At British American Tobacco’s (BAT) 2026 Capital Markets Day (CMD) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, CEO Tadeu Marroco outlined the company's long-term Horizon 2030 strategic blueprint. The presentation reaffirmed BAT's commitment to transforming into a predominantly smokeless business by 2035 while demonstrating measurable execution against the five commitments established at its...
South Korea: Cigarette Market
September 2026: South Korea Sees 30% Drop in Traditional Smoking as E-Cigarette Use Doubles Over a Decade As conventional cigarette smoking in South Korea drops by nearly 30% (from 23.9% to 17.0%) over the past decade, overall consumer habits are shifting rapidly toward e-cigarettes and heated tobacco. Between 2016 and...
South Korea: Heated Tobacco Devices
September 2026: KT&G Launches Special-Edition 'lil HYBRID 3.0 Misty Rose II' Heated Tobacco Device KT&G announced the release of the "lil HYBRID 3.0 Misty Rose Edition II," a limited-edition heated tobacco device featuring two new pink-toned colorways. The new line is priced at ₩88,000 ($66 USD) and comes in two...
Tobacco Industry: Acquisitions
Since 1990s, the fall of the Iron Curtain in the East and the fast decline of cigarette market volumes in the West have triggered a series of acquisitions in the Tobacco Industry as the leading companies try to maintain the economies of scale and boost the top-/bottom-line growth. As a result,...
Ispire Technology: News
September 2026: Ispire Technology Joint Venture Unveils IKE 2.0 to Drive Continuous Compliance Beyond the Point of Sale IKE Tech, a Joint Venture between Ispire Technology, Touch Point Worldwide (d/b/a Berify) and Chemular, has launched IKE 2.0 - a next-generation compliance infrastructure platform designed to maintain continuous accountability across the...
ZYN Melts
ZYN Melts Guide: ZYN Dissolvable Nicotine Tablets vs. ZYN Pouches The smokeless nicotine landscape continues to undergo a evolution with Philip Morris International (PMI) officially introducing ZYN Melts - a brand-new dissolvable nicotine tablets. Debuting first in the United Kingdom, ZYN Melts offer adult nicotine consumers a discreet, low-dose, zero-waste...