As nicotine pouches gain global traction, a clear trend is emerging: markets in the Middle East and parts of Asia are adopting these products more quickly and more decisively than
Luxembourg is moving closer to adopting rules that could heavily restrict the sale of nicotine pouches, but recent reporting from Luxembourg Times shows significant uncertainty about what these measures will
By Robert Sidebottom, Chair of the GINN Regulatory & Compliance Committee and Managing Director, Arcus Compliance As the UK considers long-awaited regulatory controls for nicotine pouches under the Tobacco and
This submission is provided on behalf of the Global Institute for Novel Nicotine (GINN), which advocates for proportionate, science-based regulation that recognises tobacco harm reduction (THR) as a legitimate public
COP11 has concluded, but the debate around nicotine regulation is far from settled. While delegates left Geneva without adopting aggressive new restrictions, the WHO’s long-standing hostility toward tobacco harm reduction
I’m delighted to welcome María del Carmen Ordóñez López as GINN’s Legal Advisor. María del Carmen brings more than two decades of strategic legal, compliance and governance experience across multinational
Saudi Arabia’s successful Public Health experiment Backed by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi company Badael has rapidly scaled its harm reduction initiative using its flagship DZRT tobacco-free nicotine pouch.
A recent study published in JAMA Network Open provides important insights into the biological effects of nicotine pouches, adding much-needed clinical evidence to an area often dominated by speculation. The
What a night! Great conversations, new connections, and plenty of collaboration with colleagues from across the nicotine pouch sector. 🗓️ 6:30–9:30 PM, Fri 14 November 📍 Central Stockholm We can’t
At this year’s Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) Tobacco and Nicotine Conference, Acting Director for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Dr. Bret Koplow,
Nicotine has been vilified for decades, often conflated with the devastating health effects of smoking. Yet modern medical research continues to show that nicotine itself is not the cause of
Momentum is building in the United Kingdom toward a coherent and proportionate framework for regulating tobacco-free nicotine pouches. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, currently progressing through Parliament, and the surrounding
