A ban on all forms of tobacco product promotion is this year’s World No Tobacco Day theme, the World Health Organisation said in a statement marking the...
Archive - May 2013
An editorial in the English-language China Daily called for a complete ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS) , saying the country made...
Ireland plans to become the second country after Australia to mandate plain packaging for tobacco products following Cabinet approval 28 May of a Health...
The Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) of proposed changes to European Union tobacco regulation lacks evidence to back its conclusions, according to a study...
Graphic warnings covering 85 per cent of cigarette pack surfaces will become law on 2 Oct, according to a National News Bureau of Thailand story citing Deputy...
The US Senate rejected an amendment to the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 to end federal subsidies for tobacco crop insurance, Senate documents...
ITM Group acquired IMAtec s.a.r.l. of Luxembourg in a move the Dutch supplier of tobacco processing and packaging machinery said would expand its product base.
Six central and eastern European countries in a joint statement said the European Union should scrap plans to ban characterising flavours and slim cigarettes...
Universal Corp flue-cured/burley leaf sales and operating income were nearly unchanged in the fiscal year ended 31 March as the impact of smaller crops...
Philip Morris International took full control of its Philip Morris Mexico (PMM) subsidiary by purchasing a 20 per cent stake for USD 700 million (EUR 543...