Smokers will pay more for their cigarettes, with a tobacco duty increase of 1 per cent above inflation this year and a rise by 2 per cent in real terms each...
Archive - March 2010
The tax on a package of cigarettes is going from CAD 4.50 to $5.25 (EUR 3.3 to 3.8, USD 4.4 to 5.1). Taxes on cut/loose tobacco are going up by 21 cents per...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule containing a broad set of federal requirements designed to significantly curb access to and the...
Tobacco giant Swedish Match has announced plans to push its snus smokeless tobacco brand to consumers in the US, adding that it will corporate workers who are...
Japan Tobacco, the world’s third-largest publicly traded cigarette maker by volume, wants to expand production in India as the smoking rate declines in its...
Japan Tobacco announced today the launch of a new smokeless tobacco product called “Zerostyle Mint,” which will be sold in Tokyo from mid-May 2010.
Philip Morris International and Imperial Tobacco Group have entered into a long-term agreement for the licensed manufacture and commercialisation of...
The commerce and industry ministry issued a cabinet note that seeks to ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in cigarette manufacturing.
In an unusual move, British American Tobacco Japan said Monday it has withdrawn its application filed with the finance ministry last month to raise the prices...
Filtrona on Friday announced its acquisition of BP Labels, a UK manufacturer of high quality, creative and secure self adhesive labels.
Philip Morris Norway (PMN) said Tuesday it planned to take the Norwegian state to court in an attempt to overturn a law that bans the display of cigarettes in...
The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) has received a five-year USD 7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide Southeast...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today ruled that France, Austria and Ireland are breaking EU law by imposing a minimum price on cigarettes.
Philip Morris USA filed lawsuits yesterday against eight retailers for selling counterfeit versions of the company's Marlboro brand cigarettes in New...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday named its new tobacco advisory panel and said the group is preparing for its first meeting late this month...
Philip Morris Japan and British American Tobacco Japan have filed applications with the ministry of finance to raise tobacco prices by JPY 20 (EUR 0.17) per...