Shipments of Philip Morris USA’s flagship Marlboro brand rose 3 per cent to 28.5 billion sticks in the second quarter as the cigarette increased its market...
Archive - July 2015
British American Tobacco (BAT) operating profit in the first half of 2015 fell 4.6 per cent due to expected adverse movements in foreign exchange rates but...
Parliament raised excise duty on tobacco products to 170 per cent of the ex-factory price from 150 per cent primarily to reduce consumption, the government...
Workers at the Essentra filter manufacturing plant in Jarrow may strike to save as many as 220 jobs at the facility that could be closed by the end of the...
A Quebec court ruled cigarette makers must not make the CAD 1.13 billion (EUR 791million) initial payment in a CAD 15.6 billion class-action award to former...
The Senate panel reviewing a bill that would introduce uniform packaging for cigarettes removed the plain-pack requirement, calling instead for large health...
Tobacconists covered speed cameras with plastic bags to protest legislation requiring plain packaging for cigarettes that is scheduled for a Senate vote on 22...
The British Standards Institution (BSI) in collaboration with the Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association (ECITA) has released a set of voluntary...
Foreign exchange earnings from US sales of Swedish Match snus and moist snuff and a booming cigar market backed a 9 per cent increase in second-quarter...
Philip Morris International (PMI) second-quarter shipment volume at nearly 220 billion sticks dipped 1.3 per cent following an increase in the first three...
Philip Morris International (PMI) and Altria will expand cooperation on reduced risk tobacco products to include joint research, development and technology...
Philip Morris International (PMI) and Swedish Match dissolved their joint venture begun in 2009 to market smokeless tobacco products outside Scandinavia and...
Reynolds American Inc (RAI) elected Robert Lerwill to serve as one of five RAI board members designated by Brown & Williamson (B&W) Holdings, the company said.
Florida-based e-liquid distributor and manufacturer Gilla acquired E-Liq World, operator of the Vapor Liq online subscription service, the company said.
The Tobacco Board of India is looking to boost exports of tobacco leaf and tap old and new markets, the Financial Chronical reported.
The Tobacco Board lowered the 2015-16 production goal by one fifth, a reduction of 56 million kilogrammes, citing a poor world market, high inventories and...
Filter tow manufacturer Solvay Acetow appointed Vincent Dye commercial director in charge of sales and technical support. Patrick Riou, sales and marketing...
British American Tobacco (BAT) is closing its operations in Chile, where the company employs about 1,000 people, in response to tougher tobacco control...
Three quarters of Americans are in favour of raising the tobacco purchasing age limit to 21 according to a survey conducted by researchers from the Centers for...
“The UK has some flexibility in how it to implement the new rules,” said a statement accompanying the release. “The purpose of this consultation is to...