Alliance One International and China Tobacco entered into a joint venture to source tobacco from Brazil for Chinese consumption, the US leaf merchant said.
Archive - March 2014
The government, following weeks of protests by growers, promised full payment for the 2013 tobacco crop by the end of April, Novinite.com reported.
Drew Cheshire has been appointed president of NDC Infrared Engineering, the company said.
Australia asked opponents of its plain packaging legislation to stop delaying their World Trade Organisation (WTO) cases while also waiving its right to delay...
Navy officials are considering banning the sale of tobacco products from bases and ships, an initiative other US service branches may follow, the Navy Times...
Growers upset at low tobacco prices plan to travel to the capital Sofia this week to lay their complaints before the national legislature, Novinite.com...
Deliveries of tobacco products to retailers rose 0.3 per cent in the first year of plain packaging, reversing four years of declines, the Sydney Morning Herald...
The government will require graphic warnings on the front and back of cigarette packs from 24 June, according to the Jakarta Post.
The Board of Regents for the Georgia state university system voted to ban use of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, on its 31 campuses from next autumn...
A group of state attorney generals sent letters to five major retailers asking them to join CVS Caremark in stopping the sale of tobacco products in stores...
NicotineFreeCigarette.com is seeking financial backing to bring its tobacco-based product onto the market as a medical device to help smokers quit, the company...
Johnson Creek Enterprises announced a distribution deal with Republic Tobacco to supply its e-liquids and accessories to thousands of US outlets.
Revisions to the European Union’s tobacco directive that mandate large pictorial health warnings and ban characterising flavours in cigarettes and rolling...
Alliance One International and Öz-Ege Tütün A.S. announced a joint venture to process and store oriental tobacco.
A coalition of anti-smoking groups accused Philip Morris International (PMI) of running Marlboro advertisements designed to win youth over to the best selling...
Tobacco farmers are seeing their hopes of a plentiful 2013-2014 season dashed by continuing high winter rainfall, Inter Press Service reported.
The Korea Military Academy may ease its time-honoured ban on smoking, drinking and relations with the opposite sex, following questions regarding its...
KT&G’s capacity at its Sintanjin plant has been expanded by 50 billion to 85 billion cigarettes a year, making it the world’s largest slim cigarette...
Tobacco sold at auction since 19 Feb is going for 16 per cent less than a year ago, according to a wire service report citing Tobacco Industry and Marketing...
A study of some 40,000 US adolescents has found an association between smoking and e-cigarette use but failed to provide evidence that e-cigarettes act as a...