LATEST ALERTS
Health and science
Health minister wants change in tobacco views, advocates for Tobacco Bill…
4th August 2025 - Alerts | Africa, South Africa |
RFK Jr. says pouches are safest way to consume nicotine…
31st July 2025 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Legal challenges keep US OSH alive while public health experts debate what’s next
25th July 2025 - News analysis |
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?
Strong opposition from some EU member states could halt recast TED
22nd July 2025 - News analysis |
As tensions over US tariffs simmer, a new fiscal battle has erupted in Europe, where the European Commission’s proposal to expand tobacco taxes has provoked sharp resistance from key European Union member states
To ban or to regulate? Ireland and the UK look to decide the fate of nicotine pouches
21st July 2025 - News analysis |
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
Forging ahead: technological innovation in reduced-risk products advancing fast
18th July 2025 - News analysis |
Unlike filter cigarettes, which basically remained unchanged since they first entered the market in 1934, reduced-risk products have become a realm of innovation since their inception
Updated EU tax directive covers HTPs and pouches, hikes member state taxes
18th July 2025 - News analysis |
The European Commission has officially adopted a proposal for a recast of the Tobacco Excise Directive, expanding the scope of the directive to include heated tobacco products (HTPs), nicotine pouches and e-cigarettes
Tamarind Intelligence podcast: Why toxicology matters for the novel nicotine sector
18th July 2025 - Podcasts |
Join host Barnaby Page as he speaks with Richard Young about the role of toxicology in vape product safety
Anti-tobacco association commends ban on tobacco sales at some shops…
16th July 2025 - Alerts | Asia, Saudi Arabia |
Smart quitting: new inhaler and heating technologies may aid smoking cessation
16th July 2025 - News analysis |
The effectiveness of the arsenal of nicotine replacement therapy products available to help smokers quit remains disappointing, but new inhaler technology could deliver better results
Mass calls for government to strengthen Tobacco Control Act…
14th July 2025 - Alerts | Asia, Bangladesh |
Youth call on government to implement stricter tobacco laws…
11th July 2025 - Alerts | Asia, Bangladesh |
Advances in age-verification and age-gating technologies could save the day
11th July 2025 - News analysis |
Could age-verification and age-gating technologies help get the balance right between flavoured alternative nicotine products as smoking-cessation aids for adults and keeping them away from under-age users?
Court rules local governments can set laws, including bans, on flavoured tobacco…
10th July 2025 - Alerts | North America, Ohio, United States |
District court grants injunction in case challenging mass firings at HHS…
3rd July 2025 - Alerts | North America, United States |
WHO EMRO publishes tenth ‘report on global tobacco epidemic’…
26th June 2025 - Alerts | Asia, Middle East |
Minimarkets and kiosks banned from selling tobacco products…
26th June 2025 - Alerts | Asia, Saudi Arabia |
PMI and Swedish Match push for Zyn pouches to get US FDA MRTP status
24th June 2025 - News analysis |
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
US FDA debuts AI tool ahead of time but early users encounter teething problems
19th June 2025 - News analysis |
With great fanfare, the US Food and Drug Administration has announced the rollout of its new artificial intelligence scientific review assistant, Elsa. But questions have been raised about the tool’s potential
Republika Srpska approves draft tobacco law, which includes pouches…
18th June 2025 - Alerts | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe |
Another reduced-risk advocacy group closes, leaving space for misinformation
17th June 2025 - Blog , News analysis |
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
RIVM warns of excessively high nicotine levels in ‘nicotine sticks’…
10th June 2025 - Alerts | Europe, Netherlands |
Replicating research could shift doubt cast on reduced-risk potential of HTPs
9th June 2025 - Blog , News analysis |
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
PIA infographic warns of smoking hazards…
2nd June 2025 - Alerts | Asia, Philippines |
NRC is using WHO data to direct tobacco awareness campaigns…
2nd June 2025 - Alerts | Asia, United Arab Emirates |
