The slims/superslims segment of the cigarette market has been registering a yearly increase of up to 30 per cent and has grown threefold since 2004, reports...
Archive - July 2007
The Madern Group announced last week the purchase of Xynatech, Inc., a major supplier of wrap-around plates and dies used for the converting of paper and...
The Nairobi City Council has banned smoking in all public places, including offices, hotels, bars, public parks and on the streets.
Germany's Association of German Cigarette Manufacturers announced at its general meeting on Thursday, 28 June, that it will discontinue its operations.
A new law went into effect in England on 1 July, banning the smoking of cigarettes, cigars and pipes, including water pipes also known as shisha and hookah...
Canada's top court upheld a law limiting tobacco advertising on Thursday, ruling that though the restrictions limited a cigarette firm's right to...
The European Commission requested Austria, Poland and Italy to change legislation setting minimum retail prices for cigarettes, arguing that the minimum prices...
Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco International have increased their cigarette production by 10.3 and 19.6 per cent respectively over the first five months of...
State Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office has accused Greek company, Sekap S.A., of illegally selling almost 1 million cigarettes in West Virginia...
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. won a ruling that two Star Scientific Inc. patents covering a formula for reducing carcinogens in tobacco are unenforceable.
The Altria Group announced plans to close its Cabarrus plant in North Carolina by the end of 2010, transferring production for Philip Morris International...
The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal by Lorillard Tobacco involving the sale of counterfeit Newport cigarettes.
British American Tobacco (BAT) started contract manufacturing of its international brand, Pall Mall, with the Grodno-based tobacco plant, Neman.
The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider reinstating Maine's law aimed at regulating Internet sales of cigarettes in order to prevent minors from...
Due to low production, Malawi's tobacco sales are expected to close two months earlier than planned.
Founder and president of Miami-based General Tobacco, Vidal Suriel, announced that the company will open a new manufacturing facility in Rockingham County...
Canada’s Supreme Court will rule this Thursday on the constitutionality of federal restrictions on tobacco advertising.
The West Indian Tobacco Company (Witco) has ceased production of its cigarette brands Mt Dor, du Maurier Lights and du Maurier Menthol in Trinidad and Tobago.
Burley tobacco sales began on a good note on 20 June with at least 300 bales sold for about USD 1.30 per kg, reports the national daily, The Herald.