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Key points Historic interests in Nicotine Replacement Therapy – lozenges and gums, early inhalers Addition of Swedish snus-style nicotine pouches in to product ranges – “modern oral” Acquisitions of pharmaceutical and biotech companies developing “inhaled therapeutics” e.g. inhalers for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Investments in cannabis industry with focus on inhalers, CBD and (potentially) drug delivery – “botanical therapeutics”…

South Sudan, officially known as the Republic of South Sudan, is a country in east-central Africa. It became independent from Sudan in 2011. Background Since independence, South Sudan has struggled to establish a unified government and has been subject to conflict between opposing political groups. In 2020, the population of South Sudan was 11.2 million. 75 It has one…

The Centre for Substance Use Research (CSUR) is based in Glasgow, Scotland and conducts consultancy and research for tobacco and e-cigarette companies. It has also received funding from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. Background Neil McKeganey founded the Centre for Drug Misuse Research at the University of Glasgow in 1994 to carry out research on Scotland’s drug problem. Its…

In the UK, the advertising of tobacco products has been banned in most of its forms since 1965. Restrictions applying specifically to the marketing of e-cigarettes (also known as electronic nicotine delivery systems, or ENDS) did not exist until 2014, when the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) was introduced. (see below) 122 This page details the background, in and around 2014,…

This page details the situation at a specific point in time, in 2014, when there was little regulation in place for e-cigarettes (also known as electronic nicotine delivery systems). At the time, the UK, EU and US were the only significant markets. Regulatory authorities were considering how best to deal with these relatively new products, which were of increasing interest…

Background The Western Pacific region includes 37 countries and territories and hosts nearly 1.9 billion people. 168  The countries are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Japan, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (Micronesia), Mongolia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea (Korea), Samoa, Singapore, Solomon…

The China National Tobacco Corporation (CNTC) is the world’s largest producer of cigarettes and primarily serves the huge Chinese domestic market. A state-owned entity, it is increasingly looking to develop overseas markets. Background The CNTC was founded in 1982 and brought together disparate regional producers under one umbrella organisation to enable central-planned cigarette manufacturing. It has the state-owned monopoly on…

Image 1: PMI’s IQOS and HEETS tobacco sticks (Source: Screengrab from uk.iqos.com, 15 June 2021) PMI’s flagship heated tobacco product (HTP), called IQOS, was first trialled in Milan (Italy), and then Nagoya (Japan) in 2014.275 What is IQOS? IQOS is a battery-operated device that heats tobacco sticks, originally called HEETS, and later sold under a range…

Sports sponsorship is a longstanding and effective form of indirect advertising for the tobacco industry, particularly in terms of increasing the uptake of smoking among young people.340 Motorsports, golf, cricket, tennis, sailing and badminton are among many sports which have received tobacco money.341342343 With one-fifth of the world’s population, nearly a billion people, connected to…

ACK Consultants is a limited liability partnership (LLP), based in London, United Kingdom. 402 The organisation was created in 2006.402 Links to tobacco industry Funded by the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World ACK Consultants received US$47,753 and US$ 100,000 in 2018 and 2019 respectively from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW), an organisation wholly funded by…