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...
More than 55,000 kg of burley tobacco auctioned in the week to 17 May brought a low USD 1.48 (EUR 1.15) average per kilogram, a price the Tobacco Industry and...
A West Virginia jury rejected most of a consolidated suit filed on behalf of more than 600 people against five tobacco companies, a verdict one defence counsel...
Tobacco regulators at the Food and Drug Administration are "very close" to releasing the first decisions on allowing new products under the...
Healy will take on a consulting role for marketing and new product development, blu Ecigs said in a statement on PR Newswire. Raporte will continue the...
Two state Senate committees have backed a measure to raise the state cigarette tax by USD 2 (EUR 1.54) per 20-pack, votes that come less than one year after...
Three tobacco companies accused in a CAD 27 billion (EUR 20.6 billion) class-action suit of hiding the dangers of smoking began their defence on 13 May, saying...
The government sent a series of curbs on tobacco and alcohol use to parliament that include separate seating sections for smokers and non-smokers at outdoor...
Tamil Nadu outlawed all forms of chewing tobacco, making it the 30th state to curb the use of gutkha and pan masala, The Hindu reported.
A Florida appeals court overturned a USD 16.8 million (EUR 12.9 million) award, including USD 10.8 million in punitive damages against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co...
World Tobacco Turkey 2013 was cancelled after the hosting exhibition centre rescinded permission to hold the trade fair less than one month before the 29 May...