- Altria reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the surge in the illegal nicotine pouch market, noting that a large number of these products come from China, similar to the infancy of the illegal vapemarket a few years ago. Altria calls on the FDA to take decisive action to curb this trend.
- Altria Group announced its Q2 quarter and first half results for 2024. The report showed that Q2 quarter net revenue was US$6.209 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 4.6%. New tobacco products such as vape brandNJOY and nicotine bag brand on! have significant market shares. Growth offset lower revenue in the Smokable Products segment.
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted breakthrough therapy designation to cytisine for nicotine withdrawal from vapes. Currently, cytisine is still an experimental product and has not yet received any FDA approval for use in the United States.
- The Luxembourg Environmental Authority inspected 45 samples of vapesand vapeoils. The investigation showed that 39 of them did not comply with Luxembourg’s tobacco laws and were not registered.
- Imperial Tobacco Canada urges the government to strengthen the enforcement of regulations to combat the proliferation of illegal nicotine products and prevent youths from accessing nicotine products, and emphasizes that any nicotine bags other than ZONNIC sold by retailers are illegal.
- Thailand’s Minister of Health Somsak Tapsudin delivered a speech at an opening ceremony, emphasizing the importance of banning the import of vapes. He called on the public to recognize the dangers of vapesand support the efforts of the Ministry of Health and relevant agencies to completely ban the import of vapes.