatives advertising
2nd July 2020 - News analysis |
South Korea’s health minister Park Neung-hoo has announced a fresh plan to ban advertising and promotional activities for tobacco-alternative products
Colorado voters to decide in November ballot whether to increase tobacco tax
1st July 2020 - News analysis |
Voters in the US state of Colorado will decide in November whether to support a bill to increase taxes on tobacco after lawmakers put forward a plan for rises to be phased in over the next seven years
Market report: modern oral products in US, Q2 2020
15th June 2020 - Market reports , Nicotine pouches market reports |
This report covers the US role as a modern oral tobacco product player, examining snus, tobacco-free nicotine pouches and all-free products
Swiss canton adds snus and snuff to its youth sales testing programme
8th April 2020 - News analysis |
The Swiss canton of Valais is to include snus and other non-combustible products in its tobacco test-purchasing programme for the first time in a widened bid to halt the sale of tobacco products to minors
Nicotine events still on the calendar while others fall victim to COVID-19
16th March 2020 - News analysis |
Organisers of two major conferences and exhibitions on nicotine delivery are hoping the events can still go ahead despite the global coronavirus outbreak and a number of other event cancellations and postponements
Duterte hands down new regulations on heated tobacco in the Philippines
13th March 2020 - News analysis |
Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has issued an executive order placing a range of restrictions on heated tobacco and “other novel tobacco products”
South African budget introduces new tax on heated tobacco products
11th March 2020 - News analysis |
The South African government has introduced a new tax on heated tobacco products with immediate effect
New Zealand puts forward new regulations for smokeless products
4th March 2020 - News analysis |
A new amendment put before the New Zealand Parliament aims to tighten current regulations on heated tobacco and other smokeless tobacco products – but the country’s attorney general has distanced himself from the proposals
EU states give a big thumbs up to tax harmony on heated tobacco and e-cigs
12th February 2020 - News analysis |
The European Union’s member states overwhelmingly want harmonised tax policies across the EU for both heated tobacco products and e-cigarettes
South Korea plans further restrictions on promotion of tobacco alternatives
4th February 2020 - News analysis |
The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare wants to ban practices such as the offering of discounts for heated tobacco products and to make events with free giveaways of such products illegal
Tobacco ads in Germany – spending goes up while ban debate goes on
4th February 2020 - News analysis |
While politicians in Germany continue to debate a future ban on tobacco-related advertising, new figures show that expenditure on ads by the country’s tobacco industry has increased
Anti-tobacco campaign blamed for slump in Spanish e-cigarette sector
3rd January 2020 - News analysis |
Falling Spanish e-cigarette sales have led to job losses, with vape stores closing, according to the country’s Union of Vaping Promoters and Entrepreneurs
US Senate raises legal purchasing age for tobacco products from 18 to 21
20th December 2019 - News analysis |
The US Senate has passed an act which raises the minimum sale or purchase age for tobacco products from 18 to 21 nationwide
German coalition conservatives agree outdoor advertising ban
13th December 2019 - News analysis |
The conservative parties in Germany’s ruling coalition have come out in support of a comprehensive ban on outdoor advertising for tobacco products that would come into force between 2022 and 2024
Spanish campaign attacks smoking and alternatives in one blast
19th September 2019 - News analysis |
A new anti-smoking campaign by the Spanish government takes on smoking, vaping, heated tobacco and hookahs under the motto “El tabaco ata y te mata” (“Tobacco ties and kills you”)
FDA moves on nicotine levels in combustibles, leaving e-cigs alone
15th March 2018 - News analysis |
The US FDA has taken a step closer to regulating nicotine levels in combustible cigarettes, but excluded vapour products from its proposals, even predicting a low-nicotine regime might encourage smokers toward electronic alternatives
The FDA’s new philosophy: ‘We need to take a fresh look at nicotine’
31st July 2017 - News analysis |
Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the US FDA, appeared on Friday to go further than any federal official – or most politicians – previously had in supporting alternative nicotine products for harm reduction
Banning novel tobacco products could violate world trade pact, lawyers say
25th November 2016 - News analysis |
Countries that ban tobacco alternative products could be breaking world trade agreements by unfairly privileging combustibles at their expense, two lawyers have warned
In depth: how tobacco alternatives fit into Big Tobacco’s business
9th July 2014 - Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports , Nicotine pouches market reports |
This special report takes a company-by-company look at the main Big Tobacco players and their activity in e-cigarettes and other tobacco alternatives
PMI prepares for heat-not-burn rollout, plans e-cig for 2016
2nd July 2014 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) will no longer be conspicuous in the tobacco alternatives market by its absence
