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ICYMI: Top 10 Most Read News and Features on Tobacco Asia Media's Website in 2025
Tobacco Asia reflects on the stories that captured the greatest attention across the region’s tobacco industry over the past year.
Jan 8, 2026
Tobacco Asia Podcast #49: Marcelo Marques - General Manager, B2B Tobacco Processing
Thomas Schmid interviews Marcelo Marques, general manager of B2B Tobacco Processing in Brazil.
Dec 16, 2025
Independent Leaf Suppliers Hold Their Ground at InterSupply 2025
InterSupply has long been the showcase for the world’s largest leaf suppliers. Names like Universal Leaf and Alliance One International, are perennial fixtures...
Dec 16, 2025
US Enforcement Shift: Vape Raids; Record Seizures
In early September, US regulators conducted the most significant enforcement actions yet against the independent vaping industry, seizing millions...
Dec 16, 2025
Vietnam Bans Novel Nicotine
Vietnam will prohibit the sale of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products from March 1, 2026, after the National Assembly approved amendments...
Dec 16, 2025
UK Vaping and Tobacco Slide
Sales of vapes, cigarettes, and other tobacco products fell more sharply than any other grocery category in the UK, highlighting how tougher regulation...
Dec 16, 2025
Industry Sounds Alarm on Tobacco Amendments
Tobacco companies joined forces and raised serious concerns about the Bangladeshi government’s plan to push through proposed amendments to the Tobacco Control Act...
Dec 16, 2025
Illicit Tobacco Dominates Australia
At least half of Australia’s tobacco market now consists of illicit cigarettes, costing taxpayers up to A$11.8 billion (US$7.8 billion) a year and surpassing...
Dec 16, 2025
InterSupply First Timers
InterSupply has long been the tobacco industry’s premier showcase for innovation, and 2025 was no exception.
Dec 2, 2025
Expert Insight: Navigating EU’s TED and TPD3
Europe’s next phase of tobacco and nicotine regulation is approaching quickly. At InterTabac 2025 in Dortmund on September 19...
Dec 2, 2025
New Zealand Teen Vaping Drops
New Zealand has seen a dramatic decline in vaping among school-aged teens, while daily smoking rates remain nearly nonexistent, according to the latest survey...
Dec 2, 2025
Korea Advances Synthetic Nicotine Bill
South Korea moved a step closer to regulating synthetic nicotine as tobacco after the National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee approved...
Dec 2, 2025
EU Clash Over Tobacco Taxes
European lawmakers and experts sharply challenged the European Commission’s proposed overhaul of tobacco taxation during a tense November 20 meeting...
Dec 2, 2025
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