Grower registrations for the 2017/18 tobacco growing season have risen by 36 per cent compared to the same period last year, newspaper the Chronicle reported.
Archive - November 2017
Japan Tobacco says a contingency supply plan will mean no “significant interruption” to its sales will result from troubled wholesaler Palmer and Harvey...
Ricardo Oberlander will be appointed president and CEO of Reynolds American Inc. replacing Debra Crew, BAT said.
BNP Paribas SA will “progressively disengage” from its relationships with tobacco clients by ceasing to fund and advise tobacco companies because of health...
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly’s request for a review of excise hikes that have triggered a forecast slip in the monopoly's sales is being considered by the...
Egypt's largest cigarette producer Eastern Company said it will not raise pack prices until the president ratifies an amendment to laws on value-added...
Tobacco advertisements will return to newspapers and broadcast television on Sunday in the form of court-ordered “corrective” statements warning of the...
Dan Carr will succeed David Taylor, who has announced his retirement from the company, as president and chief executive officer of ITG Brands from 31...
JT confirmed Masamichi Terabatake has been appointed to succeed Mitsuomi Koizumi as president and chief executive officer at JT, pending approval of...
Broad limits on farm sizes, indicated by preliminary information from the state, are not part of California's rules to govern cannabis farming, production...
A revised government-sponsored bill intending to ban indoor smoking before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will not include a threshold on restaurant size, effectively...
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has increased incentives under the tobacco export incentive scheme from 5 per cent to 12.5 per cent for the 2018 marketing...
Spanish police have seized 250 tons of contraband tobacco leaf worth EUR 40 million (USD 47 million) in western Spain, Gulfnews reported, citing a statement...
Japan Tobacco’s (JT) domestic market share for October gained one percentage point over market share reported for the 10 month period January – October...
A study conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco has found vapour from heated tobacco devices has a similar impact on heart...
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, approved amendments to the country’s tax code which include a 2018 29.7 per cent increase in tobacco excise...
An estimated 56.8 per cent of cigarettes smoked in the state of New York in 2015 were smuggled in and sold on the black or grey market, the Tax Foundation...
The West Bengal government has empowered heads of educational institutions in the state to impose fines on anyone selling tobacco products near their premises...
In what the newspaper referred to as a “new front against smoking”, ASH is reportedly requesting the director of public prosecutions (DPP) to bring charges...
The Pope has banned the sale of cigarettes to employees at the Vatican, effective as of 2018, the Holy See Press Office said in a statement.