President Michael Higgins signed the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill into law which says manufacturers have until May, 2016, to retool...
Archive - March 2015
Legislation to standardise packaging for tobacco products would require removal of the 12-digit code used by tobacco companies and revenue authorities to...
Four members, including Chairman Jonathan Samet, have left the tobacco science panel at the Food and Drug Administration to comply with a 2014 court ruling on...
Plain-pack supporters including the Maori Party urged the government to rethink its go-slow approach to standardising packaging for tobacco products and send...
Tomas Pivko replaced Kurt Lüthi as sales director at Hoffmann Neopac and Jörg Helas will direct development at the facility in Thun, Switzerland, the company...
Ireland became the second country after Australia to pass legislation standardising colour and limiting branding on tobacco product packaging following a vote...
22nd Century Group said company President Henry Sicignano has taken on the additional post of chief executive officer at the biotech company specialising in...
Universal subsidiary Tabacos del Pacifico Norte (TPN) will buy more tobacco in Mexico following a new leaf supply deal under which TPN will supply processed...
Rains have lowered expectations for this year’s harvest of flue-cured Virginia to between 183 million and 194 million kilogrammes, well below the 222 million...
Tobacco leaf prices will be determined by the market following action by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) to abolish state controls on two...
The government may bring e-cigarettes under state management to improve quality and generate revenue, China Daily said, citing an official of the State Tobacco...
RJ Reynolds Tobacco has agreed to donate a large portion of its former Whitaker Park manufacturing complex to a non-profit redevelopment group, the cigarette...
British American Tobacco Korea and Japan Tobacco International will end distribution of less popular brands following a substantial government-mandated price...
Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board data show 87,852 farmers registered to grow tobacco in the 2014/15 season, an increase from 86,006 last growing season...
The Tobacco Control Commission estimates crop damage from floods early this year will reduce output to about 180 million kg, which is 10 million kg below 2014...
Legislation mandating standardised packaging for tobacco products by mid-2017 requires only upper house approval of technical amendments before it is sent to...
British American Tobacco (BAT) asked Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), the Brazilian securities exchange regulator, to authorize a public tender offer...