June cigarette shipments are estimated to increase by 50 per cent over the same time last year as the nation braces for a rise in the price of tobacco...
Archive - June 2006
There is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke, according to a new report issued by the US Surgeon General.
The European Commission has established a panel of experts to investigate the possible health risks and benefits associated with the use of snus, a smokeless...
The European Commission said it is stepping up action against Belgium and France for fixing minimum retail prices of cigarettes.
The European Commission dropped a lawsuit against Britain for violating EU rules by seizing and taxing cheaper alcohol and tobacco products bought by...
British American Tobacco is to extend its test markets for smokeless Swedish-style snus and open its own snus research facility, underlining its commitment to...
The number of undeclared cigarettes seized by customs authorities has increased significantly following a tobacco tax hike earlier this year.
The founder of the Oettinger Davidoff Group, Dr Ernst Schneider, has decided to step down as the chairman of the Oettinger Imex board of directors effective 1...
According to a Rustabak trade news agency report, Australian packaging giant Amcor Rentsch plans to invest Euro 20 million in a tobacco packaging plant in...
Agrocom Holding that incorporates, among other companies, Donskoy Tabak cigarette making facility and its sale branch, plans to increase cigarette output to 22...
Cigarettes prices will be registered at the finance ministry and the government will not fix their prices, reports Sofia News Agency.
In the gubernatorial elections in California on 7 November 2006, voters will decide whether to bump the price of smokes by US$ 2.60 a pack.
The impending launch of Skoal Dry smokeless tobacco pouches is likely to spell the end of UST's five-year experiment with Revel, a similar product...
As of 1 July 2006, the new law on tobacco control takes effect in Latvia. Smoking will be prohibited in all types of public cultural, educational, sport...
Despite a setback in the US Supreme Court, Cuban cigar company Cubatobaco, the Cuban cigar company, announced today that it will continue to fight for the...
The Illinois Supreme Court on Monday returned some of the massive appeal bond that Philip Morris USA posted in a lawsuit over the company's...
New Jersey would require cigarettes sold in-state have extra fire protections under a measure advanced 12 June 2006 in the assembly.
Starting on 1 January, all Louisiana restaurants will be smokefree.
Tobacco companies on 15 June 2006 asked a federal judge in Boston to dismiss a lawsuit filed against them by the United Seniors Association claiming that the...
Germany's legal challenge against an EU law banning tobacco advertising should be dismissed, Philippe Leger, the advocate general at the EU's top...