British American Tobacco said it gained market share in the first six months of this year as the pace of decline in group volumes slowed to 1 per cent.
Archive - July 2011
Imperial Tobacco said improvements in its Spanish operations mean fiscal-year operating profit will be up to GBP 70 million (EUR 79 million) less than expected...
Lorillard increased its US market share by 1.4 percentage points to 14.2 per cent in the three months ended 30 June, without help from top-seller Newport...
RJ Reynolds this week will begin US national distribution of a second version of its popular Camel Crush menthol cigarette.
South Korean tobacco company KT&G on 14 July signed a deal to buy a 60 per cent stake in Indonesia's sixth-largest tobacco firm for KRW 140 billion (EUR...
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel Friday said it needs more information before making recommendations about the risks and potential marketing...
A ban on sales of loose cigarettes and tobacco advertising went into effect Thursday in Colombia, reports AFP.
Lorillard recalled non-menthol cigarettes made over a two-day period because some may contain small bits of plastic, the company said.
Philip Morris International shipped 241.2 billion cigarettes in the second quarter, about the same as one year ago, as growth in Asia offset declines in much...
Sales volume at Philip Morris USA dipped 0.7 per cent in the second quarter as an increase for Marlboro was offset by declines in the company’s other premium...
More than 120 million kg of tobacco has been sold so far, surpassing last season's cumulative output, reports The Herald.
The court, in a one-page order, turned aside the company’s bid for an appeal of the 2009 verdict in favour of Mathilde Martin, who claimed her husband, Benny...
The London-based research provider Euromonitor International will hold a free online webinar under the title "The Tobacco Industry in 2011 - The Battle...
Chief ministers of eleven states have pledged their support to Voice of Tobacco Victims (VOTV), a national campaign that advocates against chewing tobacco and...
Euromonitor International says innovating, raising prices and introducing smokeless products remain key growth strategies for tobacco companies as smokers...
Japan Tobacco domestic cigarette sales volume fell 27.1 per cent to 8.1 billion sticks in June, although revenue from those sales decreased only 1.8 per cent...
New York's renewed effort to collect taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products sold by Indian-operated companies has led to seizures of USD 1.2 million...
A federal judge on Friday found that the city of San Francisco has a right to ban tobacco sales in stores with pharmacies even if the pharmacy is not the...
The number of US movies in which an actor lights up fell sharply between 2005 and 2010, and this could have contributed to the decline in smoking among US...
First Minister Carwyn Jones proposed to ban smoking in cars carrying children, if children’s exposure to second-hand smoke did not reduce as a result of a...