The Edelmann packaging group said yesterday that its 2012 turnover, at €233 million, was up slightly on that of 2011. The group said that growth was being driven by high order levels from outside its base in Germany. Read More
André Calantzopoulos has been appointed CEO of Philip Morris International. Calantzopoulos has served as PMI’s chief operating officer since the company’s spin-off in March 2008. Louis Camilleri, PMI’s previous CEO, will remain as Read More
A suggestion that the US Food and Drug Administration should require ‘nicotine content’ to be below addictive levels might reduce the number of addicted smokers in the long term, but it would be detrimental to Read More
In a sign perhaps that battle lines are finally being drawn between traditional and electronic cigarettes, INCIG UK is today launching two premium-range electronic cigarette starter kits ‘to promote’ no smoking day. According to a Read More
The electronic cigarette company, blu eCigs, is sponsoring the Electric Lounge at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas, which is due to take place on March 14 -16, according to a PRNewswire press note. The Read More
Malawi tobacco growers were pleased on Monday with the opening of the 2013 tobacco marketing season as prices, buoyed by the weakening of the kwacha, looked good, according to a story by Dumbani Mzale for the Read More
Talk of price increases has done wonders for cigarette sales in South Korea. According to a story by Yoo-jin Lee and Sun-ah Kim for the Maeil Business Newspaper, sales have risen rapidly at the country’Read More
People living in townhouses, condominiums and other attached units would be prohibited from tobacco smoking indoors under a ban proposed by a California state lawmaker, according to a story in the San Francisco Chronicle. The Read More
Two lung specialists have launched a website listing the names and jobs of people it says work for the tobacco industry lobby in the Netherlands, according to a DutchNews.nl story. The list includes health Read More
An initiative funded by Imperial Tobacco’s local business has seen the clearance of more than 120 tonnes of rubbish from a neighbourhood in the capital of Gabon. A lack of municipal waste collections together with Read More