National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) filed suit against KT&G and the Korean subsidiaries of Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco to...
Archive - April 2014
The Supreme Court ruled against claims by four smokers that smoking KT&G products caused their cancer, ending a 15-year battle to hold the cigarette company...
Growers have delivered nine million kilogrammes more tobacco so far this year but earnings have not risen due to lower prices for poor quality leaf, according...
The government is negotiating with the minority investor in National Tobacco Enterprises (NTE) to sell its controlling stake in the monopoly, an Addis Ababa...
Text admonitions on cigarette packs are not deterring Chinese smokers, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report that urges adoption of large...
Philip Morris International (PMI) plans to end cigarette production at Bergen op Zoom in response to falling European sales and a negative regulatory climate...
Philip Morris International (PMI) said the Chantler report on benefits of plain packaging used by the government to back its current initiative is based on the...
Draft regulations will be submitted shortly for a “final, short consultation”, before the government decides whether to join Australia in mandating plain...
Nearly 41.8 million kilogrammes of tobacco have been sold at an average price of USD 3.13 (EUR 2.27) since the marketing season began 19 Feb, the online news...
Health Minister Mark Drakeford wants to make Wales the first place in the UK to ban use of e-cigarettes indoors in public areas, according to Reuters.
Philip Morris International (PMI) will stop manufacturing cigarettes in Australia by the end of this year by closing its Moorabbin factory, a move the company...
New York filed a USD 70 million (EUR 51 million) lawsuit against FedEx for continuing deliveries of millions of untaxed cigarettes to customers in violation of...
Jerry Levin, an experienced consumer products executive, has been elected to the Board of Directors at Lorillard, the tobacco company said.