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UK to set new post-Brexit limit on HnB duty-free purchases from January

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 24th September 2020 || News analysis |

The UK government is to impose a cap from next year on the number of heated tobacco consumables that air passengers can import into the country – including from countries within the European Union ...

Regulatory report: China – heated tobacco, September 2020

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 23rd September 2020 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Heated tobacco, like any other tobacco-containing product, is considered part of the Tobacco Monopoly in China and regulated as a general tobacco product. This report provides an overview of the regulatory regime ...

Market report: high potential for heated tobacco in Czech Republic

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 22nd September 2020 || Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |

Almost a third of Czechs smoke, and with continuous declining smoking rates the national heated tobacco market has huge potential ...

German Bundesrat passes outdoor and cinema ads ban without further ado

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 21st September 2020 || News analysis |

After years of discussions within the governing coalition and campaigning by health bodies, Germany is to further restrict tobacco advertising after the Bundesrat approved the new rules without further debate ...

UAE launches app to crack down on non-compliant tobacco products

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 18th September 2020 || News analysis |

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has created a phone app to help consumers detect non-compliant tobacco products in a bid from Emirati authorities to counter tax evasion and commercial fraud as well as to protect public health ...

Heated tobacco yields 1% of tobacco tax revenue in Italy as smoking declines

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 16th September 2020 || News analysis |

Demand for tobacco products in Italy has fallen steadily over the past four years, while heated tobacco products have hugely increased their share of both total tobacco sales and tax revenues ...

Netherlands set to brings HnB under its restrictions on tobacco

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 10th September 2020 || News analysis |

The Dutch government has announced that it is planning to amend the Tobacco Act to include heat-not-burn (HnB) product under the definition of “smokeless tobacco products and related products” ...

PMI opens IQOS stores to an uncertain regulatory future in the Philippines

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 8th September 2020 || News analysis |

While the Philippines debates regulations to restrict tobacco alternatives, PMFTC, the Philippine affiliate of Philip Morris International (PMI), has opened its first four IQOS stores in the Manila area ...

Nigeria considers a switch from smoking to tobacco alternatives by 2024

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 3rd September 2020 || News analysis |

The Nigerian government is currently studying a new policy for regulations aimed at achieving a transition from combustibles to tobacco alternative products by 2024. ...

Market report: tobacco-alternative products thrive in Serbia

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 31st August 2020 || Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |

With more than a third of its population being smokers, Serba is one of the most attractive European markets for heated tobacco ...

Taiwan leaves the door open to include HnB in its Tobacco Hazards Act

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 31st August 2020 || News analysis |

A revised draft amendment to Taiwan’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act could include regulations for heated tobacco products, TobaccoIntelligence has learned ...

Health claim or no, nicotine pouches are viewed in Canada as ‘medical devices’

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 27th August 2020 || News analysis |

Health Canada appears to have changed its mind about nicotine pouches, declaring that they should be regulated as drugs even if no “explicit” claim is made for any health benefit ...

Californian bill banning flavours will not allow any exemption for snus

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 21st August 2020 || News analysis |

California is edging closing to banning flavoured tobacco products – and despite industry lobbying, state lawmakers will not make an exception for tobacco-alternative products that have modified-risk approval ...

Market report: heated tobacco market still to fully develop in Romania

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 20th August 2020 || Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |

Romania is among the European countries with the highest penetration of heated tobacco, making it a very important sales and distribution point for the two active brands in the market: IQOS and Glo ...

Regulatory report: China – modern oral products, August 2020

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 19th August 2020 || Nicotine pouches regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

This report provides an analysis of national legislation on tobacco-free pouches in China ...

Latvia moves to limit tobacco alternatives and ban tobacco-free nicotine

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 18th August 2020 || News analysis |

Lawmakers in the Latvian parliament (Saeima) want a ban on tobacco-alternative products and have submitted a draft law that would crack down on nicotine pouches and heated tobacco devices ...

PHE questions whether new UK cigarette brands violate EU menthol ban

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 13th August 2020 || News analysis |

Public health authorities in England have launched an investigation into a number of cigarette products for possible violation of the menthol ban that came into force in May ...

Heated tobacco sales slump in South Korea in wake of government campaign

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 12th August 2020 || News analysis |

Sales of heated tobacco in South Korea declined in the first half of 2020, with the government attributing the lower sales to ongoing policy efforts to discourage use of tobacco-alternative products ...

Belarus implements “necessary” sale restrictions for tobacco-free snus

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 6th August 2020 || News analysis |

The Belarus government has made a first firm step towards restricting the sale of tobacco-free nicotine-containing products, including tobacco-free snus (sometimes known as "white pouch"), to minors and in some retailing spaces ...

Philippines proposes new restrictions for HnB online retailers

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 3rd August 2020 || News analysis |

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Philippines proposed new restrictions for vaping and heated tobacco products in the revised draft guidelines regulating their manufacture, importation, sale, packaging, advertising, and distribution ...

New York bill considers expanding flavour ban to nicotine pouches

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 30th July 2020 || News analysis |

New York state lawmakers are considering a bill that would extend the US state’s ban on flavoured tobacco and vaping products to nicotine pouches ...

Russian Duma passes bill banning tobacco-free white pouches

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 24th July 2020 || News analysis |

The Russian State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly, has passed a bill prohibiting the sales of tobacco-free nicotine products for oral use ...

Market report: heated tobacco in Slovakia

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 21st July 2020 || Heated tobacco market reports , Market reports |

This report explores Slovakia's heated tobacco market, which is one of the leading heated tobacco markets in Europe, and sixth in the world in terms of heated tobacco’s market share ...

Sweden proposes snus tax rise and new rules on distance sales

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 20th July 2020 || News analysis |

Sweden is proposing amendments to increase the tax of snus and create a new tax on raw tobacco from 1st July 2021 to close a tax loophole on this kind of tobacco-alternative...

Post-Brexit Britain may be prepared to scrap the prohibition of snus

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 15th July 2020 || News analysis |

The UK government will assess the possibility of allowing the sale of snus in the country once the Brexit transitional period ends and the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) no longer applies ...

IQOS modified risk order points to growth in tobacco alternatives market

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 13th July 2020 || News analysis |

The US FDA's granting of modified risk status to PMI's IQOS system suggests possible future competition in the tobacco alternatives market, experts have told TobaccoIntelligence ...

Japan hits Philip Morris with record $5.1m fine for misleading Iqos ads

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 7th July 2020 || News analysis |

The Japanese Consumer Affairs Agency has imposed a fine of JPY552m ($5.1m) on Philip Morris Japan (PMJ) for misleading advertising of Iqos when discounts were extended beyond the allotted date ...

South African high court dismisses application to reverse cigarette ban

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 3rd July 2020 || News analysis |

The Pretoria High Court has dismissed the application by the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) to reverse the government ban on the sale of tobacco, including vapour products, following the outbreak of COVID-19 ...

South Korea prepares to crack down on tobacco alternatives advertising

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 2nd July 2020 || News analysis |

South Korea’s health minister Park Neung-hoo has announced a fresh plan to ban advertising and promotional activities for tobacco-alternative products ...

Podcast: the future of the Tobacco Products Directive and EU taxation

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 1st July 2020 || News analysis |

TobaccoIntelligence managing news editor David Palacios joins Jon Bruford to discuss the implications and impact of the looming Tobacco Products Directive version 3 on the industry. To obtain more data and analysis for the industry, please find our...

Colorado voters to decide in November ballot whether to increase tobacco tax

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 1st July 2020 || News analysis |

Voters in the US state of Colorado will decide in November whether to support a bill to increase taxes on tobacco after lawmakers put forward a plan for rises to be phased in over the next seven years...

Hong Kong will consider tobacco alternatives ban after September

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 29th June 2020 || News analysis |

Hong Kong will reintroduce a bill to ban tobacco-alternative products after local elections in September. The Legislative Council ended discussions on the existing bill due to lack of time before its term ends in July ...

Netherlands aims to bring heated tobacco under smoking regulations

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 25th June 2020 || News analysis |

The Dutch government intends to regulate heated tobacco further by expanding the current tobacco restrictions to heat-not-burn (HnB) products ...

Reynolds takes LA County to court over flavoured tobacco ban

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 19th June 2020 || News analysis |

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and two of its affiliates have filed a lawsuit trying to strike down Los Angeles County’s tobacco flavour ban adopted in 2019 and which came into effect on 1st May ...

Philippines FDA lookening to tighten the screw on alternative products

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 18th June 2020 || News analysis |

The Philippines Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appears to be tightening its grip on tobacco alternatives with a detailed proposal to regulate heat-not-burn (HnB) and vapour products ...

State of North Carolina considers rule change on tax advantage for MRTPs

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 16th June 2020 || News analysis |

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

Regulatory report: Italy – heated tobacco, June 2020

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 15th June 2020 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

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 ...

Market report: modern oral products in US, Q2 2020

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 15th June 2020 || Market reports , Nicotine pouches market reports |

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

BAT predicts 7% shrinkage of HnB, pushes back next-gen revenue goal

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 10th June 2020 || News analysis |

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 ...

Italian health ministry says IQOS ‘reduced-risk’ claim is unproven

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 9th June 2020 || News analysis |

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

Altria sues Reynolds, alleging Velo nicotine pouch infringes patents

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 8th June 2020 || News analysis |

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 ...

Price war in Japan as JT battles against IQOS dominance of the HnB market

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 3rd June 2020 || News analysis |

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 ...

Bundestag debate brings Germany’s outdoor tobacco ads ban closer

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 2nd June 2020 || News analysis |

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 ...

Market report: modern oral products in Scandinavia, Q2 2020

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 20th May 2020 || Market reports , Nicotine pouches market reports |

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

Estonia establishes new packaging warnings and excise stamps for HnB

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 14th May 2020 || News analysis |

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 ...

Regulatory report: Estonia, May 2020

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 13th May 2020 || Heated tobacco regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

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 face puzzle of what to stock as EU menthol cigarette ban looms

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 12th May 2020 || News analysis |

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 ...

Users in Finland strive to change law that stops them accessing snus

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 6th May 2020 || News analysis |

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 ...

Bid to raise funds for Italian health system by reducing HnB tax discount

Written by TobaccoIntelligence || 4th May 2020 || News analysis |

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 ...

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