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
A company based in Clarence, New York, USA, has signed a deal under which its tobacco products will be made by a Polish cigarette manufacturer for distribution within the EU, according to a story by Read More
About 30 percent of Bulgarians, comprising more than 2.1 million people, are daily tobacco smokers, according to a Focus English News story quoting the World Health Organization report Global Tobacco Epidemic, which was released on Saturday. There Read More
France is preparing to place e-cigarette use on the same legal footing as tobacco smoking with draft legislation that aims to ban vaping in public places, according to a story by Paris-based Anne Penketh for Read More