Japan Tobacco won government approval of price increases that would raise the cost of so called third-class cigarettes by more than 10 per cent from 1 April...
Archive - February 2017
British American Tobacco has published a report describing its reduced-risk product range, the current state of harm-reduction science and company plans for...
Habanos bucked a downward trend in luxury goods last year as sales of its Cuban cigars rose 5 per cent to USD 445 million (EUR 421 million), the Spanish news...
A Florida appeals court ordered a new trial in an Engle progeny case that brought an award of USD 23 billion (EUR 21.7 billion) in punitive damages against RJ...
The government is seeking public input on the successor to the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy (FTCS), including what to do about e-cigarette and marijuana...
ITG Brands sued RJ Reynolds Tobacco over Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) payments on four cigarette brands the Imperial Brands subsidiary bought from RJRT in...
British American Tobacco (BAT) cigarette volume dipped 0.8 per cent on an organic basis in 2016 in contrast to an estimated 3 per cent decline for the industry...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has extended its purchase agreement for tobacco leaf from the Extremadura region for three years, the company said.
Swedish Match forecast higher volumes this year for Scandinavian snus and moist-snuff sold in the US, but a continuing decline in chewing tobacco.
The Court of Appeal rejected British American Tobacco’s (BAT) appeal of new tobacco control measures that require the cigarette maker to pay a portion of its...
Japan Tobacco (JT) cigarette sales volume fell 11.9 per cent in January, lending support to company’s forecast that ongoing market decline and rising...
British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya said Philip Lopokoiyit will stand down as finance director on 1 May and leave the Group to pursue other interests.
Parliament unanimously approved a law to ban advertising for tobacco products and require uniform packaging from 2020, Reuters reported.
Philip Morris Thailand was charged with underpaying import duty on cigarettes shipped from Indonesia, accusations that come one year after similar charges were...
The British Columbia Court of Appeal ruled the provincial government must turn over patient data to Philip Morris International (PMI), one of 13 tobacco...
The Korean affiliate of Philip Morris International (PMI) and a British American Tobacco (BAT) subsidiary were fined a combined KRW 300 billion (EUR 239...
The government soon will announced a complete ban on commercial use of shisha to protect the country’s youth, according to the Pakistan Observer.
RJ Reynolds Tobacco (RJRT) market share for key brands including Newport, Camel and Pall Mall was nearly unchanged in 2016 at just below 30 per cent, said...
Swedish Match plans to appeal a court-imposed fine for breaching competition rules in labelling placed on snus coolers in retail outlets, the company said.
Alliance One International boosted the volume of leaf shipped to customers through nine months of its fiscal year but sold it for less, the company said.