H.I.E. Handelsgesellschaft is appointed as Greenbutts’ exclusive distributor for Poland in the European Union.
The prime minister is mulling measures similar to those recently passed in New Zealand.
The measure is aimed at protecting the domestic market.
The retailer cited environmental concerns and risk of fires.
Only by working together can stakeholders tackle the persistent problem, says Julian Cheung.
An award and presentation highlight its investments in vaping technology.
Growers face monetary losses reaching PKR20 million due to noncompensation.
Police arrested three suspects in connection with the smuggling case.
PMI wants a partner to grow and operate Vectura’s drug manufacturing outsourcing.
FLAG guidance gives standard for target land-based emission reductions and removals.
But certain accommodation, recreational and camping areas are exempted.
The decision also calls for legal HTPs on the market to include warning labels on packaging.
Winners of the 2023 Golden Leaf Awards accept their trophies in Seoul.
BAT Rothmans will plant about 20 flower gardens all over Seoul, with plans to expand.
BAT’s plan could support a balance between THR and regulatory consequences.
There is currently a push for monthly wages for tobacco sector workers.
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The industry will not be present as the FCTC parties debate future tobacco and nicotine policies in Panama this autumn.
China’s new rules on vape manufacturing will help tackle illicit trade only if they are properly enforced.
Officials should approach COP10 with clarity about their national goals and with tough questions about trade-offs, unintended consequences and evidence.
Sanctions, fraud and the rising popularity of vaping weigh down Russia’s traditional tobacco market.
The FDA is fiddling with menthol and nicotine while undermining some of the most powerful tools in the tobacco harm reduction armory.
How to communicate tobacco products’ relative risks more effectively
Filter manufacturers face higher prices and tow shortages, though not everybody has been equally affected.
Germany’s comparatively high smoking rate shows that cessation-only policies are insufficient to end cigarettes.
Tobacco Reporter’s Publisher, Elise Rasmussen, is Installed as Master of the Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers & Tobacco Blenders.
In its September 2023 issue, Tobacco Reporter looks ahead at the Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum (GTNF) and the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which are scheduled to take place this northern-hemisphere fall.
Both gatherings seek to reduce the health problems associated with tobacco consumption, but they will be advocating markedly different solutions. While the delegates at COP10 will be touting product bans, tax hikes and legal action, participants in the GTNF are likely to emphasize the opportunities presented by new technologies to help smokers transition to less-harmful products.
Grant Churchill of Oxford University explains why nicotine is not the culprit in tobacco-related disease, and Clive Bates, a former U.K. senior civil servant, offers COP10 delegates suggestions to make the most of their participation.
Cheryl Olson explores the question of how to communicate tobacco products’ relative risks more effectively, and Ian Fearon of McKinney Regulatory Science Advisors examines the potential impact of China’s new rules on vape manufacturing.
Further in this issue: an analyses of the acetate tow market, which has been suffering from shortages, and a critical look at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s plans to set nicotine limits and ban menthol as a tobacco flavor.
We also reveal the winners of the Golden Leaf Awards.
The industry will not be present as the FCTC parties debate future tobacco and nicotine policies in Panama this autumn.
Image: Maksym Yemelyanov From Nov. 20 to Nov. 25, delegates representing the countries that have signed to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) will
Photo: peshkova Until recently, few people would have mentioned the words “tobacco” and “innovation” in the same sentence. Even as other legacy industries started disrupting
This year’s GFN looked at past successes and continuing challenges for tobacco harm reduction.
A Japanese government survey ‘reveals’ that nonsmokers find smoke unpleasant while smokers like it.
Atlas Agri wants to help Zimbabwe achieve its volumes by reducing post-harvest losses.
Medical licensing of e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches should be an urgent priority, writes Derek Yach.
Competition in South Korea’s heated-tobacco products market is intensifying.
Newcomer Marskiss aims to offer heated-tobacco consumers an improved user experience.
Utopian visions and unintended consequences
Growers continue to struggle with rising production cost, but demand for tobacco remains firm.
Broughton experts explain how to approach environmental assessments.
