Japan Tobacco will add a low-tar “super strong menthol” product to its Seven Stars line to replace Salem Alaska Menthol beginning in late October, the...
Archive - August 2011
North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said an initial assessment shows the state’s tobacco crop likely was hardest hit by hurricane Irene...
Philip Morris cigarette shipments in the Czech Republic and Slovakia declined through the first six months and PM International affiliate PM ĈR said the...
Edgar Cullman Sr., the former head of General Cigar Company who helped introduce cigars to a broader audience, died 28 Aug. at his home in Stamford, Conn., the...
BT Invest, the Austrian firm owned by VTB bank of Russia, submitted a binding bid for Bulgartabac of EUR 100.1 million, which is EUR 100,000 above the minimum...
The IPI industrial products tax for cigarettes will be increased to 9 per cent from 6 per cent in stages over the next four years, the Wall Street Journal...
Tanzanian tobacco sales output this year is forecast at 122.5 million kilograms, according to East African Business Week.
Northern Ireland's health minister Edwin Poots said a ban on displaying cigarettes in shops will not begin until next spring at the earliest, reports the...
The government said it will gradually hike the industrial products tax for cigarettes to 9 per cent, until 2015, from the current level of 6 per cent, reports...
Newspoll research conducted for The Weekend Australian found the proportion of Australians who back the plain/packaging for cigarettes has fallen to 48 per...
The Federal Court dismissed British American Tobacco Australia’s appeal to obtain documents pertaining to legal advice given the government on imposing...
Central bank chief Gideon Gono said the economy may suffer from a ministerial ultimatum backed by a threat to nationalise foreign companies failing to act...
US manufacturer of web gauging equipment NDC Infrared Engineering has acquired the IRM Group, a leading manufacturer of high-technology measuring systems for...
The opposition will not back parts of the plain tobacco packaging bill because it would give the government power to revise trademark conditions by...
Five U.S. tobacco firms filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), arguing that government-mandated graphic warnings on cigarette...
Imperial Tobacco indicated it could take plans to ban displays of cigarettes in shops in Scotland to the Supreme Court if the Scottish Government would not...
A study at the University of Minnesota found that female smokers had a 25-per-cent greater risk of coronary heart disease than male smokers.
The Zimbabwe Progressive Tobacco Farmers Union (ZPTFU) and Turkish tobacco company Star Tobacco International have entered into a long-term strategic alliance...
Zimbabwe will not meet its tobacco production target of 170 million kg this year due to unfavourable weather and handling losses, according to The Standard.
Russia’s Health Ministry issued draft legislation that may lead to a full ban on smoking in most public places, limit tobacco sales to fixed stores and ban...