13 Nov 2018.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has decided not to renew partnerships with the tobacco industry through which it had received funding for projects on child labour and workers' rights, according to global development media platform Devex.
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UNITED KINGDOM
Tonnes of illicit tobacco seized in Northern Ireland
13 Nov 2018.
Police and customs authorities seized around ten tonnes of loose tobacco and 411,000 illicit cigarettes from a commercial premises in the Newry area in Northern Ireland, the Belfast Telegraph reported.
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UNITED STATES
FDA plan shakes tobacco stocks
13 Nov 2018.
The stock market value of cigarette makers British American Tobacco (BAT) and Imperial Brands slipped by a combined GBP 8.6 billion (EUR 9.8 billion) after US regulators proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes and most flavoured e-cigarettes, The Guardian reported.
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Juul Labs pulls flavoured products
13 Nov 2018.
Juul Labs, maker of the popular Juul e-cigarette, announced it would stop selling most of its flavoured e-cigarettes at retail and would also halt social media promotions, The New York Times reported.
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UNITED KINGDOM
Imperial appoints non-exec director
12 Nov 2018.
Imperial Brands has announced that Sue Clark will join the board as an independent non-executive director on 1 December 2018 in a company press release.
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UNITED STATES
AOI to consolidate US operations
08 Nov 2018.
Alliance One International (AOI), the tobacco leaf merchant business of Pyxus International, has announced it plans to consolidate US tobacco processing operations to its Wilson, North Carolina facility.
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UNITED KINGDOM
Imperial’s revenue rises
08 Nov 2018.
In Imperial Brand’s preliminary results for the reporting period which ended 30 September 2018, the company announced that tobacco and Next Generation Products (NGPs) net revenue increased by 2.1 per cent, even though total tobacco volume was 3.6 per cent down on last year.
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Comin to succeed Wheaton at BAT
07 Nov 2018.
British American Tobacco (BAT) has appointed Luciano Comin to succeed Kingsley Wheaton as the company’s Regional Director for the Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa (AMSSA) region, the company said in a press release.
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SPAIN
Raids net EUR 22 million in counterfeit
02 Nov 2018.
Police raided four cigarette factories that had been producing counterfeit sticks and seized cigarette cartons worth EUR 22 million (USD 25 million), English-language newspaper Euro Weekly reported.
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WORLD
WHO says air pollution the ‘new tobacco'
31 Oct 2018.
The World Health Organisaiton (WHO) chief has labelled air pollution ‘the new tobacco’, according to a story by The Guardian, which stated bad air quality now causes more deaths annually than tobacco.
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