New Zealand’s Remarkables ski resort is to be tobacco smoke free from this season, according to a story in the Sydney Morning Herald. The resort now has no designated smoking areas.Read More
Altadis is to axe about eight per cent of its workforce in Spain, according to stories in El Pais and Agence France Presse. The 114 job cuts form part of the company’s plan to ‘increase Read More
The South Korean Air Force has decided to disqualify smokers from applying for its pilot selection test, according to a story in the Yonhap News Agency. Starting next month, applicants who test positive for nicotine Read More
A Vermont Superior Court judge has ordered RJ Reynolds Tobacco to pay the state of Vermont $8.3 million in penalties for violating the state’s consumer protection laws, according to stories in the Vermont Business Magazine Read More
Iggesund Paperboard says that its Incada folding box board will, from the Northern Hemisphere autumn, be whiter and lighter, and incorporate a number of improved properties affecting printability. Incada Exel, which is targeted more as Read More
Filtrona plc is to be renamed Essentra plc from June 26 and the company’s various divisions will be renamed later this year. Filtrona Filter Products will become Essentra Filter Products while Payne and Contego will Read More
FlexLink, a provider of production logistics solutions, has opened a facility in Izmir, Turkey. The new FlexLink operations provide Turkish companies with direct access to the company’s latest technologies, including the recently launched conveyor Read More
Imperial Tobacco is strengthening its ties with a charity working to end child labor in tobacco growing areas of the world. In a note posted on its website, the company said that all of its Read More
Although tobacco taxes are often raised with the stated intention that the additional revenue will be spent on smoking cessation programs; the truth is that it is usually frittered away. A recent story by Petro Read More
British American Tobacco is considering putting up a factory in the Philippines within the next two years in a move that would involve an investment on top of the $200 million it has already committed to Read More