Smokeless Tobacco, E-Vapour Products and Heated Tobacco

The Indian government took measures to prohibit direct and indirect advertising of tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, following its ratification of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the…

Smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products, and heated tobacco are no longer available in the Mexican market after being banned in 2020, so there is no current data available.

Overall demand for smokeless tobacco, e-vapour and heated tobacco products declined in Nigeria in 2022. The downturn was mainly explained by rapidly rising prices and the erosion of purchasing power among consumers as inflation soared due to the…

Closed-system single-use vapes continued to be the highest-performing e-vapour product in this category in current retail value terms in 2022, thanks to widespread availability through a range of retail channels and local consumers, particularly…

Closed system single use e-vapour products continued to register outstanding sales growth in Latvia in 2022, in the process recording the most impressive performance of any category across the country’s tobacco market during the year. These products…

E-vapour products made a strong rebound in 2022 following the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Supply issues were common in 2020 leading to shortages and, consequently, price rises. This led to consumers searching for cheaper options.…

In 2022, disposable vapes and nicotine pouches were the two stand out products in the smokeless category. The migration from the Swedish-style snus to nicotine pouches continued in 2022. Snus is already a well-known product in Sweden and a popular…

In 2022, heated tobacco products maintained a strong performance, as more smokers adopted these as an alternative to cigarettes. Price promotions on devices, notably the entry-level compact device Iqos Iluma One by Philip Morris, contributed to…

Smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco registered positive sales growth in 2022, with the very strong growth registered in heated tobacco a particular highlight. The strong performance of heated tobacco was essentially the result of…

E-vapour products registered healthy constant value growth in 2022, in spite of high inflation. E-liquids remained highly fragmented in 2022, with the relatively low average disposable incomes of local consumers encouraging strong price competition.…

Although heated tobacco recorded declining sales in both volume and real value (at constant 2022 prices) terms, it managed to register modest growth in current value terms in 2022, which was seen as not too bad a performance given Ukraine was…

For e-vapour products, there was a significant increase in constant value sales. In particular, closed single-use vaping systems registered growth, though from a low base. Since the main consumers of e-vapour products are young, they have limited…

In 2022, there was a remarkable surge in the sales of closed system single-use devices. Glu Cloud, which was the first brand to venture into this category, managed to maintain its position in this nascent category in 2022. This has been made possible…

Sales of e-vapour products posted double-digit growth in current value terms in 2022, following a very successful couple of years in 2020 and 2021. Closed system single use products remained the most popular option in 2022 with the category remaining…

The market for reduced risk products (RRPs), including e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn tobacco products (heated tobacco products) and vaping products was populated with imports at the end of the review period. With the rise in import taxes, the category…

Closed system single use was amongst the strongest performers in smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco in 2022, albeit from a low base. The category’s rapid expansion was in part down to the emergence of closed system single use…

E-vapour products have seen tremendous growth over the review period and saw continued growth in 2022 as, with rising health awareness, there is a consistent trend for smokers to switch to alternatives perceived as less harmful. Single-use vapour…

Since the main consumers of e-vapour products are young, they have limited purchasing power and as a result, they are attracted to the more affordable single-use e-vapour products. As a result, there has been a significant increase in single-use…

New generation tobacco products, e-vapour and heated tobacco (nicotine pouches were not available in Greece), remained under the spotlight of development and key growth drivers for tobacco, both in terms of retail value and volume sales. They…

Consuming smokeless tobacco has always been legal in Algeria. Loose US-style moist snuff, known locally as Chemma, is the only smokeless tobacco product available, and is traditionally popular in Algeria, although it is consumed by men much more than…