Author: Freddie Dawson

The newest edition of TobaccoIntelligence’s enforcement tracker uses data to identify trends in enforcement action, looking at how priorities in product, location and type of offence change over time…

China has brought nicotine pouches as well as all other oral nicotine and tobacco products under its state monopoly for commercial as opposed to health reasons…

Throughout 2026 the industry will see the start of several major policies that will have an immediate impact on non-vaping alternative nicotine products…

Though markets will be impacted by incoming regulation in 2026, TobaccoIntelligence forecasts significant growth for both heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches…

TobaccoIntelligence’s predictions for 2025 resulted in a bit of a mixed bag in a year where there were meant to be significant opportunities to regulate non-vape alternative nicotine products…

Despite inconsistent regulations and emerging taxes in 2025, nicotine pouches and heated tobacco products are expected to continue to grow steadily…

The newest edition of TobaccoIntelligence’s enforcement tracker uses data to identify trends in enforcement action, looking at how priorities in product, location and type of offence change over time…

The first nicotine pouches have successfully passed through the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pilot programme to streamline the premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) review process pouches…

US-based purveyor of age-gating technology Ispire thinks the innovation is essential to the future of all nicotine alternatives, not just vaping, though there is growing regulatory concern over the potential of nicotine pouches…

The newest edition of TobaccoIntelligence’s enforcement tracker uses data to identify trends in enforcement action, looking at how priorities in product, location and type of offence are changing over time…

Divisions over how to regulate next-generation products (NGPs) in the EU are stalling negotiations, but the stalemate could turn out to be a positive development for the future of nicotine alternatives in the region…

The lack of an EU bloc vote at the 11th Conference of Parties (COP11) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control may have played a large part in the indecisive end result…

A US Supreme Court ruling against the tariffs imposed by president Donald Trump’s administration, if it happens, is unlikely to draw a line under the issue…

The legality of US tariffs on Chinese imports is now before the US Supreme Court, where initial arguments have given small hints at how the justices may rule…

A case before the US Supreme Court on whether the president has the power to implement tariffs on Chinese imports could affect prices of items like heated tobacco devices…

The outcome of this month’s US elections suggests the Democratic Party may have found some purchase as it continues to scrabble around for any way to reverse recent disastrous changes in electoral preferences among voters…

This timeline of tariffs will be updated as further changes are made to the US tariff policy on Chinese imports or as new documents are added to the US Federal Register…

An increase of more than 627% in nicotine pouch sales has contributed to a significantly better than expected third quarter for Turning Point Brands…

Hysteria over vaccines in the US and changes at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are introducing incoherence into all levels of public health policy to the detriment of tobacco control…

A lawsuit on the alleged violation of the ban on non-tobacco flavours for nicotine products in the California market has been settled, and the plaintiff was not the government but a rival brand…

Philip Morris International signalled confidence that its Iqos Iluma device will be approved for US sale soon by announcing a $37m investment in expanding its facility in Wilson, North Carolina…

US president Donald Trump took office amid campaign promises to cut government spending and reduce the deficit. One method his administration has used to attempt this is through reducing the federal workforce…

The newest edition of TobaccoIntelligence’s enforcement tracker uses data to identify trends in enforcement action, looking at how priorities in product, location and type of offence are changing over time…

A National Cancer Institute directorship prioritising cure over prevention could mean that funding for research on the impact of quitting smoking on cancer rates is likely to be limited and the first to be dropped…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued calls for companies to voluntarily use child-resistant packaging for nicotine pouches, and for retailers to voluntarily stop selling vaping products that do not have FDA approval…

Ireland will not regulate nicotine pouches at this time, despite the products already being widespread in the market and currently being sold without restrictions since they are not specifically regulated…

Nicotine pouches will be able to move more quickly through the US marketing authorisation process, following the launch of a pilot programme that acknowledges their place on the continuum of risk…

While the US Food and Drug Administration is embracing transparency by releasing full rejection letters for pharmaceuticals, it does not plan do the same for tobacco product denials…

The newest edition of TobaccoIntelligence’s enforcement tracker uses data to identify trends in enforcement action, looking at how priorities in product, location and type of offence are changing over time…

From 5th March 2026, the “production, manufacture, transport, import, export, possession, offer, transfer, acquisition and use of products for oral use containing nicotine” will be banned in France…

The newest edition of TobaccoIntelligence’s enforcement tracker uses data to identify trends in enforcement action, looking at how priorities in product, location and type of offence are changing over time…

Enforcement against illicit alternative nicotine products on the US market has come to the fore since the Food and Drug Administration’s budget for the first time includes a minimum floor for it…

Harm reduction as a concept is squarely in the sights of the World Health Organization’s (WHO)’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at its upcoming 11th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP11)…

Talk of the US Office on Smoking and Health’s demise may have been premature, as its employee dismissals have been held up by lawsuits. But what would a post-OSH world look like?…

Since the 1st July ban on disposable vapes in the UK, retail enforcement there say nicotine pouch sales are replacing them, and concerns have cropped up again for youth uptake in the UK and Ireland…

TobaccoIntelligence is introducing a new enforcement tracker that will collate online accounts of regulator action on illicit e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine products…

The US Supreme Court has again turned to the issue of proper venue for lawsuits, which has been brought to a head by companies challenging US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decisions on product authorisations…

The first six months of the current administration under US president Donald Trump can be defined by its use of executive orders and imposition of tariffs on goods imported into the US…

The UK government anticipates that its upcoming Tobacco and Vapes Bill will eliminate all potential grey areas in tobacco and nicotine advertising and vaping regulations…

Philip Morris International (PMI)’s modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) submission status for Zyn nicotine pouches has raised a few interesting comparisons with existing reduced-risk products…

Recently, three harm-reduction advocacy organisations have stopped operating, and though they gave different reasons for closing, they have more in common than the explanations might suggest…

Last November, the feeling was that the election of US president Donald Trump indicated a general shift to the right in global politics, but the results did not quite pan out that way…

Replication is necessary to determine whether the recent critical meta-analysis of heated tobacco studies holds water. It was generally down on both the reduced risk potential of heated tobacco products (HTPs) and their ability to function as smoking-cessation aids…

Why has the Netherlands taken such a harsh, prohibitionist stance on nicotine when it has historically been liberal in its approach to other so-called vice products?…

New US surgeon general nominee Casey Means has not publicly laid out any position on vaping, nicotine or smoking cessation, but some of her public comments suggest she may be amenable to reduced-harm products…

All flavours should be banned for nicotine products, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which also wants increased regulation of advertising, limits on hardware design, and plain packaging requirements implemented across the board…

Goods imported from China to the US will see a 115% reduction in tariffs as of 14th May, but the abrupt, temporary change offers no real certainty for long-term business planning…

The Tax Foundation has published a series of potential reforms it believes the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products could realistically implement to address the country’s nicotine alternatives industry…

Nicotine pouch sales continue to climb for Turning Point Brands, which reports sales for its modern oral category (which includes pouches and most snuff) reached $22.3m for the first quarter of 2025…

Research into using heated tobacco products (HTPs) as a cessation tool, and the health impact of HTPs themselves, has left many scientists unimpressed…