Leaf sold at auction dropped 2.4 per cent to USD 2.39 (EUR 1.91) per kilogramme in the week ended 22 June, possibly based on low quality due to poor handling...
Archive - June 2012
German automation company Beckhoff founded a new branch office in Albany, New Zealand, to strenghten its engagement in the Asia-Pacific-region, the company...
A group of the UK’s leading packaging manufacturers warn of serious consequences from plain packaging proposals as put forward by the government and call for...
The Supreme Court of Appeal reportedly dismissed an appeal by British American Tobacco of South Africa, which argued the nationwide ban on tobacco advertising...
The national assembly on Monday passed a law that bans smoking in public places and all tobacco advertising, reports AFP.
New York would prohibit welfare recipients from spending their tax-funded benefits on cigarettes, alcohol, gambling, and strip clubs under a bill passed by the...
The scientific board of the Coresta has approved the Controlled Atmosphere (CA) technique for the fumigation of tobacco.
Proposition 29, the ballot initiative to raise the California state cigarette tax by USD 1 (EUR 0.79), is gaining support in the ongoing count of absentee...
Japan Tobacco domestic cigarette volume rose 41.2 per cent to 10.2 billion sticks, the company announced today.
Alliance One International sales rose USD 259 million to a record USD 781 million (EUR 623 million) in the three months to March 31, the leaf tobacco...
Richard Turman, who held various budgetary positions at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will become deputy director of the Centre for...
Contract and auction sales through 16 weeks of the growing season were 7 million kilogrammes higher than the comparable period last year at 110 million kg...
Cigarette smoking by high school students is declining, but the most recent recorded drop is not significant, according to the National Youth Risk Behaviour...
Proponents say an estimated one million uncounted ballots may yet overturn voter rejection Tuesday of a ballot measure to raise the California state tax on...
A ballot initiative to raise the state tax on cigarettes by USD 1 (EUR 0.80) was in trouble early Wednesday with nearly complete returns showing a narrow...