The World Health Organisation, citing treaty obligations not to work with tobacco companies, asked countries to boycott the newly established Foundation for a...
Archive - September 2017
Philip Morris International (PMI) announced a series of senior management changes, including reviving the post of chief operating officer to be filled by...
Imperial Brands said it has gained market share in most of its priority markets in the second half and is “on track” to meet earnings expectations for the...
The Health Ministry has called on state governments to license tobacco shops and limit non-tobacco products they are allowed to sell, The Hindu said.
Philip Morris USA and RJ Reynolds Tobacco, faced with falling sales, have raised cigarette wholesale prices by two to three per cent, Convenience Store News...
22nd Century Group, a developer of genetically modified tobacco plants with low or high nicotine content, announced termination of its research license...
Smokers who stick by a product deemed hazardous to their health now must contend with research showing their dogs may face early death from exposure to...
The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) approved increases in floor prices for tobacco to be sold in the next two trading years, the Manila Times said.
State-owned Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (TTM) raised the price of most of its 20 brands, in some cases substantially, in response to higher excise taxes, the...
The government has set up a USD 20 million (EUR 16.7 million) loan facility to finance tobacco production by small-scale growers who sell their crop at...
Radient Technologies, a company that extracts natural compounds from a range of biological materials, said it has developed a process that can remove more than...
A Florida appellate court upheld a multi-million dollar Engle-case award to the daughter of a deceased smoker who used products made by RJ Reynolds Tobacco...
The Food and Drug Administration issued a revised final guidance to manufacturers of tobacco products on who must register with the regulatory body and what...
Koji Shimayoshi, a senior vice president and head of tobacco business planning at Japan Tobacco, has been named senior vice president of the Executive...
The UN Global Compact, created to promote internationally accepted business standards, has opted to toss tobacco companies from its ranks, along with...
Dr Derek Yach, a key architect of WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), founded and will head an anti-smoking initiative to be initially...
Philip Morris International remains on target to launch the Teeps pressed carbon tobacco heater and a non-tobacco nicotine vaporizer this year, PMI said in its...
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering an increase the tax on tobacco heating products next fiscal year, the Japan Times said in an article citing...
The adult smoking rate fell to 23 per cent in 2017 from 28.4 per cent seven years ago as Ukraine hiked the median pack price for cigarettes nearly 70 per cent...
Philip Morris International (PMI) began distributing USD 100 million (EUR 84 million) under its PMI Impact programme to combat illegal trade by selecting 32...