Richard Carmona, US surgeon general from 2002 to 2006, has joined the board at e-cigarette maker NJoy in a move that may lend credibility to the product as a...
Archive - March 2013
British American Tobacco (BAT) is testing three modified-risk cigarette prototypes on volunteers to develop technology that could be incorporated into existing...
A conference on leaf issues with experts from around the world is planned for the sidelines of the World Tobacco Turkey 2013 trade exhibition to be held in...
The market share of illicit cigarettes plunged from roughly 20 per cent to nine per cent in the decade from 2009 to 2010-11, according to a parliamentary...
Mitch Zeller, newly appointed head of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products, headlines the list of speakers at the Tobacco Merchants...
Value-added tax on cigarettes will increase 144 per cent on 1 April to help close the deficit in the proposed state budget for 2013-14, in the northwestern...
The federal government will not pursue its legal battle to overturn a court ruling blocking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from mandating large graphic...
Philip Morris USA will increase the pack price of its cigarette brands by 6 cents beginning 18 June, Convenience Store News reported.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said his city plans to become the nation’s first to ban display of tobacco products in retail outlets.
Philip Morris USA said it plans to appeal a Florida Supreme Court ruling that upheld the right of plaintiffs to use liability findings from the original Engle...
The Florida Supreme Court struck down an appeal by tobacco companies that damage suits stemming from the court’s original Engle ruling violate their due...
Philip Morris International (PMI) Chief Operating Officer André Calantzopoulos will replace Louis Camilleri in May as chief executive at the leading...
Tobacco volume this year is expected to reach 156 million kilogrammes, almost double last year’s crop of 79 million kg, according to remarks by President...
Cigarette sales at leading discounter Lotte Mart rose 30 per cent due to apparent hoarding in reaction to talk of price hikes, according to the mk Business...
A gang member arrested at one of the largest illicit cigarette factories ever discovered in Poland was sentenced to nine years imprisonment by a Berlin court...
British American Tobacco (BAT), responding to press reports the British government will introduce standard packaging for cigarettes, said legal challenges to...
The pact provides stability to about 25,000 Greek tobacco growers hit by the economic malaise that has gripped the rest of the country, PMI said. Purchases...
KT&G is voluntarily removing ‘light’ and ‘mild’ from four domestic tobacco products to avoid misconceptions that they are less harmful, the Korea...
Borgwaldt will become part of Hauni with immediate effect, retaining its management team and separate legal status. A sale price was not disclosed.
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British American Tobacco (BAT) shipped 11 billion fewer cigarettes last year due mostly due to declining industry volumes in Western Europe, Brazil and Egypt...