Category :News This Week

Japan Tobacco Inc’s domestic cigarette sales volume during November, at 8.7 billion, was down by 8.8 percent on that of November 2013, 9.5 billion, according to preliminary figures issued by the company today. The November 2013 figure was down Read More

China is considering raising tobacco taxes and cigarette prices to reduce the number of smokers in the country, according to a Xinhua News Agency story. Yao Hongwen, of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Read More

Cigarette prices in France will remain unchanged in the new year after MPs voted to throw out a planned 30 cent tax rise, according to a story in The Connexion. The change of heart by the Read More

The board of the Holmen Group, which includes Iggesund Paperboard, yesterday gave the green light for investments totalling €60 million in Iggesund’s mills at Iggesund, Sweden and Workington, England. At Iggesund, the investments will be Read More

The board of directors of Philip Morris International yesterday declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.00 per common share, payable on January 9 to stockholders of record as of December 24. The ex-dividend date is December 22. Meanwhile, PMI Read More

Altria said yesterday that its board of directors had declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.52 per common share, payable on January 9 to shareholders of record as of December 24. The ex-dividend date is December 22.Read More

Members of the Eliminating Child Labor in Tobacco Growing Foundation  signed a Pledge of Commitment and Minimum Requirements on combating child labor. As part of the pledge, ECLT members commit to work collaboratively with the Read More

Swedish Match says it will defend itself vigorously against an allegation that it abused is dominant position on the Swedish Market when implementing a uniform labeling system for snus coolers. In a note posted on Read More

A new range of Davidoff Winston Churchill cigars is due to go on sale early next year, according to a press note issued through PR Newswire. In creating the new range, Davidoff said, the aim Read More

The Indian government seems likely to defer the introduction of amendments to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, one of which would have prohibited the sale of single cigarettes, according to a story in Read More