LATEST ALERTS
Health and science
Government prepares for new tobacco and nicotine testing rules…
29th May 2025 - Alerts | Asia, South Korea |
Medical organisations express concern over HHS cuts…
28th May 2025 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Are Australia’s restrictive regulations to blame for a rise in black-market demand?
27th May 2025 - News analysis |
March saw Australia’s largest-ever haul of illegal cigarettes and vapes by a health authority, and similar seizures have occurred in the wake of regulations in effect since October
Are Dutch nicotine product flavour bans healthy or an attempt to stop progress?
23rd May 2025 - News analysis |
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 could bode well for harm-reduction products
20th May 2025 - News analysis |
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
WHO calls for stronger restrictions and flavour bans on novel nicotine products
16th May 2025 - News analysis |
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
Is there hope for tobacco harm reduction, despite the WHO’s prohibitionist stance?
14th May 2025 - News analysis |
Two decades after the adoption of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, public health expert Derek Yach asks: ”Surely we could have done better by now?”
New research casts doubt on the reduced-risk potential of heated tobacco products
9th May 2025 - News analysis |
Research into using heated tobacco products (HTPs) as a cessation tool, and the health impact of HTPs themselves, has left many scientists unimpressed
WHO regional office warns asthma patients about tobacco…
7th May 2025 - Alerts | Asia, Middle East |
Collaboration and taking the ‘sandbox approach’ to balance innovation with risk
6th May 2025 - News analysis |
Douglas Ming Deng of Yunnan University will present his research on the evolution of the tobacco industry through R&D at the Novel Nicotine Expo in Geneva this week
Greek nicotine product flavour ban bill in ‘final stages of internal consultation’
5th May 2025 - News analysis |
Greece is moving closer to a flavour ban on alternative nicotine products as part of a broader crackdown on under-age access to alcohol and tobacco
Campaign to warn kids against nicotine use planned ahead of World No Tobacco Day…
24th April 2025 - Alerts | Czech Republic, Europe |
Rumours abound of the shutters coming down on US Office on Smoking and Health
14th April 2025 - News analysis |
The US Centers for Disease Control’s Office on Smoking and Health appears to be one of the casualties of job cuts throughout the Department of Health and Human Services
How could a US HHS staff cut by 20,000 affect the nicotine alternatives industry?
9th April 2025 - News analysis |
As the promised axe has fallen on the workforce at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), what comes next for the agencies and the industry?
Could Trump’s tariffs have a negative impact on public health in the US?
7th April 2025 - News analysis |
US president Donald Trump’s tariffs could actively harm public health – but not in a way that might be expected
Health department concerned about increase in tobacco and vape use…
7th April 2025 - Alerts | Asia, Philippines |
Kennedy talks changes at HHS and plans to ‘do more with less’…
3rd April 2025 - Alerts | North America, United States |
Is Poland’s move to ban flavoured pouches a growing trend in European regulation?
3rd April 2025 - Blog , News analysis |
With similar discussions taking place in other European countries, Poland’s plans to ban flavoured nicotine pouches raise questions about whether a wider regulatory trend is emerging
HHS plans to reduce workforce by 10,000 full-time jobs…
27th March 2025 - Alerts | North America, United States |
