Despite dire warnings issued by the Government of South Korea, consumers are embracing heat-not-burn devices.Read More
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A fall in cigarette sales in South Korea has been put down to price increases and tobacco control policies, but a switch to vaping must also have played its part.Read More
KT&G has launched a hybrid product that appears to combine elements of heat-not-burn and electronic-cigarette technologies.Read More
If smokers are to be put off switching to alternative methods of nicotine consumption by the publication of scientific evidence, that evidence needs to be robust - and contested if necessary.Read More
While last year saw the incidence of smoking fall to the lowest level ever recorded among South Korea's population of adult men, the figure remained high.Read More
Given that heated-tobacco products have been around for such a short time, it will be interesting to see what diseases coming health-warnings will ascribe to them.Read More
KT&G has been selling monthly an average of about 85,000 Lil heat-not-burn devices since its launch in November. And now it is opening dedicated Lil stores. Read More
If users of non-combusted cigarettes also smoke combustible cigarettes and therefore enjoy only limited health benefits, that is better than smoking full-time and enjoying no benefits.Read More
In South Korea, as in many other countries, consumers are leading the way toward tobacco harm reduction while officialdom is dragged behind, mumbling incoherently. Read More
Cigarette sales and tax revenue from those sales are headed in opposite directions in South Korea – for the time being.Read More