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The pouches are designed to be placed between the user’s lips and gum, where they release nicotine

The pouches are placed between the user’s lips and gum to release nicotine.

Altria Group has outperformed the broader market over the past year, but analysts are cautious about the stock’s prospects.

Altria is seeing a great deal of activity in the e-vapor market, but warned regulated products are being undercut by illicit imports.

A Dutton government would allow vapes to be legally sold in retail stores rather than restricted to pharmacies in bid to raise $3.6bn in tax revenue

Heated tobacco products are often marketed by tobacco companies as less harmful than cigarettes, but they can pose health risks to users, according to a new review I co-authored in the journal Tobacco Control. Evidence on their health risks in people who smoke is limited, sometimes contradictory, and hard to…

First, the good news: Only 11% of Americans smoke cigarettes. But there's bad news, too.

Lord Stevens of Birmingham warned that there is ‘no health benefit’ if vape users become hooked on nicotine, when they have not previously smoked.

The tobacco giant raised profit guidance for the year, betting on the booming sales of the nicotine pouches.

As young adults swap cigarettes and vapes for oral nicotine products, policymakers should recognize this shift as harm reduction instead of cracking down on personal choice.

Millions of dollars in illegal tobacco has been seized in raids on shops allegedly linked to organised crime gangs fighting to control the black market.