The European Commission announced yesterday its decision to approve the acquisition of Franco-Spanish cigar and cigarette manufacturer Altadis S.A. by...
Archive - October 2007
The U.S. House was unable to override President George W. Bush's veto of a tobacco tax hike legislation that was to fund the State Children's Health...
The Belarusian president, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, established a government monopoly on the import of cigarettes and tobacco raw material by a presidential...
Philip Morris USA unveiled its new USD 350 million research and development facility in Richmond last week.
The European Commission said Tuesday it will take Finland to court again for failing to ban chewing tobacco in the Swedish-speaking Aland Islands.
The Bulgarian government's planned increase of excise taxes on tobacco for 2008 will likely result in a price hike for Bulgarian cigarettes.
Irish shops are to be banned from displaying cigarettes and other tobacco products under a further government move to clampdown on smoking, the health ministry...
Pictorial health warnings on cigarettes and other tobacco products will become mandatory as of 1 December 2007. The display of skull and crossbones will be...
Every cigarette packet sold in Britain is to contain a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip under a new scheme designed to combat tobacco smuggling and...
Japan Tobacco (JT) announced today the results of its Japan Smoking Rate Survey, a study that has been carried out annually since 1965.
General Tobacco has resolved a trademark dispute with rival Premier Manufacturing over the packaging of Premier's Wildhorse cigarette brand.
General Cigar Co. Inc. announced yesterday that the company has reached resolution of a federal trademark lawsuit which alleged infringement of its Cohiba...
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) in a statement criticised the sight of people smoking on television and movie screens.
Following an extensive review of the manufacturing operations and market conditions, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) announced plans to close its factories...
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc., has announced a three-part restructuring plan to reduce tobacco-related paper capacity in both France and the United...
The European Commission extended its review of plans by Britain's Imperial Tobacco to buy Franco-Spanish rival Altadis for Euro 12.6 billion (USD 17.9...
The fusion of two of the biggest Bosnian tobacco companies, Fabrika Duhana Mostar and Fabrika Duhana Sarajevo, is expected to occur.