The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused a request by tobacco companies to vacate a 2009 order requiring them to finance a USD 278 million (EUR 193...
Archive - June 2011
A KMPG study shows that the illicit trade in contraband and counterfeit cigarettes in the European Union (EU) in 2010 reached its highest level since studies...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused a request by tobacco companies to revoke a 2009 order requiring them to finance a USD 278 million (EUR 193.2 million)...
M-real sold the Hallein pulp mill to Schweighofer Group of Austria to concentrate on core business and improve profitability, the Finnish paperboard producer...
The commission has launched a new campaign, the "ex-smokers are unstoppable" initiative, aimed at encouraging smokers to stop smoking.
Three MPs have joined forces with campaigners to call for the smoking ban in UK pubs and clubs to be relaxed, reports BBC News.
Philip Morris is challenging Australian government attempts to mandate plain packaging for cigarettes, saying removal of trademarks and other intellectual...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said its tobacco analysts will conduct an independent review of available evidence on the impact of menthol...
Japan Tobacco will resume shipment of all items in its revised domestic product palette two weeks earlier than planned and raise the ceiling imposed on retail...
Indian tobacco officials may nearly halve the tobacco production quota for Andhra Pradesh due to excess supply on world markets and protests by state tobacco...
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy petitioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ban the use of tobacco because it endangers public health, the Times of India...
Tobacco companies and negotiators for 46 states are near agreement on disputed payments for the 1998 tobacco settlement that may save cigarette makers USD 2...
A class action suit asking Philip Morris USA to pay medical monitoring expenses for Marlboro cigarette smokers was dismissed by a federal court in Florida, the...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released nine new graphic health warning labels that must to be placed on cigarette packs by autumn 2012.
Philip Morris USA said it has filed suit against 17 retailers in the Miami area as part of its campaign against the sale of counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes in...
Pfizer’s smoking cessation drug, which has already been linked to psychiatric side effects, can lead to a small increase in heart problems in people with...
Imperial Tobacco Group on Friday lost an appeal to overturn a ban on cigarette vending.
Megapolis, Russia's biggest tobacco distributor, is considering a London initial public offering (IPO) this autumn that could raise up to USD 1.5 billion...
After a heated debate which last seven hours the bill was passed 33-8, with 12 abstentions. The major supporting votes came from the Democratic Party and the...
The public health group American Cancer Society (ACS) urged state governments to tighten control and increase duties on tobacco products based on two in-house...