GSK's proposed usage for mouth spray product – reducing withdrawal symptoms, including nicotine craving – differs little from the first NRT product approved in US in 1984. Additional suggested label instructions primarily focus on stating NRTs can be used to reduce smoking or gradually stop tobacco use as opposed to quitting within a specified amount of time.

Marina Karp joins CHPA as its first director of health policy; UFC welterweight Colby Covington signs on with Cannafornia CBD; "body activist" Ashley Graham is an Olly Nutrition brand ambassador; and Pink's husband, Carey Hart, inspires Next Green Wave's CBD line.

AHPA supports 2020 Smithsonian Folklife Festival ginseng program; NPA offers to help Amazon following its notification of potentially counterfeit Align probiotics sold; CRN Day of Science tackles "Healthy Aging"; UNPA partners with hemp industry group; Expo East Herb Walk goes to Green Farmacy; CHPA Educational Foundation KnowYourOTCs campaign named "Social Media Campaign of Year" by PR Daily; and AHPA publishes California Prop 65 compliance guidance for CBD marketers.

Amid global recession fears, Lauder anticipates continued double-digit growth in fiscal 2020 in China and travel retail, albeit at slower rates than seen in recent years. The firm booked 9% reported sales growth to roughly $14.9bn for the fiscal 2019 full year, fueled by a record-setting innovation program.

Launches announced in August include Clarisonic Mia Men, the brand’s first cleansing device specifically engineered for men’s thicker skin and beard, and Act Of Being, touted as “America’s first 100% vegan men’s grooming and skin-care brand.” Fragrances from Ariana Grande and Vince Camuto debut, along with Moroccanoil Color Depositing Masks and Avon Products’ True 5-in-1 Lash Genius mascara.

Personal Care Products Council exec Tom Myers says it’s crucial that industry be involved now, ahead of proposed rulemaking expected from California’s “clean air agency” in 2020, to inform the Air Resources Board about reformulation challenges and opportunities to reduce levels of volatile organic compounds in line with state goals.

Hairburst’s hair-growth and hair-loss prevention claims on cosmetic products are inadequately substantiated, and many of the health claims it uses to promote food supplements are unauthorized, the Advertising Standards Authority says in a 14 Aug. decision.

E-commerce, Asia and travel retail continue to fuel gains at L’Oreal, which just posted its strongest first-half like-for-like growth in more than a decade. Skin care remains a key driver as well, offsetting a global slowdown in makeup that has hit the firm’s US business hardest, with little improvement expected this year.

Large beer and beverage firms partner with hemp cultivators to compete in fledgling US CBD-infused beverage market, which is estimated to reach $1.4bn sales by 2023. Many firms are working on R&D or have completed products and are waiting for a clear regulatory pathway from FDA before launch.

FDA and CDC Analysis of the 20,791 adverse event reports for vitamins, minerals and supplements from 2006 through 2015 found that 3,962, 19.1%, indicated swallowing problems and the 10 products most commonly identified in the reports all exceeded 17 mm, or 0.67 inch, in length.

Marina Karp joins CHPA as its first director of health policy; UFC welterweight Colby Covington signs on with Cannafornia CBD; "body activist" Ashley Graham is an Olly Nutrition brand ambassador; and Pink's husband, Carey Hart, inspires Next Green Wave's CBD line.

On International Self-Care Day, HBW Insight speaks exclusively to Alan Main, chairman of the Global Self-Care Federation and executive vice-president of Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, about the growing importance of self-care and the increasingly vital role it plays in sustaining and sustainable healthcare systems.