Sweden’s government has increased the tobacco tax which doubled cigarette prices per pack to US$ 6 in 1997
Archive - June 2005
The Philip Morris Krasnodar factory will begin producing the Chesterfield brand, the first hard-pack brand to be made in the factory following its...
According to local media report, on July 1, 1997 Kuwait raised customs levies on tobacco products to 70 per cent from 50 per cent
The main religious leader of Egypt, Sheik Nasir Farid Wasil, has prohibited Egyptian muslims to smoke
The French tobacco manufacturer Seita increased net profits by 15 per cent in 1996 to FF 786 million; turnover reached FF 17.4 billion
The UK government is to look at cutting the maximum level of nicotine in cigarettes, placing tougher restrictions on the location of vending machines and...
The Dutch-based Golden Leaf International B.V
The turnover of the cigar and bicycle manufacturer Villiger Söhne Holding AG amounted to SF 145.5 million in 1996; cigar and cigarillo production amounted to...
A press release from the ministry of agriculture stated that the Malaysian government has commenced a programme to find alternative crops for tobacco growers...
Siegling GmbH, a subsidiary of the Swedish Forbo group based in Hannover, Germany, has signed a joint venture agreement in Shenyang (China) for the...
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, the US-based manufacturer of speciality papers, reported that its second quarter net income for 1997 reached US$ 12.7 million...
Martin L
Smokers bear the whole responsibility for their health problems caused by tobacco consumption – this is what the majority of US citizens believes according...
The Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (TTM), which virtually controls the country’s cigarette market, will increase prices following the bath substantial...
The 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, which was opened by the Chinese leader Jiang Zemin (photo), reported to an international congress in August in...
BAT (Uganda) sold 1.72 billion cigarettes and made an annual contribution to the national exchequer of USgs 44.7 trillion in 1996, according to company sources
Rothmans has announced the opening of a new cigarette manufacturing plant in the Konnaya Lakhta industrial zone, located 32 km northwest of St
A bill introduced by the German parliament for the “protection of non-smokers” failed to pass the lower house’s agricultural parliamentary committee
Mrs Els Borst, the Dutch health minister, has proposed tighter restrictions for the consumption of tobacco products in the Netherlands
Cigarette vendors in Beijing have been ordered to remove 300 posters, awnings and other advertisements for overseas tobacco brands which were said to be...