Totally Wicked, accusing the Food and Drug Administration of rule-making deigned to shut down the vaping industry, said it would close its US business in 2018.
Archive - November 2016
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) called for a global effort to hold tobacco companies liable for smoking-related health problems and bans on...
Banning or restricting shisha flavours that increase palatability and placing health warnings on waterpipes are among recommendations in a World Health...
More than 100 countries have adopted pictorial warnings on tobacco products since Canada became the first in 2001, according to a Canadian Cancer Society...
California voters by a nearly two-thirds margin approved a ballot measure to raise the tax on cigarettes by USD 2 (EUR 1.81) and impose duties on vaping...
Universal Corp said sales in the fiscal year ending 30 March will be lower than the year before, citing a smaller Brazilian crop and “challenging market...
Key brand cigarette volume at Imperial Tobacco rose 4.3 per cent in the 12 months to 30 Sept, helped by acquisition of Winston and Kool in the US, the company...
British American Tobacco (BAT) will introduce its ‘glo’ heat-not-burn product this December in Japan, where sales of Philip Morris International’s (PMI)...
Turning Point Brands plans to buy four chewing tobacco brands from Wind River Tobacco to expand a portfolio that includes Stoker’s and Beech-Nut, the company...
Indian tobacco farmers gathered outside the venue of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’s to protest their exclusion as delegates arrived in Greater...
Japan Tobacco International criticised World Health Organisation efforts to bar manufacturers and growers from tobacco control deliberations, charging WHO is...
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), maker of cigars, fine-cut and pipe tobaccos, said organic sales were unchanged through nine months and forecast the same for...
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) asked the government to invite “all relevant stakeholders” to the World Health Organisation’s conference on...
Cigar volume at Swedish Match rose 29 per cent in the third quarter, which the snus maker said was the key driver behind an 11 per cent hike in group operating...
The Reynolds American (RAI) Board of Directors has created a panel to consider British American Tobacco’s USD 47 billion (EUR 43 billion) takeover offer...
A federal appeals court ruled RJ Reynolds Tobacco (RJRT) waited too long to file an appeal of an earlier ruling under which the cigarette maker was required to...
The World Health Organisation proposed tougher controls on tobacco industry representation in delegations from 180 countries to the November plenary session of...
Alliance One International (AOI) said former banker Michael Shannon assumed the duties of vice president and treasurer at the leaf merchant on 1 November.