Sales of tobacco products fell 11.7 per cent in the first five months of 2016 due in part to higher taxes and a government crackdown on the use of cigarettes...
Archive - June 2016
Imperial Brands said it regretted the UK referendum that saw 51.9 per cent of the electorate vote to leave the EU, adding the tobacco company expected to be...
Tabaco de Cuba (Tabacuba) has embarked on a capital investment programme to streamline production for domestic consumption and prepare for opening of the US...
Synthetic nicotine could be the way out for e-liquid manufacturers looking to escape federal rules on tobacco products that will apply to the vaping industry...
Min Young-jin, who headed cigarette maker KT&G until corruption charges prompted his resignation in 2015, was acquitted by a Seoul court, Yonhap News Agency...
Norman Scher, member of the Board of Directors at Alliance One International (AOI), will retire this year after more than 40 years with the leaf merchant, the...
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB), announcing 141 million kilogrammes of tobacco have been sold through day 56 of the marketing season, said this...
Codentify, the track-and-trace coding system developed by Philip Morris International (PMI) and used by major tobacco companies, has been sold to a Swiss...
The Supreme Court sided with RJ Reynolds Tobacco (RJRT) in throwing out a suit by the European Union originally filed against RJR Nabisco and associated...
The Supreme Court upheld a decision by the top Illinois state court to void a USD 10.1 billion (EUR 8.9 billion) award against Philip Morris USA, which would...
Global volume was dragged down by the 2.4 per cent drop in the Chinese market, Euromonitor said. The research showed that the Asia Pacific region as a whole...
Cigarette sales fell in the world’s largest tobacco market in 2015 for the first time in two decades, according to research by Euromonitor International.
A general ban on tobacco advertising called for by Health Minister Alain Berset was rejected in the senate today, international news site of National...
President Joko Widodo said his government aims to decrease tobacco imports and increase excise taxes on tobacco products in line with World Health...
British American Tobacco (BAT) will build its second manufacturing plant in the country, with ground being broken at the building site on Friday by BAT Korea...
The government will require packaging of cigarettes, chewing tobacco and e-cigarettes to feature graphic warnings as of 23 December, news agency Yonhap said.
In a filing to the Malaysian stock exchange, the company revealed it had entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with LGB Properties Sdn Bhd...
The decision announced today follows the recommendation of the state’s Minister for Health and Family Welfare, U T Khader, who said a study on e-cigarettes...
Amcor will revamp flexible packaging operations to include streamlining its European organisation and the “likely” restructuring or closure of several...
Nicopure Labs appointed Jim Caci chief financial officer at the e-liquid manufacturer, where he will focus on developing performance measures and tactical...