And Lorillard Inc., the nations third-biggest tobacco company, said Wednesday its third-quarter net income rose 6 percent, as higher prices helped offset a decline of about 2 percent in its cigarette volumes
David Adelman of Morgan Stanley said: 'If plain packaging were adopted in the UK, some other nations would most likely mandate [it] as well.' Adam Spielman, a tobacco analyst at Citigroup, told the publication: 'Plain packaging would level the playing field, making premium brands less attractive to smokers, and would lead to a rapid worsening of the downtrading [falling sales] trend which has been going on for years in the UK, far and away the most expensive country in Europe for smokers.' Tobacco companies fear that introducing the plain packaging would prompt many smokers to abandon the premium brands such as Marlboro and Benson and Hedges, and instead switch to much cheaper makes costing 3.50 to 4

"Such products may not be introduced or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce, and if the product is already on the market, the product must be removed from the market." The agency adds that "FDA's highest enforcement priorities are ENDS products for which no application is pending, including, for example, those with an MDO or those for which no application was submitted." So while Fontem may "expect" that its products will "remain in the market" while it appeals the FDA's decision, the FDA is under no obligation to meet that expectation
This shift raised public health concerns about people substituting one harmful product for another
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