Category :News This Week

R.J Reynolds Tobacco’s US domestic cigarette volume during the year to the end of December, at 61.0 billion, was down by 5.0 percent on that of 2013, 64.2 billion. Camel volume was unchanged at 20.9 billion but Pall Read More

Tobacco growers in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh are urging world leaders to address the issue of providing them with alternative livelihoods, according to a story in the latest issue of the BBM Bommidala Read More

The commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, Margaret A. Hamburg, is to step down by the end of March. In a letter to her colleagues at the agency, Hamburg said that together they Read More

Philip Morris International said yesterday that it had been recognized as a top employer in Europe for the third consecutive year, in recognition of the high standards in its working environment. Certification was said to Read More

Cigar icon Tony Barone died this week after a brief battle with cancer. Barone’s passing comes less than two years after he retired from Commonwealth-Altadis, following a long and illustrious career. The family will Read More

The Norwegian government looks set to impose standardized packaging on all tobacco products. According to a press note issued by the Norway Government Administration Services (NGAS), the government plans to consult on its standardized-packaging proposal, Read More

A leading US health expert has said that electronic cigarettes do not seem to be anywhere close to tobacco cigarettes in respect of their potential to cause addiction. Writing on his Rest of the Story Read More

In announcing yesterday its third quarter results to the end of December, Alliance One International’s CEO and president, Pieter Sikkel, said that the company was planning a comprehensive global restructuring program to position it Read More

UK-based Imperial Tobacco is due to issue an Interim Management Statement on February 12.Read More

Reynolds American Inc. is due to host a webcast of remarks made by president and CEO, Susan M. Cameron, at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York Conference starting about 17.30 Eastern Time on February 17. The Read More