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  By Richa Naidu
  
  LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - Philip Morris International's $16 billion bid for smaller rival Swedish Match highlights
  the urgency among cigarette makers to tap new and potentially less
  harmful alternatives as regulation and health concerns snuff out
  traditional smokes.
  
  Marlboro maker Philip Morris agreed on Wednesday to
  buy Swedish Match, one of the world's biggest makers of oral nicotine products.
  These include Snus - a sucked tobacco product the firm says is less harmful than smoking - as well as Zyn nicotine pouches, which are used the same way and tobacco-free.
  
  
  Both are niche products, but are growing, with Swedish Match's almost 50% share of
  the global tobacco-free oral nicotine market putting it ahead of both
  British American Tobacco and Altria Group in that
  category.
  
  Thomas Russo, managing partner at Gardner Russo & Gardner which owns shares in both Philip Morris (PMI)
  and Swedish Match, welcomed the tie-up as opening a "new field" for PMI's smoke-free products, which include iQOS tobacco heating devices.
  
  
  
  "It's a deal that would continue industry consolidation that's been underway for the past decade," he said.
  
  
  Russo's U.S. investment firm has a 0.47% stake
  in PMI and a 0.09% holding in Swedish Match, according to Refinitiv data.
  
  
  Tobacco companies have scrambled over the past decade
  to find new markets as regulators crack down on cigarettes and more people quit smoking due to the health risks.
  
  
  Snus - a Swedish-style snuff - is a moist, smoke-free tobacco product that is placed
  behind the upper lip, either loose or in portioned sachets.
  The global market for snus increased from 7,000 tonnes
  in 2008 to nearly 10,000 tonnes in 2019, according to
  data firm Euromonitor.
  
  In 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the
  marketing of Swedish Match's Snus as less harmful than cigarettes.
  
  
  DEALMAKING
  
  The possible PMI-Swedish Match deal is the latest in a string of investments by the $900 billion-plus tobacco industry in potentially lower risk products, including
  e-cigarettes and tobacco heating devices.
  
  Euromonitor estimates the global market for smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and
  heated tobacco was about $67 billion in 2021, nearly three times the
  size it was in 2016.
  
  PMI Chief Executive Jacek Olczak said last year his company had spent more than $8 billion on reduced risk products since it began developing them a decade ago.
  
  
  He said then that PMI would reach its 2025 target for 50% of sales from smoke-free products by growing its existing business, rather than acquisitions.
  
  
  But buying Swedish Match, would give PMI - which was spun off from
  Altria in 2008 - an established U.S. market and distribution system, Bernstein analyst Callum Elliot said.
  
  
  
  "That said, the deal hasn't gone through yet," Elliot added.
  
  "I imagine that Swedish Match is a business that could be appealing to other players within the industry, and we wouldn't be surprised to see a counter bid from other companies, particularly Japan Tobacco Inc."
  
  A Japan Tobacco spokesperson said the company does not comment on rumours or speculation.
  
  COMPETITION
  
  PMI, the No.3 cigarette company in 2020 after China
  National Tobacco Corp and British American Tobacco (BAT), has not been alone in its attempts to expand beyond combustible tobacco.
  
  
  
  News of its move on Swedish Match sent Altria shares
  down about 9% on Tuesday as investors worried about a step up in competition for the U.S.
  company.
  
  In 2018, Altria bought a 35% stake in e-cigarette company Juul Labs Inc
  for $12.8 billion. A year later, it bought 80% of Burger Söhne Holding AG,
  allowing it to distribute the Swiss company's On! oral nicotine pouches.
  
  
  Other rivals are watching with interest.
  
  "We think a multi-category strategy in tobacco and nicotine is the right one," BAT's chief marketing
  officer Kingsley Wheaton told Reuters on Tuesday.
  
  
  BAT is the world No.2 in tobacco-free oral nicotine products behind
  Swedish Match. Sales at its "new categories" division jumped 51%
  to 2.05 billion pounds ($2.52 billion) last year, helped by its e-cigarettes
  and oral nicotine products.
  
  The London-listed company is aiming for the division to reach revenues of 5 billion pounds, and profitability,
  by 2025.
  
  "As our business transforms, our portfolio transforms, and, so too, our competitive landscape will evolve," Wheaton said.
  
  
  While PMI is pursing Swedish Match, other rivals prefer to go it alone.
  
  
  Imperial Brands is focusing on developing its own products in the heated
  tobacco market, particularly in Europe, a spokesperson said.
  
  
  But there is still all to play for.
  
  "The whole next-generation product space is still very nascent - no one in the industry has yet created any next generation product which really, fully replicates the experience of a smoked cigarette or a traditional cigarette," the spokesperson said.
  
  
  ($1 = 0.8131 pounds)
  
  (Reporting by Richa Naidu Additional reporting by Rocky
  Swift in Tokyo Editing by Josephine Mason and Mark Potter)
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  US pop star Lady Gaga has taken on a track known best to Aussies
  as the opening theme to the iconic comedy series Kath & Kim.
  
  
  The song, originally written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1964 stage musical The Roar Of The Greasepaint - The Smell Of The Crowd, is performed by Gaga for
  her film Joker: Folie à Deux.
  
  To most Australians, it is the bold and brassy version sung by Gina Riley, who also plays Kimberly Diane 'Kim'
  Craig (née Day) in the legendary comedy.
  
  Before being immortalised in to the fabric of Australian pop culture, thanks to
  Gina's  rendition, the song had been covered by the likes of Shirley
  Bassey in 1968 and Sammy Davis Jr in 1965.
  
  And now, the Born This Way hitmaker has taken a stab at the track - with
  the results markedly different to the brassy feel of the Kath & Kim version.
  
  Gaga's take, which also features on her new album Harlequin,
  is a much more  stripped back that builds to a crescendo
  thanks to rocking guitars.
  
  Speaking to Today Extra about the track, Kath & Kim star Peter Rowsthorn joked that he was
  'constantly' hounded by the US pop star regarding the track.
  
  
  'She's constantly calling me, so I know she's a big fan,' Pete, who play's Kim's
  on-again-off-again husband Brett in the series, said. 
  
  
  
  
  US pop star Lady Gaga has taken on a track known best to Aussies as the
  theme tune to the iconic comedy series Kath & Kim for
  her film Joker: Folie à Deux
  
  'I said to Gaga, "If you want to do it, it's up to you. I'm the fifth banana in this thing".'
  
  Peter went on to mention that he did have a favourite between the two renditions.
  
  
  'I believe the Gina Riley version, or the "Kim" version, is the better version.' 
  
  The Today Show posted a short clip featuring the Gaga's version over the Kath and Kim title sequence to Instagram and viewers were quick to issue their shock at the surprising cover version.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  To most Australians, it is the bold and brassy version sung by Gina Riley (left), who also plays Kim Craig in the legendary comedy.
  
  Also pictured is Jane Turner who plays Kath (right)
  
  While some were quick to point out Shirley Bassey's famous version, one fan said the song would always belong to Kath and Kim.
  
  
  'Who cares about Shirley it's iconic because it's the Kath and Kim theme song,' they
  wrote.
  
  'I cannot take Gaga seriously with this song hahahaha.' 
  
  Another did not hold back in their criticism of the Poke Face singer with: 'Totally sucks.
  
  Another flop of an album from Gaga. She'll probably
  ruin joker sequel too.' 
  
  
  
  
  The Born This Way hitmaker has taken a stab at the track and the
  results are markedly different to the brassy feel of the Kath & Kim version
  
  
  
  
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  Joaquin Phoenix encouraged Lady Gaga 'to sing poorly' in Joker sequel
  
  
  Kath & Kim, written and performed by Gina Riley and Jane Turner, ran on the ABC
  across three seasons from 2002 to 2005.
  
  The lauded sit-com which also starred Magda Szubanski,
  Glenn Robbins and Peter Rowsthorn went on to become one of Australia's
  most beloved comedies.
  
  The hit comedy also boasted a litany of high-profile guest stars including Kylie Minogue, Little Britain's Matt Lucas, Eric Bana, and cricket
  icon Shane Warne.
  
  Gaga, whose birth name is Stefani Germanotta, stars as Harley opposite Joaquin's Joker in the psychological thriller musical.
  
  
  However, the musical has received mixed reviews from critics, while fans took to social
  media to claim that the songstress is at risk of losing her
  acting career.
  
  
  
  
  Speaking to Today Extra about the track, Kath & Kim star Peter Rowsthorn revealed he
  was being 'constantly hounded by the US pop star while admitting
  he had a clear favourite
  
  
  
  Lady GagaShirley Bassey
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