Smoke shop owners plan to market their own discount-brand cigarette to counter the high volume of illicit trade in the country, according to a report citing...
Archive - March 2017
The much delayed law requiring uniform packaging with standardised branding for tobacco products will take effect 30 September, the Health Ministry said.
The government plans to legalise the sale of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes and e-liquids in 2018 in order to help reduce smoking rates, the New Zealand...
A decision by the Therapeutic Goods Administration to maintain a ban on e-liquids containing nicotine drew both criticism and praise from the medical...
Smokers who switched to the iQOS tobacco heating device reduced their exposure to 15 harmful chemicals to levels near those of former smokers, according to a...
A federal judge found UPS liable for delivering untaxed cigarettes but did not impose a USD 873 million (EUR 808 million) penalty sought by regulators, the...
Tobacco rich North Carolina may raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 if a bill sponsored by Republican legislators is approved, WNCT TV...
A vote in the Oregon Senate has set the state on the road to becoming the third US state to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21, the...
A decade of tobacco control efforts by the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) has reduced the global smoking rate by 2.5 per cent, according to an...
The latest Canadian Community Health Survey shows a 0.4 percentage point annual decline in the smoking rate and a nearly nine per cent drop since 2000-2001...
Philip Morris International (PMI) will invest EUR 300 million (USD 323 million) to convert a Greek cigarette factory to into a plant capable of turning out 20...
The tax on cigarettes is expected to be hiked 100 per cent this year as part of a selective tax agreement agreed last year by the Gulf Cooperation Council...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pushed back by one year a rule to clarify when products derived from tobacco face regulation as drugs or combination...
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has been granted control of a fund used to create new woodlands after Treasury repeatedly failed to release...
The electronic marketing system introduced at tobacco auctions this season continues to malfunction, and when it does work, many farmers don’t understand how...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) and Imperial Brands are in talks to pump liquidity into struggling wholesaler Palmer & Harvey (P&H) in return for an equity...
The Tax Authoritiy (AT) has introduced a “control” stamp on tobacco products and plans the same for alcohol to reduce revenue loss from illicit trade, the...
British American Tobacco says demand in its Sendai test market for the company's glo tobacco heating device has been stronger than expected, prompting BAT...
Candy- and fruit-flavoured tobacco products including e-cigarettes and cigars are luring youth into nicotine addiction, according to a report sponsored by...
The new electronic system for auctioning tobacco failed to go live as marketing season began with an opening price near USD 4.50 (EUR 4.23) per kg, News24...