Sale of a USD 10 billion (EUR 7.5 billion) stake in Japan Tobacco (JT) held by the government is expected to begin in a matter of days, Reuters news agency...
Archive - February 2013
Legislation to mandate plain packaging for tobacco products will go before Parliament before the end of this year, Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia said...
Amcor announced it will buy selected assets of AGI-Shorewood’s (ASG) tobacco packaging and specialty folding operations for USD 114.8 million (EUR 85.7...
A series of anti-smoking measures including bans on advertising and displaying tobacco products, and their sale in traditional kiosks, was approved in the...
Lorillard sales rose 1.5 per cent to a record USD 6.6 billion (EUR 4.9 billion) in 2012, a year in which the company said it shipped fewer cigarettes but...
RJ Reynolds Tobacco shipment volume fell 2.7 per cent or 500 million cigarettes in the last three months of 2012, representing most of the overall US industry...
Bernd Gohlke, formerly Metsa Board’s head of customer service in central and eastern Europe, has taken over as area sales director for Germany, Austria...
Cigarette sales remain steady following introduction in December of a standard olive-brown pack with large graphic health warnings for all brands, according to...
Philip Morris International (PMI) will submit a proposal to the Greek government for the purchase of half of the Greek tobacco output through 2015, the...
The top three foreign tobacco companies doing business in Korea saw their combined market share drop 5 percentage points in January, after increasing prices on...