The State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) – the regulator for China's tobacco industry – has approved a plan from Longyan Cigarette Factory to...
Archive - September 2007
British American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco are both considering to bid for Tekel, the Turkish state-owned tobacco company, the Financial Times reports.
The Bulgarian government intends to increase the excise tax for cigarettes as early as 2008 in a bid to reduce demand.
Philip Morris International (PMI) is set to establish before the end of 2007 a regional leaf warehouse at the Subic Freeport in Zambales at an estimated cost...
The Belarusian government issued extra quotas for cigarette import for the current year to the amount of 97 million pieces, in addition to the initially set...
Philip Morris USA has filed two lawsuits in federal court against Internet site operators engaged in the sale of illegally imported cigarettes bearing Philip...
Beijing municipal authorities will ban both cab drivers and passengers from smoking in taxis next starting in October in an effort to promote a tobacco-free...
The state-owned Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (TTM) will institute new international bidding to build a new cigarette production facility, according to its...
The anti-smuggling alliance between the EU and cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris has been hailed a success by a parliamentary draft report adopted on...
Anti-smoking restrictions for night entertainment venues will come into effect in early 2008, health minister Mongkol na Songkhla said.
The move attracted cross-party support. It was met with criticism from retailers who said that nothing had been done to publicise the change. The measure...
Philip Morris USA in effect raised the price of Marlboro and most other brands of cigarettes it sells by 5 cents a pack, reported Reuters.
The Swedish government budget proposal, to be presented on 20 September 2007, is expected to include a new tax increase on tobacco products including snus.
Ukrainian cigarette manufacturers made 72.1 billion cigarettes and registered an 8.8 per cent output increase year-on-year over the first seven months of 2007.
St. Petersburg’s Philip Morris (PM) Izhora cigarette plant has started export supplies of Virginia Slims Uno packed in the innovative perfume box to...
BAT has redesigned three basic versions of Vogue, Lilas, Menthe and Bleu, for the Ukrainian and Russian markets, reported the two countries’ trade news...
A comprehensive anti-tobacco programme for the next 15 years has been developed by Moldovan government, according to local media.