Tobacco purchasing habits following introduction of plain packaging for tobacco products have remained constant, according to a study that shows neither a...
Archive - August 2014
A 70 per cent increase in land dedicated to tobacco production is planned for the next growing season, Xinhua news agency said in a story citing remarks by...
Sonoco Products Company will acquire Weidenhammer Packaging Group of Germany for EUR 286 million (USD 383 million) in a deal the US packager said would create...
Andrew Gray, director of British American Tobacco’s Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) region, will replace Jean-Marc Levy as group marketing...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) called for bans on advertising and indoor use of e-cigarettes in a report that will go before a plenary session of the...
The Food and Drug Administration set a 180-day public comment period on an application by Swedish Match to have its General brand snus approved as a less risky...
Illicit trade and track-and-trace systems to control the flow of legal goods are part of a three-day agenda at Tax Stamp Forum 2014, to be held in Dubai this...
Amcor Tobacco Packaging will close a German plant by the end of 2014 in response to what the company said was an overcapacity in gravure printing in western...
Illegal cigarettes account for more than 29 per cent of the market, costing legal manufacturers about ZAR 2 billion (EUR 141 million) a year in sales...
UK e-cigarette maker Totally Wicked, contending Article 20 of the European Union’s new Tobacco Products Directive breaches EU law, has asked an English court...
Imperial Tobacco reported growth brands volume and net tobacco revenue dipped 1 per cent in the nine months to 30 June, pushed lower in the third quarter by...
Zippo Manufacturing was granted a preliminary injunction that bars a European distributor from using the Blu trademark in Germany, giving the lighter maker a...
Oxford Dictionaries sanctioned the use of vape in the English language by adding the word to its online service along with other zeitgeist entries like...
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), the world's largest cigar and pipe tobacco manufacturer, may become a publicly held company, Reuters reported.
The Tobacco Merchants Association (TMA), which celebrates its Centennial next year, will hold its 2015 annual conference from 18-20 May in Williamsburg...
A class-action suit was filed against Reynolds American (RAI) to stop the acquisition of Lorillard on grounds another tobacco company involved in the...
Duty-free sales will be the focus from 26-31 October at the World Exhibition & Conference sponsored by the Tax Free World Association (TFWA) in France.
Star Tobacco International promoted Henri Kusuma to general manager of its Indonesia region, the company said.
Universal Corporation sales fell 37 per cent, resulting in an operating loss of USD 8.2 million (EUR 6.1 million) for the three months to 30 June as customer...
Hail & Cotton International Group (HCIG) named Michael de la Fargue, formerly of Japan Tobacco International, as president and chief executive officer to...