New Zealand's parliament today passed legislation that bans the retail display of tobacco products, reports Radio New Zealand.
Archive - July 2011
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged countries to boost the use of graphic health warnings on cigarette packs on its release of its third...
The planned three-step increase of the excise tax on cigarettes and tobacco was cancelled by a last minute modification to the bill in Parliament on Tuesday.
A new EUR-5.3-million line for the production of super slim cigaretes was launched at the Grodno-based tobacco factory "Neman" on Wednesday.
European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy John Dalli said he will propose changes next year to the Tobacco Products Directive.
VTB Group of Russia is backing the bid by Austrian-based BT Invest for Bulgartabac, the Dnevnik business daily said in an online story citing the Bulgarian...
Following Lorillard's price hike of 1 July, Philip Morris USA announced to increase the price of a pack by USD 0.09 (EUR 0.06) this week, reports...
Natural sweeteners derived from the stevia plant, which is considered an alternative crop for tobacco growers, could be authorised for EU-wide use by the end...
The government sent to parliament its long awaited plain-packaging bill that would make Australia the first country in the world to mandate plain brown...
As of 1 July, the excise tax on cigarettes, cigars and tobacco was raised in Latvia, reports the Baltic Course.
The government has introduced an 11 per cent excise tax on cigarettes in the 2011- 2012 national budget, according to the Daily Monitor.
Only three companies remain in the bidding for Bulgaria's state-owned cigarette-making giant Bulgartabac Holding, and only one of them, BAT, is a...
Prime Minister John Key says big tobacco companies will not be able to sue the government over anti-smoking laws because it acts in the interest of public...
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a tobacco retailer who rents cigarette-rolling machines to customers is a cigarette manufacturer and thus...
Health minister James Reilly is to initiate new legislation which will compel tobacco companies to include combined text and photographic warnings on...