March 23rd, 2018
From: NBC News
FDA asks for input on limiting cigars, chewing tobacco, and e-cigarettes, too
by Maggie Fox
Menthol and fruit flavors make cigarettes more enticing and more addictive. Now the Food and Drug Administration is taking the first step toward possibly limiting their use in tobacco products.
The FDA took its first steps last week to possibly lower the amount of nicotine in cigarettes. On Tuesday, it started asking for more input on how menthol and other flavorings make cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products more addictive and dangerous and, if so, what it should do about that.
March 13th, 2018
Editor’s Note: See, Should Medicaid Cover IQOS?
From: Daily Vaper
WE DON’T NEED THE GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE SMOKING PROBLEM
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March 9th, 2018
From: Vaping Post
By Diane Caruana
PMI Raises Tobacco Prices in Israel
Philip Morris has raised the prices of cigarettes and loose tobacco in Israel “for commercial reasons”.
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The state of Israel collects NIS 6 billion annually in excise tax on cigarettes. This tax accounts for over 80% of the price of cigarettes, split in 65.5% excise tax and 17% VAT. This time last year, Israel’s Health Ministry had also released a statement pertaining to the possibility of taxing PMI’s Heat not Burn device, iQOS. The Health Ministry had pointed out that iQOS would not be subject to any tax or restrictions until the US FDA decides on how to regulate the product. Therefore, once the FDA takes a decision, Israel’s Health Ministry will decide accordingly.
March 2nd, 2018
From: Vaping Daily
The famous non-combustible IQOS e-cig by Philip Morris that heats up ground tobacco instead of burning it is now available in 25 countries. Previously tested in Japan, this product has led nearly 72% of Japanese smokers to quit smoking entirely in favor of the IQOS. That’s against nearly 7% of ex-smokers turning to vaping electronic cigarettes with nicotine e-liquids.
Notably, at the recent Consumer Analyst Conference Group of New York, Andre Calantzopoulos, CEO of Philip Morris International, stated the intention of PMI to convince all adult smokers switching to reduced-risk products (RRP) ASAP. The electronic heating of tobacco conception follows the trend of anti-smoking movement that tends to reshape the whole smoky business.
February 13th, 2018
From: Clare County Review
By Pat Maurer, Correspondent
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Manor said, “By 2022,” she said, “I will have to pay $500,000 for a PTMA (premarket tobacco product application). When you create a new tobacco product or modify a tobacco product in any way, you must obtain an order from the FDA authorizing the marketing of the before the product may be introduced or delivered introduction into interstate commerce.”
She continued, “I have 40 flavors, each available in seven levels of nicotine. Each of those flavors are available in three different amounts, 30 ml. 60 ml. and 120 ml. Each one is a SKU or “Stock Keeping Unit” and, she continued, “each of the 840 SKUs will cost me at least $500,000 for each application.
