Cuba exported 64.7 million machine-made small cigars between January and May, according to an EFE News Service story quoting a Monday statement by the state-controlled Internacional Cubana de Tabacos (ICT). Meanwhile, sales of such small cigars Read More
The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) has named Indonesia’s House of Representatives’ building as one of the smokiest in Jakarta, according to a BERNAMA (Malaysian National News Agency) story. The naming—and shaming—came about Read More
Alliance One’s sales and other operating revenues during the year to the end of March, at $2,354.9 million, were up by 5 percent on those of the financial year that ended on March 31, 2013. The tobacco sales Read More
The Philippines’ government “lost” an estimated PHP15.6 billion in taxes last year due to the trade in illicit tobacco products, according to a story in The Philippine Star quoting a report by the U.K.Read More
Essentra PLC is offering to supply to its customers tailor-made smokeless nicotine products based on Essentra “proofs of concept.” “The e-cigarette market is growing extremely rapidly, and it is therefore essential that Essentra—not only Read More
A Moscow Region court has ruled that smoking areas at Sheremetyevo Airport should be closed, according to a Russian Legal Information Agency story quoting an announcement yesterday by the prosecutor general’s office (PGO). The Read More
Alliance One International said yesterday that it would hold a conference call starting at 17.00 hours Eastern Time on June 5 to report its financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31. The call will be available Read More
Iggesund Paperboard believes that its Swedish mill is fast approaching the company’s demanding environmental goals. For a while in mid-April, the Iggesund Mill was able to operate solely on bioenergy while also supplying almost Read More
Tyton BioEnergy Systems, based at Danville, Virginia, US, said on Monday that it was reopening the former Clean Burn Fuels bio-refinery in Raeford, North Carolina, as part of its strategy to convert tobacco crops into Read More
Sales of hand-rolled clove cigarettes in Indonesia are losing their edge as consumers shift to machine-made products – a situation that could see further job losses in the industry, according to a story in The Jakarta Read More