Archive - December 2022

TJI wishes you a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year! We are taking a Christmas break and will be back with fresh news on 5 January 2022. We look...

New Zealand has introduced a steadily increasing smoking age to prevent young people under 14 from ever being able to legally buy cigarettes in world-first...

The Supreme Court on 12 December rejected a bid from the tobacco industry to block a California ban on flavoured tobacco products, reports CNBC.

The ban...

A federal judge has blocked a US Food and Drug Administration rule challenged by cigarette manufacturers that would require graphic health warnings on...

British American Tobacco (BAT) expects full-year revenue growth of 2-4 per cent at constant currency rates, due to more people using its e-cigarettes and oral...

A large genetic study analysing data from more than 3.4 million people has identified over 2,300 genes that predict tobacco and alcohol use, reports...

The proportion of smokers in the UK has fallen to its lowest level since records began, with vaping playing a “major role” in this drop, reports The...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a court order forcing cigarette companies to display signs with corrective statements about the health...

Juul Labs Inc. has reached a settlement in over 5,000 lawsuits that claimed the company was responsible for encouraging vaping in youths across the US, reports...

US President Joe Biden has officially signed a marijuana research bill into law, making history by enacting the first standalone federal cannabis reform...

EVO NXT 2023 in Málaga expands its "Green Zone" exhibition space for CBD products through cooperation with well-known Swiss event organiser Swiss CB.

The...

The government in Norway is considering reducing the duty-free tobacco allowance for returning residents by 50 per cent, reports TRBusiness.

If the...

Farmers in the Karoi and Headlands area are pleased with the quality of their early planted tobacco, reports Zimbabwe Situation.  

Tobacco farmers are...

The export of tobacco has increased by 55.79 per cent in the first four months of the financial year (2022-23) compared to the corresponding period last year...

According to a ResearchAndMarkets.com report, the global market for smoking cessation and nicotine de-addiction products will grow at a CAGR of 15 per cent...

According to a report by the Brazilian Tobacco Growers Association (Afubra), the tobacco crop for the 2023 season is expected to yield 604,732 tons, an...

The Dutch government is to ban the sale of fruit and other flavoured liquids for e-cigarettes from October next year, NOS reported.
Banana, orange or cookie:...

On 1 December, amendments to the Law “On protecting the health of citizens from the effects of tobacco smoke and the consequences of tobacco product...

Scientists in China have genetically modified a tobacco plant to produce two enzymes that generate cocaine in its leaves when they are dried, reports the Daily...