Archive - March 2012

UNITED STATES
Supreme court refuses tobacco firm appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court will not review a USD 28.3 million (EUR 21.3 million) wrongful death verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, declining to consider legal...

INDIA
WHO imposes fine on India

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has imposed a "solidarity tobacco tax” on India, for non-compliance of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control...

UNITED STATES
Dissolvable tobacco found less harmful

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel says dissolvable tobacco products could reduce health risks compared with smoking cigarettes but also have...

CANADA
New health warnings to appear on cigarettes

Effective today, tobacco manufacturers and importers will now be restricted to distributing and selling cigarette and little cigar packages with new health...

UNITED KINGDOM
UK hikes duties on tobacco and alcohol

Cigarette prices rose 37p to an average GBP 7.46 (EUR 8.94) per pack of 20 under provisions of the 2012 budget announced Wednesday by Chancellor of the...

UNITED STATES
Bloomberg charity ups anti-smoking funding

Bloomberg Philanthropies will commit another USD 220 million (EUR 166 million) to combat tobacco use, raising the total anti-smoking allocation to nearly USD...

UNITED KINGDOM
Imperial appeals Scottish display ban

Imperial Tobacco filed an appeal against a proposed retail display ban for cigarettes in Scotland with the UK Supreme Court following rejection by the Court of...

UNITED STATES
Engle decision favours tobacco companies

A second federal Engle case on culpability in the death of a smoker has been decided in favour of two tobacco companies, Philip Morris USA said in a statement.

UNITED STATES
Court upholds graphic health labels

A federal appeals court Monday largely upheld the U.S. government's authority to regulate tobacco products, including requirements for stronger, graphic...

BRAZIL
Flavoured cigarettes to be banned

Anvisa, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency, last week decided to ban additives in cigarettes, reports Global Post citing R7 Noticias.

UNITED STATES
Graphic anti-smoking media campaign launched

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have on Thursday unveiled a new USD 54 million (EUR 41...

PHILIPPINES
Protesters greet Manila tobacco trade fair

Anti-smoking advocates greeted Inter-tabac and ProTobEx in Manila on Thursday, saying the tobacco trade fair doesn’t belong in a location where cigarette...

UNITED STATES
Reynolds to cut workforce

Reynolds American plans to eliminate 10 per cent of its U.S. workforce, or about 540 jobs, in the next three years as demand for cigarettes slumps, the company...

SOUTH AFRICA
Drug dealers turn to cigarette smuggling

Dealers in illicit drugs are expanding into cigarette smuggling, the Associated Press reported in a story citing a revenue service official. One billion...

UNITED KINGDOM
Study challenges plain-packaging premise

Removing product descriptions as envisioned under cigarette plain-packaging proposals will trigger a switch to cheaper brands that could undermine the goal of...

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