Japan Tobacco International (JTI) key brand volume rose 8.4 per cent in the first three months of 2015, driven by a 34.2 per cent spike in Camel shipments...
Archive - April 2015
Japan Tobacco (JT) will acquire US e-cigarette manufacturer Logic Technology as part of a strategy to become a leader in alternative tobacco products, the...
Plant biotech specialist 22nd Century plans to ask the Food and Drug Administration this summer to certify a very low nicotine cigarette as a Modified Risk...
British American Tobacco global brand Rothmans posted a 36.9 per cent gain in first-quarter volume to pace a 5.7 per cent increase for BAT's five global...
Legislation to make Hawaii the first US state to raise the minimum age to 21 for purchasing tobacco products awaits the signature of Gov David Ige, according...
The government has asked the Commercial Court to refer a suit brought by Japan Tobacco International (JTI) against the plain packaging law for tobacco products...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to approve plans by Reynolds American International (RAI) to acquire Lorillard, the New York Post said in an...
Philip Morris USA market share rose 0.4 percentage points to 51.1 per cent in the first quarter on gains by its mainstay Marlboro brand, said parent company...
Machine maker ITM and Thomas Automation Management (TAM) will cooperate to offer improved engineering and support services to US clients, the companies said.
The average price per kilogramme of tobacco at USD 2.76 (EUR 2.56) is 9.13 per cent below last year’s average at this stage of the selling season, the...
Pax Labs, the heat-not-burn specialist that until this year was named Ploom, left tobacco out of its latest product and joined the world of e-liquid...
Shipping volume of Lorillard’s Newport brand, the leading US menthol, rose nearly 4 per cent in the first quarter, and the company confirmed it expects...
Market share of Reynolds American growth brands Camel, helped by introduction of Camel White in western US states, and Pall Mall was unchanged in the first...
Philip Morris USA paid USD 3.5 billion (EUR 3.3 Billion) to the Master Settlement Agreement, raising its total contribution since signing MSA in the late 1990s...
Philip Morris International (PMI) shipped more cigarettes, including its Marlboro flagship, but earned less as fluctuations in currency values undercut...
Three e-cigarette companies received warning letters from the Food and Drug Administration Center for Tobacco Products for allegedly stating the FDA approved...
Electronic cigarette maker eSmokingWorld, a unit of China’s Chic Group, will begin making nicotine liquids later in April at a plant the company describes as...
The lower house of the National Assembly approved introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes in May, 2016, as part of an omnibus health reform bill, RFI...
Makers of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products sued the Food and Drug Administration over guidelines issued in March on obtaining pre-approval from FDA...
The Beijing government set up a social media site to enable citizens to upload videos of smokers violating the ban on lighting up in public places to take...