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BAT Launches New Campaign as it Updates Neo Series
BAT Japan announced the fourth cycle of the “Live Life in Color” campaign with the launch of its Limited Edition glo Hyper Pro Aurora heated tobacco device.
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JTI Adds Three Flavors to Pouch Line
Available for independent retailers and symbol groups, the new Raspberry, Tropical Mix, and Forest Berries offerings feature a quicker and stronger flavor release.
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Zimbabwe, Philippines Create Tobacco Pact
Zimbabwe hopes to learn from the Philippines as it works to build its tobacco manufacturing sector into a $5 billion industry by 2030.
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CAPHRA Says Vaping Misinformation has Deadly Consequences
“The scale of misinformation about safer nicotine products is staggering and deliberate.”
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Cigar Lounge Sues City Over 15-Minute Smoking Limit
“Fifteen minutes of sampling and then prohibiting it after 15 minutes is still a prohibition of sampling, right?”
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Ispire Y-Y Drops 13% for 3Q 2025
Y-Y revenue dropped to $26.2 million from $30.0 million, and gross profit dropped to $4.8 million from $6.1 million.
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Cigar Lounge Sues City Over 15-Minute Smoking Limit
“Fifteen minutes of sampling and then prohibiting it after 15 minutes is still a prohibition of sampling, right?”
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Increased Imports Put Vapes, Hookahs in Namibia’s Crosshairs
Namibia went from importing $6 million worth of hookah and vapes in 2020 to averaging $19.3 million the last four years.
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Anti-Vape Campaign Kicks Off in Netherlands
New research said one in 10 children have tried vaping by age 12, and 40% of 12- to 16-year-olds who use vapes consider themselves addicted.
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Baltimore Sues PMI for “Peddling Zyn to Kids”
The complaint cites recent research that nearly 2% of middle and high school students report using nicotine pouches.
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Iraq to Ban E-Cigarettes as Part of Larger Tobacco Crackdown
According to Ministry of Health statistics, 36% of Iraqi males, 18.7% of adults, and 11% of youth smoke.
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Thailand’s Education Ministry Bans Vapes at Schools and Offices
Deputy government spokesman Karom Polpornklang said the ministry recognized that more young people have taken up vaping due to increased accessibility.
Agriculture & Sustainability
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Malawi Leaf Hits New High
Nyasa Tobacco urged farmers to maintain good grading practices, stressing that proper grading significantly enhances the value of their product.
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Brazil Projected to Crack $3B in Tobacco Exports
The forecast anticipates an increase of 10% to 15% in volume and value. In February, the projection was $2.977 billion.
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Malawi Confiscates 170 “Nested” Tobacco Bales
The confiscated bales have been sent for rehandling. Proceeds from the sale of the rehandled bales will be forfeited to the Commission.
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Zimbabwe “Will Reach 280M KG,” Hopes to Process More Domestically
Despite the overall positives, stakeholders are concerned about side-marketing issues that continue to threaten the industry.
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Zimbabwe: Grower’s Investment in Quality Pays Off
The TIMB reminded growers that quality tobacco that is properly grown, cured, conditioned, graded, and baled attracts top prices at the market.
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ITGA Announces Annual Meeting
Tobacco-producing countries from the Western hemisphere have been invited to “Americas Regional Meeting on April 24 in Jujuy, Argentina
Science & Innovation
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FDA Completes AI-Assisted Review Pilot, Ready for Agency-Wide Rollout
AI tools allow FDA scientists and subject-matter experts to spend less time on tedious, repetitive tasks that often slow down the review process.
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New Study Sounds Alarm on Amount of Nicotine in Vapes
While the number of e-cigarette units sold each month rose by 34.7%, the total monthly nicotine content sold increased by 249.2%.
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Researchers Find Pouches Shifting Nicotine Delivery Trend with Youth
Researchers said trends reflect a shift in nicotine delivery products rather than a change in the overall prevalence of nicotine use among the students.
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Continuous Verification Vape ID Files for PMTA
IKE Tech’s multi-center Human Factors Validation Study proved to be 100% effective in preventing device activation for anyone under the age of 21.
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Study: Chips and Biometrics Protect ENDS Devices from Underage Use
IKE Tech announced its Bluetooth Low Energy System had 100% of users complete age verification, and no underage users were able to activate a device.
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Study: Smoking, Vaping, Marijuana All Affect Airways Differently
Researchers collected exhaled breath condensate of 254 participants, with 132 using a tobacco or marijuana product, sometimes both.
Business & Finance
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Zimbabwe, Philippines Create Tobacco Pact
Zimbabwe hopes to learn from the Philippines as it works to build its tobacco manufacturing sector into a $5 billion industry by 2030.
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Ispire Y-Y Drops 13% for 3Q 2025
Y-Y revenue dropped to $26.2 million from $30.0 million, and gross profit dropped to $4.8 million from $6.1 million.
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JT Announces First Quarter 11.7% YoY Increase
Management noted that the profit growth was mainly driven by the tobacco business and announced plans to divest its pharmaceutical business.
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Turning Point Announces 1Q YoY Increase of 28.1%
Modern Oral sales were $22.3 million, up nearly 10 times versus the prior year and nearly double the prior quarter.
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PMI Hosts Shareholders Meeting
“We marked the 10-year anniversaries for both IQOS and ZYN with our smoke-free business reaching almost $15 billion in net revenues.”
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BAT Debuts New Cigarette in Korea
Inspired by three of the world’s most iconic cities—New York, Paris, and London—the Global Editions aim to capture the spirit of travel and the allure of brief escapes from everyday…
Around the Industry
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BAT Launches New Campaign as it Updates Neo Series
BAT Japan announced the fourth cycle of the “Live Life in Color” campaign with the launch of its Limited Edition glo Hyper Pro Aurora heated tobacco device.
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JTI Adds Three Flavors to Pouch Line
Available for independent retailers and symbol groups, the new Raspberry, Tropical Mix, and Forest Berries offerings feature a quicker and stronger flavor release.
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CAPHRA Says Vaping Misinformation has Deadly Consequences
“The scale of misinformation about safer nicotine products is staggering and deliberate.”
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Cigar Lounge Sues City Over 15-Minute Smoking Limit
“Fifteen minutes of sampling and then prohibiting it after 15 minutes is still a prohibition of sampling, right?”
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Meerapfel Offering Supports PCA Advocacy
Création Liberté 2025 is hand rolled exclusively in a 6 x 50 Toro vitola and features a vintage Cameroon wrapper, a signature “sacred leaf” grown by the Meerapfel family.
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Iowa Judge Halts Law that Would Pull Vapes from Shelves
A judge sided with e-cigarette industry plaintiffs in a preliminary ruling, temporarily halting the enforcement of the state’s PMTA registration law.