The association of Russian tobacco distributors Grandtabak is reported to be disbanded.
Archive - March 2006
JT International has launched its new global cigarette brand, Wings by Winston, in Russia.
The offer values the entire issued share capital of DLG at approximately GBP 6.45 million. ETD is incorporated as a societe anonyme in Luxembourg and is a...
The number of cigarettes sold in the United States in 2005 fell to the lowest level in 55 years.
A group of US investors led by Carl Icahn and Warren Lichtenstein said on Thursday it may raise the bid price for KT&G, boosting shares in South Korea's...
US cigarette sales last year fell to their lowest level since 1951, but this should not jeopardise the US$ 206 billion settlement states reached with tobacco...
BAT's corporate and regulatory affairs director, Michael Prideaux, said they have abandoned their growth plans for China, and are now focusing their...
British American Tobacco, the world’s second-largest cigarette maker, plans to sell about € 1 bn of bonds in euros and sterling.
Puerto Rico governor Anibal Acevedo Vila signed a bill today that makes Puerto Rico the 13th US state/district/territory to go smokefree, joining California...
Arista Laboratories has announced the appointment of Dr Bradley K. Norwood to the position of laboratory director of its site in Richmond, Virginia.
Donskoy Tabak, the largest Russian independent cigarette maker, produced 15.8 billion cigarettes in 2005; 1.4 billion cigarettes were exported, 40 per cent up...
The Republic Group, whose members provide make-your-own and roll-your-own tobacco and accessories, has announced the launch of a filter tubes company based in...
India's finance minister P. Chidambaram presented the annual budget to the Indian parliament yesterday, proposing a tax increase of 5 per cent on...
Beginning today, Uruguay becomes the first country in Latin America to go smokefree.
Sales of BAT Russia reached 73 billion cigarettes in 2005, 12 per cent up from 2004, informed managing director John Taylor.