Menthol flavoured tobacco products will be prohibited in Alberta from 30 Sept following action by the province's Minister of Health Sarah Hoffman to add...
Archive - June 2015
Altria, Reynolds American and Lorillard voluntarily withdrew a suit filed against the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) attempt to require companies seek...
Körber Group will slash its tobacco sector workforce by 800, mostly at Hauni Maschinenbau in Hamburg, in response to poor market conditions, the Bergedorfer...
Ukraine asked the World Trade Organisation to suspend proceedings on its complaint against the Australian uniform packaging law for tobacco products, saying it...
A European court let stand its January ruling that Hungary violated private property rights by failing to allow a merchant to continue selling cigarettes when...
China plans to invest in tobacco production in Crimea to help meet demand in its huge domestic market, The Moscow Times reported.
Slumping cigarette volumes and stricter regulations around the world prompted the roughly 800 redundancies planned mostly at Hauni Maschinenbau, said parent...
Alliance One International’s Kenyan subsidiary will cease field operations from 1 July and reduce staff due to falling demand for the local tobacco...
Reynolds American (RAI) said federal district court acceptance of the deal to acquire Lorillard and spin off assets to Imperial Tobacco removed the last...
The average price per kilo 59 days into this year's tobacco auction season was substantially below 2014, with 10.6 million fewer kilograms sold, according...
Papastratos returned to profit in 2014 as rising exports offset the collapse in the domestic market, Chief Executive Officer Nikitas Theofilopoulos said in...
The Welsh government has proposed a ban on the use of electronic cigarettes in enclosed spaces such as workplaces, pubs and restaurants in a new Public Health...
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