The Ministry of Economy and Regional Development will appoint a commission for direct negotiations with Philip Morris International.
Archive - September 2008
According to the Royal College of Physicians, Swedish moist snuff, or 'snus', should be made available on the UK market as a healthier alternative to...
Lawmakers from tobacco-producing provinces called for a congressional inquiry into the reported huge anti-smoking lobby fund from foreign groups, the Manila...
Singapore will put special markings on every cigarette sold legally starting next year, Agence France-Presse reports.
Reynolds American and its tobacco unit, R.J. Reynolds, said they plan to cut about 570 jobs, or 10 per cent of their American workforce, to refocus its...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has allowed New York City to move forward with four lawsuits against online cigarette vendors.
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act, in order to crack down on contraband cigarette sales, the...
India's southern state of Karnataka is expected to harvest 105 million kg of tobacco in 2008, which is 20.7 per cent more than last year, as farmers...
Philip Morris International received Ministry of Industry approval pursuant to the Investment Canada Act in connection with the company's proposed...
The Croatian government is to forward to the parliament a tough anti-tobacco bill introducing a public smoking ban, Agence France-Presse reports.
The current flue-cured tobacco selling season is coming to an end with just over half of the expected crop having been delivered to the auction floors.
THe BBC reports that Niger's government has issued a decree enforcing a ban on smoking in public places and on communal transport.
Sales of contraband tobacco are skyrocketing and now account for one in three cigarette purchases across the country, according to a new study by the tobacco...
Nearly half of UK pub landlords report they have had to lay off staff because of the smoking ban and three-quarters report the ban has been bad for business...
Russia’s consumer rights agency, Rospotrebnadzor, announced that they will sue British American Tobacco for spreading misinformation and selling lower...
Altria Group is in advanced talks to buy UST, known for its Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobacco brands, for more than USD 10 billion (EUR 6.91), the New...
Eastern Tobacco has raised the price of some of its cigarette brands by EGP 0.25 (EUR 0.03).
Effective 1 September, British American Tobacco (BAT) raised the price of its 20-stick Dunhill cigarette packs by MYR 0.80 (EUR 0.16) to MYR 9.00.
A German court has ruled that US tobacco company Santa Fe cannot continue marketing its cigarettes as 'organic'.
The federal government in Canada has introduced a new excise duty stamp designed to help authorities spot contraband tobacco products.