Toni Borg, the European Union’s new health and consumer affairs commissioner, has sent his predecessor’s revisions to the EU Tobacco Products Directive to...
Archive - December 2012
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington on 5 Dec rejected the government’s request to reconsider an August ruling that threw out graphic warning labels on...
U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler in a ruling finalized wording on five statements to correct what the court earlier found was deception by tobacco...
A series of four 10 per cent annual hikes in the tobacco excise tax approved by Parliament will push the price of a pack of cigarettes above NZD 20 (EUR...
European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy John Dalli resigned in the wake of allegations that an acquaintance approached a Swedish snus...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lent his support to a bill that would ban all tobacco advertisements, the Associated Press reported.
Sen Ralph Recto resigned as chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in response to allegations lobbyists paid him to back lower taxes on tobacco and...
The government allocated HUF 450 million (EUR 1.6 million) to set up a company to monopolize the sale of tobacco products from next year by issuing...
Tobacco smugglers will face criminal charges and penalties up to 10 years imprisonment under changes to the customs law approved by the Senate, the Australian...
Excise-tax hikes proposed by the Health and Social Development Ministry would raise cigarette prices 400 per cent by the end of 2015, the Moscow Times reported.
A federal district court judge threw out a suit by Philip Morris USA challenging the government method of calculating payments by tobacco companies used to buy...
The government asked for a full-court review of the ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington that threw out graphic...
Most farmers got their tobacco crop into the ground before the late September deadline for irrigated infrastructure, the Zimbabwe Herald said in a story citing...
The High Court today released its reasoning for the 15 August ruling upholding the constitutionality of cigarette plain packaging, saying the law does not...
Higher tobacco duties from 1 Oct include a 6.5 per cent hike in the excise tax on cigarettes, raising the price of a pack by about EUR 0.40, Radio France...
Santa’s reindeer continue to dash away, dash away, but jolly St. Nick has been stripped of his pipe in a revised version of the children’s classic ‘Twas...
Kiosk owners will appeal to President Vladimir Putin to prevent a proposed ban on cigarette sales, the Moscow Times reported.
British American Tobacco has committed GBP 100 million (EUR 125.4 million) to develop lower-risk alternatives to cigarettes, Chief Executive Officer Nicandro...
Dominican Republic officials consulted with Australian counterparts under the umbrella of the World Trade Organization to discuss objections to the...