British American Tobacco bought UK e-cigarette technology company CN Creative to expand activities in tobacco harm reduction, the cigarette maker said.
Archive - December 2012
The European Commission today will unveil its proposal for a “substantial revision” of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), the European Union press...
Larger warnings including graphics and a ban on characterizing flavours that would impose limits on the amount of menthol in cigarettes are among proposed...
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) and other manufacturers reached an agreement with states to settle a decade of disputed claims resulting from the Master...
Star Scientific said it will stop making Ariva and Stonewall Hard Snuff dissolvable smokeless tobacco at the end of 2012 due to losses and regulations that...
A ban on smoking in restaurants, public buildings and public transport stops signed into law in June has taken effect, the Ukrainian News Agency reported.
Tobacco product reviews submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are piling up at the regulatory agency, meaning almost no new products have come...
The controversial ‘sin tax’ that would impose duties on cigarettes ranging up to about PHP 25 (EUR 0.47) per pack awaits the signature of President Benigno...
A Florida court of appeals tossed out a multi-million dollar award against Philip Morris USA while upholding the cigarette maker’s liability, the...
Graphic warnings covering 75 per cent of the front and back of cigarette packs and bans on slims and flavours will be proposed by the European Union...
Scotland is set to implement a retail display ban for cigarettes next April following rejection by the Supreme Court of a challenge brought by Imperial...
A nationwide ban on smoking in restaurants and other public establishments with floor space of more than 150 square metres took effect 8 Dec, Korean...
Sales tax on cigarettes increased by 50 per cent of retail price as part of an economic reform programme overseen by the International Monetary Fund, the Egypt...
Health Minister Tanya Plibersek told Imperial Tobacco and British American Tobacco (BAT) to remove watermarking from their cigarette papers to conform with...
Excise tax on tobacco products will rise an average 8.5 per cent next year, the Jakarta Post said in a story citing Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo.
Japan Tobacco (JT) agreed to purchase Egyptian shisha maker Nakhla Tobacco, an acquisition the cigarette manufacturer said will broaden its product range and...
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and the Cabinet have sent an anti-smoking bill to the Duma that calls for bans on smoking in public, displays of tobacco...
The European Parliament (EP) approved Tonio Borg to replace Malta’s John Dalli, who resigned as European Union health and consumer policy commissioner amid...
Health Minister Edith Schippers told Dutch broadcaster RTL she opposes European Union proposals to put graphic warnings on cigarette packs and ban vending...
Malta has proposed replacing former health minister John Dalli on the European Commission with Maltese Foreign Minister Tonio Borg, the European Voice reported.