In a severe setback for anti-tobacco lawyers, a Florida jury cleared RJReynolds Tobacco of all blame for the death of smoker Jean Connor, concluding that she...
Archive - June 2005
Austria Tabak AG, the Austrian tobacco manufacturer, has purchased the remaining 20 per cent of the shares of German-based wholesaler tobaccoland
The managing director of Philip Morris Russia, Mr Kursat Kocdag, has announced that the company is planning to invest around US$ 300 million in Russia over the...
Tabacalera, the Spanish state-controlled tobacco group awaiting further privatisation, has revised its profit figures for last year to show a sharper, 16 per...
The first international conference on the Russian packaging industry will be held in Moscow from 24 to 25 of June 1997
GD Enveloppeuses Automatiques, France, has a new address since May 5, 1997: Tour Lyon-Bercy 173, rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, tel
The German association of tobacco wholesalers and vending machine operators (BDTA) has agreed on a voluntary ban of cigarette vending machines in the vicinity...
Hail & Cotton has recently announced the appointment of Mr Rick Coyte as its new chief operating officer
The House Committee on Ways and Means, chaired by representative Exequiel Javier, is blaming the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for the latest wave of...
Cigarette manufacturer Tabak AS, 77.6 per cent owned by Philip Morris, and the 100 per cent Reemstma-owned Slovak subsidiary Slovak International Tabak have...
Perfect Blends (Nepal) PVT Ltd, which belongs to the Nepalese food and beer group Chaudhary, will start production at a new cigarette manufacturing plant in...
Nowea International, the German trade fair organisation of the largest worldwide packaging fair “Interpack“ in Düsseldorf, FRG, is promoting an...
After 1 June 1997 the sale of cigarette packs which do not bear tax stamps will be banned
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (TTM) is awaiting a formal decision from the finance ministry to defer or scrap its plan to build a new cigarette factory in...
The US Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to a ban on billboards that advertise cigarettes or alcoholic beverages in public places frequented...
A new general advertising law has been approved by the Hungarian parliament
According to a recent interview with President Shevardnadze, the Georgian presidential economics council has drafted legislation on excise taxation of...
The losses caused by smuggling and counterfeiting of cigarettes in Brazil amount to R$ 1.2 billion, according to government sources and tobacco industry...
After January 1, 1998, a new law will prohibit smoking while driving in Polish cities
Japan Tobacco has announced that former executive vice president Mr Morihiko Sometani has been appointed senior vice president