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HnB and e-liquids bring manufacturing boost to Eastern Europe

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 4th July 2018 || News analysis |

E-cigarette manufacturers and tobacco giants are increasing investment in Central and Eastern Europe, building new plants or expanding existing ones to meet growing demand for new tobacco alternatives ...

Beyond Kungfu – China Tobacco ready to move further into vapour and HnB

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 18th June 2018 || News analysis |

China Tobacco, the Chinese state monopoly, looks set to increase its involvement in alternative products, including both e-cigarettes and heated tobacco – possibly in co-operation with major foreign...

South Korea takes new graphic approach to e-cig and HnB warnings

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 11th June 2018 || News analysis |

The South Korean government is stepping up its efforts to discourage use of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products with new graphic health warning images that will appear on packages later this...

Italy’s vapers breathe a sigh of relief as new government steps in

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 7th June 2018 || News analysis |

After several weeks of hectic negotiations between the Lega and Five Star Movement parties – both of which have expressed a commitment to vaping – the new coalition has finally taken power in...

Romania: big on smoking, fertile ground for HnB, less so for e-cigs

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 29th May 2018 || Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |

After early growth, the vaping population of Romania has levelled out at around 200,000, just over 4% of the smoking population – but the country is a prime testing ground for heated tobacco, with IQOS, Glo and iFuse...

Rival HnB devices that use IQOS consumables available in Japan

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 17th May 2018 || News analysis |

Japan’s advanced heated tobacco market and its ban on nicotine e-liquid are between them leading e-cigarette manufacturers to launch their own HnB devices – many compatible with the Heets made for market leader...

Colombian health ministry calls for IQOS to be treated like combustibles

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 30th April 2018 || News analysis |

Colombia’s health and finance ministries have moved to force heated tobacco products such as IQOS to comply with the country’s tobacco law, arguing there is no evidence to suggest that they present any lower risk than...

Philip Morris set to appeal against Lithuanian ban on advertising IQOS

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 23rd April 2018 || News analysis |

A Philip Morris subsidiary has been fined for breaking Lithuanian tobacco advertising laws with an IQOS campaign in a decision that may have implications for wider European heated-tobacco...

Creativity and controversy – how PMI spreads the word about IQOS

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 23rd April 2018 || News analysis |

Promotional activity of various kinds, some of it highly creative, has helped PMI expand the global market share for IQOS – but not without a share of...

Vape show reveals mixed feelings on Japan’s market future

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 16th April 2018 || News analysis |

Opinions on the future of the Japanese e-cigarette market at the country’s first vape sector tradeshow were mixed, with some optimism despite the continuing ban on nicotine e-liquid and the dramatic success of HnB...

Korean web of taxes brings HnB price in line with combustible cigarettes

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 3rd April 2018 || News analysis |

Regulators in South Korea have enacted new taxes on heat-not-burn (HnB) tobacco products, apparently building on previous government moves to bring prices closer in line with those of conventional cigarettes ...

FDA moves on nicotine levels in combustibles, leaving e-cigs alone

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 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 ...

Shrunk by regulation, but going steady: Italy market report

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 15th March 2018 || Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |

Our latest report on the state of the e-cigarette market in Italy finds that strict regulation has caused a fall in the size of the market – but not as steep as the fall in vaper numbers, as...

JT set to take the biggest hit from Japan’s new HnB tax plans

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 6th March 2018 || News analysis |

The budget plan making its way through a host of Japanese parliamentary committees includes a staggered series of tax rises for heated tobacco products as well as combustible cigarettes – and Japan Tobacco could suffer...

Substantial equivalence: Eclipse and Glo – same difference?

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 1st March 2018 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

BAT has chosen to seek market authorisation in the US for its heat-not-burn product Glo on the basis of its “substantial equivalence” to a previous product, Eclipse – but what are the pitfalls and the advantages in this...

IQOS flourishes across Southeast Asia – without PMI’s approval

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 6th February 2018 || News analysis |

The IQOS heated tobacco system is on sale across Southeast Asia, despite doubts over its legality in a number of countries, and the official disapproval of its maker, PMI ...

Regulation, creativity and variety – that was the e-cig year that was

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 27th December 2017 || News analysis |

ECigIntelligence’s review of the year gone by reflects the big stories of the e-cigarette world in 2017, the trends in regulation, the developing and diverging markets, the science and innovation, and peers into the crystal ball to consider...

How PMI creates brand awareness for IQOS in Italy

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 22nd November 2017 || Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |

PMI launched its IQOS heated tobacco product in Italy in 2014. So what sales and marketing strategies has the company used to introduce the brand to Italian...

South Korea tax rise threatens to make HnB more expensive than smoking

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 13th November 2017 || News analysis |

Heat-not-burn products will become more expensive than combustible cigarettes in South Korea unless manufacturers decide to absorb part of a new tax rise ...

New Zealand’s change of government unlikely to derail e-cig legalisation

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 6th November 2017 || News analysis |

The recent change of government following the general election in New Zealand should not derail attempts to legalise the domestic sale of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes in the...

Turkish government’s ‘secret attempt’ to legalise HnB exposed and shot down

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 1st November 2017 || News analysis |

Heated tobacco products remain banned in Turkey after opposition politicians uncovered a “hidden” bid by the government to legalise them while retaining the prohibition on...

European rules may give heated tobacco a marketing advantage

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 19th September 2017 || News analysis |

Heat-not-burn (HnB) products could benefit from greater marketing opportunities in the European Union than e-cigarettes and combustible tobacco as the heating devices are not themselves considered to be tobacco...

Japanese regulation favours HnB products over e-cigarettes

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 18th September 2017 || News analysis |

The market for heated tobacco products in Japan is very favourable due to comparatively light regulation – as opposed to e-cigarettes, which are subject to more...

New Zealand’s pathway towards legal alternatives gets a cautious welcome

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 28th August 2017 || News analysis |

The New Zealand government’s plan to create a “pathway” to the legal sale of alternative tobacco products has been broadly welcomed by harm reduction advocates – but with...

Australian government e-cig inquiry receives mixed messages on health

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 1st August 2017 || News analysis |

Major Australian public health organisations have submitted evidence to a government inquiry on e-cigarettes, with many taking a negative...

New Zealand ready to allow e-cigs but still stands firm against HnB

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 7th June 2017 || News analysis |

New Zealand looks set to amend the law to allow nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be sold in the country – but not to permit HnB...

iQOS is given a warm welcome to South Africa by potential rivals

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 25th May 2017 || News analysis |

The launch of PMI’s heated tobacco device iQOS in South Africa has had a positive reaction even from potential competitors, who hope it will increase general awareness of alternatives to combustible...

PMI faces legal challenge to its right to sell iQOS in New Zealand

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 23rd May 2017 || News analysis |

Philip Morris International (PMI) has run into legal trouble in New Zealand, where the health ministry has taken the company to court for attempting to sell its iQOS heat-not-burn device in the...

Altria ready to put millions behind digital U.S. launch of iQOS

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 27th February 2017 || News analysis |

Altria is set to take a digital approach to launching its iQOS heat-not-burn product in the U.S. but there will be significant costs along the...

Australia and New Zealand: personal imports lead the field

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 23rd January 2017 || Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |

The sale of e-cigarettes containing nicotine is banned in both Australia and New Zealand. Though there is a grassroots move to change this, both markets are currently led by online imports for personal...

Heat-not-burn products show rise in sales as more launches planned

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 15th November 2016 || Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |

This report is a brief overview of some of the key heated tobacco and hybrid products that are already on the market or are soon to be launched, including data on sales volumes and details of launch...

Heat-not-burn poses novel challenge for European regulators

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 26th October 2016 || News analysis |

The regulatory status of heat-not-burn (HnB) products in Europe remains unclear, despite an increasing number coming to...

Use of pouches linked with antisocial behaviour, says US NIS research paper

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 1st April 2000 || News analysis |

A briefing from a US research body is out today (1st April) that links pouch use with antisocial acts including littering, graffiti, sticking chewing gum to seats, and mass impalement of one’s enemies ...

Study questions how often them wicked nic stakeholders think of the children

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 1st April 2000 || News analysis |

A study published today (1st April) reveals only 13% of tobacco retailers thought of the children daily, unless they had just thrown a 20-year-old child out of their store for attempting to buy tobacco products ...

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