Philip Morris International (PMI) announced updated ambitions at its virtual 2021 Investor Day, as it aims to accelerate its journey toward a smoke-free future.
Archive - March 2021
The Tobacco Authority of Thailand (TOAT) expects lucrative cannabis and hemp extract businesses to help offset declining revenues from tobacco production...
The UK high court has invalidated two British American Tobacco (BAT) patents for e-cigarettes citing that they lack an “inventive step” over existing PMI...
A draft law to legalise the medical use of cannabis has been ratified by the government with parliament still needing to give its final approval, reports...
British American Tobacco (BAT) has acquired 19.9 per cent equity investment in Organigram, a leading Canadian cannabis licensed producer, according to a...
British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) has called for an inquiry over a report commissioned from Ipsos, which found the sale of illicit cigarettes and...
A total of 143 tonnes of banned chewing tobacco and its raw materials were seized from an unauthorised factory on a farm in Dhaid, Khaleej Times reported.
The Eastern Texas US District Court has pushed the effective date of the FDA’s graphic cigarette health warning rule back by 90 days, reports CStore...
This year tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe will retain 60 per cent of their earnings in foreign currency while the remainder will be liquidated at the prevailing...
The country’s tobacco tax revenue has been cut by almost half as more and more New Zealanders quit smoking, reports Stuff.
U.S. Tobacco Cooperative (USTC) has announced the hiring of a new Chief Financial Officer, Keith Merrick, effective 1 March.
Cigarette prices will remain the same after Chancellor Rishi Sunak left tobacco taxes out of his Spring Budget for 2021, reports the Daily Mail.
WeChat, China’s most widely used social network, has removed its smoking emoji amid pressure from anti-smoking advocates, reports China Film Insider.
Hungarian tobacco farmers harvested 4,327 tonnes last year, down 23 per cent from 2019, Budapest Business Journal reported.
The BAT Group’s US subsidiary Reynolds American Inc. (Reynolds) has announced the appointment of two senior leaders within its operating companies.
According to the report, the FTC said it sent orders to JUUL Labs, Inc; R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company; Fontem US, LLC; Logic Technology Development LLC; and...
Wales has become the first country in the UK to ban smoking on hospital or school grounds as well as public playgrounds and any outdoor childminding...
The country is losing at least PHP 30 billion (USD 615.7 million) due to cigarette smuggling each year claims Albay Rep. Joey Salceda who serves as the...
Tax collections from tobacco products increased by nearly three-fourths as of mid-February this year after one cigarette manufacturer commenced the operation...