September 2026: Charlie’s Holdings Shifts Focus to Age-Gated Flavored Vapes Amid Improving US Regulatory Landscape Charlie’s Holdings announced a major strategic pivot toward launching America’s first age-gated, flavored disposable vapes, pointing to favorable federal court rulings and new FDA enforcement frameworks that are reshaping the U.S. nicotine market. In a

August 2026: 22nd Century Group Advances Low-Nicotine Commercialization Amid Gross Margin Improvement and Retail Expansion 22nd Century Group is accelerating its commercial strategy as the company undergoes a strategic realignment of its revenue base, intentionally shifting away from low-margin contract manufacturing volume to prioritize its higher-margin proprietary brands, including VLN

August 2026: China Tobacco International (HK) Reports H1 2026 Revenue Decline Amid Import Headwinds as Export Growth Sustains Earnings China Tobacco International (HK) Company Limited reported its interim financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2026, marking a period of top-line contraction offset by strategic export growth. Revenue

AIR H1 2026 Results: Resilient Core Growth Amid Geopolitical Disruption AIR Global (NASDAQ: AIIR), the global leader in Flavored Shisha Molasses (FSM) and an innovator in next-generation inhalation technologies, reported its financial and operational results for the six-month period ended June 30, 2026. These results represent AIR Global’s inaugural earnings

August 14, 2026: RLX Q2 2026 Results RLX Technology reported a resilient second quarter for 2026, headlined by 14.8% YoY net revenue growth to RMB 1,010.5 million (US$ 148.9 million) and a strong gross margin expansion of +790 bps YoY to 35.4%. Growth was primarily propelled by international expansion (representing

July 2026: AIR Strengthens Partnership with Greentank Innovations Through $20 Million Equity Investment AIR Global has announced a US$20 million strategic equity investment in Canadian vaporization technology company Greentank Innovations, strengthening a partnership that began in 2023 and reinforcing its focus on next-generation inhalation technologies. The investment was made through

May 2026: Ispire Enters Fast-Growing Nicotine Pouch Market via Strategic Joint Venture with Jincheng Pharma Ispire Technology has announced a strategic joint venture with Jincheng Pharma to enter the rapidly expanding nicotine pouch market, marking a significant diversification beyond its core vaping hardware business. Under the agreement, Jincheng Pharma will

Karelia Tobacco Company is Greece’s largest cigarette manufacturer & exporter and one of the largest independent tobacco companies in the world (i.e. not belonging to the Big 6 – Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Altria and KT&G). Karelia’s history dates back to 1888, when the

October 2025: Q3 2025 Results1 Smoore’s quarterly revenue increased +27.2% year-on-year (+27.5% sequentially) to ¥4,196.8 million in Q3 2025 – setting a new record high for Smoore. Both corporate client segment (heated tobacco & vapes) and own brand segment contributed to the revenue growth: – Heated tobacco products: Launch of

September 2025: Fitch affirmed Universal Corporation’s BBB- issuer rating. Outlook Negative Fitch Ratings affirmed all ratings for Universal Corporation, including the company’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at “BBB-“. The Rating Outlook is Negative. Universal is the leading global supplier of compliant leaf tobacco products with a broad suite of

August 22, 2025: Q2 2025 Results Net revenue: up +40.3% to ¥880.0 million (US$122.8 million), up +8.9% on sequential basis Gross margin: up +2.3pp to 27.5%, driven by due to a favorable change in revenue mix and margin improvement in select Asian countries (gross profit up +53.3% to ¥242.1 million)

August 2025: H1 2025 Results1 China Tobacco International (CTI) reported both revenue growth and improved profitability in H1 2025 despite margin pressure in certain segments. Revenue for the period rose 18.5% year-on-year to HK$10.32 billion, compared to HK$8.70 billion in the same period last year. Cost of sales increased faster,

June 2025: Oettinger Davidoff reports CHF 541.7 million revenue in 2024 Following the record results in 2023 and 2022, Oettinger Davidoff’s sales turnover grew +0.9% in 2024 in real terms to CHF 541.7 million despite global economic challenges and a volatile market environment. In the own brand business, Zino brand

Karelia Tobacco Company is Greece’s largest cigarette manufacturer & exporter and one of the largest independent tobacco companies in the world (i.e. not belonging to the Big 6 – Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Altria and KT&G). Karelia’s history dates back to 1888, when the

Philip Morris International (PMI): Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, USA and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: PM). PMI is the largest publicly traded tobacco company with a global workforce of 82,700. PMI operates in 180 markets and sells ~740 billion sticks (~37Bn packs) per year, generating $35.1 billion in

This is a sponsored post. Could China threaten the stronghold of Sweden in nicotine pouch manufacturing? Nicotine pouch is undoubtedly the fastest growing nicotine product category in the world. Both the major tobacco companies and entrepreneurs are rushing to take their share in the category. However, the explosive growth is

October 2023: New patents granted Lexaria is granted two new patents in Canada, associated to: – delivering lipophilic (fat-based) active drugs and active molecules suspended in a water-based format – infusing tobacco leaves directly with drugs or active molecules such as nicotine with or without cannabinoids for potential applications such

Great progress in transitioning Montego brand strategy from volume-based to income-based, resulting in profitability turnaround (recall: Montego is Vector’s largest brand since Q2 2022 and is the second largest discount brand in the USA) In Q3 2022, Vector sold 2.75Bn sticks and generated $378Mn revenue ($137.5/’000) and $88Mn operating income