Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and Lorillard Tobacco have raised their list or wholesale prices in the past week.
Archive - December 2011
President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday signed a law that includes a ban on smoking in all enclosed public spaces and advertising, as well as larger health...
Prime Minister Mario Monti’s emergency budget which won final approval in Parliament today sees tax on loose tobacco rise.
Eastman Chemical Company is to open a new production facility for acetate tow in Heifei, which will be owned and operated by Eastman Shuangwei Fibers Company...
Higher excise duties next year will push the price of some brands of cigarettes above NZD 15 (EUR 8.75) for a pack of 20, the New Zealand Herald reported.
The 2012 Budget, which was passed on Tuesday, includes an increase of excise tax of tobacco that should add HUF 20 billion (EUR 65 million) in revenue.
The Hungarian Tobacco Industry Association will wind up at the end of January under a decision taken at an extraordinary general meeting, reported the Budapest...
After reanalysing the data from a decade old study by Philip Morris researchers of the University of California said the firm's research "obscured...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) said it will challenge the plain-packaging law for cigarettes, raising to four the number of major tobacco companies that...
Bulgaria plans to eliminate indoor smoking areas in public places next year and impose a total ban, according to a news story citing Health Minister Stefan...
Imperial Tobacco will not have to pay a GBP 112.3 million (EUR 131.9 million) fine for alleged price fixing following a decision by the Competition Appeal...
Health Minister Nicola Roxon will become the nation’s first female Attorney-General as part of a Cabinet shuffle announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) will commercialize Ploom’s alternative smoking products outside the United States and has taken a minority stake in Ploom...
British American Tobacco (BAT) Germany and its subsidiary Brinkmann Tabakfabriken GmbH will leave the German smoking tobacco assocation, Verband der deutschen...
Innovia Films has added another slitting machine at its Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) production plant at Ghent, Belgium.
The government has put the ban on showing smoking scenes in films and TV on hold after filmmakers raised reservations on the practical difficulties in...
The National Anti-Tobacco Committee (NATC) proposed a ban on smoking in public places, on advertising, and sales restrictions of tobacco products.
The smuggling of tobacco products and pharmaceuticals costs the European Union and its member states EUR 10 billion per year, said Director-General of the...
Imperial Tobacco joined BAT and Philip Morris in the fight against plain packaging as it on Tuesday filed a legal challenge against Australia’s new packaging...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed into law a bill that will gradually triple excise taxes for tobacco by 2014, reports Prime business news agency.