The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule outlining criteria for rejecting applications to market, alter or request exemptions for tobacco...
Archive - December 2016
Excise tax on cigarettes will increase 40 per cent next year, raising the average price per pack to UAH 23 (EUR 0.83), Interfax-Ukraine reported.
Public Health State Secretary Martin van Rijn told parliament the government will propose a display ban for tobacco products in stores and service stations...
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that lawsuits seeking a piece of USD 340 million (EUR 326 million) collected from growers by the Flue-Cured Tobacco...
Subscribers to the Tobacco Journal International weekly newsletter will receive the next edition on 5 January. There will be no distribution on 29 December due...
An Austrian fund increased its stake in Bosnian holding company Fabrika Duhana Sarajevo (FDS), saying it did so with the intent of selling FDS tobacco assets...
Scandinavian Tobacco Group will more closely integrate four North American cigar, pipe tobacco and fine-cut subsidiaries to broaden the product pallet for its...
John Ollet has been named chief financial officer of vaping products retailer Vapor Corp, the company said.
Imperial Brands will not ask for a Supreme Court hearing on the legality of mandated plain packaging for tobacco products, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
A plan by three major tobacco companies to cooperate on stopping deliveries to retailers and wholesalers suspected of dealing in illicit product may be blocked...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied a request by Swedish Match to remove a warning about gum disease and tooth loss on snus sold in the US, but left...
The Food and Drug Administration revised its guidance on Substantial Equivalence (SE) applications to reflect a court ruling that modifying an existing tobacco...
Nerudia announced the appointment of Dr Paul Marshall as regulatory principal, a position in which he will advise clients on regulatory aspects of nicotine...
The product registration deadline for manufacturers of newly regulated tobacco products including vaping devices, cigars and shisha has been pushed back by six...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent warning letters to four tobacco manufacturers that what they market as flavoured small cigars are subject to...
Liggett, the tobacco unit of Vector Group, will pay USD 17.65 million (EUR 16.5 million) to settle 124 Engle progeny suits, which the company said represent...
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said soaring use of vaping devices by youth poses, “a major public health concern,” that needs a strong public response to...
An ibuprofen a day may keep lung cancer away, according to a long-term Ohio State University study presented at a medical conference in Vienna.
Philip Morris International (PMI) said Massimo Ferragamo, chairman of luxury consumer products distributor Ferragamo USA, has been elected to its Board of...
British American Tobacco (BAT) opened its first retail outlet for a vapour brand with the launch of a flagship shop for its Vype brand in Milan, Italy, the...