Indonesia plans to raise the average excise tax for tobacco products by 5 per cent next year in order to increase low tax revenues and limit tobacco...
Archive - October 2010
EU commissioner for health and consumer policy, John Dalli, is calling for new rules that would help lead to his goal of a "smoke-free Europe."
Japan Tobacco (JT) announced today that, starting 18 October 2010, the distribution of smokeless tobacco Zerostyle Mint to retail stores in Tokyo will be fully...
For the second time in one week, a Florida jury today ruled in favour of Philip Morris USA in an Engle case (Willis).
Sicpa Product Security, a Swiss-based provider of integrated government security solutions on high excise tax products, was awarded a contract with the...
On Tuesday the smoking ban imposed on the hospitality industry in 2008 was lifted for pubs run without personnel.
Finland introduced the first in a series of laws designed to eradicate smoking and tobacco use, including possible prison sentences for selling cigarettes to...
Japan today imposed a record 40-per-cent tax hike on cigarettes in a bid to curb the nation's smoking rate.
The Russian government wants to ban smoking in public places as well as the advertising for tobacco products within the next five years.
The department of health is proposing to ban tobacco displays in retail locations in Northern Ireland as of 1 July 2011, the Belfast Telegraph reported on...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) on Monday increased the retail price of its cigarette brands for packs of 20 sticks by MYR 0.70 (EUR 0.16) following a tax...
The consumer health-care division of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take Reynolds’ dissolvable tobacco products out of...