Japan Tobacco International (JTI) cigarette shipment volume rose 2.4 per cent in the three months ending 31 Dec, driven by a 4 per cent increase in key brands...
Archive - January 2013
Finance Director Bob Dyrbus will leave the board of Imperial Tobacco for retirement as soon as a successor is found, the company announced.
Tobacco net revenue increased 2 per cent, helped by robust sales of premium cigarette brands, although volume dipped one per cent in the three months to 31...
Higher cigarette taxes will be part of a long-term strategy approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to reduce tobacco consumption, Viet Nam News (VNS)...
Dr Richard Tubb, a former White House physician and tobacco harm-reduction specialist, has joined British American Tobacco as a non-executive director, the...
Olivier Ferrary will take over as general manager at Rhodia Acetow in February, replacing Gérard Collette who moves to a position with parent Solvay Group in...
Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board Chief Executive Andrew Matabiri said tobacco prices in 2013 should be near last year's levels, when the average was...
The smoking ban for enclosed public areas has been extended to include water pipes, Agence France Presse reports.
A series of severe anti-smoking measures for the world’s second largest tobacco market gained overwhelming approval in a second reading before the...
A bill that would ban tobacco sales at kiosks from June and indoor smoking in most public places one year later is scheduled for a second reading in the Duma...
Growers have asked the government to make them part of the Indian delegation to working group talks of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on...
Thousands of tobacconists registered their opposition to stiffer tobacco regulation in a 22 Jan march on the European Union’s seat of government in Brussels.
Smokers are switching to lower cost products or quitting as a slumping economy pinches pocketbooks and the government steps up its campaign against smoking...
Seizures of illicit cigarettes have fallen 56 per cent in the past four years although the black market remains strong, the Irish Examiner reported.
Liquid nicotine used in electronic cigarettes is a controlled substance under the Poisons Act of 1952 and its use in the product will be closely monitored, the...
The non-profit group ClearWay Minnesota announced it will allocate USD 360,000 (EUR 271,000) to study the impact of a ban on menthol cigarettes, cessation...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) named Charlie Cunningham-Reid general manager for Romania, Moldova and Bulgaria, replacing Neil Coupland who is the new...
Tobacco harvested last year at 23,000 tonnes was down 30 per cent due to drought, the Sofia News Agency said in a report citing National Tobacco Growers...
State governments received USD 25.7 billion (EUR 19.2 billion) from tobacco taxes and settlements last year and spent only USD 462.5 million on prevention...
European tobacco retailers plan a protest march in Brussels on 22 January against proposed regulatory changes that include a ban on characterizing flavours in...