Dubek, a manufacturer and importer of tobacco products, sued the Health Ministry for showing favouritism by allowing Philip Morris International to skirt...
Archive - March 2017
President Donald Trump said he plans to nominate Scott Gottlieb, a former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deputy commissioner with ties to the pharma...
US antitrust regulators will allow the USD 49.4 billion (EUR 46.6 billion) buyout of Reynolds American (RAI) by British American Tobacco (BAT) to go forward...
The Ministry of Health will propose legislation to ban persons under 21 years of age from buying, using and possessing tobacco products, The Straits Times...
The government in its 2017 budget announcement unveiled a minimum tax on cigarettes from 20 May to raise the cost of low priced brands popular with young...
Average daily cigarette consumption fell to its lowest level since 1974, according to newly released government data that show the UK smoking rate fell three...
Philip Morris International (PMI) in a budget submission called for raising taxes on its cigarettes as a means to encourage smokers to quit or switch to less...
British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya announced the appointment of Beverley Spencer-Obatoyinbo as managing director to replace Keith Gretton, who will retire in...
The Tobacco Merchants Association announced the appointment of Christopher Greer, who held various posts at Japan Tobacco International USA, as its president...
A Food and Drug Administration agreement with Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company to remove descriptions like “natural” and “additive free” from cigarette...
The National Legislative Assembly approved legislation to raise the minimum purchase age for tobacco products to 20 from 18 and outlaw the sale of cigarette...
Thomas Jones, a member of the Altria Board of Directors since 2002, will retire this year at the end of his current term, the company said.
Philip Morris International (PMI) has doubled stock of its iQOS tobacco heating device but still cannot meet demand for the product introduced in Japan last...
British American Tobacco (BAT) threatened to close the company’s eighth largest cigarette plant if South Africa mandates uniform tobacco packaging, Bloomberg...
Sales of Champix, a medication to treat nicotine addiction, have jumped eightfold in the past two years as more smokers attempt to kick their habits, Yonhap...