A bill giving the Food and Drug Administration power to partially regulate tobacco products was approved by the key U.S. Senate panel Wednesday, clearing the...
Archive - May 2009
In order to best serve the needs of the international tobacco industry and its suppliers, DMG Worldmedia (London, UK), organisers of the "World...
Camel ads coupled with illustrations promoting rock music violated the tobacco industry's decade-old promise not to use cartoons to sell cigarettes to...
John Middleton joined other cigar companies in asking a Maryland circuit court to overturn a recently enacted Prince George’s law that bans the sale of...
The cigarette tax in Mississippi will increase on 15 March after legislature has last week voted for a tax hike of USD 0.50 (EUR 0.37) a pack in a bid to raise...
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to scrutinize lawsuits by New York City that accuse discount cigarette retailers of using Internet sales to evade taxes, reports...
A Dutch appeals court ruled Tuesday that small bars with no staff except their owners are exempted from a national smoking ban introduced for the hospitality...
British American Tobacco is recruiting 250 volunteers in Germany to test experimental cigarettes designed to produce less toxic smoke than conventional...
A smoking ban in all public places including restaurants, cafes and bars takes effect in Croatia, after a six-month transitory period expired today.
Peers voted 204 to 110 in support of the ban on tobacco display in shops. The decision has provoked fury among small shopkeepers.
Earl Howe, for the Tory...
The Polish government yesterday supported a parliamentary draft bill that bans smoking in all enclosed public places by next year.
The government of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Thursday announced that it has drawn up a bill proposing to increase the duty on cigarettes by 300...
The authorities in Gong'an County, which is a part of Hubei Province, told civil servants and teachers to smoke 230,000 packs of the locally-made Hubei...