Tek Gida-Is, the Union of Tobacco, Alcoholic Beverage, Food and Related Industry Workers of Turkey, has gone to court to seek the annulment of the sale of...
Archive - March 2008
Three Finnish women suffering from various lung afflictions are suing the Nordic unit of British American Tobacco and Finland's Amer.
Philip Morris USA said that it has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to stop illegally imported cigarettes bearing PM...
Two lawsuits were filed Tuesday against Hristo Lachev, the executive director of the Bulgarian cigarette maker Bulgartabac, reports Bulgarian news agency...
British American Tobacco has agreed to pay USD 1.72 billion to buy Tekel, Turkey's state-owned cigarette maker, in a move which will pit it against Philip...
In his recently announced 2008 national budget, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel again raised the price of cigarettes, local media reports.
The US Supreme Court has struck down a Maine law that imposed severe restrictions on sales of cigarettes via mail order and the Internet.
UAE's ministry of health plans to institute a complete ban on water pipes (shisha) once the government introduces its federal anti-tobacco law, expected...
The Supreme Court recently rejected a tobacco industry request aimed at limiting damage awards in more than 700 West Virginia lawsuits filed by smokers.
Mexico's senate approved a law that requires restaurants and bars to set up non-smoking areas and limits advertising by tobacco companies.
Nigeria's Lagos state has withdrawn its USD 23 billion lawsuit it filed against three tobacco companies seeking NGN 2.7 trillion (UDS 22.9 billion) in...
Graphic images must be displayed on cigarette packets sold in New Zealand starting on 28 February.