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Tobacco Regulation: Asia

October 2026: Mongolia Overhauls Tobacco Control Laws After 13 Years, Banning Flavored Products and Regulating Vapes Mongolia’s State Great Khural has officially approved sweeping amendments

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October 18, 2026

Tobacco Lawsuits: USA

October 2026: US Judge Pauses Altria Lawsuit as FDA Reconsiders Tobacco Product Review Framework A US federal judge has temporarily paused a lawsuit brought by

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October 10, 2026

US FDA – Tobacco: News

October 2026: GAO Urges FDA to Systematically Monitor Timeliness of Tobacco Product Application Reviews The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a new report

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October 2, 2026

Patents Wars: International

Patent wars, long associated with the technology and software sectors, refer to legal battles between companies seeking to protect, challenge, or leverage intellectual property rights.

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October 1, 2026

Tobacco Regulation: Australia

September 2026: TGA Classifies 6-Methylnicotine as a Schedule 9 Prohibited Substance to Close E-Cigarette Loophole Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has officially decided to list

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September 26, 2026

Generational Tobacco Ban

Generational Tobacco Ban, or Lifetime Tobacco Ban, refers to banning cigarette or tobacco sales to anyone born after a certain date (at any point in

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September 24, 2026

Tobacco Regulation: South Korea

September 2026: Constitutional Court Unanimously Upholds Volume-Based Taxation on E-Cigarette Liquids South Korea’s Constitutional Court has delivered a unanimous ruling upholding the constitutionality of the

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September 18, 2026

Tobacco Regulation: Russia

September 2026: Russia Rolls Out Mandatory Digital Tracking for Reusable Vapes and E-Cigarette Devices Russia has officially launched its mandatory digital tracking framework for reusable

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September 15, 2026

Patents Wars: USA

Patent wars, long associated with the technology and software sectors, refer to legal battles between companies seeking to protect, challenge, or leverage intellectual property rights.

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September 5, 2026

Tobacco: Investor Lawsuits

September 2026: British American Tobacco Faces Third UK Investor Claim Over Historical North Korea Disclosures British American Tobacco (BAT) is facing a third UK shareholder

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September 4, 2026

Tobacco Industry: Leaf

Main Trend: Global tobacco leaf markets were tight between mid-2022 and 2024, with limited supply driving higher leaf prices. At the same time, rising agricultural

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September 1, 2026

Synthetic Nicotine Derivatives

Synthetic Nicotine Derivatives Synthetic nicotine is a manufactured form of nicotine, produced in a laboratory, as opposed to being extracted from tobacco leaves. Synthetic nicotine (tobacco-free

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August 29, 2026

USA: Tobacco & Vape Tax

August 2026: South Carolina Introduces First Statewide Vape Tax Starting October 1, 2026 South Carolina will introduce its first statewide excise tax on vaping products

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August 8, 2026

Tobacco: ESG

July 2026: TerraCycle Launches Nationwide Nicotine Vape Device Recycling Service in the U.S. TerraCycle has launched a nationwide recycling service for used nicotine vape devices

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July 30, 2026

Research: E-cigarettes

July 2026: Synthetic Cooling Agents in E-Cigarettes Actively Enhance Nicotine Reinforcement and Dopamine Signaling A recently published study is challenging a foundational assumption in the

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July 23, 2026

Global Tobacco Control

July 2026: Industry Watchdog Highlights Common Legislative Issues for Heated Tobacco Products The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a tobacco industry watchdog, has published a guidance

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July 18, 2026

Research: Nicotine Pouches

July 2026: Questions Raised Over ZYN Safety Review Following Former FDA Scientist’s Claims Questions have been raised over the safety review of Philip Morris International’s

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July 15, 2026

Taxation: E-cigarettes

E-cigarette is invented two decades ago in China and became available in Europe and the US as early as 2006/2007. Following years of turbulent growth,

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April 22, 2026

Research: Tobacco Products

October 2025: 70% of Policy Experts Misidentify Nicotine as Primary Cause of Smoking-related Diseases Based to a multi-market survey of 450 policy experts conducted across

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October 6, 2025

Canadian Tobacco Lawsuit & Settlement

August 2025: Imperial Tobacco Canada exits bankruptcy protection British American Tobacco (BAT)’s Canadian affiliate, Imperial Tobacco Canada (ITCAN) formally exited protection under the Companies’ Creditors

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August 31, 2025

Nicotine Poisoning

Nicotine is a naturally occurring alkaloid found primarily in tobacco leaves and is the main psychoactive chemical in tobacco products. While widely known for its

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June 10, 2025

Nicotine API

Nicotine, a naturally occurring alkaloid found in tobacco plants, is a widely used Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) in Nicotine Replacement Therapies (NRTs), e-cigarettes and nicotine

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September 26, 2024

Tobacco Regulation: New Zealand

September 2024: New Zealand Escalates Youth Vaping Crackdown with New Amendment Bill The coalition government in New Zealand introduced the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products

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September 16, 2024

Nicotine

Nicotine: Properties, Uses and Public Health Implications Nicotine is a naturally occurring alkaloid found primarily in tobacco plants and certain other members of the nightshade

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August 1, 2024

Research: Cannabis

Cannabis potency Potency Monitoring Program, a project led by the US National Institute on Drug Abuse, reports that the average amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC: the

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October 12, 2023

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