The European Commission is to ban traditional cigarettes by 2009-10, thereby forcing smokers to buy 'fire-safe' cigarettes.
Archive - May 2007
Economy minister Temístocles Montás admitted that increasing taxes on cigarettes, beer and rum was a mistake, highlighting the need to modify the tax hike...
Two of Nigeria’s states, Kano and Lagos, are suing British American Tobacco in order to recover the costs incurred by smoking-induced diseases, seeking...
The number of smokers in Thailand has decreased by 38 percent in the past 15 years due to the government's success in enforcing anti-smoking laws...
An Eurobarometer survey on tobacco, published in Brussels on Tuesday, shows that a ban on smoking in indoor public places is supported by 88 per cent of EU...
Scandinavian Tobacco (ST) announced yesterday that its Dutch based company, ST Cigar Group Holding B.V., will acquire Belgian cigar company...
Reynolds American Inc, the second-largest tobacco company in the United States, will end a joint venture between its subsidiary R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CV and...
The Latvian government decided on Tuesday to follow the directives proposed by the health ministry. Thus, graphic health warnings on cigarette packs will be...
Judge Nicholas Byron, whose judgement in a lawsuit over light cigarettes against Philip Morris USA had been rejected on appeal, has asked the Court of Illinois...
Saudi Arabia is to sue international tobacco companies for the sum of over US$ 2 billion in damages.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued an instruction banning smoking and the sale of tobacco products in offices, production facilities and other work...
After police raided Bulgartabac’s offices on Wednesday, prosecutors launched pre-trial proceedings against officials from Bulgaria's tobacco monopoly...
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld on Wednesday complaints against the Department of Health for its anti-smoking advertising campaign.
Venezuelan health minister Erick Rodríguez denied reports of a pending ban on tobacco production, saying local media had taken his words out of context.
The proportion of males in Japan who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes or who had the habit for more than six months fell to 39.3 per cent in 2005, 4...
Philip Morris GmbH will leave the Association of German Cigarette Manufacturers (Verband der Cigarettenindustrie) at the end of 2007.
In a study published in The Lancet on Tuesday, the World Health Organization is accused of carrying out guidelines lacking basic evidence.
Last Tuesday, trade unions opposed the entry of foreign direct investment in the country's tobacco sector and asked the government not to carry out such...
Venezuela plans to end tobacco production in order to force consumers to buy high-priced, imported cigarettes announced Health Minister Erick Rodriguez. The...
Excise tax rates for cigarettes in the premium market segment are to be raised in Belarus as of 1 June 2007 and indexed once in a quarter, as specified in a...