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“We could do so much more by joining efforts”
07 May 2010.
Dr Gérard Collette, president of Rhodia Acetow
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A hot potato
07 May 2010.
The EU recommendations on smoke-free environments, passed on 5 December 2009, are probably the most grotesque attempt at legislation in Europe since World War II.
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A closer look at the EU’s plans
07 May 2010.
Despite clever wording in parts, the message is clear: smokers are to be treated as outcasts and persecuted as criminals.
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Towards a smoke-free Europe
07 May 2010.
European countries are slowly moving towards public place smoking bans. Compulsory legislation through the EU is, however, fraught with difficulties. Just how far have things gone? A status quo of smoking bans in the EU.
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| Global compass |
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Latin America | Riding out the recession
07 May 2010.
In Latin America in 2009, BAT and PMI, the region’s two dominant companies, battled to maintain profits despite declining volumes.
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Romania | A lost battle from the start?
07 May 2010.
An eyewitness report on a police raid of two illegal cigarette factories on the Black Sea coast.
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Cuba | Female consumers in the spotlight
07 May 2010.
In an attempt to reverse the trend, Habanos is introducing a new cigar targeted at women and is exploring new markets.
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Egypt | A free-trade opportunity for the tobacco sector
07 May 2010.
Tobacco products made in Egypt are to enter the European Union (EU) duty free upon ratification of a trade deal negotiated by the European Commission with the Egyptian government.
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World | Increasing controls, but weak enforcement
07 May 2010.
Tobacco executives could be forgiven for thinking there are no countries where they have a relative free hand to sell their products. In fact, there are more than sixty countries without any smoke-free policies.
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Leaf perspectives
07 May 2010.
Antonio Abrunhosa, chief executive of the International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA) on the latest regulatory moves on tobacco ingredients.
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India | Under control and booming
07 May 2010.
Indian FCV is a contradiction in terms because, although production, processing and marketing by auction platform are firmly controlled by central government the commodity is having the ride of its life on a seemingly unstoppable boom.
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United States | Seeking seed certification
07 May 2010.
US growers rely on the purity and quality of tobacco seed; however, laws requiring seed certification do not exist in all of the tobacco-growing states.
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Zimbabwe | A Phoenix from the ashes?
07 May 2010.
The recent attempt at political stability means that Zimbabwe’s leaf tobacco sector is growing again.
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| Manufacturing & technology |
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Optimising primary core processes
07 May 2010.
Manufacturers of primary processing equipment are exploring new, cost-efficient ways to produce more but smaller batches.
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Beyond storing tobacco
07 May 2010.
Providers of transport and logistic services who handle tobacco were not affected by the slump that peers not involved with the product experienced. However, this is not the time to relax, as customers are becoming ever more demanding.
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A boom in paper-made reconstituted tobacco
07 May 2010.
The production of reconstituted tobacco made using the slurry process is not growing as fast as that of the paper-made variety.
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| Components |
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Cutting edge R&D meets design boutique
07 May 2010.
Brand proliferation has fuelled the creative and aesthetic aspect of cigarette design.
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Advanced RFID track and trace in metallurgy
07 May 2010.
Casttronics is the name of a new technology that integrates RFID transponders in die-cast metal parts during manufacturing.
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| Market watch |
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Where is the tobacco industry heading in 2010?
07 May 2010.
In the first of a three-part analysis, Don Hedley, tobacco analyst at Euromonitor International, examines the signposts to 2010 as revealed by the latest company results, deals and pricing strategies.
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| Products & trends |
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Did the product really change?
07 May 2010.
John H. Lauterbach of Lauterbach and Associates, newly elected member of the US Federal Drug Administration’s (FDA) Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee, takes a look at the challenges of cigarette design under FDA regulation.
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FDA committee meets for the first time
07 May 2010.
The FDA has been busy setting up its Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee, as well as issuing a final rule to restrict the access and marketing of tobacco products to youths.
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A flourishing niche
07 May 2010.
Around the globe shisha smoking remains a success story, defying the world’s financial downturn or the attempts to ban water pipe cafés.
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Smokes and folks
07 May 2010.
The sudden eruption of an Icelandic volcano with a hardly pronounceable name in mid April meant the team of TJI was unable to travel to India. Nevertheless, World Tobacco’s exhibition and conference in Hyderabad took place and was a great success. One of the exhibitors, Arun K. Hitkari, kindly summarised his impressions.
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Filter of tomorrow: Open house at ITM Poland
28 Apr 2010.
ITM Poland opens the doors to its brand new filter technology centre between 17 and 27 May 2010.
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