Philip Morris International considered selling its Marlboro business to exit the cigarette industry, according to its chief executive Jack Olczak, reports...
Archive - August 2021
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) blocked the sale of more 55,000 flavoured e-cigarette products on 26 August, its first ban of e-cigarette products...
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) has published its business transformation-linked financing framework (“Framework”), which integrates the company’s...
Japan Tobacco Inc. has announced that it has received approval from the Ministry of Finance for its application dated 23 August to amend retail prices of its...
Imperial Brands has announced two new appointments to its Executive Leadership Team (ELT), with effect from 1 September 2021.
On 18 Aug., the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an order postponing the new effective date of the “Required Warnings for Cigarette...
Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith and Deputy Finance Minister Santi Prompat are in talks to prepare an excise tax structure for cigarettes, reports...
The sales tax charged on vaping products in Saskatchewan will rise from six per cent to 20 per cent effective 1 Sept., reports The Star Phoenix.
A study of more than 35,000 French smokers has found that women smoke fewer cigarettes than men but are less likely to quit, reports News Medical Life Sciences.
Tobacco crops have been successful in Kentucky’s Daviess County, and according to agriculture officials, it’s the best yield they’ve seen in years...
According to a study, the number of young adult smokers in England rose by a quarter in the first lockdown, reports BBC.
The China Coast Guard has busted a massive maritime cigarette smuggling ring, seizing contrabands worth nearly CNY 1 billion (USD 154 million), reports Xinhua.
In most federal states, criminal prosecution is waived for possession of up to six grammes of cannabis. The Federal Drug Commissioner Daniela Ludwig wants to...
Shenzhen IVPS Technology Co., the firm behind e-cigarette device brand Smok, is considering an initial public offering to raise at least USD 500 million in...
Essentra Filters has appointed Felix Koh as Commercial Director, Asia-Pacific, based out of Essentra’s Singapore office.
Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) has announced that it has applied to the Ministry of Finance for approval to amend the retail prices of its heated tobacco products in...
Zimbabwe’s tobacco selling season has been a success with sales now reaching 204 million kgs resulting in earnings of USD 570 million, reports The Herald.
Chinese vape brand Geekvape and football club Paris Saint-Germain have announced official partnership starting from the 2021-2022 season.
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) has announced it has published an offer document with UK-based Vectura Group plc (Vectura) in connection with the...
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) has launched its IQOS ILUMA, a new tobacco-heating system with induction-heating technology in Japan, according to a...