Author: TobaccoIntelligence

Lawmakers in the US state of North Carolina are considering amending the rules on tax breaks for approved tobacco alternatives…

Italy was one of the first major markets for heated tobacco, which was first regulated and categorised in 2014. This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory regime for these products in Italy…

This report covers the US role as a modern oral tobacco product player, examining snus, tobacco-free nicotine pouches and all-free products…

British American Tobacco (BAT) is pushing back to 2025 its goal of £5bn in revenues from its next-generation portfolio amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a decrease in heat-not-burn (HnB) business…

The reduced-risk potential of IQOS compared with combustible cigarettes cannot be ascertained, according to Italy’s Ministry of Health…

The Altria Group has filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against RJ Reynolds Vapor Co, a subsidiary of Reynolds American, over its Velo smokeless product…

Japan Tobacco (JT) and Philip Morris International (PMI) are cutting the prices of their heat-not-burn (HnB) devices in Japan and planning new product launches amid the coronavirus pandemic…

Germany has moved a step closer to a comprehensive ban on outdoor advertising of tobacco products, with a first debate in the Bundestag of a proposal put forward by the ruling coalition parties…

The Scandinavian market for modern oral tobacco is the largest in Europe in terms of brands, product offer and innovation, with Sweden taking the lead…

The Estonian Parliament has approved a bill that relaxes one of the toughest regulatory regimes for tobacco-alternative products such as e-cigarettes, and imposes a new health warning for heated tobacco packaging…

A new Amendment Act to the Tobacco Act and the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Duty Act is due to come into force in Estonia, providing further regulation for heated tobacco products…

Retailers in Europe are playing a guessing game as they plan how to fill the gap on the shelves with new tobacco-alternative products in preparation for the fast-approaching ban on menthol cigarettes…

Finnish snus users have expressed concern that restrictions related to the current COVID-19 pandemic are limiting their access to snus, mainly because of the closure of borders between Finland and Sweden…

A number of patients’ and doctors’ associations, as well as political parties, are proposing an increase in tax on heated tobacco products to help finance Italy’s hard-pressed public health system…

All TobaccoIntelligence’s COVID-19-related news briefings can now be found in one place here…

Swedish Match’s sales of smoke-free products boomed in the first quarter of 2020, with the segment recording a 35% year-on-year increase to SEK2.508bn (€234m)…

Due to the success of heated tobacco products in Japan and South Korea, there are many compatible products available. TobaccoIntelligence had a look into the available compatible hardware devices and consumables…

A group of non-profit and health organisations has called on Indonesian president Joko Widodo to take a stricter stance against tobacco products in the battle against COVID-19…

US tobacco giant Altria has appointed Billy Gifford as CEO. Gifford, previously vice-chairman and CFO, steps up to take over as CEO from Howard Willard, who is retiring after 28 years with the company…

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…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been granted a 120-day extension to the deadline for premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs)…

The Estonian Tobacco Act does not currently mention heated tobacco products, which may theoretically be sold in Estonia as novel smoking tobacco products. This report covers present and potential future regulation…

A distant precursor of today’s heated tobacco products could have provided early humans with a critical survival advantage over their Neanderthal cousins, scientists suggest in a paper published today (1st April)…

Regions in Russia are allowed to exercise their own legal regulation while the federal authorities have not adopted laws. This report analyses the attitude of the regions to the regulation of tobacco-free nicotine-containing products…

This graphic-led report from TobaccoIntelligence provides an easy-to-grasp overview of the heated tobacco markets in Japan, South Korea, Russia, Italy and Germany – and an assessments of prospects for the US market…

The Spanish government has announced plans to strengthen enforcement of existing tobacco regulations and to impose taxes on new products such as heated tobacco…

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…

Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has issued an executive order placing a range of restrictions on heated tobacco and “other novel tobacco products”…

Republican lawmakers in the US state of Georgia are proposing that modified risk tobacco products could be taxed at a half portion of the rate traditional tobacco is charged…

The South African government has introduced a new tax on heated tobacco products with immediate effect…

This report covers the regulatory landscape for tobacco-free and tobacco-containing snus products in Russia. Retail sale of snus containing tobacco has been prohibited in Russia since 2015, but the law does not apply to tobacco-free nicotine snus…

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…

Philip Morris International (PMI)’s chief financial officer, Martin King, has been promoted to the newly created role of CEO for PMI America in a bid to further develop the company’s smoke-free segment…

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…

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…

Public Health England (PHE) has told TobaccoIntelligence it was never directly approached by Philip Morris International (PMI) over plans for a campaign to promote heat-not-burn and vaping products…

What benefit might there be in very low nicotine combustible cigarettes? That is the essential question the US FDA must answer in assessing a modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) application from 22nd Century Group for its VLN products…

For several decades, Australia’s political and medical establishments have taken a hard line against smoking; but do developments like heated tobacco call for a different approach? …

The upcoming ban on menthol cigarettes across Europe may create opportunities for increased adoption of alternative tobacco products, such as heated tobacco…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to lose its power to regulate tobacco products if Congress passes president Donald Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2021…

PMI saw its market share of heated tobacco units in IQOS markets, excluding the US, rise by 1.4 percentage points to 5% last year, with a 44.2% increase in HnB shipments…

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…

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…

Japan Tobacco (JT) is cutting the price of its Ploom Tech and Ploom Tech+ hybrid devices from 1st February as it continues to lag behind its chief Big Tobacco competitors in its home market…

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…

Ukraine could be the next country to introduce an excise tax burden on vaping products, although as it stands excise tax will apply only to heated tobacco from January 2020…

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 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…

Switzerland’s Tobacco Prevention Fund should finance harm reduction initiatives, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health has been told…

This report provides an overview of Kazakhstan’s regulatory framework. Although the country has not yet implemented regulation for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, controls are expected in the near future…