Pictorial warnings on three-quarters of cigarette packs will be phased in from 1 May, the Lao News Agency (KPL) said in a story citing the Health Ministry.
Archive - April 2017
A US appeals court upheld a 2006 ruling requiring tobacco companies to publish corrective warning statements about their products, but struck the “here is...
A bill that would exempt vaping products from costly pre-market approval by regulators to sell e-cigarettes with liquids containing nicotine is headed for the...
The EU advisory panel to help determine which cigarette and RYO products should be taken off the market because they contain characterising flavours will hold...
A jury in Tampa, Florida, ordered RJ Reynolds to pay USD 15 million (EUR 13.8 million) to the widow of a deceased smoker following a four-week trial held under...
“The tobacco industry continues to trick consumers into becoming long term addicts by artificially lowering the price of tobacco products. This legislation...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed licensing e-cigarette shops like traditional cigarette retailers and requiring pharmacies to pull tobacco from...
Philip Morris International (PMI) cigarette volume fell 11.5 per cent in the first quarter on weak demand for low-priced brands and inventory movements, the...
Neighbouring California cities San Francisco and Oakland are considering legislation to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and other flavoured tobacco...
Bobst appointed Peter Redmond, an executive with more than 30 years experience in the printing industry, as its zone business director for web-fed equipment...
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has approved a five-year programme to push forward his previously stated goal of making the country tobacco-free by 2025...
Japan Tobacco (JT) hung on to its dominant share of the Japanese market but cigarette sales volume in March plummeted by more than 2 billion sticks, which the...
Florida's 2nd District Court of Appeal ordered Philip Morris USA to pay most of a USD 35 million judgement (EUR 33 million) to a man who underwent two...
Ammeraal Beltech has acquired two belting distributors in Ireland and Northern Ireland to bolster its presence in the region, the company said.
Swisher International appointed Bill Dunn as Vice President, Industry Relations, a newly created position in which he will interact with customers and...
The Supreme Court denied tobacco companies permission to appeal last November’s ruling by the Court of Appeal upholding the government’s right to impose...
British American Tobacco agreed to acquire cigarette brands from Bulgartabac in a deal worth more than EUR 100 (USD 106 million) that would give BAT a...
The Health Ministry asked the Ministry of Finance to extend the 28 per cent ‘sin tax’ on tobacco products to the bidi industry, The Economic Times said.
More tobacco companies may soon face tax evasion probes following a complaint filed in March against the country’s oldest tobacco company, Mighty Corp, the...
The ban on menthol in tobacco will extend flavour restrictions to 95 per cent of of the market and prohibit sales of mentholated cigarettes, blunt wraps and...