The European Network of Quitlines (ENQ) has been able to tackle “serious health inequalities” caused by smoking, thanks to funding from a Pfizer...
Archive - July 2008
A personalised vaccine made using tobacco plants could aid people with lymphoma in fighting the disease, US researchers said.
Russia has threatened criminal action against tobacco manufacturers after accusing US corporations of perpetrating "nicotine genocide" against the...
Zimbabwe's tobacco deliveries have declined 28 per cent this season compared with the same period last year according to the government's...
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates have pledged USD 500 million (EUR 317.4 million) to their campaigns to fight smoking.
The Bush administration opposes legislation to give federal health authorities the power to regulate tobacco products wrote a top official in a letter to...
Bulgartabac sold 78 per cent of the Stara Zagora factory for BGN 18.2 million (EUR 9.3 million), while 78 per cent of the Plovdiv factory was sold for BGN 30.8...
Six retailers and tobacco firms have agreed to pay a maximum of GBP 173.3 million (EUR 218.9 million) in combined fines after admitting unlawful tobacco...
British American Tobacco (BAT), the largest consumer goods producer on the domestic market, has selected Bucharest to open a financial service centre.
The factory owned by Bulgaria’s cigarette-making monopoly, Bulgartabac, was sold on the Bulgarian stock exchange for BGN 30.85 million (EUR 15.76 million) on...
Smokers in Europe will have to pay more for their cigarettes under plans by Brussels to increase minimum tax levels on tobacco over the next six years.
A US district court has ruled in favour of General Cigar Company in a trademark infringement and counterfeiting suit relating to “COHIBA Caribbean’s...
The Dubai municipality will be cracking down on shisha (water pipe) cafes that do not comply with anti-smoking laws by the end of the year.
The Dubai municipality has said fines for smoking in Dubai malls are likely to be imposed in September.
Graphic health warnings on cigarette packages are failing to move the majority of smokers to quit, a government survey has found out.
Austria's parliament on Wednesday approved a law that will further limit smoking in bars and restaurants.
New standards for tobacco and alcohol products have been designed by the Uzbekistani State Demonopolization committee and other agencies concerned, Central...
04 July 2008. To protect domestic market from poor quality products including imported ones, a decree on licensing of tobacco and alcohol import into...
The Federal Trade Commission may rescind its guidance on tar and nicotine yields in cigarettes that are based on a test started more than 40 years ago.