A Massachusetts court will hear the appeal of Lorillard Tobacco in a wrongful death suit originally resulting in an award of USD 152 million euros (EUR 117...
Archive - November 2012
Imperial Tobacco has taken its challenge of planned Scottish restrictions on retail cigarette displays and vending machines to the Supreme Court, The Journal...
Prices for Kentucky and Tennessee burley, currently at or near USD 2 (EUR 1.56) per pound, point to the best year for farmers since tobacco production was...
Delegates to the biennial plenary session of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) deferred decisions on a set of guidelines for tobacco taxation...
Philip Morris International (PMI) forecasts stable to lower international annual cigarette volumes through 2015 without China, adding progress on reducing...
Millenium Tobacco is technically insolvent with liabilities outstripping assets, and will likely be liquidated, the Zimbabwe Herald reported.
Philip Morris International (PMI) welcomed passage of the world’s first international protocol to combat illicit trade in tobacco products, saying national...
The Dominican Republic has petitioned the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to rule whether Australia’s plain-packaging law for tobacco products discriminates...
Delegates to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) approved a protocol to fight illicit trade in an effort to reduce availability of cheap goods...
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) suggests health officials tell smokers currently unregulated nicotine-containing products such...
British American Tobacco (BAT) announced new directors for three regions in a management board shuffle that also marks the departures of Asia-Pacific’s David...
The government is planning tougher anti-smoking measures that include printing warnings on individual cigarettes and expanding graphic warnings on packs, The...
About 8 billion illicit cigarettes are smoked annually, accounting for 30 per cent of the market and costing the government ZAR 12 billion (EUR 1.1 billion) in...
Alliance One International said it expects substantial reduction in uncommitted inventory and increased shipping volumes through 31 March on “solid” global...
Universal Corp said leaf shipping volume, helped by carryovers, was stable in the six months to 30 Sept, but shipments in the next half will not match prior...
Missouri voters rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the cigarette tax to USD 0.90 (EUR 0.70) from USD 0.17 for a pack of 20, returns show.