Archive - September 2013

UNITED STATES
PM USA prevails in California 'lights' suit

A California Superior Court judge rejected damage claims up to USD 1 billion (EUR 740 million) in a class-action suit filed on behalf of Marlboro Lights...

UNITED STATES
Prosecutors call for e-cigarette flavours ban

The National Association of Attorneys General in an open letter to tobacco regulators said the ban on cigarette flavours that appeal to youth should be...

INDONESIA
Indonesia files WTO plain-pack complaint

Indonesia on 20 Sept became the fifth country to file a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against Australia’s tobacco plain-packaging law...

UNITED STATES
Fuisz awarded quick-release nicotine patent

Fuisz LLC, a private company, obtained a US patent for a tobacco-pouch coating that speeds up release of nicotine in portion-packed smokeless tobacco, the...

UNITED STATES
Pennsylvania to contest MSA arbitration

Pennsylvania will challenge an 11 Sept arbitration ruling on contested Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) payments from 2003, the Associated Press reported.

UNITED STATES
USD 53 million for tobacco regulatory science

Fourteen academic centres are being set up in the first year of a partnership between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institutes of Health...

EUROPEAN UNION
Tobacco producing countries seek CAP redress

A group of countries led by Italy is seeking to reopen portions of the Common Agricultural Policy reform agreed in June to obtain more subsidies for tobacco...

UNITED STATES
22nd Century acquires cigarette maker Nasco

22nd Century Group, a low-nicotine tobacco specialist, will acquire Nasco Products LLC of North Carolina to facilitate widespread distribution of its products...

EUROPEAN UNION
PMI rebuts media TPD criticism

Philip Morris International (PMI) defended its right to lobby European Union officials on proposed changes to tobacco regulation, and rebutted recent media...

ZIMBABWE
High-yield seed ready for 2015 release

Two tobacco seed varieties that yield more than double the current average could be officially released as early as 2015, The Herald reported.

POLAND
BAT Poland to market direct to retailers

British American Tobacco plans to sell directly to retailers from late October, and will hire up to 700 people to run its new marketing and distribution...

UKRAINE
Imperial expands in Kiev

Imperial Tobacco is consolidating supply chain services in Kiev by constructing a warehouse capable of storing the production equivalent of 40 billion...

UNITED STATES
Mancuso joins TMG International

Russel Mancuso joined Tobacco Media Group International as vice president for business development responsible for the Tobacco Plus Convenience (TPC) Expo, TMG...

AUSTRALIA
BAT to sell Pagewood site

British American Tobacco will sell a nearly 17 hectare (42 acre) site in east Sydney to an apartment developer, keeping some administration buildings but...

UNITED STATES
Split decision in MSA dispute

A dispute whether states diligently pursued Master Settlement Agreement payments from tobacco companies that did not sign MSA resulted in a split decision by...

UNITED STATES
FDA extends menthol comment period

The comment period on regulation of menthol cigarettes has been extended by two months, the Food and Drug Administration said.

UNITED KINGDOM
Imperial Finance Director Dyrbus to retire

Imperial Tobacco said Finance Director Bob Dyrbus is retiring and will be replaced by Oliver Tant from the international auditor and consultant KPMG.

MALAWI
Tobacco earnings double

Earnings from tobacco sales so far this year have more than doubled to USD 361 million (EUR 272 million) as volume rose to 168 million kilograms from 79.8...

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