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...