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…

The dynamic value growth seen in 2022 was almost exclusively due to the strong performance of heated tobacco. Heated tobacco is locally produced in Romania and is widely distributed through small local grocers, which are a popular channel for buying…

In 2022, the government imposed a new tax on heated tobacco products, adding 10% of the price towards comprehensive health insurance, in addition to the table tax, at EGP1,400/kg of tobacco. This contributed to the price growth for the category in…

Having overtaken e-vapour products in terms of value sales during 2020, heated tobacco products remained the most dynamic category in smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco during 2022 in current value terms. While e-vapour products…

Although less well-established in Ecuador than open vaping systems, closed vaping systems have witnessed tremendous growth in recent years. Young adults especially in the generation-z and millennial cohorts are attracted by a wide variety of flavours…

A substantial proportion of smokers have experimented with heated tobacco products since their introduction, and the user base is expanding, particularly in urban areas, office districts, and other locales frequented by smokers for brief respites.…

Retail sales of e-vapour products saw accelerated growth in constant value terms in 2022, in keeping with rising levels of health consciousness within the population. While not without their own risks, e-vapour products were widely perceived as being…

E-vapour and heated tobacco products remains an underdeveloped category in Vietnam, however, this is expected to develop further over the forecast period. During 2022, the Vietnamese government and associated authorities, especially the Ministry of…

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.…

Heated tobacco was the fastest growing tobacco product in Slovenia in 2022, with volume sales increasing significantly. Consumers see it as a compromise between smoking and adapting a habit that is less harmful for their health. While promotion of…

Until recent years, much of the supply of e-vapour products in Bolivia was through small business operators who imported small batches both legally and illegally and sold them in specialised independent stores or through social networks. However, in…

E-vapour products in China was devasted by a substantial package of industry regulations and policy updates throughout 2022, restricting the production, wholesale, and retail operations of e-cigarette players. The ban on flavoured e-vapour products,…