Author: TobaccoIntelligence

Tobacco alternatives are beginning to flourish in Egypt and heated tobacco as well as vaping products are expected to become more important as Egyptian manufacturers start to get involved…

Global tobacco companies could be looking to the Baltic states, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, for expansion after having had to cut operations in Ukraine and Russia…

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…

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…

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…

Excise duties on cigarettes in Italy will increase from 1st January, while those on heated tobacco and e-liquids will not rise at the rate previously laid out, under the new Italian government’s 2023 Budget Bill…

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…

The Moroccan government will look to increase taxes on some tobacco alternative products in a move to finance a costly health bill in 2023 and address the country’s deficit in an attempt to balance the budget…

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…

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…

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…

Using nicotine pouches can lead to higher nicotine intake than smoking, according to Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)…

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…

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…

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 antitrust regulators have conditionally approved the takeover of Swedish nicotine pouch specialist Swedish Match by the tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) for an estimated €16bn…

TobaccoIntelligence launched a consumer survey in May 2022 to analyse the patterns among nicotine pouch users in the UK and the US…

The Colombian government appears to have given up on plans to raise levies on heated tobacco and e-cigarette products, to the dismay of some of its own supporters…

Philip Morris International (PMI) is investing an additional PHP8.8bn ($150m) in its affiliate company PMFTC to increase production of its heated tobacco sticks in the Philippines…

A Canadian company says Health Canada’s decision to grant it a Drug Establishment Licence (DEL) is another step towards its goal of eventually selling nicotine pouches in Canada, where they are not permitted at present…

Dryft, which contends it was forced to sell out of the US nicotine pouch market because of alleged frivolous lawsuits from major nicotine pouch producer Swedish Match, may have an edge in the upcoming court case on the matter…

Tobacco prices in France will soon be indexed to inflation as the government seeks to discourage smoking in a country where cigarettes kill more than 200 people a day and cost the state billions of euros every year…

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the regulatory framework in place in Japan for heated tobacco products, covering all policy areas…

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the regulatory framework in place in Japan for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches, covering all policy areas…

Organisers of a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) need 1m signatures across seven EU member states by next summer for the European Commission to respond to their request for measures leading to Europe’s first tobacco-free generation…

New taxes in Colombia on heated tobacco, vapour products and combustible cigarettes are expected to bring in as much as COP1tn ($227.3m) annually, making their approval the top agenda item for president Gustavo Petro, according to legislators promoting the hiked levies…

Japan currently has no intention of following the US and Europe with a ban on menthol-flavoured tobacco products…

Malaysia’s latest attempt to put an end to nicotine use among the younger generation is likely to be delayed, or even derailed, with an early election expected to stall the new bill…

The Czech Republic Ministry of Health is preparing to introduce restrictions on the strength, marketing and production of nicotine pouches…

The Democratic governor of Hawaii appeared to take a step out of line with the US party’s common position when he vetoed a bill that would have introduced a ban on flavoured tobacco products…

While nicotine pouches are classed in the EU as food products with an unauthorised ingredient, it could be argued that there is nothing novel about tobacco, or nicotine, in food – and it could have an important future too…

While nicotine pouches are growing in popularity fast, the state of science on their safety remains threadbare…

This report provides a summary of the current regulatory framework in place for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches in Taiwan, covering all policy areas from taxation and advertising to labelling, notification and retail channels…

This report offers a comprehensive overview of the current framework in place for tobacco products in Taiwan, as well as the potential future framework for heated tobacco products should the bill amending the Tobacco Harm Control Act be adopted…

Romania increased taxes on conventional cigarettes, heated tobacco and vaping products on 1st August, purely in an attempt to secure additional tax revenue…

Calls for the president to veto the Philippines Vape Regulation Bill – and a change of government – failed to derail the bill, which also regulates heated tobacco and other novel tobacco products…

This report offers a comprehensive overview of the current regulatory regime in place in Egypt for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches covering all policy areas…

This report offers a comprehensive overview of the current regulatory regime in place in Egypt for heated tobacco, covering all policy areas…

A rule banning tobacco products during the Covid lockdown in South Africa was strongly criticised by the country’s Supreme Court of Appeal, which deemed it to be unconstitutional…

A ban on flavoured heated tobacco products in the EU may be delayed after the Permanent Representatives Committee recommended that the Council of the European Union extend the scrutiny period by two months…

Heated tobacco products and all other electronic smoking alternatives, such as e-cigarettes, will almost certainly remain banned in Brazil following a unanimous vote by the board of Anvisa, the country’s health agency…

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…

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…

Limits similar to those already found on tobacco products such as cigarettes and snus will now also apply to tobacco-free nicotine products after Sweden’s parliament, the Riksdag, voted to modify legislation…

This report provides a summary of the current regulatory framework in place for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches in Taiwan, covering all policy areas from taxation and advertising to labelling, notification and retail channels…

New regulations that came into force at the end of April will make it hard for Hong Kong to achieve its 2025 smoking reduction targets, one concerned harm reduction association claims…

This report offers a comprehensive overview of the current framework in place for tobacco products in Taiwan, as well as the potential future framework for heated tobacco products should the bill amending the Tobacco Harm Control Act be adopted…

Dutch authorities want to bring in a range of regulations intended to limit the popularity of novel tobacco products such as nicotine pouches…

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…

The World Health Organization (WHO)’s rejection of a new Covid-19 vaccine on anti-tobacco grounds will almost certainly end up having a negative impact on public health – particularly in the developing world…