The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put the cigarette industry on notice that it plans to cut nicotine levels in their products to “non-addictive...
Archive - July 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it would substantially extend deadlines imposed by the 2016 deeming rule on newly regulated combustible and...
Philip Morris USA cigarette shipments contracted 2.9 per cent and the industry by an estimated 4.5 per cent in a second quarter marked by implementation of a...
British American Tobacco, citing “good progress” in its reduced risk programme, is investing to boost production of the Kent Neostiks used in its Glo...
Philip Morris International plans to invest EUR 490 million (USD 571 million) to convert a factory near the Romanian capital Bucharest from cigarette...
British American Tobacco (BAT) completed the acquisition of Reynolds American Inc. (RAI), the number two cigarette maker in the US, and will become the...
Swedish Match second-quarter sales and operating profit rose 8 per cent as strong cigar sales offset a downturn in the US moist-snuff market, the company’s...
Governor Chris Christie signed into law a bill that added New Jersey to a growing list of US states and municipalities that have raised the minimum purchase...
British American Tobacco announced three Reynolds American (RAI) directors will join the BAT board as independent non-executive directors once the acquisition...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has begun marketing its Ploom Tech tobacco vapour product in Switzerland, which the company said marked the first launch of...
Philip Morris International (PMI) cigarette volume fell 7.5 per cent to 193.5 billion sticks in the second quarter, a drop of 16 billion led by a 16.6 per cent...
The World Health Organisation cited “notable progress” to reduce tobacco use in its latest Global Tobacco Epidemic report and called for better controls on...
City councillors in Oakland voted to ban sales of flavoured tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, making it the second California city after San...
British American Tobacco and Reynolds American Inc shareholders approved BAT’s acquisition of the 57.8 per cent of RAI that it does not already own, the...
Spectra Systems’ TruBrand product verification system, which allows smartphone users to ensure products they are buying are authentic, has been approved by...
The government has annulled a ban on selected tobacco brands including Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s (STG’s) Café Crème cigars in response to a French...
Philip Morris International for years has waged a secret campaign to water down anti-tobacco efforts by the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control...
Republic Technologies International (RTI) said long-time sales and marketing director Santiago Sanchez has replaced Philippe Parcevaux as president of the...
The Philippines filed a new complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against Thailand in a dispute that began over alleged discriminatory treatment of...
The House Appropriations Committee voted to weaken Food and Drug Administration authority over vaping products in a measure that would exempt products...