Philip Morris has announced that it will be closing its cigarette production facility due to changing consumer behaviour and production overcapacity by the 1...
Archive - May 2019
Philip Morris International (PMI) is under fire after a group of anti-smoking organisations wrote a letter to four major social media networks asking the...
The US e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs has formally launched and entered the Asia-Pacific market with its popular e-cigarette brand Juul for the first time...
The Cabinet has approved a new licensing regulation requiring cafes and restaurants in Saudi Arabia to pay up to SAR 100,000 (EUR 23,758) per year to sell...
Brazil is suing British American Tobacco Plc (BAT) and Philip Morris International (PMI), in a landmark case with the aim of recovering the public health...
A recent UK study funded by the charity Cancer Research UK has found that people using e-cigarettes to quit smoking are approximately 95 per cent more likely...
Japan Tobacco (JT) has announced that it has launched a new group-wide environment plan that will be based on raising sustainability measures to reduce its...
Imports of packaged cigarettes in Israel have risen rapidly after taxes on both rolling tobacco and packaged cigarettes were equalised in February, Haaretz...
The government of South Korea has unveiled its "tobacco endgame" plan, which calls for the introduction of plain packaging for all cigarettes and...
From January 2020, cigarette packages sold in Belgium will all have neutral packaging, The Brussels Times reported.
The ban on displaying cigarettes and tobacco in shops in the UK has reduced the risk of young people taking up smoking, according to a new study, BBC reported.
Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) has identified nine retailers that have sold tobacco to teenagers within a two-week period, which is a record...
North Carolina has sued e-cigarette manufacturer Juul, alleging that it has marketed its products to children and has misled the public about the risks...
The EU tobacco track and trace system is expected to be fully functional within a one year after its official deadline on 20 May 2019, according to a statement...
Norway's newly appointed health minister, Sylvi Listhaug, has caused controversy by saying people should be allowed to eat, smoke and drink "as much...
E-cigarette manufacturers attempting to sell e-cigarette products with higher nicotine levels in the EU have been met with opposition in Europe, Reuters...
The California city has announced that it is considering banning the sale of tobacco products, which would make it the first in the nation to ratify such a...
Although the number of smokers in Denmark has increased, sales of cigarettes have fallen in 2018, The Copenhagen Post reported.
From the next growing season, leaf merchants will no longer be allowed to grow their own tobacco in Malawi, the Maravi Post reported.
The United Arab Emirates has banned the importation of any type of cigarettes without digital tax stamps, The Khaleej Times reported.