Former Lorillard chief executive Martin Orlowsky, who was to head Imperial Tobacco’s expanded US business, voluntarily resigned due to differences over...
Archive - February 2015
British American Tobacco (BAT) global drive brands volume rose 5.8 per cent last year, driven by Dunhill, Rothmans and Pall Mall, but adverse foreign exchange...
Philip Morris USA, RJ Reynolds Tobacco and Lorillard negotiated a USD 100 million (EUR 88.3 million) settlement of nearly all Engle progeny cases pending in...
Two of the three judges on a federal appeals court panel signalled a decision by Judge Gladys Kessler requiring product warnings admitting deliberate deception...
California may ban use of smokeless tobacco in baseball parks, ending use of chewing tobacco by ballplayers and vaping in the grandstand. A prominent...
British American Tobacco (BAT) is considering an offer to acquire the remaining one quarter of Souza Cruz it does not own to delist the Brazilian cigarette...
Swisher International has formed a company to develop e-cigarette and vaping solutions with the intention of becoming a major player in the fast growing...
Imperial Tobacco sent a letter threatening legal action to block plain packaging to Children and Youth Affairs Minister James Reilly, following an earlier...
Sales tax on domestic and imported cigarettes will be raised for the second time since July as the government of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi acts to cut...
Philip Morris International (PMI) will begin marketing an Altria e-cigarette product in markets outside the US this March, the companies said.
Swedish Match increased snus volume at home and grew its value segment in the final business quarter of 2014 as consumers hoarded supplies ahead of January...
Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) promoted Marc-Tell Klumpp to managing director for sales and marketing at three German locations, the company said.
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Ireland threatened to sue the government to block introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes, The Irish Times reported
Market season for tobacco will begin 4 March after rains caused officials to delay the traditional mid-February start, the Zimbabwe Herald said.
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) will acquire heat-not-burn patents from Ploom and the trademark. The US company will buy out JTI’s minority interest and...
Li Keming, the brother of Premier Li Keqiang, has stepped down as deputy head of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA), The Straits Times in...
Ploom added two senior executives, naming Timothy Danaher vice president of finance and Scott Dunlap chief marketing officer at the fast growing company best...
Imperial Tobacco growth-brand cigarette volume, including JPS, West, Davidoff and Gauloises, increased 11 per cent after adjustment to exclude stock...
Lorillard shipping volume in the fourth quarter dipped 0.9 per cent, supported by its flagship Newport brand with a 40 per cent share of the US menthol...
Cigarette volume at RJ Reynolds Tobacco (RJRT) fell 4.9 per cent in the final business quarter of 2014 as key brands Camel gained and Pall Mall contracted...