The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) told a recent Senate committee inquiry into the government's plan to require plain cigarette packaging that it...
Archive - September 2011
The Health Ministry last Wednesday proposed a law that would entail nearly a complete ban on the advertising of cigarettes, reports Israel National...
Canadians who smoke declined to 17 per cent of the target population from 25 per cent in 1999, according to the latest Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey...
Fewer US adults are smoking and they are smoking less, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However the rate of decline is...
Japan Tobacco called on the government to sell its 50 per cent stake in the company rather than hike the tobacco levy to fund earthquake reconstruction.
EU Health Commissioner John Dalli stated that the EU ban on snus is justified because scientific evidence indicates all smokeless tobacco products are...
Health Minister Yoko Komiyama said the domestic cigarette tax is low by international standards and called for annual increases to discourage smokers...
Tests of domestic tobacco begun after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster show radiation at acceptable levels, Japan Tobacco said today.
Bulgaria’s Privatisation Agency board of governers approved the sale of Bulgartabac to BT Invest, the Austrian firm owned by VTB bank of Russia, according to...
Damage to the tobacco crop in North Carolina and Virginia from hurricane Irene may not be tallied for days or weeks, but anecdotal evidence indicates the hit...