Archive - November 2009
A new vaccine developed by US company Nabi Biopharmaceuticals may help bring an end to cigarette addiction.
In one of the largest individual tobacco verdicts ever in the US, a former smoker in Florida has been awarded a total of USD 300 million (EUR 201 million) by a...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is to take advantage of the growing popularity of its British cigarette brands, such as number one seller Mayfair, by raising...
Cigarette manufacturers on 10 November 2009 opposed the USD 300-million proposal of Swiss firm Sicpa Product Security to affix a high-tech, tamper-proof strip...
According to news reports, hundreds of Thais on Wednesday protested outside a tobacco industry trade fair and congress in Bangkok.
Almost half of Thai adult males consume tobacco products with the majority smoking manufactured and hand-rolled cigarettes.
European Union states agreed to raise the excise tax on cigarettes by nearly 30 per cent to try to reduce smoking and improve public health, a move that could...
A parliamentary majority wants to ban hookah smoking, according to free daily newspaper 24timer.
Japan Tobacco (JT) announced that the Leaf Tobacco Deliberative Council released its annual determinations for domestic leaf tobacco cultivation area and...