NRT Smoking Cessation Aids

Consumers became increasingly aware of melatonin during the review period. Higher-dose products (up to 2mg) have become more popular and their wide availability in grocery retailing has boosted sales. Higher-dose products have been launched by all ...

NRT patches which accounted for all sales, registered double-digit retail current value growth in 2018. Price rises and consumers’ growing interest in quitting tobacco supported the category’s growth. For example, in 2016 the number of smokers ...

According to the Excise Department of Thailand, new excise tax rates came into effect at the end of 2017. The new tax rate for cigarettes is 20% of the retail price (not exceeding THB60.00, or THB1.20 per roll) and 10% of the retail price and THB1.20...

As per the latest study by the European Commission and Eurobarometer about smokers’ attitudes towards tobacco products, Bulgaria is the country with the lowest share of ex-smokers and the highest average age of smokers who quit consumption of tobacco...

Due to the increasing prices of 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 declined. These consumers looked for ways to ...

The long-debated and delayed anti-smoking law, which prohibits smoking in restaurants, cafés and bars, but also in entertainment establishments such as dance halls, discos, exhibitions and concerts, fully came into force on 31 May 2017. Sales of NRT ...

The general rise in tobacco prices beginning in November 2017 and the prediction that a pack of cigarettes will reach the price of EUR10 in November 2020, has already resulted in falling sales. Volume sale have begun to tumble without waiting for the...

In Germany, the number of cigarette smokers has been on a continuous downward trend in recent years and is expected to decline further over the forecast period. However, the decline is fairly weak as a significant number of Germans continue to smoke,...

In Italy, the number of smokers amounted to 11.7 million in 2017, growing moderately from 2016 because of the increase in the number of female smokers, which reached 4.6 million, while the number of male smokers showed a decrease (National Institute ...

The number of smokers in Poland is constantly decreasing. According to the WHO report, in the 1990s Poles were smoking around 100 billion cigarettes a year, while in 2017 it was only about 40 billion. In polls, 31% of adult Poles are declared as ...

NRT smoking cessation aids is not highly developed in Morocco. It did not register remarkable growth in 2018, as there is a lack of advertising and marketing campaigns to promote the category in Morocco. In addition, there is no diversified product ...

There are no/negligible sales of NRT smoking cessation aids in Nigeria....

In Sweden it has become less socially acceptable for the younger generation to start smoking. Although the immediate effect on smoking cessation is incremental, in the long-run the impact will be vast. The increasing health trend will certainly lead ...

NRT smoking cessation aids in Peru does not enjoy great demand or wide availability. Consumers are not willing to quit smoking using NRT patches, which is the only product sold in Peru, and moreover at high prices. The preferred option is to lower ...

Like most OTC categories, NRT smoking cessation aids is confronted by structural stagnation caused by independent factors. As the smoking population is decreasing in real terms, fewer people are in the process of stopping smoking or require such ...

Since 2009, when laws were passed prohibiting smoking in indoor public areas, the numbers of smokers quitting have continued to accelerate due to the inconvenience that the public smoking ban imposes. However, many lifelong heavy smokers have ...

The total smoking population in Ireland is expected to drop over the coming years, with the government committed to making the country smoke-free by 2025 and smokers now accounting for less than 5% of the population. As more consumers try to cut the ...

Sales of NRT smoking cessation aids continued to increase in 2018, supported by more stringent regulations on smoking and tobacco control and rising tobacco taxes, which have created incentives for smokers to quit their tobacco habits. In fact, the ...

As a result of the high cost of foreign currency and the ongoing hyperinflation present in Venezuela in 2018, imports of NRT smoking cessation aids could not be detected and sales are negligible. No brands were available in Venezuela during 2018....

NRT smoking cessation aids is expected to see continued healthy growth over the forecast period, as Norwegians, especially women, are projected to quit smoking at a similar rate as seen in the review period. The smoking ban in public indoor areas, ...