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Will Brazil legalise heated tobacco products tomorrow or keep the ban?
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 16th April 2024 | News analysis
A decision on the regulation of heated tobacco and vaping products in Brazil to be made tomorrow (17th April) could then potentially be overruled by the country’s legislature…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 1st – 5th April
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 9th April 2024 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Romania gets stricter with restrictions on HTPs, vapes amid election-intensive year
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 8th April 2024 | News analysis
The Romanian parliament has adopted a bill that will subject nicotine pouches, heated tobacco products (HTPs) and herbal heated products to the same rules as those for vaping and other tobacco products…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 25th – 29th March
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 4th April 2024 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Sweden could reduce snus tax this year, while increasing other tobacco taxes
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 4th April 2024 | News analysis
The Swedish government is taking the slightly unusual step of proposing a tax reduction of 20% on snus while increasing taxes on traditional cigarettes and smoking tobacco products…
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Colombia passes first-ever regulatory framework for tobacco alternatives
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 3rd April 2024 | News analysis
Colombia’s congress has passed a bill that would create nationwide regulation to govern the use, sale and promotion of alternative tobacco products for the first time in the country’s history…
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Latest novel nicotine innovation could possibly evade most legal restrictions
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 1st April 2024 | News analysis
While novel nicotine products face increasingly tight legal restrictions and requirements in many countries, one startup believes it has come up with a product that will escape regulation entirely…
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Italy regulates next-generation products with ‘pragmatic’ approach, study finds
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 27th March 2024 | News analysis
The majority of users of next-generation products in Italy would not continue to use their products if the price of next-generation alternatives increased through taxation, according to a new survey…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 18th – 22nd March
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 25th March 2024 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Canada’s health minister seeks radical new powers to police nicotine pouches
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 25th March 2024 | News analysis
Canada’s health minister, Mark Holland, is looking to get radical new powers specifically to impose restrictions on the sale of nicotine pouches across the country…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 11th – 15th March
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 20th March 2024 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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New Russian tobacco and nicotine product laws are met with scepticism
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 19th March 2024 | News analysis
New national regulatory standards are now being enforced across the Russian market for tobacco and nicotine-containing products, including heated tobacco and e-cigarettes…
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It’s time to talk realistically about tobacco harm reduction, says German association
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 18th March 2024 | News analysis
The German Association of the Tobacco Industry and New Products says we need more constructive non-political discourse about tobacco harm reduction to counter the impact of bad science on the current prohibitionist mindset…
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Poland could include tobacco-free heated products in tobacco regulation changes
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 15th March 2024 | News analysis
Herbal heated sticks could be brought under the Polish Excise Duty Act definition of novel tobacco products if a proposal from the Ministry of Finance goes forward…
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No ‘historic decisions’ made on heated tobacco products or e-cigarettes at COP10
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 14th March 2024 | News analysis
COP10 was to be the conference where countries finally got to grips with emerging alternative tobacco products, but none of the decisions made applied to HTPs or ENDS or their industries…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 4th March – 8th March
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 13th March 2024 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 26th February – 1st March
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 6th March 2024 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Podcast: Stingfree founder Bengt Wiberg analyses the rising popularity of nicotine pouches among regulation
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 4th March 2024 | Podcasts
In this podcast episode, Bengt Wiberg, founder of Swedish-based nicotine pouch brand Stingfree talks to podcast host Tiziana Cauli about the regulatory developments which may soon affect the market in Europe…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 12th – 23rd February
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 27th February 2024 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Canada asks provinces to restrict pouch sales, but is minimum age the main issue?
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 22nd February 2024 | News analysis
Canada’s federal government is calling on provinces and territories across the country to follow the lead of Quebec and British Columbia and restrict where nicotine pouches can be sold…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 12th – 16th February
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 21st February 2024 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Kazakhstan to introduce criminal liability for violation of the existing ban on snus
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 15th February 2024 | News analysis
Kazakhstan plans to introduce criminal liability to an existing ban on the import, production and distribution of snus. A vote by the Kazakh Senate still has to take place…
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Iqos may be losing share to rivals in the crucial Japanese heated tobacco market
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 15th February 2024 | News analysis
Market-leader Iqos, from Philip Morris International (PMI), lost market share last year in the huge Japanese heated tobacco sector to rivals British American Tobacco (BAT) and Japan Tobacco (JT), according to a local survey…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 5th – 9th February
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 15th February 2024 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Leaked document suggests New Zealand minister wants tax-free heated tobacco
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 12th February 2024 | News analysis
New Zealand’s new coalition government could be considering proposals to regulate tobacco products, as suggested by a document leaked to local press, including removing taxes from heated tobacco products…
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UK parliament pre-COP10 talks stress harm reduction and take on the WHO
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 7th February 2024 | News analysis
In a UK parliamentary session, key figures voiced their concerns and positions just ahead of the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 29th January – 2nd February
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 6th February 2024 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Industry leaders in Latin America fear COP10 impact on tobacco alternatives
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 5th February 2024 | News analysis
Leaders of vaping associations in Latin America have told TobaccoIntelligence they anticipate further restrictions and reinforced regional bans on tobacco alternative products to result from this week’s COP10…
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Sweden’s alternatives advocates worried about COP10 impact on snus and pouches
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 31st January 2024 | News analysis
Swedish sources worry strong domestic support for products like snus will be lost when one delegation represents the EU as a whole at the upcoming COP10 international tobacco control conference…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 22nd-26th January
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 31st January 2024 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 15th-19th January
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 23rd January 2024 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 8th-12th January
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 15th January 2024 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Latin America hopeful for a 2024 with eased tobacco alternatives restrictions
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 2nd January 2024 | News analysis
Industry associations in Argentina, Mexico, Panama and other Latin American nations are hopeful that 2024 will bring eased restrictions that have complicated sales and consumption of tobacco alternatives…
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New study showing pouches fail to replace cigarettes has limited focus
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 2nd January 2024 | News analysis
A new study by researchers at Ohio State University that looks at the effectiveness of oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) to curb smoking actually says little about their effectiveness…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 11th-15th December
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 19th December 2023 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Canada wants to bill industry CAD66m for control of tobacco and vape products
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 13th December 2023 | News analysis
The Canadian government has tabled legislation for a new tobacco cost-recovery system in a bid to recoup the money it spends each year on tobacco and vaping control…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 4th-8th December
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 12th December 2023 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 27th November-1st December
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 11th December 2023 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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‘We were duped’: health minister vows to stop sales of nicotine pouches in Canada
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 6th December 2023 | News analysis
Canadian health minister Mark Holland is vowing to stop the sale of nicotine pouches across the country “as fast as possible”, accusing the tobacco industry of misrepresenting the product when it applied to Health Canada for authorisation…
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Argentina’s heated tobacco market is optimistic after libertarian Milei elected
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 4th December 2023 | News analysis
The recent election of president Javier Milei in Argentina is considered encouraging for the South American country’s e-cigarette and heated tobacco market, industry leaders told TobaccoIntelligence…
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Repeal of New Zealand’s smoke-free laws is ‘massive step back’, say health experts
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 1st December 2023 | News analysis
New Zealand’s radical smoke-free plans look likely to fall victim to savings designed to fund tax cuts by the new government, who are looking to repeal amendments to the Smokefree Environments Act…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 20th-24th November
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 28th November 2023 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Chile set to bring HTPs under similar regulation to tobacco by May 2024
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 23rd November 2023 | News analysis
Heated tobacco and vaping products will be regulated in a similar way to tobacco products in Chile – regardless of their nicotine content – with outlining regulations expected to be issued by May 2024…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 13th-17th November
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 22nd November 2023 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…
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Malaysia pushes for tobacco control law as it looks to lead ASEAN ahead of COP10
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 21st November 2023 | News analysis
Malaysia will press forward with its tobacco control plans in the hopes of providing a leadership role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), ahead of what is hoped to be a rescheduled COP10 next year…
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Herbal heated sticks tracker trial and tutorial
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 21st November 2023 | Resources , Trial versions
This interactive and user-friendly dashboard showcases data for herbal heated stick products in nine markets – Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, the UK, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, and Hungary…
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With no federal rules in place, Canadian health groups call for halt on pouch sales
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 20th November 2023 | News analysis
Canadian anti-smoking groups are calling on the federal government to suspend sales of nicotine pouches nationwide until regulations can be drafted to govern their sale and marketing…
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COP10-MOP3 will prioritise regulation of HTPs and nicotine products next year
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 16th November 2023 | News analysis
The regulation of new and emerging e-cigarette, heated tobacco and nicotine products will be one of the central topics of discussion at the COP10-MOP3 conferences next year, said the head of the WHO FCTC…
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Weekly regulatory podcast: 30th October-10th November
Written by TobaccoIntelligence | 15th November 2023 | Regulatory alerts podcasts
Our weekly podcast brings you a summary of the TobaccoIntelligence daily alerts, covering key developments in law and regulation surrounding novel nicotine products…