Use of snus by males may lead to a higher risk of death from prostate cancer or prematurely from any cause, say researchers at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan...
Archive - October 2016
Travellers returning from Cuba are no longer bound by a USD 100 (EUR 91) limit on the value of cigars they bring back as part of a US government package that...
Lawmakers summoned the chief executives of the country’s four major tobacco companies to testify before the National Assembly on alleged tax evasion, the...
A draft proposal by the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry would completely ban indoors smoking in stadiums but is “somewhat ambiguous” about restaurants...
President Rodrigo Duterte, known for his hard-line campaign against drug use, wants to ban public smoking, The Associated Press reported.
A surplus of unsold tobacco has prompted authorities to extend the market season beyond its normal September close to November, the Nyasa Times said.
The price of a pack of 20 cigarettes rose 50 euro cents to EUR 11 (USD 12.14), the fifth increase in as many years, as the government pursues its goal to make...
A study done in Tasmania shows half of the state’s smokers would reduce or quit smoking if e-cigarettes containing nicotine were legalized, according to a...
Cash-and-carry wholesaler Booker Group, citing the extension of the tobacco-product display ban to small retailers, said sales of those products fell 5.6 per...
The US Supreme Court let stand lower court rulings that allow Pennsylvania and Maryland to keep disputed Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) payments from...
Central Marketing and its owner William Frank Lee have withdrawn a lawsuit against leaf supplier Universal over establishment of its sweet potato processing...
The Ministry of Environment has prohibited the use of plastic in tobacco pouches and sachets in an attempt to reduce the amount of plastic waste, The Asian Age...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) signed a renewed agreement with the Italian Ministry of Agriculture (MIPAAF) for the purchase of Italian tobacco leaf over a...
Euromonitor International will host a webinar entitled 'State of the Global Tobacco Industry: Forecast to 2030' on Thursday 13 October at 9 a.m. CDT...
Eight public health organisations have asked a federal court to force the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a final ruling mandating graphic health...
Tobacco retailers have until February, 2017 to sell existing inventory instead of the original 1 Sept deadline for new pictorial health warnings on packaging...
The International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA) asked UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to stop the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control from banning...
Philip Morris International (PMI) will invest a further USD 100 million (EUR 89 million) this year into what the company calls reduced-risk tobacco products...