Food and Drug Administration proposed a ban on the sale of menthol-flavored cigarettes and other flavored cigars
Responding to the deputies questions, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan brought e-cigarette products to the National Assembly hall as evidence, showing that e-cigarette products look like toys, are difficult to detect, and easily attract young people, affirming that this is very difficult to control
Based on surveys with 101,960 adults representative of the population, researchers estimated 16.2% smoked in June 2017, falling to 15.1% by the start of the pandemic, in March 2020, but just 15% in August 2022, since when the the slower rate of decline has remained consistent
The company's dual-portfolio strategy, leveraging both conventional cigarettes and its IQOS heated tobacco system within duty free concessions, allows it to capture a broader share of traveler tobacco spending