New York City in a civil suit accused FedEx of violating an agreement to stop delivering untaxed mail-order cigarettes to city residents, the Associated Press...
Archive - December 2013
Tobacco hornworm caterpillars ingest nicotine to ward off their major predator, the website Examiner.com said in a story citing work by a German research...
Trade in illicit cigarettes is booming after the government established national tobacco shops six months ago, a move that slashed the number of stores and cut...
Preparations are on target for the 21 Jan implementation of strict anti-tobacco controls that include a ban commercial growing and advertising, the Khaleej...
Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev said his country will sign the World Health Organisation Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, Voice of...
The Electronic Cigarette Industry Group (ECIG) said New York acted prematurely and without supporting evidence last week when the City Council voted to add...
Cigarette makers Philip Morris International and Altria Group will cooperate on marketing and developing reduced risk products including e-cigarettes and...
Pierre de Labouchere resigned as president and chief executive of Japan Tobacco International (JTI), and was replaced by former chief operating officer Thomas...
A compromise reached on rules for tobacco products sold in the European Union includes large graphic warnings, a ban on flavoured cigarettes and nicotine...
European Union negotiators are near agreement on revising tobacco regulation for the 28 member states, with treatment of e-cigarettes a last but significant...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) warned tough new rules on tobacco products proposed for the European Union amount to a blueprint for counterfeiters, while...
Philip Morris International (PMI) said European Union plans to more strictly regulate tobacco products send a “worrying signal” on EU willingness to uphold...
The New York Court of Appeals rejected a potentially ground breaking suit filed on behalf of smokers who asked Altria Group to pay for early detection tests...
European Union diplomats agreed a proposal to regulate e-cigarettes, removing the last hurdle to a comprehensive package of rules for tobacco products that...
A novel Food and Drug Administration (FDA) anti-smoking advertising campaign targeting youth may cost as much as USD 600 million (EUR 437 million), the...
The government may impose a national ban on smoking in public places, expanding on municipal bans in some major cities including the capital Beijing...
City aldermen voted to expand to 500 feet (152 metres) the ban on sales near schools of menthol cigarettes and other flavoured tobacco products to keep them...
22nd Century Group announced the appointment of Richard Sanders, a former chief executive of Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company (SFNTC), to its board of...
Susan Cameron, a former Reynolds American Inc (RAI) chief executive, has rejoined the board of the cigarette company, RAI said.
A commercial court ruled e-cigarettes are tobacco products that under French law can only be sold by registered tobacconists, AFP reported.