British American Tobacco (BAT) Korea celebrated the production of its 300 billionth cigarette in its only factory in Korea, Korea JoongAng Daily reported.
Archive - June 2019
Researchers at the TU Dortmund have succeeded in creating a gene-edited tobacco plant with CRISPR technique that has the lowest nicotine level of all time, New...
San Francisco will become the first US city to effectively ban the sale of e-cigarettes, after the city's board of supervisors unanimously voted in favour...
A new law in Thailand bans smoking at home in a bid to reduce deaths caused by second-hand smoke, Bangkok Post reported.
Tasmania could be the first state in Australia to ban the sale of cigarettes to people aged under 21, The Advocate reported.
As part of its plans to expand operations in the Asia-Pacific region, US e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs partnered with the subsidiary of JG Summit...
A new study in the Faculty of Public Health’s Journal of Public Health finds that tobacco and alcohol usage are extremely common in British reality...
Profits for major US tobacco companies could be cut in half if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) adopts a “maximum nicotine” rule within the next 15...
Sri Lanka’s Health Minister, Dr Rajitha Senaratne, said on 17 June he will not allow the import of foreign cigarettes into the country, Daily FT reported.
Greece loses EUR 690 million annually in excise tax revenues due to illicit tobacco trade, according to The Stella Report, Kathimerini reported.
The Namibian government has approved a proposal by a Chinese company to produce tobacco on one of Namibia's most fertile pieces of land, despite strong...
Indonesia, the fourth largest cigarette producer in the world, will take action against online tobacco advertising aimed at young smokers, Reuters reported.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalised its guidance for manufacturers submitting new tobacco product applications through the premarket tobacco...
71 per cent of Moroccan cigarettes contain too much tar and thus violate the legal standard, Morocco World News reported.
Pakistan’s cabinet has approved a flat tax on all cigarette packs in order to plug a budget deficit and discourage tobacco consumption, Reuters reported.
The Sultanate of Oman will introduce a 100 per cent tax on tobacco, alcohol, sugary drinks and pork meat from June 15, The National reported.
Cronos Group shares rose more than 15 per cent on 5 June after the Canadian cannabis company announced plans to launch cannabidiol (CBD) in the US within the...
Myanmar earns the lowest tobacco tax revenue in the ASEAN region, Eleven Myanmar reported.
The City Council of Beverly Hills, California, has voted unanimously to ban almost all sales of tobacco products from 2021, ABC News reported.
The San Francisco-based e-cigarette company Juul Labs is considering opening up its own retail stores, according to a source, CNN reported.