Eastern Tobacco plans to invest USD 40 million (EUR 33 million) in a cigarette factory to be constructed Malawi, according to the Egypt Independent.
Archive - December 2014
British American Tobacco (BAT) agreed to a USD 575 million (EUR 470 million) settlement with Flintkote Co to settle litigation filed against BAT’s Canadian...
Due to public holidays on 25 Dec and 1 Jan, the next TJI Newsletter will go out to subscribers on Thursday, 8 Jan. We wish you happy holidays and all the best...
E-cigarettes may be the music of the future, but they are not ringing the bells of former smokers and persons who never smoked, according to the latest Health...
Parliament approved a one-off levy on tobacco companies amounting to as much as 4.5 per cent of net sales to fund health costs associated with smoking, the...
A tobacco processing plant of Haskovo-Tabac, one of three units of Bulgartabac undergoing liquidation, has been put up for auction again by a private...
Eighty per cent of more than 300 million users of smokeless tobacco in roughly 70 countries live in either India or Bangladesh, according to global use study...
Delfortgroup acquired Glatz Finepaper Vietnam, a leading cigarette paper maker in Southeast Asia, from Glatz Feinpapiere of Germany to capitalise on regional...
E-cigarettes are more popular among US teens than combustible cigarettes or any other tobacco product, according to a national study conducted by the...
Reynolds American (RAI) and Lorillard shareholders will meet on 28 Jan to approve RAI’s offer for the maker of Newport cigarettes, regulatory filings show.
Ten states and the District of Columbia still allow sales of e-cigarettes to youth, creating a potential health hazard for 16 million children below age 17...
Quebec Superior Court Justice Brian Riordan began deliberating the class-action suit seeking nearly CAD 20 billion (EUR 14 billion) from tobacco companies in a...
Electronic Cigarettes International Group (ECIG) expects to sign a distribution agreement with independent tobacco company TDR to expand in southeastern...
The CDC Foundation will fund a four-year programme to improve tobacco control and surveillance in sub-Sahara with a USD 4.6 million (EUR 3.7 million) grant...
The National Health and Family Planning Commission plans to work with other agencies to press the government to raise duties on tobacco products and increase...
Production of flue-cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco is expected to increase to 222 million kilogrammes in 2015 from 216 million kgs the previous growing season...
The Supreme Court struck down bans on hookah use in areas where smoking otherwise is allowed, overturning previous judgements that upheld the bans, The Times...
Reynolds American (RAI) said Andrew Gilchrist, formerly president and chief commercial officer of RJ Reynolds Tobacco, will replace Thomas Adams as RAI’s...
Star Tobacco International will use capacity at McCroft Tobacco Factory (MTF) in Kosovo to produce cigarettes, cut-rag tobacco and cut-rolled expanded stems...
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said the government shortly will launch a consultation on introducing a levy on tobacco manufacturers and importers...