Nigeria's competition commission has ordered British American Tobacco (BAT) to pay a USD 110 million fine citing allegations of market dominance abuse and...
Archive - December 2023
The government has reviewed the tobacco seedlings destruction deadline and has extended it from 31 December 2023 to 15 January 2024, reports The Herald.
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Belgium's Council of Ministers has approved a draft law introducing new restrictions on the sale of alcohol and tobacco products, reports Belga News...
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly signed a new law to ban the sale of vapes to anyone under the age of 18, reports BBC News.
The order makes it an offence to...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the tobacco industry is spreading misinformation and deliberately recruiting children when marketing...
The country has launched an experiment with the sale of legally grown marijuana in coffee shops in ten municipalities, reports dpa.
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TJI wishes you a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year! Our next newsletter will be back on 4 January 2024. We look forward to seeing you then and...
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador plans to present a law banning e-cigarettes and vapes before he leaves office in 2024, he said on 11 December...
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Graphic images and cancer warnings will be printed onto vapes and individual cigarettes from April 2024, reports the Daily Mail.
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The first legal cannabis store in Europe has officially opened in the municipality of Allschwil, Switzerland, reports news aktuell.
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Japan's parliament has passed a bill to legalize medical products using substances derived from cannabis while closing a loophole in existing prohibitions...
The Biden administration has delayed the ban on menthol cigarettes until 2024, which has drawn anger from public health groups and officials, reports NBC...
British American Tobacco (BAT) is to write down the value of some of its US cigarette brands by GBP 25 billion as economic headwinds hit sales in its biggest...
The National Assembly in France has unanimously approved a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes, in an attempt to protect youths and the...
SWM International has announced that it has become an independent specialty materials company under private ownership.
The sale of Mativ Holdings, Inc...
The government of the Canary Islands is set to revise the Tobacco Products Tax Law which would mean e-cigarette products would be subject to a taxation rate of...
Filtrona, manufacturer of special filter and pre-roll solutions, has brought its expertise to a new market with the launch of Cannatrona, its dedicated...