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Fierce battle over new snus products – PMI is focusing on a stronger and cheaper Zyn in the US

Competition is intensifying amongst the tobacco giants in the US. Philip Morris (Swedish Match in Sweden) is now focusing on stronger and cheaper nicotine pouches to keep its rival, British American Tobacco, at bay.

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US e-cig industry caught between FDA, China and political symbolism

A US vejp company with a strong MAGA profile markets its disposable weapons as ”Made in USA” - while importing key components from China. A review shows how patriotic rhetoric, harsh criticism of China and an even more...

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Warns against EU taxes on nicotine - ”Risking jobs and public health”

87 industry organisations, manufacturers and retailers are raising the alarm about the European Commission's planned tax increases on cigarettes and smokeless nicotine products. The sector warns of job and fiscal collapse - and says public health could suffer.

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The professor who manages to piss off colleagues and lobbyists alike

Fredrik Nyström is a doctor, a researcher and something of a thorn in the side of the Swedish anti-nicotine movement. He believes that snus and vejpning can do more good than harm - but for that...

Nicotine pouches get the go-ahead in the US "More benefits than risks"

Tobacco giant Philip Morris International, which now owns and operates under the name Swedish Match in Sweden and the United States, is booming on the stock market. This is after the company received a scientifically based green light to continue selling...

Project to validate tobacco companies' research on vejpning

E-cigarettes are significantly less harmful than traditional cigarettes. This is true even though some of the research showing this comes from tobacco companies. This is according to a new study from the Coehar Institute in Italy.

Finland: Tobacco giant to launch tobacco-flavoured e-cigs

An e-cigarette market where only one flavour is allowed and there is little competition from both vape companies and other tobacco companies. In Finland, PMI has emerged as one of the few players actually selling...

Why the tobacco giants win - all the time

Stubborn and cynical lobbying by the anti-smoking lobby leads to e-cigarettes being completely taken over by the tobacco companies. And smokers continue to die.