The New Mexico Court of Appeals has revived a class-action lawsuit against several cigarette makers for allegedly engaging in a price-fixing conspiracy.
Archive - November 2008
Indonesia's top Islamic body is set to debate whether to forbid Muslims to smoke when it holds a national gathering early next year, reported Reuters.
British American Tobacco (BAT) said on Thursday it could receive around GBP 1.2 billion (EUR 1.85 billion), based on the initial conclusion of a court case...
Delegates at the recent World Health Organisation (WHO) tobacco-control treaty conference in Durban have set new guidelines to stop tobacco firms from...
Paul Adams, CEO at British American Tobacco, warned that some of the efforts by governments to reduce the health impact of tobacco are counterproductive and...
The Indian government has deferred the December deadline to have pictorial warnings on cigarette and bidi packets by another six months.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has annulled the guidance it issued 42 years ago which has allowed tobacco companies to make claims about tar and nicotine...
The new law requires all cigarettes sold in the state to be self-extinguishing if left unattended. The most common technology used by cigarette manufacturers...
Mariann Fischer Boel, Europe’s agriculture commissioner, has declined demands to extend subsidies for tobacco growers as part of this week's farm...
An appeals court in Brazil has reversed a lower court's order that Philip Morris and Souza Cruz compensate smokers who said they were harmed by cigarettes.
British American Tobacco Australia (BATA) has asked the federal government for a reduction in the corporate tax rate and the abolition of state payroll taxes.
Britain’s two main opposition parties are planning to block a move to ban the display of cigarettes in shops, reports The Telegraph.
Bulgaria’s government plans to ban smoking in indoor public spaces from 1 June 2010, Reuters reports.
Reynolds American told investors on Monday that it would begin selling Camel brand dissolvable tobacco products in mid- to late January in three trial markets.
Cigarette products made in Henan province will carry new labelling on health as of January 2009.
A cabinet meeting of the Redbridge Council in east London voted unanimously to prevent children being placed with foster carers who smoke after January 2010.
India's Tobacco Board will launch an electronic auction (e-auction) system on 9 November to regulate sales of Virginia tobacco.
Altria Group has confirmed that it has begun cutting jobs because of the widespread economic turmoil, the Associated Press reports.
The Saudi government has filed a lawsuit against importers of cigarettes from international tobacco companies, reports the Associated Press.
The World Trade Organisation will investigate Thailand's treatment of imported cigarettes later this month, according to a meeting agenda circulated on...