Heavy rains affecting most of southern Africa will reduce forecasted tobacco harvests in Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Archive - February 2008
Turkey received four bids for the privatisation of cigarette firm Tekel Sigara, Reuters reports.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that it plans to adopt a new international treaty to combat the illegal tobacco trade by 2010.
The organisation's chairman, Julian Le Grand, said the permit for buying cigarettes, cigars, loose tobacco or pipe tobacco might cost "as little as...
The sale of certain flavoured cigarettes would be prohibited in New Jersey under a bill that was approved by a state Senate panel and which now heads to the...
Government sources said that the Tobacco Board is laying the groundwork for the reduction of tobacco cultivation while a detailed package is being worked out...
A ban on smoking in restaurants, bars and nightclubs went into effect in Thailand on 11 February.
The Department of Health has urgently requested mayors to get rid of all outdoor tobacco advertisements, in compliance with the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003...
Management at Bulgartabac has asked Bulgaria's Ministry of Economy and Energy for permission to close down its cigarette plants in Plovdiv and Stara...
The Zimbabwe Tobacco Association (ZTA) projected that this year's tobacco crop would plummet after last year's rebound.