Category :News This Week

Electronic Cigarettes International Group (ECIG) of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, announced third-quarter revenue of $15.9 million, up 41 percent over the prior-year quarter’s result. The company reported growth in all its brands, including FIN in the Read More

The U.S. will refrain from “arbitrarily or unjustifiably” discriminating against Indonesian cigars and cigarillos in light of the FDA’s proposed deeming regulations for currently unregulated tobacco products, according to a memorandum releaed by Read More

China is considering a ban on all forms of tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion, according to a draft regulation published on the website of the State Council’s legislative affairs office. Pending public consultation, the Read More

Japan Tobacco has announced the launch of Camel Natural Box and Camel Natural Lights Box. These new products, which contain no added flavorings, are to go on sale in mid-December 2014 at selected retail stores in Read More

Scheduled for Jan. 28–29, the Tobacco Plus Convenience Expo (TPC) 2015 is set to break records. According to its organizers, registration has already surpassed that of the 2014 event. Buyers will come to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, from Read More

Wells Fargo Securities identified several “takeaways” from its second annual e-cigarette conference in New York City on Nov. 20. The e-cigarette category continues to offer considerable opportunity for both traditional tobacco companies and independent players, according Read More

Electronic cigarettes offer smokers a realistic way to kick their tobacco smoking addiction, according to a story in MedicalXpress citing the results of a new study. In a report of the study published in the Read More

The Danish Supreme Court ruled yesterday that two tobacco companies were not responsible for the health problems suffered by a long-time smoker, according to a Deutsche Presse-Agentur story. Allan Lykke Jensen, 67, who had smoked for Read More

A Health Board that had proposed a tobacco-products sales ban in a small US town has voted down the proposal, according to a story by O’Ryan Johnson for the Boston Herald. If the proposal Read More

C.Gars says that its winter 2014 cigar auction looks set to break records at Boisdale Belgravia, London, UK, on December 1. “There is huge interest from cigar aficionados around the world, many of whom will be Read More