27 Sep 2016.
Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor (TTL) will turn the site of its 97-factory in downtown Taipei into a mixed-used park, allowing the state monopoly to cut losses and build a new headquarters, the Taipei Times said.
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INDIA
Tobacco retailers ask Modi for FCTC representation
27 Sep 2016.
Tobacco retailers have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for representation at the November plenary session of the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), according to an Asian News International (ANI) report.
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JAPAN
JT plans Ploom national launch next year
25 Sep 2016.
Japan Tobacco (JT) plans to launch Ploom Tech in cities across Japan next year to challenge Philip Morris International’s iQOS heat-not-burn product, Reuters reported.
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ITALY
PMI opens heat-not-burn factory
25 Sep 2016.
Philip Morris International inaugurated a production-scale factory for heat-not-burn products capable of producing 30 billion units a year, the company said.
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UNITED STATES
Smoking causes long lasting DNA damage
21 Sep 2016.
Damage to DNA from smoking fades over time but remains present for decades and possibly forever, according to a study reviewed in an American Heart Association journal and cited by NBC News.
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NJoy files for bankruptcy
21 Sep 2016.
E-cigarette maker NJoy has asked a Delaware federal court for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing an accumulated debt of USD 234.4 million (EUR 209.7 million), the New York Post reported.
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ZIMBABWE
Chinese farmers move into tobacco production
19 Sep 2016.
Chinese growers are taking over operation of local tobacco farms and investing substantial sums to turn around two decades of mismanagement since the properties were seized from their white owners, the NZ Herald said.
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UNITED STATES
Former House speaker Boehner joins RAI
19 Sep 2016.
Former House of Representatives speaker John Boehner was named to the board of directors at Reynolds American (RAI), where he will serve on the panel for corporate government, nominating and sustainability, the company said.
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ZIMBABWE
Gold Leaf appeals RG court ban
13 Sep 2016.
South African cigarette maker Gold Leaf Tobacco asked the Zimbabwean Supreme Court to overturn a High Court bar to the company selling its RG brand on the local market, The Herald said.
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UNITED STATES
FDA seeks TPSAC voting members
12 Sep 2016.
The Food and Drug Administration is taking applications for voting members to serve on the expert panel of advisors to the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, the agency announced.
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