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Thursday, 20 February, 2020

Work & Careers
Why businesses are refusing to hire smokers
Intrusive ‘wellness’ policies and rules on off-duty behaviour are becoming widespread
Wednesday, 5 February, 2020

Lex
Imperial Brands: empire in decline Premium
Putting dividend growth back on track should reduce smoke signals from angry investors
Wednesday, 5 February, 2020

Imperial Brands
Imperial Brands warns vaping crackdown will hit earnings
US ban on some products hampers efforts to move away from traditional cigarettes
Monday, 3 February, 2020

JTI’s menthol cigar an attempt evade UK ban, say campaigners
Japan Tobacco counters that its products ‘always comply with all relevant legislation and regulation’
Monday, 3 February, 2020

Juul Labs
Juul investors face writedowns after Altria decision
Fidelity and Tiger Global have already cut value of stakes but may cut again
Monday, 3 February, 2020

Imperial Brands
Imperial Brands names new chief executive
Stefan Bomhard joins tobacco group from car dealer Inchcape
Thursday, 30 January, 2020

Altria Group Inc
Altria slashes value of Juul stake and loosens ties
Tobacco group takes $4.1bn writedown and ends distribution deal with e-cigarette maker
Friday, 3 January, 2020

FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
E-cigarette rules, 2020 donors, plastic waste tax
US regulators unveil long-awaited restrictions on some flavoured e-cigarettes
Friday, 3 January, 2020

Analysis
Are the UK’s rules on e-cigarettes too lax?
Over 20 countries have banned vaping but it is seen as much safer than tobacco in the UK
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Thursday, 2 January, 2020

US health officials unveil e-cigarette restrictions
Critics complain policy targeting some flavoured cartridges does not go far enough
Friday, 27 December, 2019

Hedge funds
Hedge fund Mudrick prospers despite vaping backlash
Stake in Juul rival Njoy helps distressed investment specialist eye over 20% gain for year
Wednesday, 18 December, 2019

British American Tobacco PLC
BAT banned from Instagram vape ads
Regulator finds Vype brand’s Lily Allen posts broke rules on marketing nicotine products
Wednesday, 27 November, 2019

LombardMatthew Vincent
BAT’s tobacco strength buys some time in smoking’s decline
Margins are healthy but products meant to take cigarettes’ place are not growing fast enough
Wednesday, 27 November, 2019

British American Tobacco PLC
BAT warns e-cigarette sales growth to hit low end of target
Traditional tobacco unit bolstered by greater market share and higher prices
Thursday, 7 November, 2019

Juul Labs
Juul to cease sale of mint vaping products in US
Flavour accounting for 70% of its remaining sales was cited as contributor to teen use
Thursday, 31 October, 2019

Lex
Altria/Juul: coughing up Premium
Until the smoke clears on the vaping regulatory front the pain is unlikely to ease
Thursday, 31 October, 2019

Altria Group Inc
Altria writes down Juul investment by $4.5bn
Tobacco group’s decision comes amid increased concern about health effects of vaping
Wednesday, 30 October, 2019

Juul Labs
Juul faces new claims it put public health at risk
Former executive alleges group shipped 1m ‘contaminated’ nicotine pods for e-cigarettes
Monday, 28 October, 2019

scoutAsia Research
China’s vaping boom faces regulatory risk Premium
Investment has poured into the sector but a clampdown is looming
Sunday, 20 October, 2019

scoutAsia Research
Rowing against tide of e-cigarette prohibition in south-east Asia Premium
Indonesia and the Philippines see vaping technology as answer to tobacco smoking epidemic
Friday, 18 October, 2019

AnalysisFormula One Holdings Ltd
Vaping backlash threatens to brake F1 sponsorship
Scrutiny of e-cigarettes casts cloud over deals between Big Tobacco and motorsports
Thursday, 17 October, 2019

Juul Labs
Juul to stop selling flavoured vaping pods in the US
Move comes as e-cigarette makers face scrutiny over the health effects of vaping
Thursday, 3 October, 2019

LombardMatthew Vincent
Imperial Brands needs some change for the better
News of chief executive’s departure highlights problems the tobacco group faces
Thursday, 3 October, 2019

Imperial Brands
Imperial Brands chief to step down after revenue forecast cut
Alison Cooper to leave tobacco company after a successor is found
Wednesday, 2 October, 2019

John Gapper
Juul and the damage done to e-cigarettes
The US is in danger of lurching from lax oversight of vaping to banning it unwisely