A report by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says California isn't using tobacco money for smoking prevention programs, thus...
Archive - May 2012
Ukraine's parliament on Thursday adopted an anti-smoking law, which significantly widens the previous legislation of 2010.
French smokers have formed The Union for the Rights of Adult Smokers, a lobby group to defend smokers' rights against what they perceive as unfair curbs...
Japan Tobacco acquired Gryson NV, a Belgian manufacturer of roll-your-own (RYO) and make-your-own (MYO) tobacco products, for EUR 475 million.
The share of young smokers aged between 12 and 17 years stood at 11.7 per cent in 2011, a sharp drop from 27.5 per cent in 2001, finds a government report on...
The Japanese government said on Friday it has asked investment banks to submit by 30 May their applications for the sale of shares in Japan Tobacco, reports...
A draft law stipulating a ban on the open sale of cigarettes and smoking in public places has been submitted to the State Duma, reports the Russian Legal...
Altria Group is to raise the price on all moist smokeless tobacco and snus brands by USD 0.05 (EUR 0.04) as of 25 May, reports convenience news website CSPnet.
British American Tobacco (BAT) Australia said on Thursday it was launching a budget cigarette brand, which prompted the government to accuse the company...
About 200 people on Sunday protested in downtown Sofia against the ban on smoking in all enclosed public spaces, which comes into force on 1 June, reports...
The Virginia Gazette
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 12:03 AM EDT
Originally Published: Monday, May 14, 2012
RICHMOND – You soon will face state fines and criminal...
Representatives of Russia’s Donskoy Tabak and China’s Hongta Group held talks on the production and sale of Hongta’s brands in Russia.
Professor Jon Berrick, from the National University of Singapore, proposed Tasmania as the ideal testing ground to introduce a ban on cigarette sales to...
EU foreign ministers on Tuesday agreed on a 15th round of sanctions against Syria, which include an assets freeze on the General Organisation of Tobacco.
Mashonaland Tobacco Company (MTC) is facing closure after Parliament yesterday heard the firm was illegally operating since it had not been licenced by the...
Finance Minister Bill English may hike the excise on tobacco and alcohol to reduce a budget deficit forecasted at NZD 640 million (EUR 387 million), reports...
Swedish Match reported first quarter profit of SEK 668 million (EUR 75 million) or SEK 3.24 per share versus SEK 533 million or SEK 2.49 per share a year ago.
Imperial Tobacco chief executive Alison Cooper has criticised the UK government’s plans to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes as “anti-business”.
GCH International and Sensortech-MoistTech have signed a distributor agreement wherein GCH will provide support to the MoistTech’s line of moisture...
The Danish parliament on 21 April adopted an amended tobacco control law, which further restricts smoking and increases the fines for breaking the law.