NRT Smoking Cessation Aids

There continues to be diminishing interest in smoking traditional tobacco or cigarettes, with this linked to rising health-awareness and anti-tobacco campaigns. Fewer young people are starting to smoke, while smokers are increasingly cutting down or ...

The prevalence of daily cigarette smokers in Hong Kong experienced a decline in 2019, and this fall is expected to continue though the forecast period. Despite a stagnated tobacco tax rate of 67%, leading industry player Philip Morris raised the ...

The negative image of smoking and its impact on health continued to spread among the public in Taiwan. To boost public health, Taiwan’s government started imposing a tax on tobacco and increased the tax rates in 2006, 2009, 2016 and 2017 driving up ...

According to the recent EDADES drug-consumption survey carried out by the Spanish Health Ministry, the percentage of Spaniards who smoke has risen slightly, moving above the levels seen before the anti-tobacco law was introduced in 2005. Growth has ...

The Malaysian government has continued its antismoking campaigns and redoubled its efforts to raise awareness, especially among the younger generation, of the harm of smoking. Greater health awareness levels have encouraged more consumers to take ...

Positive sales growth was seen again in NRT smoking cessation aids in 2018 as more stringent tobacco control regulations and rising tobacco taxes provided further incentives for tobacco users to quit smoking. September 2019 saw a further 12.5% ...

Although the Finance Ministry is expected to delay their introduction, further tax rises for tobacco products are scheduled to be implemented in the near future, probably in 2021. With excise tax rates already having been raised at the end of 2017, ...

NRT smoking cessation aids continued to generate positive sales growth in 2019 as the health and wellness trend continued to encourage more Danish smokers to quit smoking. Apart from the obvious health benefits of quitting tobacco use, the other ...

NRT smoking cessation aids recorded slightly lower retail value growth in 2019 than in the previous year, largely due to the rapid growth in smokeless tobacco and vapour products. Many consumers find it extremely difficult to quit smoking, even with ...

Public campaigns to encourage smokers to quit smoking are common in South Korea. Helping non-smokers to avoid second-hand smoke is one of the main public health initiatives, and an ongoing issue in the country. In 2015, the government banned smoking ...

The global market for consumer health products is set to finish 2019 with one of the weakest years in recent memory. Medium-term lack of innovations in the OTC space has collided with slowing demand for vitamins and dietary supplements stemming from ...

Due to increasing prices within cigarettes and the pictorial health warnings used on every cigarette package showing the negative effects of smoking, the number of Slovak consumers interested in smoking is declining....

Electronic cigarettes continued to take sales away from NRT smoking cessation aids in 2019 as electronic cigarettes are used as a way to make the transition from smoking tobacco to stopping smoking altogether. E-cigarettes are becoming increasing ...

Smoking prevalence remains high in Greece. Rising awareness of the dangers of smoking is leading many smokers to quit but this is not translating into an increase in sales of NRT smoking cessation aids. Maturity is one factor hindering growth, but it...

The rate of smoking prevalence among Mexico’s adult population looks set to continue declining gradually over the forecast period. Further declines will be supported by restrictive tobacco control legislation, tax hikes and other activities by state ...

Smoking prevalence in Romania is high by European standards. Indeed, smoking is among the major causes of preventable death, contributing to the country’s high rates of cancer and cardiovascular disease. As awareness of the dangers of smoking ...

Products in NRT smoking cessation aids were the beneficiaries of new legislation for their reimbursement. The changes mean that the previous EUR150 flat-rate reimbursement has been changed to 65% reimbursement. Where previously this meant ...

Thanks to government campaigns and a growing focus on the dangers of tobacco consumption, the percentage of adults who smoke in the United Arab Emirates continued to fall at the end of the review period. Many smokers try to abstain or reduce their ...

In 2019, sales of NRT smoking cessation aids remained negligible in Vietnam due to a lack of consumer demand. Indeed, due to increasingly busy and stressful lifestyles, the number of male smokers, especially among younger generations living in large ...

While hectic stressful lifestyles of younger Singaporeans could boost the consumption of tobacco as a means to relax, it is also the cause of sore throats, unpleasant odours and health-related issues of which many consumers are aware, due to the ...