Archive - January 2018

UNITED STATES
Schools rule out PMI-funded grants

Health schools at 17 universities across the US and Canada have ruled out accepting research grants from The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, a foundation...

INDIA
Government seeks to curb industry rights

The government has asked the country’s top court to apply a classification to tobacco that would remove the industry’s legal right to trade and make it...

UNITED STATES
IQOS modified-risk claim rejected

The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) has concluded that evidence does not support Philip Morris International’s (PMI) claim that its...

UNITED STATES
Study: E-cig's impact unclear

According to a report conducted by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, e-cigarettes are found to be less harmful than conventional...

EUROPEAN UNION
Commission shelves tax amendments

The European Commission has completed a review of the EU Directive governing the taxation of tobacco products and says no changes will be made, Tax News...

UNITED STATES
FDA to discuss IQOS

The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee will discuss modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) applications for the Philip Morris IQOS device and...

JAPAN
JT short 92 billion sticks

JT’s domestic sales in December slipped 16.5 per cent compared to the same period last year, while the cigarette maker’s domestic sales January through...

NORWAY
Snus use takes over smoking

According to official data from Statistics Norway, the smoking population has decreased by half in the last decade in Norway, and it was also surpassed by the...

KOREA
Fears of hoarding precede HNB price hikes

The Ministry of Strategy and Finance has said tax and customs officers will be taking measures to clamp down on the hoarding of heat-not-burn cigarettes in...

UNITED STATES
Study: Gateway to smoking in youth

According to a new study by the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), non-smoking youth who use e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco or tobacco water pipe...

THE NETHERLANDS
Fund to dump tobacco holdings

Europe’s largest pension fund, ABP, has said it will dump tobacco and nuclear arms holdings from its portfolio in 2018, the Financial Times reported.

NEW ZEALAND
E-cigs hit supermarket shelves

Major supermarket chain confirms it is trialling the sale of nicotine-free e-cigarette products in stores, the New Zealand Herald reported.

CHINA
Less smokers in Beijing

The smoking population has decreased by 1.1 percentage points to 3.99 million in Beijing since June 2015, Xinhuanet reported.

ZIMBABWE
Surge in growers

The number of registered tobacco growers in 2017/2018 has increased by 40 per cent in Zimbabwe, the Chronicle reported.

UNITED STATES
Tax cuts bolster BAT

British American Tobacco (BAT) has said recently passed U.S. tax cuts could increase earnings per share by 6 per cent in 2018, supporting its dedication to...

UNITED KINGDOM
One cig leads to daily habit

A global survey has shown that about 69 per cent of individuals who try smoking begin to smoke on a regular basis, according to a press release by Queen Mary...

INDIA
Study: E-cigs less harmful than cigs

The report titled Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) as a Substitute for Conventional Cigarettes is an evidence-based audit of published scientific...

INDIA
Doctors protest pictorial reversal

Ten medical associations and 453 doctors have penned an appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the Karnataka High Court (HC) which passed an order to...

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