Plain packaging for tobacco products, quietly shelved four months ago, has been revived with an announcement the government will review how the policy works in...
Archive - November 2013
Japan Tobacco (JT) will introduce the tobacco vaporizer Ploom into its home market from 12 Dec, the company announced.
Cigarettes not only endanger your health, they can end your marriage, according to a report in the Gulf News about a three-month marriage on the rocks after...
A new advocacy group, Factasia.org, has been created to promote smokers’ rights in Asia and defend suppliers against tobacco regulation that threatens their...
British American Tobacco (BAT) will introduce a limited edition Dunhill to test whether a market exists for vintage cigarettes similar to fine wines, the Daily...
Electronic cigarette company NJOY appointed Princeton University Professor Joshua Rabinowitz chief scientist and former Johnson & Johnson executive David...
NJOY filed suit against Victory Electronic Cigarettes Corporation, alleging patent infringement of its King disposable e-cigarette, the company said.
Philip Morris International (PMI) will accelerate plans to introduce modified risk tobacco products and will enter the e-cigarette market in the second half of...
The Cabinet unanimously approved an outline for a bill that will mandate plain packaging for cigarettes to remove branding and expand health warnings, the...
Sewtec, a designer and installer of made-to-order production lines for the tobacco industry, has added a research and development centre with a secure build...
NDC Infrared Engineering, a maker of measurement systems for moisture and other tobacco constituents, named Teruo Horino its sales manager in Japan for web...
This year’s UK Packaging Awards Design Team of the Year citation went to four in-house designers at Essentra Packaging, a leading supplier to the tobacco...
Electronic-cigarette maker Gamucci will open what it calls the world’s first e-cig vaping zone at Heathrow Airport, the company said.
Six flavours will be marketed, two under the brands of the popular cigarettes Mevius and Camel, the newspaper said on its website. Ploom is a company based in...
“We will, of course, continue to take account of any new evidence emerging from Australia as we move toward a consultation on the next steps in Scotland in...
Ralf Wittenberg will become chief executive of British American Tobacco (BAT) Germany in January, replacing Ad Schenk, who will retire, the company said.
The government plans stiffer penalties including mandatory jail sentences for repeat offenders to combat contraband tobacco.
Weidenhammer Packaging Group, a German producer of composite cans for loose tobacco, will purchase subsidiaries A&R Carton Lund and Flextrus from Sweden’s AR...
KT&G Chief Executive Officer Min Young-jin and five senior executives at the country’s largest tobacco company face a police investigation into corruption...
Universal Corporation will add a second processing line to double capacity at its factory in Tete, Mozambique, as part of an Africa capital investment...