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.
Philip Morris has launched a new "mini cigarette", called Marlboro Intense, that can be smoked faster, but has the same amount of nicotine as the...
Japan Tobacco and Nissin Food Products said on Wednesday they would call off a planned merger of their frozen food businesses, Reuters reports.
The EU's second-highest court has rejected Japan Tobacco's appeal over the use of its Camel trademark, Thomson Financial reports.
The Ministry of Agriculture of Kyrgyzstan is suggesting a twofold hike in excise tax rates for tobacco products imported from WTO non-member countries, reports...
Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s Federal Consumer Protection Agency, imposed a ban on any import of crops from India, after the Khapra beetle was found in a...
The US Supreme Court agreed to a cigarette maker's request to decide whether tobacco companies can be sued in state courts over alleged deceptive...
Imperial Tobacco Group Tuesday said its cash offer for Altadis has been accepted by 93.5 per cent of shareholders of Altadis, paving the way for the completion...
Antonio Vazquez, Altadis CEO, has turned down an offer to sit on the board of Imperial Tobacco, once the British company formally takes ownership of Altadis.
Imperial Tobacco Group plans to bid € 910 million (US$ 1.3 billion) for full control of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, Spain’s largest...
The sale of tobacco has dropped 2.5 billion to 69.8 billion cigarettes in Poland in 2007, the National Association of Tobacco Industry has revealed.