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BAT Creates New Division to Investigate ‘Safer Alternative’ to Cigarettes

admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:45:28 +0000

British American Tobacco Plc (BATS), the maker of Lucky Strikes cigarettes, created a unit that will seek to develop nicotine products for people wanting an alternative to cigarettes as governments aim to reduce smoking. Nicoventures Ltd. plans to develop tobacco-free nicotine products, Kate Matrunola, a spokeswoman for London-based BAT, said today. The unit employs four people and will discuss with regulators what sort of produc ... Jump to full article >>

Snus-maker Swedish Match hits Wall Street

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:46:32 +0000

Swedish Match North America marketers started in Vail. Now they are handing out silvery sample packs of snus, a traditional Swedish-style snuff, on Wall Street. It’s the clearest sign yet that the Chesterfield County-based company has a different strategy for snus than that of the nation’s top two tobacco firms, which also are pushing the smokeless tobacco. One element: The company is selling snus as a high-end produc ... Jump to full article >>

RJR’s innovation draws interest of FDA

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:58:24 +0000

The evolution of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. may be shaped in large part by how well it can live down — and learn from — its past. Reynolds received another clear example of that reality last week when the Food and Drug Administration requested research on the company’s three innovative dissolvable smokeless products — Camel Orbs, Camel Sticks and Camel Strips — and others being considered. The Tobacco ... Jump to full article >>

Professor: No Doubt Electronic Cigarettes Safer than Cigarettes

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:10:46 +0000

In an interview with E Cigarette Direct Professor Carl Phillips, associate professor at the University of Alberta, has argued that electronic cigarettes are a valid alternative to cigarettes, stating: “I think there’s absolutely no doubt that it is a safer alternative to regular cigarettes.” He estimated that electronic cigarettes carried a risk that: “…is probably in the order of 99 percent less har ... Jump to full article >>