Mary Harney, the country's minister for health and children, plans to introduce legislation requiring graphic health warnings on tobacco products.
Archive - May 2008
Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates has offered an apology for lighting up in a plane while travelling to Venezuela for an official visit, Agence...
Ajman, the smallest of the UAE’s seven emirates, has banned the sale, import, storage and possession of chewing tobacco.
Imperial Tobacco today launched a GBP 4.9 billion (EUR 6.2 billion) rights issue to keep its credit rating intact after its acquisition of Altadis.
The Scottish government announced plans to ban the open display of cigarettes in shops.
A law banning smoking in public places went into effect on 19 May.
Major players in the tobacco industry have stressed that the re-introduction of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) by the health sector to curb malaria...
June 13 is the deadline set by the European Commission for its inquiry of BAT’s proposed acquisition of Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni's cigarette assets...
Godfrey Phillips India (GPI), the country's second-largest cigarette player has begun test marketing India’s first clove cigarette, the Cluv Spice.
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a California smoker, the Associated Press reports.
Figures from the Office of Tobacco Control’s (OTC) 2007 Annual Report show continuing high levels of compliance with the smoke-free workplace...
Greece is to impose a smoking ban in public places, Agence France-Presse reported.
Japan Tobacco has said it may raise the price of domestic cigarettes to account for high raw materials costs
Imperial Tobacco Group's unit Altadis has obtained an additional 37.30 per cent of Cia de Distribucion Integral Logista, raising its stake in the unit to...
Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing (PMPM), the American-owned tobacco manufacturer, plans to spend USD 21 million in capital expenditures (CAPEX) starting...
The technical committee for legislations has recently given its approval to a federal anti-tobacco bill.
Royal Malaysian Customs (RMC) has joined forces with the Confederation of Malaysian Tobacco Manufacturers (CMTM) to combat illicit tobacco trade through a...
The cigarette factory in Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second-largest city, is run by Bulgartabac, the country's state-owned tobacco monopoly, and it will...
The first stage of a widespread smoking ban has been rolled out in federal prisons.
Philip Morris USA has announced a hike of nine cents per pack on its Marlboro, Basic, L&M and other cigarette brands, reported Reuters.