New legislation could see tobacco companies having to clean up discarded cigarette butts in South Australia or risk penalties if they fail to do so, reports...
Archive - January 2023
Cigarettes are still the most popular in the local smoking market, selling more than other smoking methods such as electronic cigarettes, reports Jordan...
Two tobacco companies have been granted permission by the High Court to bring a challenge over a new EU directive banning flavoured heated tobacco products...
Vape brand Geekvape has secured sponsorship of football club Paris-Saint-Germain for the second time after initially becoming the club’s official partner in...
A ban on imports of different goods from Russia has come into effect in Estonia from 9 January, according to a statement from the Estonian Tax and Customs...
Altria Group Inc. has requested a federal judge order Juul Labs Inc to turn over the details of its settlement with 10,000 plaintiffs, reports Reuters.
With...
India has exported tobacco and tobacco products worth INR 6,880.21 crore (USD 831 million) in 2021-22, reports The Hindu.
Compared to 2020-21, the growth in...
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, coordinated an international operation against cigarette smuggling, document fraud, migrant smuggling and...
New rules have been implemented in Portugal which means smoking will only be allowed in restaurants, bars and clubs that measure larger or exactly 100 square...
Cigarettes have become more expensive in Serbia, Montenegro and Morocco as of 1 January, local media report.
According to Serbian Monitor, the prices of all...
As part of a package of measures to reduce waste and promote recycling, tobacco firms will be billed for cleaning up discarded cigarette ends, reports The...
The Society for Protection of Rights of the Child (SPARC) wants the Pakistani government to introduce a health levy on tobacco products to product children and...
New government legislation means that tobacco firms must pay part of the State’s street cleaning bills from now on, reports The Irish Times.
The new...
Medicago Inc. and Philip Morris International Inc (PMI) have separated ways after the World Health Organization (WHO) rejected Medicago’s COVID-19 vaccine...
Cuba has won its 25 year long legal battle over the US trademark rights to its Cohiba cigars, reports AFP.
As reported by AFP, the US Trademark Trial and...
Altria has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Altria Summit LLC, has notified Cronos Group Inc. (Cronos) of its irrevocable abandonment of its warrant...
The French ski resort Les Gets is the first in Europe to ban smoking on its slopes and only permit smoking in designated areas, reports The...
From 1 January, smoking and vaping will be banned at train stations throughout Belgium, including on outdoor platforms, making the entire railway area...
British American Tobacco (BAT) is closing its Boncourt site with 226 employees, reports Blick.
The hopes of the employees of the traditional tobacco factory...