Category :News This Week

Mistic today unveiled its Mistic Bridge with Haus technology, the latest generation of the company’s cigalike rechargeable line that combines the flexibility of an open-tank system with the convenience of a cigarette-like configuration. Available Read More

Members of the Scottish parliament have been told that electronic cigarettes offer a ‘huge potential public health prize’, according to a Press Association story. And they have been urged to be cautious in regulating the Read More

Lack of parental care and supervision, bad company and easy access to cash are some of the factors responsible for the rising number of smokers among Qatar’s school students, according to a story in Read More

The Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) has introduced the new BATLeaf system and, in doing so, has become the first end-market in the British American Tobacco Group to adopt it, according to a story in The Read More

Kingsley Wheaton, the British American Tobacco Group’s corporate and regulatory affairs director is due to become managing director, next generation products, with effect from January 1. A note posted on BAT’s website said this Read More

After more than two days of deliberations, a jury has awarded Diane Schleider $21 million in her Engle progeny wrongful death suit against tobacco manufacturer R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, according to a Courtroom View Network (CVN) Read More

A United Arab Emirates company plans to build a cigarette factory in Morocco in partnership with local investors, according to an Emirates 24/7 story quoting the ‘Hespress’ Arabic language daily. The Dubai-based Al Rashideen trading company Read More

The Moscow Times has said that trouble could be brewing over the price of cigarettes in Russia. A story by Alexey Eremenko said the government was struggling to explain the economic downturn as the country Read More

Vape is Oxford Dictionaries’ international word of the year for 2014, according to a story by Julian Drape for The Age newspaper. Software that scours the Internet indicated that the use of the word vape doubled Read More

The JT Group has completed the acquisition of Zandera Ltd, which is known for the E-Lites brand of electronic cigarettes. Japan Tobacco Inc, which announced on June 11 that it had concluded an agreement to buy Read More