Nicotine Products

• RELX warns of fake e-cigarettes in Philippines

  01-Nov-22 - Company says counterfeit e-cigarette products pose serious potential health risks to consumers.

• UK's cost of living crisis 'raising threat of counterfeits'

  25-Oct-22 - Over 4 million fake products with an estimated market value of £111m ($127m) were seized in 2021-2022, says ACTSO.
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  Social selling has empowered counterfeiters: How can you fight back?

  12-Oct-22 - Authentix' VP of online brand protection, Bharat Kapoor, explains how the firm's SIPI service can rev up anticounterfeit programmes.

• Viewpoint: Investigating web data for brand protection purposes

  06-Oct-22 - How can brand owners adopt their own proven best practices to successfully fight online counterfeit sales?

• Bipartisan bills takes aim at illicit funds, but trade bodies kick back

  04-Oct-22 - ENABLERS would boost due diligence, transparency rules for investment advisors, attorneys, accountants, and others.

• SICPA, UbiQD quantum dot security tech nears market

  22-Sep-22 - Two firms have expanded their partnership to "commercialise several security applications" of the technology.

• Another bust made in illicit tobacco 'hub' Belgium

  30-Aug-22 - 57 million cigarettes and 48 tonnes of cut tobacco with a tax value of around €32m were seized in the operation.

• UK IPO names Adam Williams as interim CEO

  13-Jul-22 - Williams replaces Tim Moss, who is due to leave the IPO on September 1, while a permanent CEO is sought.

• Tobacco firms challenge Pakistan's track and trace system

  12-Jul-22 - Companies want to sell packs without unique identifiers after the July 1 deadline set by the Federal Board of Revenue.

• France driving illicit tobacco market in Europe, says KPMG

  28-Jun-22 - Last year, an estimated 35.5bn illicit cigarettes were consumed in Europe, a 3.9 per cent increase on 2020.
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  Traceability: the foundation of optimized supply chains today and for the future

  03-Jun-22 - Global supply chains are facing unprecedented stress, and traceability is the answer to maintaining control, writes Systech's Steve Tallant.

• YPB wins first client for new ProtectCode security feature

  03-Jun-22 - New version of the technology includes an anti-copy feature that makes it almost impossible to replicate, says firm.

• Cost-of-living crisis could fuel illegal cigarette trade

  23-May-22 - People struggling with rising bills could be exploited by rogue traders offering cheap counterfeit tobacco, says LGA.

• Supply chain congestion raising threat of cargo theft

  18-May-22 - Cargo thefts targeting vehicles in transit declined in 2021, but were accompanied by an increase in incidents at storage facilities.

• Dentsu poised to take over UK tobacco track and trace scheme

  13-May-22 - Company will replace De La Rue as the provider of the system, with a scheduled start date of July 1 this year.

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