The European Ombudsman on Wednesday launched an investigation into the resignation in October of John Dalli as European commissioner for health and consumer affairs, according to a story by Dave Keating for the European Voice. Read More
The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, said yesterday that the government had not decided whether to introduce standardized packaging for tobacco products, according to a Forest press note. A story in The Guardian on Wednesday Read More
The US Food and Drug Administration has so far issued no rulings on the approximately 3,500 tobacco-product substantial equivalence reports it has received, despite having 115 employees reviewing them, according to a story by Jacob Grier for Read More
British American Tobacco has come out against a suggestion that legislation on standardized tobacco packaging will form part of the Queen’s speech in May. “It is important to remember that these are just rumours Read More
A law has been introduced into the Utah legislature that would tax electronic cigarette refills, according to a story by Rachel Lowry for the Deseret News. Originally, the bill called for ‘e-cigarettes, candy-like dissolvable tobacco Read More
The price of a pack of cigarettes in Taiwan could be increased to at least NT$100 if the tobacco surcharge is raised to NT$40, as has been suggested, according to a story by Joy Lee Read More
Iggesund Paperboard, manufacturer of Invercote, is inviting designers from around the world to participate in a unique learning experience. “We tried this for the first time in 2012 and the appreciation and enthusiasm we got from Read More
Parkside Flexibles is celebrating the three-year anniversary of its manufacturing facility in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The plant—the company’s first outside of the United Kingdom—was opened in March 2010 by the Malaysian deputy minister Read More
The Korea Tobacco Association (KTA), a civic group that advocates smokers’ rights, has come out strongly against a government plan to raise cigarette taxes to secure funding for President Park Geun-hye’s welfare pledges, according Read More
Texas state senator, Carlos Uresti, is calling for the legal smoking age to be raised from 18 to 21, according to a report by Karen Grace for KVUE. Uresti says that more than 503,000 people now under the Read More