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Archive - June 2005
Increased sales by WD & HO Wills’ flagship brand Horizon lifted the earnings of the Australian cigarette maker for the first six months of 1997 by A$ 6.8...
The Egyptian minister of public health has officially reduced the average tar content of cigarettes in the country from 20 to 15 mg
Cigarette vendors in Beijing have been ordered to remove 300 posters, awnings and other advertisements for overseas tobacco brands which were said to be...
The main religious leader of Egypt, Sheik Nasir Farid Wasil, has prohibited Egyptian muslims to smoke
German based Julius Glatz GmbH has been awarded ISO 9001 certification
SPP, one of Sweden’s largest insurers, said it had become the country’s first institutional investor to seek assurances from Swedish Match, the cigarette...
A new EU directive for advertising of tobacco products could be approved in December with far-reaching restrictions for any forms of tobacco advertising
At a ceremony on September 24, 1997 in Cairo, Egypt, the Greek ambassador decorated the chairman of the Egyptian cigarette manufacturer Eastern Co, Eng
German cigarette manufacturer Reemtsma has been awarded the German WebOscar 1997 for “best graphic design” for the homepage of its West brand
Spanish tobacco manufacturer Tabacalera and its French counterpart Seita have signed the strategic agreement to co-operate in international markets
Exceptional charges totalling nearly US$ 332 million for settling tobacco litigation cases pushed BAT’s nine-month pre-tax profits down
Finnish pulp and paper giant, UPM-Kymmene, has acquired the Blandin Paper Company of the USA from Fletcher Challenge Canada Ltd
The Greek-based tobacco manufacturer Karelia reported an increase of the company’s exports and posted a 52 per cent sales increase for the first six months...
Philip Morris has launched a new “electronic smoking system” which is intended to make smoking more socially acceptable
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The Brazilian Tobacco Growers’ Association (Afubra) has given continuation to its environmental project directed at children of tobacco growers in southern...
Seita, the French tobacco group, reported an 8.6 per cent fall from FFr 389.6 million to FFr 356 (US$ 60 million) in half-year profits
Philip Morris suffered a 15 per cent fall in net earnings to US$ 1.4 billion for the first nine months of 1997
The leaders of the world’s two representative tobacco growers’ associations have met for the first time in Paris