Medicago and GlaxoSmithKline’s COVIFENZ®, a tobacco plant-based vaccine to prevent COVID-19 has been approved by Health Canada, according to a Medicago...
Archive - February 2022
PMI, Imperial Brands and Japan Tobacco Inc. said they temporarily suspended operations at their plants in Ukraine after Russia began invading the country.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has announced that the government will introduce a new tax of ZAR 2.90 (USD 0.19) on vaping products from January next year...
In 2021, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has helped to seize over 430 million illicit cigarettes and stop them entering the EU market, reports eureporter.
The Cayman Cigar Company has produced its first cigars using tobacco grown and hand-rolled in the Cayman Islands, reports the Cayman Compass.
The European Parliament has become the first legislative body in the world to officially recognize tobacco harm reduction (THR) as a public health strategy...
H.B. Fuller has announced that Celeste Mastin will join the company as executive vice president and chief operating officer on 7 March 2022.
BAT has appointed Dr. Senthil Vel, MBBS MBA MFPM FFPM, as its new Chief Medical Officer.
FEELM reaffirms its commitment to being an integrated atomization solution provider with the world’s thinnest ceramic coil vape pod solution, FEELM Air.
Officers have uncovered a 9.7-hectare crop of illicit tobacco in Koraleigh in southern New South Wales during a raid, reports ABC News.
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) has published its Sustainability Materiality Report 2021.
The cabinet has approved a five-year action plan that will aim to curb the consumption of tobacco and thus reduce the harm smoking does to peoples’ health...
The deadline for the potential graphic warning labels on cigarette packs has been pushed back by three months to 9 April 2023, reports the Winston-Salem...
A Cabinet Minister has confirmed that the 2022 tobacco selling season in Zimbabwe will get underway on 30 March, reports The Sunday Mail.
The US Senate has voted to confirm Dr. Robert Califf as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after he had come under fire for his...
Altria has announced that an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) claims against Altria and Juul arising out of...
Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) has released its Q4 and end-of-year results for 2021, with a year-to-date 11.1 per cent increase in revenue to JPY 2,324.8 billion (USD...
57 per cent of Swiss voters have voted to tighten the country’s tobacco laws meaning near on all tobacco advertising will be banned, reports Al Jazeera.
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) has released its fourth quarter and end-of-year results for 2021 with net revenues up 9.4 per cent compared to 2020...
British American Tobacco (BAT) announced a GBP 2 billion share buyback, while reporting higher annual profits boosted by sales of non-cigarette products.