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“The quality is decisive”
05 Jul 2010.
Binette Brasser, managing director of De Olifant
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Coping without support
05 Jul 2010.
Already facing financial losses under the second stage of CAP reform, Polish tobacco farmers in 2010 are also missing out on available EU funds because their government missed a deadline in 2009. It is currently a matter of dispute as to whether Poland can re-apply for 2011.
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Beginner’s guide to EU Common Agricultural Policy
05 Jul 2010.
Including a timeline of measures under pillar one.
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“Our farmers are angry”
05 Jul 2010.
Interview with Przemysław Noworyta, director of the Polish Tobacco Growers Association.
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| Global compass |
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United States | Operating in a difficult environment
04 Jul 2010.
The two top tobacco manufacturers in the United States are charting new territory owing to excise tax increases and future tobacco product regulation by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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Denmark | Major tobacco tax increases planned
04 Jul 2010.
Denmark’s perceived neutrality towards the tobacco sector may be about to change under Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s ambitious targets.
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Greece | Austerity and rising prices choke smokers
04 Jul 2010.
The Greeks, the heaviest smokers in the European Union (EU), and by some counts in the world, may be about to reduce their consumption significantly, as taxation rises steeply owing to the country’s ongoing financial crisis.
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Japan | Losing the “smokers’ heaven” status
04 Jul 2010.
Change toward restrictions and disapproval of smoking seems to be finally coming, slower than it has occurred in other countries, but happening nonetheless.
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Depriving beetles of oxygen
04 Jul 2010.
Controlled atmosphere (CA) is a pest control method that does not use chemicals. Coresta confirmed that the technology is a safe alternative to phosphine fumigation and is now running final tests to set up scientific standards.
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Leaf perspectives
04 Jul 2010.
Antonio Abrunhosa, chief executive of the International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA), on the recent development in leaf tobacco prices.
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“Land reform is a total disaster”
04 Jul 2010.
TJI interview with Roy Bennett, Zimbabwe’s yet to be sworn in deputy minister of agriculture.
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Domestic markets are the beacon in difficult times
06 Jul 2010.
Whilst the international market for tobacco machinery remains weak, Asian manufacturers are taking advantage of the relative healthy state of the tobacco industry in Asia.
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Most wanted: flexibility
05 Jul 2010.
Machinery manufacturers focus on solutions for special cigarette packs, but have also discovered other tobacco products as an ever more important segment.
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| Components |
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Filters | The multiple assets of filters
06 Jul 2010.
While the quest for tobacco harm reduction continues to be a key driver, slim and super slim filters are becoming increasingly sought after.
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Australia prepares to break global ground
06 Jul 2010.
Australia’s tobacco industry can be expected to put up a strong fight against a federal government proposal to mandate plain packaging for its products.
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Iran faces major tobacco smuggling problem
05 Jul 2010.
Iran may be a democratic theocracy, but it certainly does not take the moral high ground when it comes to tobacco smuggling.
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Where is the tobacco industry heading in 2010?
04 Jul 2010.
In the second of a three-part analysis, Don Hedley looks at immediate prospects for some of the key tobacco markets, based on Euromonitor International’s latest research findings, and speculates on the most likely takeover targets.
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| Products & trends |
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New snus measuring methods developed
09 Sep 2010.
British American Tobacco (BAT) has developed methods for measuring constituents in smokeless tobacco products.
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A better scientific panel?
09 Sep 2010.
The composition of the FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) has caused controversy. In June, a group of public health advocates in the US founded a counter organisation.
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“Run as a religious movement”
09 Sep 2010.
TJI interview with Professor Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences, Boston University School of Public Health.
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Welcome to the land of blarney
09 Sep 2010.
Irish smoking policies are turning sour.
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Religion and smoking do not always mix well
09 Sep 2010.
As the war waged against smoking by public health activists sometimes resembles a crusade, what do the leading religions in the world think about the consumption of tobacco among believers?
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Even snus far superior to NRTs for quitting
09 Sep 2010.
A recent study from Norway finds snus most common method for quitting.
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Breaking the glass ceiling in the tobacco industry
09 Sep 2010.
Alison Cooper’s accession to chief executive of Britain’s Imperial Tobacco in May 2010 put the UK tobacco industry in an unfamiliar position...
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Zerostyle Mint blasts Japanese market
09 Sep 2010.
Sales of the Zerostyle Mint, a new smokeless product that contains menthol-flavoured leaf, have far exceeded expectations and production is now being ramped up to meet demand.
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Smoking is the most common cause of statistics
06 Jul 2010.
In part one of our report on the potential misuse of science we reported on the “flimsy” science conjured up by the FDA to support their import restrictions on e-cigarettes. Two months later a federal court in the US ruled the FDA had overstepped the mark.
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| Events |
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Spotlight on FDA regulation
04 Jul 2010.
The 95th annual meeting of the Tobacco Merchants Association was again held in tranquil Williamsburg, Virginia, US, from 23 to 25 May 2010. The dominant hot topic: evidence-based science and regulation of the tobacco industry.
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The filter room in the limelight
04 Jul 2010.
“The filter of tomorrow” was the main theme of International Tobacco Machinery’s (ITM) ten-day open house event in Poland.
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German best-seller
04 Jul 2010.
Members of the tobacco industry have made their choice. As this issue of TJI went to the printer, 70 companies had already reserved space at World Tobacco Expo 2011 in Munich.
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Coming up soon: Asia’s biggest tobacco show
04 Jul 2010.
From 27 to 29 October 2010, the Balai Sidang Jakarta Convention Centre in Indonesia will host the next big regional event for the tobacco industry: World Tobacco Asia 2010.
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