British American Tobacco (BAT) Germany has placed a major order with Belgian automation company Egemin for its production plant in Bayreuth, the biggest...
Archive - February 2012
British American Tobacco (BAT) supports a government-endorsed bill to reform the country’s excise tax policy, as it would level the playing field for...
The Health Ministry intends to ban gutkha, pan masala and other edible forms of tobacco, citing a Supreme Court ruling that that these products are food...
More than 50 U.S. senators and representatives from leading tobacco-growing states warned U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk of the dangerous consequences for...
From March next year, words like "light', "low-tar" and "mild" will be banned from the packaging of tobacco products, while a new...
Starting 3 March, all tobacco advertising and promotion will be illegal, including billboards, magazine advertisements and tobacco company sponsorship of...
In a letter dated 16 February 2012 the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) urged American President Obama to keep tobacco out of the developing...
Philip Morris USA won reversal of a USD 2 million (EUR 1.5 million) Florida jury award in a wrongful-death case filed by the widower of a smoker who died of...
Volume of the four major cigarette brands at British American Tobacco (BAT) rose 9 per cent in 2011, but overall production at 705 billion sticks dipped 0.4...
M-real Corporation's Board of Directors is proposing to the AGM, scheduled for 28 March 2012, a change of the company's business name to Metsä Board...