Category :News This Week

At least some medical doctors in the UAE are skeptical about the results of a survey that apparently showed tobacco smoking was ‘falling out of favor’. They believe that some respondents lied to those conducting Read More

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved legislation to compel tobacco companies to include on their cigarette packs health warnings taking up 80 percent of the packs’ surface [presumably the front and back surfaces], according Read More

Philip Morris International is due to host a live audio webcast at www.pmi.com/webcasts from 13.00 Eastern Time on February 5 to discuss its 2014 fourth-quarter and full-year results, which will be issued mid-morning the same Read More

General Cigar’s Punch Rare Corojo will make its annual return to retail on Feb. 16. The seasonal collection will welcome a new frontmark and a limited-edition size available exclusively this year. The 2015 release of Punch Read More

Paula Birch has been promoted to head of sales at Parkside Flexibles ( Europe and Asia). Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Parkside Flexibles is an innovative flexographic printing, specialized laminating and packaging manufacturer.Read More

A story in The Independent has suggested that China could show the rest of the world how to do anti-tobacco campaigns. The newspaper made the point that smoking was still an ever present habit despite Read More

Opponents of standardized tobacco packaging have urged the UK government to publish the report on its 2014 consultation ‘without further delay’, according to a press note by Forest, the pro-smoker group. “If the consultation process is Read More

Imperial Tobacco is moving into caffeine products with the launch of a melt-in-the-mouth strip designed to give an energy boost in seconds, according to a story by Martinne Geller for Reuters. Reon, which was developed Read More

Imperial Tobacco shareholders yesterday approved the acquisition by the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ITG Brands, of a portfolio of US cigarette brands, the electronic cigarette brand blu, and the national sales force, offices and production Read More