Nations should grow food instead of leaf for cigarettes, says Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Altria Group expects to complete the transaction in the second quarter of 2023.
Fred Vandermarliere and Ernesto Perez-Carrillo will announce the deal on June 23.
It can help address environmental and health concerns, says Derek Yach.
Sales and operating revenue was up 22 percent over the previous year.
No tobacco advertising will be allowed in print media, shops or events open to minors.
The country is disinclined to compensate the von Pezolds after expropriating their land.
The firm will its share capital to DKK87 million by canceling some treasury shares.
The project is projected to reclaim more than 60 million gallons of water a year.
On its website, the growers’ group dispels some common myths about the sector.
GenAI aims to provide info that is not generally available on the internet, says Ryan Selby.
The initiative has received enough signatures to require a review in Parliament.
But opinions differ as to how much the fiscal measure has boosted illicit cigarette sales.
Many think vapes contain at least the same levels of harmful chemicals as cigarettes.
Current policies are not working fast enough to reduce smoking, says PMI boss Jacek Olczak.
The legislation would prevent those born in or after 2007 from buying tobacco or vapes.
In early 2022, Zimbabwe announced an ambitious plan to capture more value from its tobacco business. Currently the country earns between $600 million and $1 billion annually from sales of its golden leaf. The worldwide tobacco industry, however, is worth some $850 billion.
Given that Zimbabwe produces 6 percent of global leaf tobacco, it should be getting at least $50 billion, according to government officials. By increasing cultivation and moving up the value chain, the country aims to create a $5 billion business by 2025.
Will it work? Tobacco Reporter spoke to the author of the plan, Minister of Agriculture Anxious Masuka, and various stakeholders to understand the challenges and opportunities associated with the project.
Zimbabwe’s minister of agriculture, Anxious Jongwe Masuka, explains how the country will build a $5 billion tobacco industry by 2025.
Boosting production through innovation
Leaf merchants urge sustainable growth.
Leaf dealers look forward to a good quality crop.
The plan dovetails with Zimbabwe’s desire to capture more value from tobacco.
The project fits with Zimbabwe’s desire to capture more value from its tobacco business.
Cavendish Lloyd has started growing low-nicotine flue-cured tobacco in Zimbabwe for shisha applications.
A cigar manufacturer hopes to move Zimbabwe’s tobacco exports up the value chain.
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Zimbabwe’s minister of agriculture, Anxious Jongwe Masuka, explains how the country will build a $5 billion tobacco industry by 2025.
The fascinating workings of a widely misunderstood chemical.
How the EU’s ambition to overhaul its packaging legislation might impact the tobacco industry.
Tobacco veteran Murray Prince is setting up tobacco operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Modern oral nicotine products could help Indian consumers abandon deadly local smokeless tobacco products.
Within a sensible tax regime, fine-cut tobacco works as a fender between cigarettes and the illicit market.
Tobacco harm reduction initiatives should also cover e-waste management, say experts.
Northern Italy provides the perfect business environment for pioneering tobacco companies and their suppliers.
Tobacco Reporter’s May 2023 issue features a special report on Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Value Chain Transformation Plan.
In an exclusive interview, Minister of Agriculture Anxious Masuka explains how the country will boost the crop to 300 million kg and create a $5 billion tobacco business by 2025. Tobacco Reporter also spoke with various stakeholders, including the trade and the scientific community, on the challenges and opportunities associated with such an ambitious undertaking. Will Zimbabwe be able to sell 300 million kg as global cigarette consumption stagnates? And will it be able to achieve the desired volumes in line with customers’ ESG expectations?
In a three-way discussion, Sudhanshu Patwardhan, John Dunne and Pieter Vorster discuss another environmental concern—that of growing e-waste. To properly address this challenge, the panelists urge stakeholders to expand the definition of tobacco harm reduction to include product lifecycle management.
Grant Churchill of Oxford University describes the pharmacology of nicotine, a widely misunderstood chemical; Tobacco Reporter’s George Gay profiles a bold new venture by a leaf tobacco veteran in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and our colleague Stefanie Rossel explores efforts to replace India’s “uniquely deadly” variety of smokeless tobaccos with less harmful alternatives.
Also in this issue: An overview of the roll-your-own tobacco market, which under the proper fiscal conditions, can serve as a buffer against illicit cigarettes.
A regular contributor to Tobacco Reporter, Clive Bates is the director of Counterfactual Consulting and the former director of Action on Smoking and Health (U.K.).
In this section, we present a selection of his articles.
To see clearly into the decades ahead, we need to rethink nicotine.
The idea that e-cigarette flavors hook kids is simple, compelling and false.
Explaining the opposition to the industry’s diversification.
Innovation and creative destruction will render cigarettes obsolete—if we let it.
The Ceramic Coil S1 is designed to deliver “a superior vaping experience.”
Beco has also developed a recycling program.
The film allows people to view inside convenience stores while selectively hiding cigarette ads.
The latest iteration improves on the advantages of its three predecessors.
The new technology allows for strong yet smooth hits, according to the manufacturer
The Luxe XR MAX offers vapers an ‘easier-than-ever’ user interface.
Broughton experts explain how to approach environmental assessments for the best chance of success
Unwrapping the issue of counterfeit and noncompliant vapes
What will it take for women who smoke to consider smokeless?
Montrade is expanding its portfolio and manufacturing facilities.
An exclusive tour of PMI’s state-of-the-art heated-tobacco units plant in Bologna
The Cuban cigar industry is flourishing despite several challenges, including weather and factory staffing.
From its new subsidiary in Umbria, TTI can supply its global customers more efficiently and cost-effectively.
SWM has published a manual to help regional manufacturers quickly launch tobacco-heating products.
To see clearly into the decades ahead, we need to rethink nicotine.
Tobacco Reporter’s former owner, Dayton Harris Matlick, passed away in February at the age of 88.
The future envisioned by BAT will partially be created at the company’s new innovation hub in Trieste.
Hindustan Adhesives says its new tear tape is 100 percent sustainable without compromising strength, flexibility and runnability.
Tobacco harm reduction has been getting short rift at COP despite the concept being an
Nations should grow food instead of leaf for cigarettes, says Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The agreement also restricts Juul’s marketing practices.
The FDA action may signal that the agency will no longer consider pending PMTAs when
The fascinating workings of a widely misunderstood chemical.
The project is projected to reclaim more than 60 million gallons of water a year.
Government is urged to adopt the WHO FCTC’s Article 5.3 guidelines.
Charlene Le Fauve is a behavioral scientist and addiction researcher.
Sales and operating revenue was up 22 percent over the previous year.
Criminals do not care about regulatory standards or quality control, warns the Cigar Association of