The number of tobacco users continues to decrease globally, going from 1.32 billion in 2015 to 1.30 billion last year, according to the World Health...
Archive - November 2021
Bulgaria records the highest share of daily cigarette smokers (28.7%) within the EU for 2019, according to the latest Eurostat data, reports Greek City Times.
Following the Turkish government’s decision that all cigarettes produced and sold in Turkey must contain thirty per cent of Turkish Tobacco, Star Agritech...
Leading public health researchers have stressed the importance of governments setting a date for the end of cigarettes sales through retailers, reports The...
Countries have adopted a proposal to set up an investment fund to help generate additional resources for tobacco control, reports Devex.
President Joe Biden said he is nominating Dr Robert Califf to head the Food and Drug Administration, reports The Herald.
R.J. Reynolds (RJR) has settled an e-cigarette maker's claims that RJR's Vuse line copied its technology, four days before a trial was set to begin...
Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) has announced that the Leaf Tobacco Deliberative Council released its report on the consultation for domestic tobacco cultivation area...
The Egyptian government has issued directives to all ministers and governors to implement a law that bans smoking in public buildings, reports Middle East...
Jacek Olczak, CEO of Philip Morris International (PMI), has told the Financial Times Global Dealmaking Summit, held on Tuesday 9 November, that PMI will no...
An international report released by the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) shows “tremendous momentum” worldwide for tobacco plain packaging.
Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced that its new corporate headquarters will be located in the heart of Stamford, Connecticut, and is expected to...
The Spanish Society of Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) asks for anti-smoking laws to be updated and reinforced to help people stop smoking, reports Euro...
British American Tobacco Japan Ltd. is asking for a higher tax on cigarettes as part of Japan’s fiscal 2022 tax system reform, reports The Japan Times.
Farmers in the districts of Prakasam and Nellore are opposing plans that would see a contract farming system for FCV introduced, reports The New Indian Express.
Following the tax rise announced in the Budget, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) and Imperial Tobacco were caught up in a price war leading the latter to...
Only 110,772 tobacco growers have registered for the 2021/22 farming season – a decrease of 2 per cent compared to the previous year, reports the Chronicle.
Altria Group, Inc. (Altria) has announced its third quarter business results for 2021, narrowing its 2021 full-year adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS)...
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) has announced it is fully behind the UK government’s plan to license e-cigarettes and other NCPs as medicines...
Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) has released its third quarter results for 2021, with a year-to-date 10.9 per cent increase in revenue to JPY 1,766.1 billion (USD...