Altria Group Inc took another USD 4 billion charge on its investment in Juul Labs Inc and said it had revised its deal terms with the embattled e-cigarette...
Archive - January 2020
Switzerland-based tobacco company PMI is partnering with the South Korean tobacco company to offer adult smokers around the world a broader choice of...
265 jobs at the company’s operational centres in Lausanne and Neuchâtel will be affected, reported swissinfo.
From the 1 February, the cost of tobacco in Luxembourg will rise, reported sol.de and RTL Today.
More than 1,000 farmers in Uganda are left with at least 200 metric tons of tobacco worth UGX 1.4 billion (USD 378,000), The Independent reported.
BAT’s Vype ePod has won the UK Product of the Year award in the e-cigarette category after winning the same award last year for its ePen 3, according to the...
The February 2020 issue of the American Journal of Public Health contains a scathing indictment of vaping in a PERSPECTIVES (editorial) entitled, “Invalidity...
Warnings by the World Health Organization have been refuted by public health experts in the United Kingdom who accused the WHO of spreading “blatant...
Philip Morris International (PMI), British American Tobacco (BAT) and Japan Tobacco (JT) have been recognized for their climate leadership on CDP’s ‘A...
Imperial Tobacco has announced it plans to close its factory in Petone, New Zealand, putting 122 jobs at risk, reported the New Zealand Herald.
JTI has revealed a new King Size Cigarillo that contains a mentholated capsule which bypasses the impending menthol ban, reports the Scottish Local Retailer.
Custom officials have seized about 15 million smuggled cigarette papers in Western Turkey, Anadolu Agency reported.
Prices of nearly all BAT Kenya cigarettes have been raised by up to KES 15 (USD 0.15) per pack following a tax increase late last year, reports the Business...
Turkey’s oldest tobacco dealers Sunel T.T.A.Ş. and Oz-Ege have reported their joint venture in Albania and Macedonia.
Smoking looks likely to become more expensive thanks to a new tobacco tax model that will take effect in April, according to a JTI Austria newsletter, reports...
Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has now banned smoking inside the terminal, Forbes reported.
An editorial published in the American Journal of Public Health has disputed the frequently used claim that e-cigarettes are “95 per cent less harmful”...
Chinese vaping start-up Relx Technology will open 10,000 global stores over the next three years as part of a big expansion, reports Reuters.
Imperial Tobacco has launched Rizla Flavour Infusion cards in a bid to get around the ban on menthol cigarettes that comes into effect this year, reports The...
The American truck and trailer rental company U-Haul International has announced plans to stop interviewing and hiring nicotine users, The Arizona Republic...