Japan Tobacco International (JTI) key-brand shipment volume rose 2.8 per cent in the third quarter, powered by a 6.5 per cent hike in shipments of Winston...
Archive - October 2016
Market share for Philip Morris USA’s signature Marlboro brand rose 0.1 per cent to 44 per cent in the third quarter, although cigarette volume declined in...
Altria will consolidate manufacturing in its cigar and smokeless product businesses by closing a cigar making and packing plant in Pennsylvania and a smokeless...
RJ Reynolds Tobacco (RJRT) was held responsible in the death of a smoker by a Florida jury that awarded the widower nearly USD 29 million (EUR 26.6 million) in...
British American Tobacco (BAT) Director for Business Development Tadeu Marroco will become Western Europe regional director in a swap under which the current...
Plant biotechnology specialist 22nd Century named Michael Zercher, formerly head of international business for Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company (SFNTC), as...
The UNITAB association of European tobacco growers said lengthy research on a country-by-country basis is a prerequisite if the World Health Organisation is to...
Sampoerna said sales of full flavour machine-made kreteks, including newly launched Marlboro Filter Black, drove a 0.4 percentage point increase to 34.5 per...
Biologically engineered tobacco is being tested as a cheaper way to produce artemisinin, a powerful medicine in the treatment of malaria, according to a paper...
British American Tobacco (BAT) cigarette volume at 165 billion sticks in the third quarter was unchanged and total tobacco volume measured in stick equivalents...
British American Tobacco (BAT) tabled an offer to acquire the 58 per cent Reynolds American (RAI) that it does not already own for a mixture of cash and shares...
An analysis of studies sponsored by the Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce shows an “alarming” rise in the trade of illicit cigarettes in Central...
Embossing, metallic effects, shiny colours and holograms will be banned from cigarette packs, tobacco pouches, shisha and cigarillos from next July, the NL...
RJ Reynolds Tobacco (RJRT) cigarette volume fell 2.5 per cent in the three months to 30 Sept but its share of the US market was stable at about one third, said...
Reynolds American (RAI) President and Chief Executive Officer Susan Cameron will be succeeded next year by Debra Crew, president and chief operating officer of...
Swedish Match unveiled an expanded research and development facility at its manufacturing plant in Owensboro, Kentucky, that the company said would double...
Philip Morris International (PMI) cigarette shipments fell 5.4 per cent in the third quarter due to declines “principally” in North Africa and Russia, the...
The Court of Appeal heard arguments from leading tobacco companies against a High Court ruling that found imposition of plain packaging for tobacco products...
Nicopure Labs announced the selection of former Philip Morris International executive George Farah to lead the US e-liquid maker's international expansion.
Philip Morris International named Liam English, an executive with pharma industry experience, as director of corporate communications, said the trade journal...