Vietnam will ban smoking in indoor public places next year and raise tobacco taxes to curb demand for cigarettes.
Archive - August 2009
Anti-smoking groups hit out at news that the tobacco industry plans to stage an exhibition and conference in Bangkok, saying the move would have an adverse...
. Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing (PMPMI) has increased the total land area it will lease from the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) as the...
FDA Launches New Center for Tobacco ProductsNoted Public Health, Veteran’s Care Expert Will Lead Agency’s Effort to Regulate Tobacco.
Union resistance means the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly must reconsider its organisational restructuring, said chairwoman Jantima Sirisaengtaksin.
The Semarang seaport authority said it had foiled an attempt to smuggle cigarettes worth EUR 630.000 to England.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched its new Center for Tobacco Products which will oversee the implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention and...
Electronic cigarettes can be hazardous to people’s health as they contain carcinogens and toxic materials, according to a senior official at the ministry of...
The council of ministers has approved a sub-decree that will require health warnings to be printed on the outside of cigarette packages.
South Korea’s cigarette imports surged over the past ten years amid steady demand for foreign brand products, the Korea customs service said. South Korea...
The Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) has contributed LKR 25.5 billion (EUR 155 million) towards government revenue during the first half of 2009, which was an...
A recent government survey showed the smoking rate for male adults has begun to rise in recent months.
About 1,000 coffee house owners gathered in the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday to demonstrate against a drastic smoking ban, urging the government to relax...
Australian packaging group Amcor Ltd on Tuesday agreed to pay USD 2.03 billion for the majority of Rio Tinto's Alcan Packaging business, marking its...
The UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has banned an advertisement for OCB cigarette papers which appeared in the adult magazine Viz over claims it...
Lawyers for electronic cigarette distributors Smoking Everywhere and NJoy asked Judge Richard Leon at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for...
The Electronic Cigarette Association (ECA) called on Congress to enact legislation that would make it illegal to sell electronic cigarettes to those below the...
Chinese tobacco companies have been banned from claiming tax breaks on advertising, promotional and sponsorship spending, reports the national news agency...
An Ohio judge ruled Tuesday the state cannot use USD 230 million in tobacco settlement funds to pay for some of its social services, reports Reuters.
The Bulgarian government hopes to carry out the delayed sale of state-owned cigarette maker Bulgartabac by the end of the year, reports Reuters.