TobaccoIntelligence, Author at TobaccoIntelligence

European Commission approves PMI’s planned takeover of Swedish Match

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 1st November 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

Nicotine pouch consumers – a UK/US comparison

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 31st October 2022 || Market reports , Nicotine pouches market reports |

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

Questions raised after Colombia drops plans for heated tobaccon taxation

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 27th October 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

PMI invests $150m to increase Heets production in the Philippines

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 25th October 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

Drug Establishment Licence doesn’t let TJP Labs sell pouches in Canada – yet

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 19th October 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

Swedish Match vs. US nicotine pouch company Dryft in a litany of lawsuits

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 14th October 2022 || News analysis |

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...

France links tobacco prices to inflation and plans new tax on HnB consumables

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 13th October 2022 || News analysis |

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...

Japan: heated tobacco regulation, October 2022

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 4th October 2022 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

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

Japan: oral tobacco and nicotine pouch regulation, September 2022

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 29th September 2022 || Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

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

European citizens’ petition for a tobacco-free generation by 2030 seeks signatures

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 16th September 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

Colombia hopes for millions in taxes on heated tobacco and combustibles

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 8th September 2022 || News analysis |

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...

While other countries have gone with a flavour ban, menthol is still big in Japan

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 29th August 2022 || News analysis |

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

Early election could put paid to Malaysia’s ‘Generational End Game’ for nicotine

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 25th August 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

Czech Republic could be facing nicotine cap and other restrictions on pouches

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 24th August 2022 || News analysis |

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

Hawaii’s Democratic governor explains why he said no to anti-flavour legislation

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 23rd August 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

Banned as a novel food? One day tobacco might be accepted as a super-food

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 18th August 2022 || Blog |

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...

Lack of solid science stokes fears and doubts over safety of nicotine pouches

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 16th August 2022 || News analysis |

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

Taiwan: oral tobacco and nicotine pouch regulation, August 2022

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 2nd August 2022 || Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

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 ...

Taiwan: heated tobacco regulation, August 2022

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 2nd August 2022 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

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...

Revenue, not harm reduction, the driving force behind Romania’s increased taxes

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 2nd August 2022 || News analysis |

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

Fury in the Philippines as new president lets novel tobacco bill lapse into law

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 28th July 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

Egypt: oral tobacco and nicotine pouch regulation, July 2022

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 27th July 2022 || Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

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 ...

Egypt: heated tobacco regulation, July 2022

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 27th July 2022 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

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

Lockdown tobacco ban infringed human rights, says South Africa’s Supreme Court

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 21st July 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

EU heated tobacco flavour ban possibly delayed to extend scrutiny period

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 15th July 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

Health chiefs say Brazil’s heated tobacco ban should stay, and be given added teeth

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 12th July 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

Collapse of Bulgarian government won’t bring any change in heated tobacco tax

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 6th July 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

US bid to reduce nicotine in combustibles remains very light on dates and details

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 28th June 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

Sweden extends cigarette regulations to cover tobacco-free nicotine products

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 22nd June 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

Taiwan: oral tobacco and nicotine pouch regulation, June 2022

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 13th June 2022 || Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

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 ...

Hong Kong ‘could miss its goal of cutting smoking’ due to new tobacco restrictions

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 13th June 2022 || News analysis |

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 ...

Taiwan: heated tobacco regulation, June 2022

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 10th June 2022 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

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...

Netherlands wants to control and limit popularity of novel tobacco products

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 10th June 2022 || News analysis |

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

Czechia embraces harm reduction and plans to regulate nicotine pouches

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 6th June 2022 || News analysis |

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...

WHO’s antagonism to tobacco-based vaccine could hinder anti-Covid efforts

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 25th May 2022 || Blog |

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 ...

Planned rewrite of EU battery rules could have a major impact on HnB devices

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 23rd May 2022 || News analysis |

Heat-not-burn (HnB) hardware could be in for a big shake-up in the EU over the next few years, with the environmental impact of batteries squarely in the firing line ...

Tobacco companies face €36m fine for restricting competition in Belgium

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 18th May 2022 || News analysis |

On 13th April 2022 the Belgian Competition Authority’s decision-making body, the Competition College, imposed fines totalling €36m on four major cigarette manufacturers for practices that restricted competition ...

China: HnB, oral tobacco and nicotine pouch regulation, May 2022

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 12th May 2022 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework in place in China for heated and oral tobacco, and nicotine pouches ...

BAT leads legal challenge to Denmark’s latest tobacco control initiative

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 4th May 2022 || News analysis |

A group of tobacco companies, including British American Tobacco (BAT) and its subsidiaries Nicoventures and House of Prince, have sued the Danish government over legislation which came into force in 2021 ...

Reynolds awaits reply on appeal of Los Angeles County flavour ban decision

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 22nd April 2022 || News analysis |

A reply from Los Angeles County lawyers is expected soon, after RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company and two other tobacco companies asked a federal appellate court to review its earlier affirmation of the county’s ban on flavoured tobacco sales...

Synthetic nicotine – a manufactured scare story with nothing to be afraid of

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 31st March 2022 || News analysis |

While synthetic nicotine has become the focus of much controversy, demonised as a public health risk, its currently poor reputation derives more from bureaucracy than from the substance itself ...

Young Danes can’t tell nicotine pouches from snus, but they’re using more of both

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 22nd March 2022 || News analysis |

There has been a significant increase in the use of smoke-free tobacco products among young people in Denmark over the past ten years, according to a new report by the Danish Health Authority ...

PMI allowed to make modified risk claims in US for Iqos 3 but import ban stands

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 15th March 2022 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is allowing Philip Morris International (PMI) to market its Iqos 3 heated tobacco device with some reduced risk claims ...

HnB takes more than 30% of the Japanese tobacco market for the first time ever

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 8th March 2022 || News analysis |

Heat-not-burn (HnB) products took more than a third of the total tobacco market in Japan for the first time, in the last quarter of 2021, as the shift from traditional cigarettes continued ...

Finland moves forward with efforts to limit tobacco and nicotine use by 2030

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 4th March 2022 || News analysis |

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has appointed a working group tasked with submitting proposals for new legislation and other measures ...

US ban on menthol combustibles will go ahead ‘in the spring’ despite controversy

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 17th February 2022 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that a plan to ban menthol in combustible smoking products by the end of spring 2022 "remains on track" ...

Regulatory report: Egypt – HnB, oral tobacco and nicotine pouches, February 2022

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 7th February 2022 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Heated tobacco is included in Egypt's existing tobacco laws. Oral tobacco may be covered too, but nicotine pouches are unregulated. Forthcoming licences will allow production of heated tobacco ...

Philippine doctors urge president to veto novel tobacco bill over addiction fears

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 3rd February 2022 || News analysis |

The Philippine College of Physicians is lobbying against a bill to regulate vaping and novel tobacco products. They object to a lower age limit and the removal of flavour restrictions ...

Norway’s rule change could open the way to a new market for HnB and pouches

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 1st February 2022 || News analysis |

Could a new regulation allowing companies to apply for permission to sell new tobacco and nicotine products open the Norwegian market to heated tobacco and oral nicotine pouches? ...

‘It doesn’t make sense’ – public health expert criticises Taipei’s HnB ban

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 27th December 2021 || News analysis |

A new blanket ban in Taiwan’s capital on the sale and import of tobacco-alternative products is heavy-handed and nonsensical, an expert in the city’s medical university says ...

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