German company Cph is to increase prices of its high-quality label adhesives as a result of the extremely severe and world-wide rise in raw material prices.
Archive - March 2011
Tobacco sales at most of the roughly 10,000 kiosks in the Ukrainian capital Kiev will be banned from 1 April to reduce availability to minors, the Kyiv Post...
A member of the U.S. House of Representatives requested an investigation into the actions of Kretek International saying the company circumvents the ban on...
Tobacco retailers in Scotland will have six months from 1 April to register with the government under legislation designed to prevent sales to minors and...
A group of Kentucky farmers has filed a class-action suit against Universal Leaf North America that alleges the merchant failed to honor contracts to buy...
Officials from India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare are considering reclassifying smokeless tobacco as a food item to obtain better product...
The world of tobacco is changing, and with it the information needs of our readers. We have developed a small survey to evaluate our present performance...
A jury today decided in favour of Philip Morris USA and RJ Reynolds in the first Engle case to go to trial in Clay County, Florida.
US District Judge Gladys Kessler granted a request from BAT that under US law it is no longer subject to an initial ruling she made in 2006 that found tobacco...
A pack of 20 cigarettes could cost up to GBP 0.50 (EUR 0.57) more following changes to the tobacco duty regime that were adopted in the 2011 Budget...
Removing menthol from cigarettes would improve public health, according to a report from the FDA's Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC).
Lung cancer risks among menthol-cigarette smokers are lower than among smokers of non-menthol brands, according to a U.S. study that may undermine attempts to...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified Star Scientific that their smokeless products Ariva-BDL and Stonewall-BDL are not currently subject to...
The earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeast Japan this month have left some parts of the region without cigarettes.
The government today released its final response to recommendations made by the Maori affairs select committee's inquiry into the tobacco industry.
The finance ministry will require minimum retail prices for cigarettes to prevent foreign producers from flooding the market and to safeguard people's...
Farmers in Malawi will this year produce less than last year's 220,000 tonnes of tobacco because of sporadic dry spells in tobacco growing areas, reports...
Officers from Poland’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBS) have seized an illegal cigarette factory near Warsaw, thought to be the biggest contraband...
Expressing their deepest sympathies to those who have been afflicted by the Pacific Ocean earthquake last Friday, Japan Tobacco today announced the presently...
Australia, which has introduced some of the toughest anti-smoking laws in the world, invested AUD 147.7 million (EUR 107.1 million) in shares of tobacco...