Sales of blu eCigs, the US market leader in store sales, fell by more than one third in the second quarter as the introduction of competing products by...
Archive - July 2014
A package of tough anti-smoking measures that would require cigarettes be sold in plain black packs could be ready by autumn, the Hurriyet Daily News said in a...
British American Tobacco (BAT), spearheaded by gains from global drive brands, increased its key-market shares during the first half of 2014, the company said.
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) combined cigarette and fine-cut shipment volume fell 5.8 per cent in the three months to 30 June as a sharp decline in Russia...
RJ Reynolds Tobacco (RJRT) operating profit rose 5.4 per cent in the second quarter as higher prices for its products and lower payments into the Master...
Yunnan Tobacco International will purchase 10,000 tonnes of tobacco this season following a bilateral trade agreement with China signed in 2013, according to...
Cigarette volume increased 0.2 percentage points to 1.3 trillion sticks through the first half of this year, enough to supply every Chinese citizen with 1,000...
Bobst appointed Detlef Merklinger head of Product Line Coating, where he will oversee expansion in areas including paper coating and laminating, labelstock and...
A Lorillard investor filed suit to block the proposed takeover of the US cigarette maker by Reynolds American, a deal that also involves international players...
Without adjustment for shifts in trade inventory, the decline was 5 per cent to 32.1 billion sticks. Marlboro volume fell 4.9 per cent to 27.7 billion sticks...
A federal judge ruled three voting members of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) tobacco science advisory panel had conflicts of interest, and barred...
A jury in Escambia County, Florida, held RJ Reynolds Tobacco (RJRT) liable for USD 23.6 billion (EUR 17.4 billion) in punitive damages to the widow of a...
Selected outdoor venues will be added to the smoking ban in public places and smoke-free buffer zones created around shopping malls and theatres to reduce...
World Tobacco trade exhibitions will launch WT North America next May in Richmond, Virginia, said organiser Quartz Business Media.
Swedish Match snus shipments in Scandinavia rose an adjusted 2 per cent in the second quarter but US moist-snuff volume fell on less demand for traditional...
Philip Morris International (PMI) global cigarette volume fell 2.7 per cent in the second quarter to 222.8 billion sticks, driven by steep drops in major Asian...
Poland has submitted a complaint to the European Court of Justice denouncing the EU’s tobacco product directive (TPD), the Polish Government Information...
CTI Invest acquired Torcapack in a deal that will shift administration of the Spanish shoulder-box manufacturer to CTI's Omnipack unit, the company said.
Reynolds American Inc (RAI) said it plans to acquire Lorillard with a cash-and-stock package valued at USD 27.4 billion (EUR 20.2 billion), an offer that would...
The share price of Imperial Tobacco Plc's distribution unit, Logista Holdings, jumped 4 per cent following their Monday debut on the Spanish stock...