Reynolds American is due to host a webcast of business remarks by president and CEO Susan M. Cameron at the Goldman Sachs Global Staples Summit in New York starting about 10:45 a.m. Eastern Time on Read More
Lorillard’s chairman, president and CEO, Murray S. Kessler, and its CFO, David H. Taylor, are due to participate in the Goldman Sachs Global Staples Summit in New York City from 1:20 p.m. to 1:50 p.Read More
Cuba has accused the U.K. of being anti-capitalist and threatening free trade with its plans to introduce standardized packaging for cigarettes and cigars, according to a story on The Telegraph Online. In a letter Read More
Thailand’s Public Health Ministry plans to push through legislation to drag e-cigarettes under existing laws controlling the sale of tobacco cigarettes, according to a story in The Nation. The move seems to be a Read More
British American Tobacco expects compliance with the new European Commission’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) to cost it between €100 million and €200 million during the next two years as it alters machinery to meet new packaging Read More
Imperial Tobacco is due tomorrow to host a live webcast of the release of its first-half results. The live webcast and the slides of a presentation to analysts and investors will be made available at Read More
Municipal Police in Prague have apparently fined a man dressed as a slice of pizza for smoking a cigarette in a public transportation station, according to a Prague Post story. Smoking is forbidden at metro Read More
China’s customs and tobacco authorities destroyed 375,890 cartons of smuggled cigarettes said to be “worth” CNY22 million (US$3.6 million) in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, on Tuesday, according to a China Radio International report. The cigarettes were Read More
The EU’s new Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), which was published on April 29, has come in for some criticism, and could come in for more. Ewald Stadler, an Austrian member of the European Parliament, has Read More
Flue-cured seems to be selling fast at auctions in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. According to a story in the most recent issue of the BBM Bommidala Group newsletter, at the same stage of Read More