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...