Deliveries to auction floors at 174 million kilogrammes may reach this year’s target of 185 million before what one official described as a difficult season...
Archive - June 2015
The proposal may be brought before parliament in autumn, the report said.
Japan Tobacco International will introduce its new e-cigarette brand, E-Lites Curv, to the German market on 1 July, the company announced in a press release.
The government rebuffed an offer by three tobacco companies to set up a central product distribution network, saying it stands by its earlier decision awarding...
The Hungarian affiliates of Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris International made a counter offer to the government for operation...
A Finance Ministry advisory panel urged the government to delay the planned sale of its JPY 3 trillion stake (EUR 21.6 billion) in Japan Tobacco, Reuters...
Independent farmers have been left with more than three million kilogrammes in unsold tobacco as buyers prefer purchasing from sponsored growers, the Times of...
John Hines will leave the Board of Directors at Alliance One International on 13 Aug, ending a 23-year career at the leaf merchant, the company said.
Public health groups in a joint statement urged Congress to block attempts by legislators to weaken tobacco regulators’ authority to require manufacturers...
Amendments to the 2009 prohibition of flavours in cigarettes, little and blunt cigars to take effect 14 Dec will end the practice of resizing cigars to...
Hawaii Governor David Ige signed into law a measure to raise the minimum age to 21 for purchase, possession and use of tobacco and vaping products, the first...
Three tobacco companies threatened court action to overturn the government award of a 20-year distribution contract for all tobacco products sold in Hungary...
Plans by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require e-cigarette makers submit products for pre-market review may be blocked by Congress, the Associated...
Smokeless products will be taken off markets that also will be closed to future sales of unapproved ones like e-cigarettes as a public health measure, the...
Johnson Creek Enterprises, the e-liquid manufacturer partnered with RYO paper maker Republic Tobacco, launched what it calls a “high-octane” juice line for...
E-cigarettes will be prohibited in checked baggage aboard aircraft from 15 June due to fires caused when the battery accidentally activated, the International...
Arthur van Benthem has been named chief executive officer of Fontem Ventures, the alternative product subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco, the cigarette maker said.
Legislation passed last November to curb smoking in public places in Beijing took effect 1 June, and authorities said they hope the latest restrictions will be...
British American Tobacco (BAT) Will acquire TDR, the market leader in Croatia, and other tobacco and retails assets from Adris Grupa for EUR 550 million (USD...
Quebec Superior Court Justice Brian Riordan held three cigarette makers liable for damages to smokers amounting to more than CAD 15 billion (EUR 11 billion) in...