BAT, a leading global tobacco company, has launched its new product, the Vuse, in the form of a liquid-type electronic cigarette. This move is seen as an attempt to break the dominance of KT&G's Lil and Philip Morris' IQOS in the market. Although there are concerns about the negative perception...
JTI Korea Plans to Re-Enter South Korean Market with New E-Cigarette in 2023. Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is preparing to re-enter the domestic electronic cigarette market with a new product. JTI had previously launched the heated tobacco product 'Ploom Tech' in 2019 but discontinued sales in South Korea in 2021 due...
British American Tobacco's Financial Performance Falls Short of Expectations British American Tobacco's (BAT) financial performance for the first half of the 2023 fiscal year, ending on June 30, fell short of expectations, and analysts believe that smoking bans and e-cigarette regulations will impact its future profitability. BAT announced its second-quarter performance for...
E-cigarette e-liquid company Zinwi Bio released an article in its official public release, which summarised the flavour preference of the Middle East e-cigarette market from its research on consumer preferences. E-cigarette e-liquid company Zinwi Bio released an article in its official public release, which summarised the flavour preference of the...
According to their statistics, about 400 million e-cigarettes have been imported into the U.S. in 2022, and 99% of imported e-cigarette products were from China. Â The U.S. International Trade Commission published international trade data on e-cigarettes, statistics on the proportion of e-cigarettes imported by the country's states and the proportion of...
In the first half of 2023, Guangdong Province exported CNY 35.2 billion of e-cigarettes. Among them, Shenzhen exported CNY 26.2 billion of e-cigarettes, an increase of 35.8% yoy. On 25 July, Shenzhen Publishing released the import and export data of Shenzhen for the first half of 2023, which listed that Shenzhen...
On June 20, 2023, the Office of the State Tobacco Administration sent out a notification on the "Guidelines for Promoting the Building of Quality Assurance Systems for Exported Electronic Cigarette Products". 2FIRSTS forwarded the news to key figures in the industry for their points of view.  Professor Gerry Stimson, emeritus professor...
The U.S. imported 179 million e-cigarettes from January to May last year. The U.S. International Trade Commission published e-cigarette import data derived from January-May 2022, the United States imported a total of 175 million electronic cigarettes, compared with January-May, 179 million, a decline of 2.17%. In May, the United States imported 39.65...
The items in question are currently being held for further processing. While supervising the baggage of passengers on inbound flights, the customs officers at the travel inspection site of Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport found that the baggage of a passenger who chose the undeclared channel for customs clearance had an abnormal image...
An interview with Lily Qian, co-founder of Hosto Logistics, discussing the current status and trends in the e-cigarette freight forwarding industry. According to Chinese customs data, the export value of electronic cigarettes and heated non-combustible products reached 32.6 billion RMB in the first five months of 2023, a 165% increase compared...
