Tag: Japan
Tokyo Passes No-Smoking Law in Preparation for 2020 Olympics
The Tokyo measure will cover an estimated 84% of restaurants and bars across the city, while the one being considered on a national scale...
IQOS will probably not be as popular in the US as...
The iQOS device, is a Heat not Burn (HnB) smokeless alternative to combustible cigarettes and works by heating tobacco leaves known as Heets or...
BAT is facing future with confidence, 2016 annual report says
British American Tobacco's annual report for the year 2016 highlights significant progress Next Generation Products, a category called by the company "outstanding next generation tobacco...
Japan: The fear of secondhand smoke to propagate to heat-not-burn cigarettes?
A revision of the law may prohibit smoking in public places
Japan is currently revising its Health Promotion Law to include provisions against passive smoking. The...
BAT to start selling its own HNB product in Japan
Japan is the world’s fifth biggest tobacco market, and is the only country where three HNB products are currently on the market. The first...
Philip Morris Int. plans to launch its iQOS heatstick in the...
The iQOS device, which has a similar shape to a short cigarette, works by heating tobacco leaves creating a smokeless alternative to combustible cigarettes....
Japan : the explosion of reduced-risk products and steady decline of...
A clear direction towards harm reduction
Paul Riley, Japan unit’s president at Philip Morris released a statement saying “Our goal for Japan is to switch...
ISO: Towards international standards of vapor products
ISO, the International Standards Organization, announced the creation within the committee ISO/TC 126 "Tobacco and tobacco products" of a new technical subcommittee "Vape and vapour...
