A bill intended to enforce collection of excise taxes on cigarettes sold at Indian-owned stores was signed into law Monday by governor David Paterson.
Archive - December 2008
The Supreme Court cleared the way for a new wave of litigation, ruling that makers could be sued for allegedly deceiving smokers about the dangers of so-called...
New York's top court rejected a product liability claim against tobacco companies for selling regular cigarettes when they could have used lower levels of...
The general court in Riyadh on 21 October has begun hearing a lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Health against agents of international tobacco companies in the...
A smoking ban in indoor and public areas will come into effect from 11 January 2009.
The South Korean Army has decided to postpone the introduction of foreign tobacco products at its post exchange stores by at least another year, Yonhap News...
Gyeonggi provice said it will file a damages suit against KT&G, demanding the tobacco company should be held accountable for losses from fire started by...
Gyeonggi Province said it will file a damages suit against KT&G, demanding the nation's largest tobacco company be held accountable for losses from fires...
Many corn planters in Northern Luzon are beginning to shift back to tobacco farming, especially after the price of corn in the world market has dropped to...
Philip Morris USA raised prices on some of its brands and made adjustments in its promotional spending, Reuters reports.
Prices for cigarettes produced by Bulgaria's Bulgartabac Holding are to increase by 26 per cent starting in January due to higher excise duty, the...
Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, has approved legislation to lower tar and nicotine content in cigarettes and to place large health...
The government announced that the open display of tobacco in shops will be banned in England and Wales.
The government has decided to raise the excise duty for cigarettes and tobacco products by an average 7 per cent beginning 1 February 2009.
At a meeting by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Tax System Research Commission on Thursday, Chairman Yuji Tsushima said his panel does not plan to...
Two members of the Ontario Legislature introduced a joint private member's bill last Friday that would ban the sale of single, flavoured cigarillos.
Dutch cafe owners took to the streets of The Hague on Saturday in protest of a smoking ban which they claim has seen business drop by up to a third.
Sweden’s trade minister said on Friday that she wants the EU to lift its ban on the export of Swedish Snus to the rest of the EU.
As of Monday a full ban on advertising tobacco products went into effect in Macedonia.
Latvian tobacco products manufacturer Scandinavian Tobacco has changed its brand name to British American Tobacco Latvia, according to information from the...