From 14 to 21 March 2010, member states of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) met in Geneva for their...
Archive - June 2010
Government officials and employees have been prohibited to interact with tobacco industry members under a joint circular issued by the Department of Health...
New rules by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that restrict the access and marketing of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to youths go into effect on 22...
Warning messages on cigarette packs will be made mandatory in Russia for the first time from Saturday to enhance awareness on smoking-related diseases.
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a landmark tobacco industry ruling and the government's request for additional penalties against...
British American Tobacco (BAT) said Thursday that Nicandro Durante will become chief executive on the retirement of Paul Adams at the end of February 2011.
Philip Morris International (PMI) said on Monday it had reached deals with Alliance One International and Universal Leaf Tabacos Limitada to buy tobacco leaf...
New York legislatures on Monday approved an emergency budget bill that included the hike of the state's tax on cigarettes by an additional USD 1.60.
The FDA demanded on Thursday that cigarette maker Philip Morris turn over all market research material on Marlboro Lights, citing concern over an advertisement...
Representatives of over 4 million tobacco growers across Asia called on governments to reject recent recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO) to...
Reynolds American (RAI) plans to expand its manufacturer of smokeless tobacco and close two cigarette plants in a move that reflects shifting US consumption...
Cigarette manufactures and retailers aim to reverse a New York City regulation that requires cigarette retailers to place posters near their cash registers or...
An ethics watchdog group has filed a challenge against two members of the advisory committee for tobacco product safety, which is part of the newly formed...
The government of Bangladesh is to impose a ten per cent tariff on the export of leaf tobacco, according to The Daily Star.
The Philippine Aromatic Tobacco Development Association (PATDA) said the FCTC’s latest set of recommendations to ban the use of flavours in cigarettes would...
The American Medical Association (AMA) wants electronic cigarettes to be classified as drug delivery devices and thereby subject to the same FDA regulations as...
Spain’s health minister, Trinidad Jiménez, has said that a tougher ban on smoking in public places would be introduced by 1 January 2011.
Greece would ban tobacco in all indoor public places from 1 September because a partial ban enacted in July 2009 had failed, health minister Marilisa...