Heavy rain has destroyed tobacco seedlings in Indonesia and caused farmers at Jember, East Java, to incur heavy losses, according to a story in The Jakarta Post. The head of the Kasturi Tobacco Farmers’ Association, Read More
Russia’s chief health inspector has told the World Health Organization it has no right to dictate how Russia should develop its tobacco pricing policies, according to a TV Novosti report. The head of WHO’Read More
More than 143 million kg of tobacco had been sold for US$527 million after 76 days of Zimbabwe’s auction and contract selling season, according to a story in The Zimbabwe Herald. The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Read More
Japan Tobacco Inc’s domestic cigarette sales volume during May, at 10.2 billion, was increased by 0.4 per cent on its May 2012 volume, also rounded to 10.2 billion, according to preliminary figures issued by the company today. Volume Read More
Alliance One International said yesterday that Jeffrey A. Eckmann, Carl L. Hausmann and John D. Rice were being appointed to the board of directors effective June 14. At the same time, the company announced the retirement Read More
Lorillard is due to host a webcast of its Investor Day presentation to the investment community in New York City on June 27. The webcast, which will begin at 09.00 hours Eastern Time, will include presentations by Read More
As the proposed revision of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive is now being discussed in the European Parliament, the UK-based electronic cigarette manufacturer, Totally Wicked Ltd, is sending an electronic cigarette to all 754 MEPs. ‘Read More
Japan Tobacco Inc is adding two snus products to its Zerostyle smokeless tobacco line. ‘Zerostyle Snus Regular’ and ”Zerostyle Snus Mint will go on sale at selected retails stores in the city of Osaka from Read More
Filtrona Filters has launched the BiTech™ filter, a new addition to its AdvantageRange. The new filter is said to maximize the benefits of both paper and cellulose acetate – the high filtration efficiency and cost effectiveness Read More
The board of directors of Philip Morris International today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.85 per common share, payable on July 12 to shareholders of record as of June 27. The ex-dividend date is June 25.Read More