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New Zealand ready to allow e-cigs but still stands firm against HnB
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 products.
Heated tobacco
iQOS is given a warm welcome to South Africa by potential rivals
25th May 2017 - Marketing & retailing , 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 cigarettes.
UK government asks how it should define HnB for tax purposes
23rd May 2017 - News analysis |
As heated tobacco products pose new questions for regulators, the UK government is holding a public consultation on potential tax regimes.
PMI faces legal challenge to its right to sell iQOS in New Zealand
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 country.
PMI sinks €300m in converting Greek cigarette plant to iQOS sticks
12th April 2017 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International is to convert its largest tobacco factory in Greece to manufacture iQOS heat sticks.
PMI’s iQOS enters FDA process, edging closer to U.S. launch
3rd April 2017 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) has submitted its iQOS heat-not-burn system for approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Higher taxes ‘would force vapers back to tobacco’, users tell Europe
15th March 2017 - News analysis |
Raising taxes on e-cigarette products would cause an increase in cross-border sales and lead to some users taking up smoking again, users told a European consultation on excise duty.
Altria ready to put millions behind digital U.S. launch of iQOS
27th February 2017 - Marketing & retailing , 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 way.
Asia Pacific warms to heat-not-burn, but it’s not an easy road
20th February 2017 - News analysis |
Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris International are attempting to widen their distribution of heat-not-burn (HnB) products throughout Pacific Asia, but there have been problems along the way.
Heat-not-burn poses novel challenge for European regulators
26th October 2016 - News analysis |
The regulatory status of heat-not-burn (HnB) products in Europe remains unclear, despite an increasing number coming to market.
UK government to consult on taxing heat-not-burn products
19th July 2016 - News analysis |
The UK will launch a consultation on taxation for heat-not-burn products later this year.
Big Tobacco encouraged by research on heat-not-burn
7th December 2015 - News analysis |
Are big tobacco companies starting to favour heat-not-burn technology over e-cigarettes? While none has shown any signs of overtly stepping away from e-cigs, and such a move is unlikely, much enthusiasm and investment within the tobacco industry seems to be going toward heat-not-burn.
Russia becomes fourth territory for iQOS heat-not-burn trials
5th November 2015 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) is testing its iQOS heat-not-burn product in Russia, ECigIntelligence has confirmed.
Pax enters British and German markets with heat-not-burn
15th September 2015 - News analysis |
U.S. smoking-alternatives maker Pax Labs is bringing its Pax 2 heat-not-burn device to European markets, with the product for sale online in Germany and the UK from today and expected to be in stores by mid-October.
Pax hoping to set world alight with deluxe heat-not-burn tech
10th March 2015 - News analysis |
Pax Labs, the U.S. heat-not-burn manufacturer previously known as Ploom, today launches a new generation of its namesake device which it is positioning as “the most intelligent, premium and highest performing vaporizer in the market”.
Ploom and JTI agree to split up, divide heat-not-burn brands
17th February 2015 - News analysis |
U.S. startup Ploom and its investor Japan Tobacco International (JTI) are to end their relationship and divide Ploom’s products between them.
Reynolds wants “modified risk” status for heat-not-burn Revo
18th November 2014 - News analysis |
U.S. tobacco maker Reynolds American is preparing to test-market a heat-not-burn product which it hopes the regulator will approve as reduced-risk.
PMI prepares for heat-not-burn rollout, plans e-cig for 2016
2nd July 2014 - News analysis |
Philip Morris International (PMI) will no longer be conspicuous in the tobacco alternatives market by its absence.
