Nicopure Labs, a Florida-based e-liquid maker founded in 2009, said it filed a legal challenge to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to regulate vaping...
Archive - May 2016
The manufacturer of Gauloise and Gitanes cigarettes, Seita, will appeal the law mandating uniform packaging for tobacco products to the country’s top court...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) may shift Korean market production abroad from a leased facility at the KT&G plant in Daejeon, the Korea Times said.
The Health Ministry announced new proposals to control tobacco use that include raising taxes on vaping products to the level of cigarettes, Yonhap news agency...
Cigarette consumption by volume fell 3.3 per cent in the 12 months to 31 March after the Beijing government hiked tobacco taxes, according to the World Health...
The Philippines asked for consulations with Thailand under provisions of the World Trade Organisation’s dispute settlements process, saying its complaints...
Cigarette manufacturers including market leader ITC are restarting limited production with new packaging featuring 85 per cent graphic warnings that have been...
US vaping industry regulations announced 5 May amount to “an enormously cost-prohibitive regulatory process” that will cripple the sector and harm the...
US Tobacco Cooperative hired industry veteran Declan Curran for the newly created position of director of leaf quality, USTC said.
India’s biggest cigarette maker, ITC, shut down manufacturing from 4 May in response to a court ruling on compliance with new rules mandating health warnings...
Gov Jerry Brown signed into a law a bill raising the minimum legal age to buy tobacco products to 21 from 18, the Sacramento Bee reported.
The Supreme Court said the tobacco industry must comply with new expanded health warnings introduced 1 April and rejected a plea to stay implementation...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a final set of regulations to extend its tobacco product regulatory authority to e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah...
The EU high court dismissed a complaint by Poland against the ban on menthol cigarettes, saying it belongs within the ban on characterising flavours which is...
The Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) upheld the legality of the revised Tobacco Products Directive, striking down a challenge by Philip Morris...
Imperial Brands half-year tobacco operating profit increased more than 20 per cent as its expanded US presence contributed revenue and moderated a 3.1 per cent...
Major tobacco companies have asked the US Supreme Court to review whether Pennsylvania courts were justified in overturning an arbitration panel ruling to...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) shipments of global flagship brands including Winston and Camel rose 10.7 per cent in the first quarter, helped by increased...