Smokeless Tobacco and Vapour Products

Retail current value sales of smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco remain negligible in Uzbekistan.

The general trend within e-liquids is towards products with less nicotine. E-liquid with 0 mg/ml and products with 1-9 mg/ml saw the strongest growth in 2021, while those with nicotine levels of 20mg/ml and more witnessed share decline. This was in…

Closed system products continue to bet on increasing penetration amongst smokers via pricing strategy, as manufacturers attempt to democratise the segment. In addition, the segment is seeing increasing personalisation through the introduction of…

Sales of single-use non cig-a-like closed systems (disposable electronic cigarettes) imported from China increased strongly in 2020, including those from Elf Bar, HQD, Puff, Vaporlax and Zenith. They have strong potential due to the wide range of…

E-vapour products and heated tobacco still lacked necessary and clear legalisation and instruction from the Vietnamese government in 2021, despite setting out proposals for a ban on these products. As e-cigarettes are still quite new products in the…

E-vapour products, as a product area, performed well in 2021, with a rise in value sales growth being recorded. Indeed, the vaping prevalence continues to slowly increase as consumers switch from traditional tobacco products to e-vapour products.…

Heated tobacco sales soared in 2021, seizing significant share compared to cigarette sales. Heated tobacco products are becoming increasingly popular in Hungary, with prevalence growing the most in 2021. The number of heated tobacco users was…

Having overtaken e-vapour products in terms of value sales during 2020, heated tobacco products remained the top performer in smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco during 2021 in terms of its rate of retail constant value sales…

The impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the category was minor in 2021, as there were very few restrictions in terms of the functioning of non-grocery stores. Restrictions had mainly taken the form of reduced opening hours during the third wave of…

E-vapour products registered a further significant fall in value sales in 2021. There were several factors that led to the decline. Some consumers have quit vaping, while other consumers have switched to smoking cigarettes again, particularly those…

E-Vapour products suffered a drop in current value sales in 2021, in what is a small product area anyway, in terms of value sales. One of the problems with e-liquids in particular is that there is a significant amount of illicit trade, with NNA Smoke…

Heated tobacco products and e-vapour products continued to post dynamic growth in current value terms in 2021. Many consumers shifted from the smoking regular cigarettes during the review period to what they perceived to be less harmful products,…

The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on consumers’ perception of their own health and wellness. An increasing number of cigarette smokers have therefore started to try and live healthier lifestyles, including attempting to reduce the number of…

Whilst sales of snus in Denmark are forbidden, nicotine pouches are a closely related legal option that has been prevalent on the market since 2019. In Sweden, where snus is legal and has a long tradition, nicotine pouches are also taking share of…

Vaping is an increasing trend in Pakistan. Value sales of e-vapour products grew at continuing double-digit rates over the review period to become the biggest category within overall smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco. E-vapour…

Since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, consumers have migrated to purchasing e-vapour products, as well as liquids/capsules, through the digital channels of major vendors. In contrast to previous years, where in-store experience and in-person advice…

The number of users of e-vapour products in Algeria continued to grow amongst both male and female consumers in 2021. Noticeable amongst the male audience was a particular preference for open vaping systems with direct inhalation, given their…

In September 2021, Imperial Tobacco Hellas entered heated tobacco products with the launch of Pulze & ID. Pulze, a new tobacco heating device, sold via newsagent-tobacconists/kiosks at EUR29.00 for the device and three packs of ID heated tobacco. ID…

E-vapour products, both closed and open vaping systems, have seen tremendous growth over the review period, and saw continued growth in 2021. With the rising health awareness, and smoke cessation programmes and the like, there is a consistent trend…

The German cabinet adopted the Tobacco Duty Modernisation Act in March 2021. The German government is adjusting tobacco duty rates which means that for the first time e-vapour products will also be included under this regulation. In addition, heated…