Brazil exported 195.26 million kg of tobacco worth $1.24 billion from January to June.
Performance suffered from the firm’s exit from Russia, its write-down of combustibles and competition from illicit vapes.
The varieties will help growers cope with increasingly challenging climatic conditions.
The bill requires companies to implement a digital tracking system for cigarettes.
The competition watchdog says it is now monitoring the activities of another major tobacco firm.
Russia wants to extend the requirement for manufacturers to tobacco sellers.
South Korean growers face labor shortages due to the decline in rural populations.
The multinational is now aiming for a U.S. debut in the fourth quarter of 2024.
But the leaf tobacco power-house ranks only 42nd among cigarette exporters globally.
Cigarette alternatives accounted for 38 percent of quarterly sales.
The facility will further develop the company’s charcoal-free shisha technology.
Vague definitions and an SE ruling have enabled companies to market ‘mimic menthols.’
The current excise duty on tobacco is much lower than in comparable nations.
Moscow wants to restrict foreign stakes in ‘economically significant organizations.’
The project aims to reduce cost, raise efficiency and boost sustainability for smallholders.
Sellers must certify their compliance with the law before resuming sales.
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To lower the health and economic burden of smoking, lawmakers should incorporate tobacco harm reduction into their policies.
At Cerdia’s filter colloquium, speakers detailed progress in reducing the industry’s carbon footprint.
Alliance One’s seed breeders in Brazil are boosting crop quality and yields while improving disease resistance and tolerance for extreme weather conditions.
Operating in the shadow of its tobacco powerhouse neighbor, Zimbabwe, Zambia is trying to make a name for itself on the global market.
Diversity and equal opportunities are an integral part of JTI’s business success.
Cavendish Lloyd is eager to expand shisha tobacco production in Zimbabwe and elsewhere.
U.S. states are passing vape product registry bills to compensate for meek federal enforcement.
A small family business, LTL holds its own as a supplier of equipment to the global tobacco industry.
Newly created Your Tobacco Link harnesses the strengths of JEB International and Tobacco Trading and Services.
Without offering cessation tools, prohibition is doomed to fail, writes S. Patwardhan.
Greentank is at the forefront of innovation with the launch of its patented Heating Chip technology.
Canada’s new health minister is breathing new life into a 2021 proposal to ban vape flavors nationwide.
For its July 2024 issue, Tobacco Reporter visited Bhutan to investigate that country’s tobacco ban and subsequent U-turn. What factors contributed to the Himalayan kingdom’s change of heart? And what lessons does its experience hold for other nations contemplating tobacco-free generations and “endgames?”
Tim Donahue examines the impact of vape product registry bills in the United States as states try to compensate for meek federal enforcement. George Gay reports from Zambia, which wants to step out of the shadow of its tobacco powerhouse neighbor, Zimbabwe, and make a name for itself on the global leaf market. Stefanie Rossel visited Cerdia’s filter colloquium.
Also in this issue: a report on Alliance One International’s seed industrialization unit in Brazil and a profile of Your Tobacco Link, a new leaf global merchant combining the strengths of JEB International and Tobacco Trading and Services.
The importance of literature reviews in support of tobacco harm reduction, according to Broughton.
With normal supplies cut off due to the Hamas-Israel conflict, cigarettes are selling for $30 per stick in Gaza.
George Gay shares impressions from his recent visit to Australia, one of the world’s most hostile countries for the nicotine business.
Testing and toxicology of heated-tobacco products
An e-cigarette ban would bring new public health concerns to Costa Rica, writes WVA Fellow Peter Clark.
Buying illegal tobacco products risks becoming normalized, warns JTI.
They are the first non-tobacco flavored vapor products to be authorized in the U.S.
A global alignment on health policy is necessary to make a smokeless world a reality, writes James Murphy.
The recently announced Florida e-cigarette registry will harm nonvapers, writes WVA Fellow Peter Clark.
Opponents of the U.K. generational tobacco ban gather at London’s Boisdale to voice their discontent.
Tobacco harm reduction advocate Derek Yach reflects on the lessons from the recent Ecig Summit in Washington, DC.
Toxicological considerations to be considered when bringing HTPs to market, according to Broughton.
