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...
Archive - September 2013
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 on 20 Sept became the fifth country to file a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against Australia’s tobacco plain-packaging law...
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...
Pennsylvania will challenge an 11 Sept arbitration ruling on contested Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) payments from 2003, the Associated Press reported.
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...
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...
22nd Century Group, a low-nicotine tobacco specialist, will acquire Nasco Products LLC of North Carolina to facilitate widespread distribution of its products...
Philip Morris International (PMI) defended its right to lobby European Union officials on proposed changes to tobacco regulation, and rebutted recent media...
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan accused Philip Morris International (PMI) of working to sabotage a vote on European Union...
Two tobacco seed varieties that yield more than double the current average could be officially released as early as 2015, The Herald reported.
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...
Imperial Tobacco is consolidating supply chain services in Kiev by constructing a warehouse capable of storing the production equivalent of 40 billion...
The Health Ministry on 16 Sept was expected to ask the Supreme Administrative Court to lift its injunction blocking introduction of the world’s largest...
Russel Mancuso joined Tobacco Media Group International as vice president for business development responsible for the Tobacco Plus Convenience (TPC) Expo, TMG...
British American Tobacco will sell a nearly 17 hectare (42 acre) site in east Sydney to an apartment developer, keeping some administration buildings but...
A dispute whether states diligently pursued Master Settlement Agreement payments from tobacco companies that did not sign MSA resulted in a split decision by...
The comment period on regulation of menthol cigarettes has been extended by two months, the Food and Drug Administration said.
Imperial Tobacco said Finance Director Bob Dyrbus is retiring and will be replaced by Oliver Tant from the international auditor and consultant KPMG.
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...