Health Minister Marisol Touraine said cigarette and cigar brands with “glamorous” names will be barred in keeping with legislation mandating uniform...
Archive - January 2017
British American Tobacco will acquire cigarette manufacturer Fabrika Duhana Sarajevo (FDS) by the middle of this year after an Austrian investment company...
Gold Leaf Tobacco (GLT) lost more than USD 800,000 (EUR 746,000) due to a court-mandated recall of its RG cigarettes, however the brand has been relaunched as...
Japan Tobacco (JT) has asked the government to approve price increases of JPY 30 (EUR 0.25) per pack for six former third-class brands to keep pace with rising...
House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Eric Singson called on Congress to amend the law regulating excise duty on tobacco and alcohol, saying it threatens the...
More than one in every four adults (27.6 per cent) use at least one tobacco product, according to a survey of nearly 46,000 adults published in the New England...
A reduced-risk advocacy group has joined Swedish Match in asking asked for a judicial review on whether to overturn the EU snus ban on grounds the oral tobacco...
The federal government earned a failing grade in tobacco control last year despite expanding regulatory powers to products including vaping devices, cigars and...
Philip Morris International (PMI) launched a redesigned corporate website that it said would “reaffirm” the leading tobacco company’s commitment to...
KT&G overseas sales volume rose 4.7 per cent to 48.7 billion sticks last year as the cigarette maker continued to expand its distribution network, the Korea...
Tobacco Journal International is sponsoring a one-day seminar in February to help manufacturers stay in compliance with the European Union Tobacco Products...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a rule to cap N-nitrosonornicotine content in products like moist snuff and chewing tobacco, saying NNN is...
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi sued RJ Reynolds Tobacco (RJRT) and ITG Brands, alleging the companies owe money to the state under the landmark Master...
A local manufacturer has severed a deal with Imperial Brands to manufacture Fine cigarettes for distribution in Cambodia, the Phnom Penh Post reported.
Schweitzer-Mauduit International (SWM) plans to expand its capacity to produce cigarette papers embossed with distinctive markings this year at a plant in...
Altria acquired Sherman Group Holdings, including the Nat Sherman subsidiaries and super-premium cigar brands, for an undisclosed price, the company said.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking public input on a draft guideline outlining how the ban on distributing free samples applies to recently...
British American Tobacco and Reynolds American will merge operations under a deal valued at USD 49.4 billion (EUR 46.6 billion) that gives BAT full control of...
A launch party in Auckland for Philip Morris International’s iQOS heat-not-burn device prompted complaints that the product is forbidden under a 1990 law...
The World Health Organisation has selected, “Tobacco – a threat to development,” as the theme for its annual World No Tobacco Day campaign to culminate...