Archive - December 2019
The World Health Organization has projected that the number of males using tobacco globally is on the decline for the first time, a news release published on...
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned Instagram posts from four vaping companies, including British American Tobacco (BAT), for illegally...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the sale and marketing of two new reduced-nicotine tobacco products manufactured by 22nd Century Group...
A raise to the federal age limit on tobacco products and e-cigarettes is looking likely as the topic is included in a huge government year-end spending bill...
According to a new survey conducted for the Be-Lux branch of British American Tobacco, nearly 40 per cent of the population find vaping is a good way to quit...
All eyes are on the Ministry of Health to initiate the Tobacco Control Fund after Kenya’s Supreme Court declared laws governing the sale and advertising of...
The US Senate confirmed Dr Stephen Hahn to be the next commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, Reuters reported.
Plain packaging has been rolled out in Thailand, which has earned the country praise from The World Health Organisation (WHO), reports the Bangkok Post.
NDC Technologies, a leading global provider of productivity enhancing measurement and control solutions, announced that Marti Nyman has joined the company as...
Health Minister Simon Harris has said that he intends to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to under 18s and introduce advertising restrictions, reports the Irish...
Anvisa, the Brazilian pharmaceutical regulators, have approved the usage of medicinal cannabis-based products, reported Reuters.
The number of tobacco hectares planted in Zimbabwe has dropped in comparison to the same time period last year, reported the Chronicle.
Nova Scotia has become the first Canadian province to ban flavoured e-cigarettes with Health Minister Randy Delorey announcing that the changes will take...
The Hungarian Parliament has approved legislation stating the sale of all e-cigarette products is to be limited to the state-run network of tobacco shops...
In a move aimed at curbing tobacco sales and discouraging smokers, Turkey will switch to plain packaging for cigarettes and tobacco products from 5 December...
A Thai court has fined Philip Morris for tax evasion, stating that the company under-declared the value of cigarettes imported from the Philippines, reports AP...
22nd Century Group enters CBD market with an investment in Panacea Life Sciences, Inc., the company said in a press release.
Reynolds American Inc., a member of the British American Tobacco group, has applied to the FDA for a substantive review of its VUSE products, according to a...
British American Tobacco’s Zambia Cigarette Manufacturing Plant has officially opened, reported lusakatimes.com.